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Phase 1 of this study focused on understanding the level and distribution of DON and FB in urines from UK adults previously collected as part of the UK adult NDNS. Phase 2 focused on the further validation of the urinary measure for DON as a biomarker of exposure, by the recruitment of UK adults who kept a personal food diary, and provided urine and food samples during a 12 day survey. The volunteers were divided in three groups: consumption of normal diet, partial dietary intervention in which consumption of bread was permitted and full intervention in which consumption of wheat based foods was not permitted at all.

Background: Consumers' exposure to mycotoxins is usually estimated by combining consumption of foods with levels of mycotoxin contamination in similar foods. A more accurate method of estimating exposure may be to measure consumption more directly. It is known that a proportion of ingested mycotoxins leave the body via the urine. The National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS), which takes urine samples for individuals and also stores information about their diet, was used to measure levels of selected Fusarium toxins - deoxynivalenol (DON) and fumonisins (FB) in the urine and from these infer levels of exposure.

Results: Phase 1 of the study showed that cereal intake was significantly associated with urinary DON, assessed using an LC-MS method. A method was also developed to measure urinary fumonisins with a level of detection at 0.02 ng/ml, however, no urinary fumonisins were detected in the NDNS urine samples. Phase 2 of the study showed that urinary DON was significantly associated with DON intake and the variation in urinary DON correlated to DON intake. Cereal consumption, in particular bread, significantly contributed to the levels of urinary DON observed in UK adults. The transfer of DON to urine was estimated to be 72.3% and it was cleared from urine within a 24 to 48 hour period. Using the mean estimated DON intake from phase 1 (0.2 μg/kg bw/day and the estimated DON transfer to urine of 72.3%, 2/300 were predicted to exceed the recommended Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) for DON. It should be noted that these individuals were a stratified sample based on cereal consumption. Overall the data indicate that urinary DON was sensitive enough to measure DON exposure at the individual level in the UK population.


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Missouri man sentenced for role in bank fraud, ID theft
Jacob Richard Roll, 33, of Slater, Missouri, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey on Friday to 14 years and 10 months in federal prison without parole for his role in a conspiracy to steal mail, bank fraud and identity theft.. The court also ordered Roll to pay $13,100 in restitution.
On April 6, 2009, Roll and co-defendant Justine Elaine Gregory, 32, both pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to steal mail, bank fraud and identity theft. Roll also pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Gregory was sentenced on Feb. 11, 2010, to four years and three months in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Gregory to pay $5,119 in restitution.
The federal investigation began when the U.S. Postal Inspection Service learned that numerous state and local law enforcement agencies had been receiving mail theft and bank fraud complaints throughout the mid-Missouri area. In November and December 2007, Roll and Gregory conspired to steal mail from numerous victims in Saline, Pettis, Boone, Cooper, Howard, Platte, Jackson, Johnson, Montgomery, Callaway and Gasconade counties in Missouri, as well as residences in Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas, Illinois and Oklahoma. They used stolen checks and credit and debit cards to make purchases, and used stolen identity information to create counterfeit checks.
When Gregory attempted to use a stolen driver's license to pass a counterfeit check at Ham's Prairie Store in Callaway County, Mo., on Nov. 25, 2007, the store owner notified the Callaway County Sheriff's Department of the attempted fraud and provided a description of the vehicle being driven by Roll. This vehicle had been stolen from a business in Readsville, Mo., earlier that day. Sheriff's deputies located the vehicle and gave chase. One officer was injured when Roll rammed into the patrol car in order to escape.
Roll and Gregory were arrested on Dec. 8, 2007, when a Noel, Mo., woman called the McDonald County Sheriff's Department to report that she had witnessed them stealing mail from her mailbox. Law enforcement officers located and pursued Roll and Gregory in a stolen vehicle. They were taken into custody after the pursuit ended in a foot chase.
Inside the stolen vehicle, law enforcement officers found stolen mail, a stolen Social Security card and driver's license, counterfeit checks, a laptop computer and two printers, a counterfeit $100 bill, casino cards belonging to various individuals, approximately one gram of methamphetamine and a stolen Rossi .38-caliber revolver.
Under federal law, it is illegal for anyone who has been convicted of a felony to be in possession of any firearm or ammunition. Roll has prior felony convictions for first degree tampering, stealing, conspiracy, forgery, attempting to deliver a controlled substance to a correctional facility and four prior felony convictions for burglary.
Source: U.S. Attorney's Office

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SGT. LESTER RODNEY received the news by cablegram, something extremely rare for anyone in 1945, let alone an Army Medic stationed at the fifty-second field hospital on a remote island in the South Pacific. Rodney presumed the news was of a death of a family member.
Instead it was from his former colleague, Nat Low, a sportswriter at the New York Daily Worker.
"Congratulations. Dodgers yesterday signed Jackie Robinson for Montreal farm. You did it," recited Les' son, Fairfax resident Ray Rodney, remembering the transcript of the cable sent to his father, who died Dec. 20 at the age of 98.
Ray's earliest memory of baseball is sitting on his father's lap in the press box of Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. His dad spent his summer days covering games, and writing about the likes of Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, then later Jackie Robinson and Willie Mays.
For this son of a sportswriter, the treasure is a bit more momentous than a souvenir ball or an autographed photo. Ray's prized possession is the largely unknown story of his dad's role in the shattering of baseball's color barrier – a campaign Les initiated more than a decade before the Dodgers signed Robinson. That story is part of ESPN's celebration of black history month. The program "Outside the Lines" will feature his story Sunday at 6 a.m.
In 1936, Les Rodney, a 25-year-old night student at New York University, picked up a copy of the Daily Worker – the U.S. Communist party press. Noticing its once-a-week sports section was lacking, Les, who wasn't yet a member of the party, approached the paper's editor, and after a meeting was offered a job.
"As he said at that time, any sort of young, thinking person was attracted to more radical political ideas because the system was clearly failing," said Ray, who moved to Marin in 1972. "He fairly quickly figured out that the issue of integration in baseball was something that he could really latch onto."
Les was given free rein at the paper, soon becoming the editor of a sports page which blossomed to six-days-a-week. He formed a small but productive alliance with Wendell Smith, a black sportswriter at the Pittsburgh Courier. Les would re-print Smith's stories, but the more conservative Courier didn't return the favor.
"(My dad) was always coming at it from a moral point of view, not necessarily from a strictly communist point of view, but from a sense of the ethics involved," said Ray. "He tried to bring it around to bigger issues, rather than just: Was that a fastball or a slider that you hit out in the third inning?"
During one encounter Les asked DiMaggio who the best pitcher he ever faced was, and DiMaggio responded, "Satchel Paige" – the legendary Negro League hurler.
In 1942, New York Giants manager Leo Durocher told Les he was ready for black players, prompting a meeting from baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis who condemned the skipper's judgment.
But each time one of these stories was printed on Les' sports page, the momentum behind integration grew stronger.
