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5 Big Issues When Scaling Scrum
1) Testing is done outside of the Scrum Team:
I'm not talking about unit testing (although those should be part of your definition of done). I mean functional testing, done by a testing professional. If you "finish" up a backlog item, run your unit tests, mark it as complete in the sprint and then ship it off to the separate testing group, then you can't really consider it complete until it comes back. The solution here is to embed at least one tester with each scrum team so they can get immediate feedback within the sprint on the completion of a backlog item.
2) Team size is too large:
Amazon has a rule that any team that can eat more than two pizzas for lunch is too large. Now I'm not going to argue the logic behind that argument but that would allow for me and one other similar sized person and 'm not sure that's what they're getting at. The general rule of thumb that I've come across is that a Scrum Team (including testers) should be about 7 people give or take 2. Meaning that 10 people is starting to get a bit large and 4 people (while better than none) might benefit from at least one more. How does that help me with my team of 100 devs? Well obviously we're not going to fire 93 people and expect the results we're looking for. But we will break the team up into smaller teams of preferably 7 give or take a few developers.
3) The daily standup (and other meetings) are conducted en masse:
Each individual team will conduct it's own sprint planning, it's own daily stand-ups and it's own retrospectives. From there it falls to the Scrum Master to roll all of this up to the meta-team level to combine into the total project as a whole. For instance the small teams all do their daily standups and and get back to work, the various Scrum Masters (or team leads) all get together for a quick standup to briefly talk about their teams progress, issues and goals for the day. The individual team performs their retrospective and identifies some areas for improvement or things to try in the next sprint and the Scrum Master performs a total retrospective with the other Scrum Masters to discuss the total sprint. And so on and so on.
4) Nobody can get ahold of the product owner:
What happens when the Scrum team is working on a story and discovers that they don't know what a form should look like? That story stops until the Product Owner responds. Scale this up to 100 or so developers and you've got yourself a problem. The solution can be a little tricky, ultimately you'll want a single product to make big/heavy decisions about the product but spread him too thin and his ability to respond will suffer causing the team to wait for answers (which is never good). In large organizations you may find it easier to have a single Product Owner and several smaller Product Owners to assist the Scrum with their inevitable questions.
5) The Scrum Master has no idea what's going on:
Having a single Scrum Master for an entire organization is a bit like asking a single waiter to handle every table in a busy restaurant. The Scrum Master's job is ultimately to serve the needs of the Scrum Team, spread that out among multiple Scrum teams and that service will suffer along with the teams performance. Ideally there should be one (and only one) Scrum Master for every team. They don't need any special certifications or advanced skills, just a basic grounding in Scrum, good old fashioned common sense and a good grasp of what the Scrum Master does all day.
These are just some general guidelines and issues that I've seen with large groups adopting Scrum. There's certainly other issues that you'll run into and different solutions that you'll try. Let me know about your experience in the comments, I always love being exposed to new problems and new solutions.
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Jilles Van Gurp replied on Thu, 2013/01/31 - 2:46am
One of the most surreal meetings I've ever been in was a sprint planning for a 150 people, multi national product team broken down into a dozen plus teams. That means 12 scrum masters, 12 product owners, about four super product owners, a program manager, misc scrum consultants, senior management, 120 developers and a shitload of post its.
In one room. For two days.
Corporate madness. This was one of the least agile work situations I've ever been in. Scrum bureaucracy had taken over and there was no room for any form of intelligent decision making whatsoever. Worse than waterfall.
Scrum works best in teams so small that you could get away without any process at all. That's what the two pizza rule is about. If you are two to three people, you don't need much process. Any semi structured approach towards reflecting a bit on what is needed and combining that with general engineering skills will go a long way.
So scrum doesn't scale down and it doesn't scale up. If you are stuck in the middle, breaking the team up might be more effective. If you are a lot of people, chances are you don't actually need most of them. That 150 people company above did a lot of work but accomplished very little.


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Three kinds of beans and a host of seasonings make this version of baked beans a winner. Southwest flavors dominate in this dish that's perfect with grilled chicken. Leslie Adams - Springfield, Missouri
- 2 cans (16 ounces each) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can (15-1/2 ounces) great northern beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) Italian stewed tomatoes, drained and chopped
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar
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- In a large bowl, combine the beans, tomatoes and onion. Combine the remaining ingredients; stir into bean mixture.
- Transfer to a 3-qt. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Cover and bake at 350° for 45 minutes; stir. Bake, uncovered, 15-30 minutes longer or until heated through. Yield: 12 servings.
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Maha Shivaratri | Celebrating Lord Shiva
Maha Shivaratri also known as Shivaratri is a popular Hindu festival celebrated in honour of Lord Shiva, one of the Trimurtis in Hinduism. This year, the auspicious day is today, February 20, 2012 and Hindus and Devotees of Lord Shiva worldwide celebrate Him.
Maha Shivaratri means "The Night of Shiva". Lord Shiva was married to Parvati on this day. This is the night when Shiva is said to have performed the Tandava