"(My dad loved baseball) so it was a great opportunity for him to try to bring an ethical perspective to the game, and in his mind, make it better," said Ray. "He always saw baseball, and in particular, he saw baseball being integrated and Jackie Robinson breaking that barrier as not being just about baseball. He saw it as being about the country as a whole."
When Robinson debuted with the Dodgers on April 15, 1947 – nearly two decades before President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law – Les was there.
"It's hard this Opening Day to write straight baseball and not stop to mention the wonderful fact of Jackie Robinson," Les wrote that afternoon. "You tell yourself it shouldn't be especially wonderful in America, no more wonderful, for instance, than Negro soldiers being with us on the way overseas through submarine-infested waters in 1943."
Infusing his narrative into more than baseball, Les was the last living sportswriter to cover the famous Yankee Stadium bouts between the 'Brown Bomber' Joe Louis, and Hitler's golden boy Max Schmeling. The day after the rematch when Louis avenged his earlier loss to Schmeling, Les shed light on Harlem's glee.
"(My dad) pointed to how Jews were treated by the Nazis and drew parallels to how blacks were treated here," Ray recounted. "He said this is the land of the free and the home of the brave, well where's the freedom in this?"
Les, who referred to the ban as the 'crime of the big leagues,' encountered his own obstacles. He was Jewish and, though he cut ties with the CPUSA after details of Stalin's malfeasance surfaced, a red cloud followed him. But he, at the time, and others in retrospect, understood what this battle meant.
"(People) today, like Dusty Baker, will say that integrating baseball was not just about baseball," Ray said. "It had a lot to do with showing people that integration was possible across the country."
Ray didn't follow in Les' footsteps, but he was inspired by his altruism. He works for Berkley's Wilderness Travel, an international adventure travel company, organizing educational programs abroad. To Ray it's a way to open people up to the rest of the world – much the way his father's work helped open the eyes and minds of an intolerant nation.
ESPN's "Outside the Lines" program is running a black history month special Sunday at 6 a.m., featuring a segment about Lester Rodney's impact on the game of baseball.
The Rodney file
– Irwin Silber's book, "Press Box Red: The story of Lester Rodney, the Communist who helped break the color line in American Sports," was published in 2003.
– Lester Rodney was born April 17, 1911. He died Dec. 20, 2009
– Sportswriter/editor for the New York Daily Worker, 1936-1958
– Religion editor/columnist for the Long-Beach Press Telegram, mid-1960s-1975
– Granted lifetime membership to the Baseball Writer's Association of America
– Inducted into the Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of the Eternals in 2004 along with Roberto Clemente
– Survived by son Ray, daughter Amy, and granddaughter Jessie
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This lump should be examined by a veterinarian. Masses can be due to insect bites, trauma, infection (abscesses), foreign bodies (cactus or grass awns), cysts, and tumors. A fine needle aspirate will be done to determine the type of growth--this is a procedure where a small needle (same size as for vaccinations) is inserted into the lump to obtain cells for examination under the microscope. Bloodwork should not be necessary unless a mass removal is planned. Radiographs (x-rays) will not be useful; they are useful to identify bony tumors.
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Any lumps on any part of the body of the dog should be taken seriously you should contact to your vet immediately and go xrays and fine needle aspirates and other blood tests


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Web analytics is one of the basic elements of building a web presence, and especially effective e-commerce. Why is it worth analyzing every scrap of the page? How to go about it? We are revealing the secret!
Why is ecommerce analytics so important?
Collecting and analyzing data allows for better use of available resources and the selection of strategies that will positively affect the company's development. In business, instinct is what counts, but making decisions based on your gut feelings may not end as happily as we would like. It is similar with the evaluation of our work – relying on your own assumptions or sympathies does not give the full picture of the situation. Collecting complete data allows you to indicate specific areas and activities that need correction. An analysis based on these data allows for setting a clear path and effective implementation of plans in further periods.
Analytics in e-commerce has many advantages:
A. It allows you to make informed decisions based on real information – as mentioned above, concrete data allows action to be taken based on real needs, not subjective feelings.
The collected records make it possible to identify groups of recipients and adjust the method of communication to their needs and expectations. The analysis also allows you to adjust ads and offers to current trends that have a significant impact on how and what we buy.
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One of the basic features of the e-commerce world is its constant changeability. The flexibility of the solutions allows you to quickly adapt to trends that are visible, among others, thanks to the tracking of user behavior on websites and a quick response to external factors. The first part of 2020 showed it perfectly well – the global lockdown made it necessary to increase spending on Internet activities of many enterprises, and in some cases – even to start operating online. Many of the companies have found out that running an e-commerce business is significantly different from what their brick-and-mortar stores are used to, where sales are carried out on slightly different principles.
What data to collect?
Sales in online stores depend on many factors. The most important ones certainly coincide with what we know from stationary sales, e.g. the price and availability of a given product. In the case of online sales, however, there are also more technical aspects of the website – such as speed, navigation within the site and, for example, the availability of popular technology solutions.
The same applies to marketing activities – in a stationary store at the checkout, additional products are recommended, here in the basket you can encourage to supplement purchases with what other customers have bought. When it comes to advertising – stationary solutions are based on television and banners, which will not always attract the eye of a potential customer. On the Internet, advertising can be more effective – for example, remarketing allows you to track an undecided customer and remind him of the store and products that he has previously viewed.
Information about the client and the possibility of tracking him appears along with the implementation of solutions enabling the analysis of his behavior. Most of them are based on data provided by cookies – cookies that identify users and their computers, save preferences and play a huge role in supplementing Internet activity statistics.
Data is collected by appropriate software – here Google Analytics definitely dominates, without which analytics in e-commerce would not be the same. The information base can be extensive and the records very detailed, such as the age and gender of users, location and language. Information about their interests can also be obtained from the reports. The other information collected relates to more technical elements – e.g. the operating system and browsers used by your potential customers.
Collecting the results, tracking and comparing them with each other allows
you to get quite detailed information about who visits our pages and:
– from which pages users come to the site,
– how long do they spend reading posts and which of them are the most popular,
– what products are most often bought together,
– where the customer most often resigns from buying in the store,
– how many sessions does it need to finalize the transaction.
How to use the data?
Data collection and analysis are not enough. Outlining the points where our business loses or does not use its potential – this is a real value that should be translated into specific actions. Ecommerce analytics allows it.
The information collected by Google Analytics and other tools should be taken into account in many processes related to the online store, including while designing the site. Analytics is also necessary during UX processes, especially in the phase of optimization of ready-made solutions. The data is also useful for planning marketing activities and solving problems with the website.
Website tailored to the user
Designing and checking already implemented changes allows you to increase the availability of the website and make it easier for users to navigate through them. Simple paths and easy access to information also work well for online stores. A large number of unclear categories or a chaotically designed form for customizing goods can frustrate customers and, as a result, make them give up the purchase. Difficulties with finalizing the purchase are also sometimes the reason for making a decision about choosing a competitor – even if the price of their products is higher. Controlling all steps leading to the completion of the purchasing process allows you to catch the moment when the customer gives up and design it in a way that will allow you to change the user experience for the better.
From the UX and website design point of view, the information on what devices the website users use will also be valuable. In the case of an advantage of traffic from mobile, it is necessary to ensure the correct design of the website and its appropriate size – not only adjusted to the smaller screen diagonal, but also to a weaker network connection. The time when your customers visit the site may also be important – some of the night audience will certainly be delighted with the possibility of using the dark mode option.
Marketing – with analysis
Google Analytics and related solutions are at the heart of every Internet-oriented marketer. This is where i.a. information about users is obtained – who they are, where they come from, what interests them. The tools allow you to select the content that engages them the most and those that do not arouse much interest. In the case of e.g. newsletters, tracking codes allow you to control how many e-mails have actually been opened and whether their recipients have made a decision to switch from them to the pages promoted therein.
Knowing your users, which will allow you to divide them into more or less engaged groups, is useful when setting up Google Ads campaigns. Increasing the financial outlays for a given group may bring better results than advertising aimed at everyone.
Analytics allows you to create events and goals, which makes it much easier to measure the effectiveness of your marketing activities. Additionally, in the case of Google Analytics, dedicated e-commerce reports are also available, which allow for a broader view of sales in the store.
Creating goals is one of the elements of building an effective marketing
strategy, especially if it is created in a SMART way:
– Specific,
– Measurable,
– Attractive,
– Realistic,
– Timely.
This methodology allows you to create real goals, the level of fulfillment of which can be controlled using Google Analytics. Goals can be set according to what works best for your store.
When analyzing problems with conversions (that is, meeting goals), it is worth asking yourself a few questions … basically one, only a few times. "5 whys" (5 why) is a method that allows you to effectively drill down into a problem and find its cause with a single question. Answering subsequent questions, e.g. the most popular product stopped selling. Why? There was an error on the page and it cannot be added to the cart. Why? Recent update changes have been badly implemented. Why? The pressure to introduce changes was too great and the acceleration of activities was done at the expense of testing. Why? The outlays for the IT department are too small, and their lack affects the quality of the entire store.
Analytics in e-commerce – react to changes!
Keeping your finger on the pulse – for example in the form of tracking within your website, definitely facilitates quick response to potential problems. Example? A sudden lack of conversion or the abandonment of the cart may suggest problems with a given subpage – e.g. its significant slowdown or technical error, preventing the transaction from being completed. Quickly locating the problem saves time and money.
Analytics in e-commerce – where to get knowledge?
The basic analysis of your own online store should start with the
implementation of the Google Analytics tracking code. You
can learn about how this tool works and how to set your own goals from official
Google sources:
Analytics Academy – there are 4 courses on the platform:
– Google Analytics for beginners,
– Google Analytics for advanced users,
– Google Analytics 360 package – first steps,
– The basics of Google Tag Manager
Basics of analytics in e-commerce
Investing time in your development and skill development is never a waste. In the case of business issues, a different – more analytical – view of the world of shopping will allow you to pick out the subtleties that will allow your store to grow and achieve real profits! Failure to implement analytical tools and actively use them is simply a waste of money. Don't take chances – check out our guides today!


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Proposal for PRU User Space API project
This project aims to provide an API for different programming languages to load/unload firmware and communicate with the PRUs from User Space. A GUI application that runs on the terminal will also be provided for debugging the PRUs step by step.
Student: Pratim Ugale
Possible Mentors: Kumar Abhishek, Zubeen Tolani
Wiki: https://elinux.org/BeagleBoard/GSoC/Ideas#PRU_User_Space_API
GSoC: N/A
In the previous years, a PyPRUSS project was made which is a Python binding for controlling the PRUs on BeagleBone. It uses the Userspace IO (UIO) driver, and has firmware examples in PASM. Nowadays, users tend to use the CLPRU compiler toolchain instead of the PASM assembler as PASM is no longer supported. Last year, there has been a project to update PyPRUSS to the Remoteproc/RPMsg interface whose code can be found here. The GSoC project was not completed for some reason. It consists of a PyPRUSS module and three firmware examples. I plan on reusing this code to make bindings for more languages and add more examples. Also, debugging functions have not yet been added in this module which I plan on adding in my GSoC project.
I have completed the requirements listed on the ideas page and have opened a pull request here.
About you
IRC: pratimugale
Github: Pratim Ugale
School: Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai
Country: India
Contact Number: +91 7045580782
Email ID: email@example.com
Primary language: English
Typical work hours: 08:00 to 17:00 IST (GMT+ 05:30)
Previous GSoC participation: I haven't participated in GSoC before. Having used open source technologies and programming forums before to solve my problems, I want to start contributing back to the community through GSoC and then continue on my own.
About your project
Project name: PRU User Space API
- Introduction
- This project will enable the control of the Beaglebone's PRUs from a User Space Client Program on the ARM. The PRU is a dual core micro-controller system present on the AM335x SoC which powers the BeagleBone. It is meant to be used for high speed jitter free IO control. Being independent from the linux scheduler and having direct access to the IO pins of the BeagleBone Black, the PRU is ideal for offloading IO intensive tasks. Now, regarding the project:
- The new Remoteproc and RPMsg drivers will be used for the ARM<->PRU communication.
- The remoteproc framework allows different platforms/architectures to control (power on, load firmware, power off) remote processors while abstracting any hardware differences.
- Rpmsg is a Linux framework designed to allow for message passing between the kernel and a remote processor. It uses a virtual ring buffer (VRING) that allows one to post messages to this buffer. Then, interrupts are used to notify the PRU/ARM that messages are in the buffer. RPMsg provides scalability for integrating individual PRU peripherals with the respective driver sub-systems.
The firmware (written by the user), consists of:
- A scalable TLV (table, length, value) Table (Resource Table): Used to inform the remoteproc driver about the remote processor's available resources. To configure the Resource Table, one typically needs to modify up to three things.
- Event-to-channel mapping
- Channel-to-host mapping
- Number and location of vrings
- The Linker Command File - AM335x_PRU.cmd: Tells the linker where in memory to place the code and variables.
AM335x_PRU.cmd is the standard linker command file that tells the linker where to put what.
- A Makefile
- The C program that actually drives the PRU.
- The Project Deliverables
- The User Space Client Program must be able to
- Load firmware into the PRU cores
- Control PRU execution (start, stop, etc.)
- Manage resources (memory, interrupt mappings, etc.)
- Have a method to send/receive messages
The workflow of the project is:
UserSpace Client Program <-> API (UNIX Sockets / Language Bindings) <-> Daemon <-> pru_rproc, rpmsg_pru <-> Remoteproc, RPMsg drivers <-> PRU
The PRU attributes and its functions will be encapsulated into a single unit.
The functions provided by the Daemon will be:
- check_module() : Check if remoteproc is enabled using "lsmod | grep pru".
If not, enable remoteproc by editing the device tree.
#include "am33xx-pruss-rproc.dtsi" from the "am335x-boneblack-emmc-overlay.dts" file in "/opt/source/dtb-4.4-ti"
This will involve using a bit of regular expressions.
- make(parameters) : To compile using compiler (clpru) and linker (lnkpru) tools.
This will perform all the operations specified in the Makefile so that the Makefile can be omitted.
- reboot() : Reboots the PRU cores. After the firmwares are /lib/firmware/am335x-pru1(0)-fw is present, rebooting the PRU cores automatically loads the PRU with these firmwares. The sysfs bindings at the '/sys/bus/platform/drivers/pru-rproc/' are to be used to reboot the PRUs
- configPinMux(): : Config-pin utility - Simply use the 'config-pin' utility to change the pinmux settings for a pin. (We do not need device tree overlays now (4.4+ kernel))
- shutdown(int core) : Shuts the PRU core provided in the parameter ("echo "4a334000.pru0" > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/pru-rproc/unbind" for PRU 0)
- boot(int core) : Boots the PRU core provided in the parameter ("echo "4a334000.pru0" > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/pru-rproc/bind" for PRU 0)
- reboot(int core) : To shutdown and boot the PRU core
- writemsg(), readmsg() using "/dev/rpmsg_pru30" and "/dev/rpmsg_pru31" : Read/Write message to PRU
PRU Debugging Functions: Using Remoteproc, we can actually see the content of the PRU registers; we can execute one instruction at a time on the PRU, and then wait for the user for a flag to execute the next instruction. We will implement the following functions using the pru_rproc driver:
- reg_values(int core): The values of the 32 General Purpose Registers of the PRU passed will be shown.
After disabling the PRUs, the 'regs' entry can be read to read the register content values.
Will also display the values of the control/status registers, and the contents of the constant table.
For PRU1 :- "cat /sys/kernel/debug/remoteproc/remoteproc1/regs"
REG31 is the PRU Event/Status Register (r31). When reading from REG31, it provides the state of the enhanced GPIO inputs.
REG30 is used by the PRU to set enhanced GPIO outputs.
- debug_pause(int core): This will change the mode of the PRUs to single_step mode. PRU executes one instruction and then gets paused.
For PRU0 :- "echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/remoteproc/remoteproc0/single_step"
- debug_nextStep(int core): Execute one next step each time invoked.
For PRU0 :- "echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/remoteproc/remoteproc0/single_step"
- debug_resume(int core): Internally this will bring back the PRU to continuous mode of operation.
For PRU0 :-"echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/remoteproc/remoteproc0/single_step"
dmesg -Hw can also be used for debugging
PyPRUSS: The Python code can be reused from last year's project. The debugging functions are yet to be added in that code. This Python code will also be used with the 'ncurses' module to make the GUI for Debugging. Then I'll write the functions in C and use SWIG to write interface files for other scripting languages such as Lua, Perl5, Tcl, Ruby, C#, C++, Java, Rust, Go, Node.js. I plan on providing API for as many languages as possible. Any other language suggested by the mentor will also be supported. If bindings are not possible, I'll port the code to other languages.
Documentation: This is one of the most important aspects of the project. Currently, the documentation regarding the PRU remoteproc and RPMsg drivers is scattered and incomplete. Also, there is a steep learning curve to program the PRUs. I plan to provide an exhaustive Documentation along with hands-on examples so that one can utilize the PRU to its full capacity.
Examples: The PRU Cookbook's and the examples present in Zeekhuge's website will be used as test examples as illustrated in the timeline below.
GUI for Debugging
- I plan to provide a text based GUI-like application using the
'ncurses' library, that will run on the terminal and will provide efficient PRU debugging. The GUI will also implement the basic functions that the project provides. (like booting/shutdown, read/write). This will make the GUI a complete PRU controller. The Debugger will provide a menu-system and will chiefly implement the functions:- debug_pause(), debug_nextStep(), debug_resume() and reg_values(). I plan on using Steven Anderson's prudebug (was done with UIO) as a reference. The PRUDebugger will be able to print the reg_values of the current step and the previous step and highlight the ones whose values have changed for better readability. The special registers R30 and R31 will be displayed and their implications will also be explained. When programming PRUs in Assembly, having something to peek into the contents of these registers can be a very useful tool.
Provide a development timeline with a milestone each of the 11 weeks. (A realistic timeline is critical to our selection process.)
- Community Bonding Period(6th May - 26th May)
- I have my University Exams till 15th May. (Will try my best to participate in
community bonding.)
- Go through last year's GSoC project thoroughly and learn how the code is
structured and how I'll modify the code.
- Week 1 (27th May - 2nd June)
- Test the python(PyPRUSS) code written in last year's project and check if all the functions are working.
- Correct the code if any errors are encountered.
- I should finish up with the check_module(), load_firmware(), make(), reboot(), configPinMux(), shutDown(), boot(), reboot() functions.
- Parallely also write the code for these functions in C (which will be used later with SWIG for other languages)
- Add and test the Blinky example given here which requires loading firmware, configuring pinmux and rebooting the PRU cores.
- Week 2 (3rd June - 9th June)
- Test the RPMsg functions send_msg(), get_msg() for passing messages on a particular channel. Also test the wait_for_event() function which waits for an event from the PRU on a channel.
- Add an RPMsg RGB example similar to the neo4.c example in PRUCookbook
- Test the memory functions mem_writeint(), mem_readint(), mem_writebyte(), mem_readbyte()
- Add these functions in C.
- Make the Introductory Youtube Video.
- Week 3 (10th June to 16th June)
- Add the Debugging functions to PyPRUSS - reg_values(), debug_pause(), debug_nextStep(), debug_resume().
- Also add these functions in C.
- Add and test the debugging examples. (Using this as a reference)
- Week 4 (17th June - 23rd June)
- Now that all the functions are also written in C, use SWIG to connect the program with high-level programming languages described above.
- Revise 'ncurses' and get up to speed with it.
At the end of Phase 1, I must complete the Daemon and API for atleast three languages.
- Week 5 (24th June - 30th June)
- Start creating the framework of the GUI (how it will look) using 'ncurses' module in python.
- Integrate the loading/unloading, send_msg/get_msg Remoteproc, RPMsg functions and test their examples with the GUI.
- Week 6,7 (1st July - 14th July)
- Start adding the following features using a menu system:
- Load program file into instruction memory
- Set the active PRU number
- Start processor execution of instructions
- Start processor execution using automatic single stepping
- Pause the processor
- Single step the current instruction.
- Display the current PRU registers.
- Display the current PRU registers along with the values in the previous step and highlight the ones that have changed.
- Reset the current PRU.
- Write a 32-bit value to PRU data memory for current PRU.
- Write a 32-bit value to PRU instruction memory for current PRU.
- Quit the debugger and return to shell prompt
- Week 8 (15nd July - 21st July)
- Test the Debugger for both the PRUs.
- Incorporate any other functionality that the mentor suggests.
- Polish the GUI.
- If time permits, write API for other languages.
- Week 9 (22nd July - 28th July)
- Provide API for Perl, Java and other remaining languages using the C code written in the earlier weeks.
- Create a way for generating resource table for basic examples so that beginners can use the PRUs without worrying about writing the somewhat complicated resource table.
- Week 10 (29th July - 4th August)
- Integrate Maciej Sobkowski's PRU DMA project with mine for copying of data to and from main memory (DDR), which would allow applications to use both cores for computation.
- Port some legacy PASM projects into the Remoteproc framework using clpru. I'll be using Mark Yoder's website, this site as references.
- The PASM examples will be from am335x_pru_package will be moved.
- Use the API to test these projects
- Week 11 (5th August - 11th August)
- Documentation for all the languages along with examples.
- The Documentation will also contain the errors one might expect while working with the PRU and how to resolve them.
- Week 12 (12th August - 18th August)
- Buffer Period in case of any disturbance in the timeline.
- Make the Completion Youtube Video.
- Add support for more programming languages.
Experience and approach
I am in my sophomore year of engineering, pursuing Information Technology.
I am currently enrolled in a "Computer Organisation and Architecture" course which motivated me to learn more about the PRUs.
I have worked with C, Python, Java, C++, Makefiles, Vimscript before.
I have learnt Linux driver development over the Internet in the past few months (I have implemented basic programs, and listed the errors(and solutions) I encountered on my github profile here).
I have worked with the Arduino UNO and ATMega boards before (made a self balancing and line following bot using PID algorithm in college).
I have always been using Linux(Ubuntu) as my primary OS, so getting along with Embedded Linux won't be a problem.
I have thoroughly been through the PRU Cookbook and zeekhuge's website and the resources I found there have been invaluable.
Hence, I am confident that I'll be able to complete the given project in due time.
What will you do if you get stuck on your project and your mentor isn't around?
While working with open source software, one thing I realised for sure is that one has to be self-sufficient. Knowing how to use a search engine effectively is also an important skill. I like to give my best before asking anyone else for help when I'm stuck with any problem and I consider it to be a way I actually learn and become independent.
However, if I get terribly stuck on a problem, and the mentor isn't around, I shall:
- Work on other parts of the project so that the timeline is not disturbed. If the rest of the project is dependent on the problem, then -
- Work on the Documentation.
- Test more firmware examples with the project and do debugging.
- Some of the references I'll be using:
If successfully completed, what will its impact be on the BeagleBoard.org community?
This project will allow larger programs to be developed in the programming language of the user's choice. Right now one has to manually load the firmware and execute long commands to get things done. The API will provide simple and intuitive functions so that the user can easily read values from the PRU and use them for his/her other needs directly from the program itself.
EDIT The Debugger will provide a nice Graphical Interface for better readability.
Mar 08 05:03:15 <zeekhuge[m]>: To make it easy to use interface and standards for the PRU. Right now, we have to execute commands to get some code loaded onto the PRUs, by echoing into the sysfs entries. Also, the remoteproc mechanism allows to communicate with the PRUs using char device entries (mostly, and can be configured). The APIs need to provide a way, in different languages, to be able to read and write message to and from the PRUs within the program itself. Zubeen Tolani(zeekhuge)
Apr 04 21:22:52 <zeekhuge[m]>: pratimugale: I liked the idea of a GUI debugger. It must run on the termimal, something based on ncurse maybe. Zubeen Tolani(zeekhuge)
Benefit of using Remoteproc :- The UIO is just like random memory access while Remoteproc is more systematic and very well supported by the kernel and can be used to allow PRUs to use other resources as well like DMA access. Also, using Remoteproc, PRUs can act as different hardware devices (implemented by code on the PRU). For example, if the firmware on PRU can read/write data using SPI interface, then using Remoteproc, PRUs can act as if it was a SPI device itself, and the SPI system will just work with it. Migration of PRU development to Remoteproc gives the Linux kernel a greater knowledge of the cores.
Future Work
- In the future, the project will be expanded to support many more programming languages.
- The Documentation will always be updated to use the newest methods that are developed.
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Doc's Morning Line: NFL isn't playing around with COVID-19 protocols
Today is the Bengals annual Weenie Roast and Mock Turtle Soupfest. It is the envy of the league and the highlight of the local social calendar. Featured speaker Mike Brown will dazzle attendees with glittering oratory, coach Zac Taylor will offer tips on roasting marshmallows and every guest will receive a lovely parting gift: A Joe Burrow-signed can of grillin' beans.
All in all, a good time will be had by all.
On a less serious note, talk very well could be dominated by testing and masks and protocols. The NFL is making it very clear its players will be divided into two very distinct tribes, lepers and non-lepers, er, the non-vaccinated and the vaccinated.
If you're shot, life will be almost the way it was before March 2020. No daily testing, no masks at the facility, no social distancing, no restrictions on the road. Have a seat in the team cafeteria, have lunch, hang out, work out, etc.
If you're a leper, get tested every day, wear a mask inside the facility, no eating with your non-leper teammates, no leaving the team hotel on the road, to eat at a restaurant, no interaction with anyone outside the team traveling party. No steam, no sauna, no working out if the weight room is crowded with non-lepers.
The league has even said that if a game has to be canceled due to a virus outbreak, and can't be rescheduled, the team responsible will be hit with a forfeit L. And – get this – neither team will get paid.
In other words, the league ain't screwin' around here.
As of last week, about 80 percent of players have been at least partly vaccinated. If you're vaccinated, you're tested only once every 14 days.
The league is exacting similar vigilance from its media. I had to make a trip to Urgent Care Sunday, to get a rapid test (passed), so I can produce a certificate at PBS saying I'm not a leper. I have to do this. . . once every 10 days, unless I want to do all my work via Zoom, which I don't.
To recap: I had COVID last New Year's. I finished the Pfizer shots mid-March. I'm symptom-free and COVID-less. I am not a leper. No matter. I have to get a swab stuck up into the bottom of my brain every 10 days, according to the NFL.
Meanwhile, 30 of 32 teams will be allowed to operate at full capacity. Some have restrictions; most don't. So tens of thousands of screaming lunatics will be allowed to stand shoulder to shoulder for three hours, spewing invective at the opposing players, without having to reveal if they're lepers. Anyone else find this a little, I dunno, hypocritical?
I don't mind doing my part, never have. But if you're a paying customer, the rules are different for you?
I think businesses everywhere should adopt rules similar to the NFL's, as they pertain to employees. No vax, no work. Or, no vax, miserable inconvenience at work.
Wanna be a good teammate? Wanna make sure nobody misses a paycheck? Get shot. For most folks, it's no different than driving. Wanna drive? Pass the test. Pay the insurance, abide by the rules of the road.
If you don't want to, well, find another gig that pays the way this one does.
Maybe Pres. Biden should have lunch with Roger Goodell, stop being so solicitous and pleading and start being forceful. Carrots and sticks. Given the resurgence, it's time to stop babying the unvaxxed. (In)actions should have consequences.
Now, then. . .
BUSY SUNDAY YESTERDAY. Between getting tested and clearing the woods behind my new hut of freaking honeysuckle and dead tree limbs, I listened to the Reds.
And listened. And listened.
Four hours and four minutes. Four-oh-four, for nine innings.
Who wants to sit in a broiler for four hours? 90 yesterday, humidity way up there. Heat Index 99. Let's sit in the midday sun all day. Great idea.
It wasn't a game worthy of even two hours, let alone four. No one could hit with RISP, lame bullpens, Cardinals can't throw strikes, occasionally can't even hit the damned catcher's mitt.
Miller needed 14 pitches to get nobody out, Hendrix needed 27 pitches to get three. Oviedo, 98 pitches, to manage 4.1 innings.
About 21,000 folks actually paid for this.
MLB has a problem and it has nothing to do with shifts.
JUST SAYIN'. . . Not huge market San Diego Padres just acquired an all-star. That'd be Adam Frazier, who leads the planet in base hits. Trades are out there, help is a deal away. If, you know, anyone's interested.
IT SEEMS OBVIOUS that Texas and Oklahoma are out of the Big 12. What's less obvious is when. ESPN:
The Big 12 owns Oklahoma's and Texas' first- and second-tier media rights for football and men's basketball until June 30, 2025. The Big 12 would still hold those rights until then even if the schools left for another conference.
You'd like to think this is a huge opportunity for cash-poor UC to make a renewed push for membership. The TV money alone dwarfs what the Bearcats get from the American. Heck, with Big 12 membership, they might even be able to pay John Brannen what they owe him.
Athletically, UC is right there with the current Big 12, Texas and OU included. The Cincinnati market is huge compared with much of what the Big 12 offers. Travel times would be longer (if anyone's worrying about the athletes losing sleep or missing class) but not significantly.
They've been pumping money into sports for years, for just this sort of potential opportunity. There's no guarantee it comes, or if it does UC would make the cut. But here's hoping John Cunningham has all his ducks in a row.
(Trai) Turner, who signed a one-year, $3 million contract in June, is the most veteran of the projected starting offensive linemen, with seven seasons under his belt. The four other projected starters on the line -- Chukwuma Okorafor, Kendrick Green, Kevin Dotson and Zach Banner -- have just 24 combined NFL starts. Only one of those starts was at the position where the player is projected to line up this season. (ESPN.com)
SHORT AND SWEET, need time to prep for the Weenie Roast/Soupfest/Mike Brown Gala. Gonna break out my best Hawaiian shirt.
TUNE O' THE DAY. . . Found time to listen to all of Quadrophenia over the weekend. Forgot how spectacular it is. Here's my fave from that set.


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Analytics. We may use third-party analytics services (such as those of Google Analytics, Heap) as well as self hosted data collection services on our Services to collect and analyze usage information through cookies and similar technologies; engage in auditing, research, or reporting; assist with fraud prevention; and provide certain features to you. To manage your information and consent preferences click here.
Advertising. When you use the Services, we may display advertising to you about our products, services, and related features that we think may be of interest to you.
We work with a number of companies that assist in marketing our services to you on third party websites. These companies may collect information about online activities conducted on a particular computer, browser or device over time and across third-party websites or online services for the purpose of delivering advertising that is likely to be of greater interest to you, including about our Services, on sites and apps of third parties. These companies may use cookies and other similar technologies, often in conjunction with unique (anonymous) cookie identifiers, to collect data about your activities and interests, including the technologies described above. Some of these partners may use mobile device identifiers, such as Apple IDFAs and Google/Android Advertising IDs. Doing this allows the ad companies to recognize your computer or device each time they send you an online or mobile advertisement. In this way, the ad companies may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer or device, saw their advertisements and measure your interaction with each ad. This information allows ad companies to deliver targeted advertisements that may be of increased interest to you. We, or our advertising partners, may use these technologies and data points (e.g., mobile identifiers, cookie identifiers, location-based data), through other services, to target advertising on other sites or mobile apps. Sometimes, these identifiers may be derived from a hashed or encrypted version of personal information such as your email address. We may use this information to measure the performance of our advertising as well, for instance, to evaluate which ads or content our users prefer, or which are most effective. In addition, sometimes we or an advertising partner may tailor advertising to you across different devices.
We neither have access to, nor does this Privacy Policy govern, the use of cookies or other tracking technologies that may be placed on your computer, mobile phone, or other device by non-affiliated, third-party providers. As described below, these providers may offer you a way to opt-out of the collection of information that is used for our interest-based advertising to you. We cannot guarantee that these instructions will not change, or that they will continue to be available; they are controlled by each third-party service provider, not us.
If you are interested in more information about interest-based advertising and how you can generally control cookies other tracking technologies from being put on your computer to deliver such advertising, you may visit the Network Advertising Initiative's Consumer Opt-Out link, the Digital Advertising Alliance's (DAA's) Consumer Opt-Out link, or TrustArc's Advertising Choices Page. You also should use the privacy options available from these vendors:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/62931
Google: https://www.google.com/ads/preferences
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217
Notice Concerning Do Not Track. Do Not Track ("DNT") is a privacy preference that users can set in certain web browsers. We are committed to providing you with meaningful choices about the information collected on our website for third party purposes, and that is why we provide the variety of opt-out mechanisms listed above. Because of the changing state of technology and indecision within the industry regarding the meaning of DNT signals, we currently do not make any guarantee that we will honor DNT signals. Learn more about Do Not Track.
We will share your information collected from and about you in the following ways:
- Service Providers: We may provide access to or share your information with select third parties who perform services on our behalf, such as online hosting and maintenance, marketing and promotion design and management, management of e-commerce systems, payment processing, data storage and management, marketing and email delivery, analytics, customer service, security and fraud prevention, legal services, and identity and contact information validation.
- Partners: We may share information about your interaction with our Services with our Partners in relation to personalizing in-Service marketing, advertising, and integrations as well as contests incorporated with or related to their services.
- Business Transfers: As we continue to develop our business, we may buy, merge, or partner with other companies. In such transactions (including in contemplation of such transactions), information may be among the transferred assets. If a portion or all of our assets are sold or transferred to a third party, user information would likely be one of the transferred assets. If such transfer is subject to notifications or restrictions under applicable laws, we will comply with such requirements.
- Publicity for Winners: When you participate in a contest and win a prize, we may also publicly share your personal information (such as your name, username, state and country of residence, games played, gaming identities, and photos) in connection with publicity purposes.
- Comply with Laws and Protect Our Rights and the Rights of Others: We may disclose your information when we, in good faith, believe disclosure is appropriate to comply with the law, a court order or a subpoena. We may also disclose your information to prevent or investigate a possible crime, such as fraud or identity theft; to protect the security of the Services; to enforce or apply our online Terms of Use or other agreements; or to protect our own rights or property or the rights, property, or safety of our users or others.
- With Your Consent or At Your Direction: We may share information with third parties when you direct us to do so or if you have consented to additional sharing of your information (including as set out in this Privacy Policy). For example, when you participate in a contest, we may publish your username and, if you uploaded one, your profile picture on a list of the contest participants, along with a link to your profile page. In the event that you win Credits, we may use your personal information (such as your name, username, state and country of residence, games played, gaming identities, and photos) in connection with publicity purposes.
We recognize the importance of implementing a variety of security safeguards designed to protect the confidentiality of your information. However, no data transmission over the Internet or other network is completely secure. As a result, while we strive to protect information you transmitted on or through our Services, you do so at your own risk.
When you create an account, you may be prompted to create a username or password. If you create an account with us, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account password and for any activity that occurs under your account. We are not responsible for any loss or damage arising from your failure to maintain the confidentiality of your password. We urge you to change your passwords often, use a combination of letters and numbers, and make sure you are using a secure browser. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure or if you suspect someone else is using your account, please let us know immediately by contacting us as indicated in the "Contact Us" section below.
Please be aware that third-party websites accessible or recommended through our Services may have their own privacy and data collection policies and practices. These links and features are provided for your reference and convenience only and do not imply any endorsement of information provided through these third-party links and features, nor any association with their operators. We are not responsible for any actions, content of websites, or privacy policies of such third parties. We urge you to read the privacy and security policies of these third parties.
We will retain your information for as long as we have a business need for it or as needed to comply with applicable legal obligations. We also retain and use your information as necessary to resolve disputes, protect Challenger, our Users, and Partners, and enforce our agreements.
You may have certain rights with respect to your personal information as further described in this section, in addition to any rights discussed elsewhere in this Privacy Policy. Please note your rights and choices vary depending upon your location.
Marketing Communications
You may instruct us not to use your information to contact you by email, postal mail, or phone regarding products, services, promotions and special events that might appeal to your interests by contacting us using the information in the "Contact Us" section below. In commercial email messages, you can opt out by following the instructions located at the bottom of such emails. Removing your name from the email list may take a reasonable amount of time. Please note that, regardless of your request, we may still use and share certain information as permitted by this Privacy Policy or as required by applicable law. For example, you may not opt out of certain operational emails, such as those reflecting our relationship or transactions with you.
Additional Choices
You can also make certain choices by using the options described in our "Cookies & Similar Technologies" and "Online Analytics and Advertising" sections above.
Rights with Respect to Your Information
Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights with respect to your information. For example, under local laws, including in the EEA, UK, and Canada, you may have some or all the following rights:
- The right to access personal information we hold about you.
- The right to have any inaccurate personal information we hold about you corrected or updated.
- The right to object to our processing of your personal information or prevent the processing your personal information for direct-marketing purposes.
- The right to withdraw your consent at any time if and to the extent we are relying on consent as the basis for processing your personal information.
- The right to restrict the use of your personal information.
- The right to have the personal information we hold about you deleted in certain circumstances.
- The right to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to request that we transfer it to a third party, with certain exceptions.
To exercise your data protection rights or to receive more details in connection with them, you can submit requests via firstname.lastname@example.com or make a request online at Data Subject Request. You may be required to provide additional information necessary to confirm your identity before we can respond to your request.
We will consider all such requests and provide our response within the time period required by applicable law. Please note, however, that certain information may be exempt from such requests, for example if we need to keep the information to comply with our own legal obligations or to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims. Your rights and our responses will vary based on your state or country of residency. Please note that you may be located in a jurisdiction where we are not obligated, or are unable, to fulfill a request. In such a case, your request may not be fulfilled. If you are a California resident, please see the "Privacy Information for California Residents" section below for information about your specific rights under California law.
If applicable, you may make a complaint to your local data protection supervisory authority in the country where you are based. Alternatively, you may seek a remedy through local courts if you believe your rights have been breached.
Identifying the Data Controller and Processor
Data protection laws in certain jurisdictions differentiate between the "controller" and "processor" of information. In general, Challenger Interactive, Inc. is the controller of data collected in relation to your use of the Services, such as information collected or maintained in relation to a user's account, Device and Usage Data (including, internet or other network or device activity, Services metadata, log data, location information), cookie information, and other information provided to us, except that it is the processor of Partner Data.
Automated Decision-Making
We may use automated decision-making, such as inferences drawn from our screen recording of your gameplay, where such use is necessary for the performance of the contract between Challenger and you or where you explicitly consent to our use of automated decision-making. Challenger shall implement reasonable measures to protect your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests in relation to our use of automated decision-making. You may have the right to obtain human intervention on the part of Challenger, to express your point of view as to the decision, and to contest the decision, though your right may be limited where necessary for the performance of a contract with you, such as participation in a contest. If you would like to make such a request please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Privacy Information for California Residents
California Privacy Rights
Terms used in this section and not otherwise defined have the meaning given to them under the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA").
California law requires us to provide some additional information regarding your rights with respect to your "personal information." In many cases, if you are a California resident, the CCPA allows you to make certain requests about your personal information. Specifically, unless certain exceptions apply, the CCPA allows you to request us to:
- Inform you about the categories of personal information we collect or disclose about you; the categories of sources of such information; the business or commercial purpose for collecting your personal information; and the categories of third parties with whom we share/disclose personal information.
- Provide access to and/or a copy of certain personal information we hold about you.
- Delete certain personal information we have about you.
- Provide you with information about certain financial incentives that we offer to you, if any.
You also have certain rights under the CCPA not to be subject to certain negative consequences for exercising CCPA rights.
We reserve the right to verify your identity before responding to a request, which may include, at a minimum, depending on the sensitivity of the information you are requesting and the type of request you are making, verifying your name, email address, phone number, or other information. You are also permitted to designate an authorized agent to submit certain requests on your behalf. In order for an authorized agent to be verified, you must provide the authorized agent with signed, written permission to make such requests or a power of attorney. We may also follow up with you to verify your identity before processing the authorized agent's request.
Please note that certain information may be exempt from such requests under California law. For example, we need certain information in order to provide the Services to you or to comply with legal obligations, so we would need to either reject your request to delete the information or, if we are legally permitted to delete it, we would need to terminate our provision of the Services to you after deleting it. If you would like further information regarding your legal rights under California law or would like to exercise any of them, please email firstname.lastname@example.com or submit online at Data Subject Request.
With regard to Partner Data, Consumers should direct requests to exercise applicable rights to the Partner on whose behalf we handle the data. If we receive a request from a User directly in relation to Partner Data, we will either alert you to redirect your request to the applicable Partner or refer that request to the appropriate Partner and await the Partner's instructions on how to handle it.
Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Californian's Personal Information
During the 12 months leading up to the effective date of this Privacy Policy, we collected (and continue to collect) all of the categories of information listed in the chart below and described in the "Information We Collect" section of our Privacy Policy. That section also explains the sources from which we collect information about you, including, for example, you, service providers, other users, Partners, analytics providers, cookies and tracking technologies, survey partners, and marketing partners.
The "How We Use Information" section of this Privacy Policy explains how and why we use your personal information. Generally speaking, we use your information to provide our Services, manage and verify your account, offer contests, facilitate prize payments and fund deposits and withdrawals, bill, remit, charge, and process payments, send communications, personalize the Services, provide customer service, analyze, research, develop, and improve the Services, enforce legal terms and defend our rights, investigate and prevent security issues, fraud, and abuse, comply with laws, and as described when collecting your information.
We share certain information as set forth in "How We Share Information" section and in the chart below, and we allow third parties to collect certain information about your activity, for example through cookies, as explained in the "Cookies & Similar Technologies" section. Consistent with applicable laws, we may share Aggregate/De-Identified Information, including game play history, telemetry data, user-generated content, in-app friends and connections, screen recordings, consumer profiles and preferences, age, device identifiers, and web logs, with third parties.
California residents may opt out of the "sale" of their personal information. California law broadly defines "sale" in a way that may include allowing third parties to receive certain information such as cookies, IP address and/or browsing behavior for interest-based advertising or related purposes. It may also cover certain disclosures of personal information by Challenger to other entities. Although Challenger does not currently sell personal information in exchange for any monetary consideration, we may share personal information for other benefits that could be deemed a "sale" as defined by the CCPA. We also share certain information as set forth in "Cookies & Similar Technologies" section. For details on how to opt out of cookies, please see the "Cookies & Similar Technologies" section.
If you or your authorized agent would like to opt out of Challenger's use of your information for such purposes that are considered a "sale" under the CCPA, you may do so as outlined on the following page: Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Please note that we do not knowingly sell the personal information of minors under 16 years of age.
In the 12 months since the effective date of this Privacy Policy, we made the following disclosures of personal information about California residents in addition to disclosures of identifiers, location data, gameplay data, and photos to the public for publicity purposes in the case that you participate in a contest and win a prize:


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Friday, November 12, 2010
Winner of the $35 CSN stores gift certificate
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How lush and completely fall looking! Love these!ReplyDelete
Okay, I'm a dork. Was trying to comment on the pumpkin and raisin spice cakes. But congrats to Maureen!ReplyDelete
Hi Amanda, I'm the real winner getting two comments for the price of one.LOL It's always so nice to have a visit from you.Thanks for writing in.ReplyDelete
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I was reminded of this just now while reading another post. I remember reading that some allergies (like food allergies) get progressively worse with exposure, but after googling I couldn't find a solid answer, and some results even said it was a myth.
In my personal experience, my tree nut allergy went from very mild as a kid to life threatening by my twenties. So if it's not exposure that causes worsening allergies, what is it actually?
Is there something that does make allergic reactions get worse over time? Or is it just a thing we don't actually know the reason for?
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Allergies are complicated. Some get randomly worse, some randomly stop. Exposure can make it worse or better.
The human immune system is pretty unpredictable.
My understanding (also have an allergy that went from mild to life threatening) is that histamine being released is a natural defense your body releases to get something it deems unsafe out of your body and keep it out (runny nose, watery eyes, etc). When you first encounter an allergen, your body responds to it as a new threat. Your body isn't prepared to fight it off, but with future encounters, your body now knows the allergen, views it as a threat and does everything it can to get it out. The problem is that the body is overreacting, which leads to anaphylaxis.
It's similar to how your immune system reacts to illnesses. Once you've had the chicken pox, your body recognizes it and fights it off. It knows it's a threat and how to handle it, so your body does what it needs to do.


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Reshaping the Image of Democratic Revolutions 1989: European contemporary Perspectives and forgotten Lessons from the Past
Reshaping the Image of Democratic Revolutions 1989: European contemporary Perspectives and forgotten Lessons from the Past
The project "Reshaping the Image of Democratic Revolutions 1989: European contemporary Perspectives and forgotten Lessons from the Past" seeks to remind European citizens about the democratic revolutions 1989-1990 as a period of arduous struggles for pluralistic democracy and peaceful coexistence in Europe with the aim to strengthen the contemporary commitment of the European citizens to the preservation of democratic pluralism and democratic institutions. While fostering the transnational dialogue of European citizens about 1989 and its consequences, the project increases knowledge and awareness among the citizens about the similarities of European countries and thereby contributes to the strengthening of European identity. Furthermore, the project fosters a resilience against contemporary populist narratives based on the promise of a return to the allegedly "better past".
Following the successful kick-off meeting and panel discussion "Democratic revolutions 1989 and contemporary Europe" hold in Zagreb in November 2019, the International Forum in Rijeka in May 2021 will offer the next opportunity to discuss the experiences of 1989 with citizens. A seminar for history teachers and educators will take place in Thessaloniki in September while the local presentations of the short film about 1989 and related didactic materials will take place in Zagreb, Vienna, Tartu, Aarhus, Podgorica, Bucharest, Thessaloniki and Warsaw during October and November 2021. The final presentation of the project and discussion of the project results with experts from the field of historic-civic education is foreseen to take place in February 2022 in Vienna.
The project is coordinated by Documenta and brings together the following European organizations and institutions: BLOCKFREI – Verein für Kultur und Kommunikation (Austria), Aarhus Universitet (Denmark), Tartu Ülikool (Estonia), United Societies of Balkans (Greece), Hipmont – Udruženje profesora istorije Crne Gore (Montenegro), European Network Remembrance and Solidarity (Poland) and Centrul Roman pentru Inovatie in Dezvoltare Locala (Romania).
The project is co-financed by the European Union through the program "Europe for Citizens".


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Registration opens for first-ever People, Plants and Paving digital conference
World of Asphalt and the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA), have opened registration for the first-ever "People, Plants and Paving" digital conference.
"We're excited for this new, digital experience for asphalt paving professionals," said NAPA President & CEO Audrey Copeland, P.E., Ph.D. "COVID-19 won't stop us from providing world class education and training for the asphalt pavement industry. Our members and stakeholders value this opportunity to expand their knowledge and strengthen their competitive advantage, performance, and success."
"We already have 60 education sessions confirmed so far," said World of Asphalt Show Manager Brittany Weltcheff. "This is going to be one of the best lineups of professional education sessions ever offered, and everyone can access the content safely from their own home or office."
The People, Plants, and Paving digital conference features content spanning:
- People: Focusing on important skills necessary to manage and coach personnel to maximum performance.
- Plants: Discussing how to evaluate and improve plant performance and to keep the plant operating at peak levels.
- Paving: Including important techniques to construct safe and smooth quality pavements at optimum efficiency and enhanced profitability.
- Pavement Preservation: Including techniques to extend the life of pavements such as seal coats, in-place recycling, and crack sealing.
- Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability: Discussing the tools, best practices, and innovations to build a world class safety and sustainability culture.
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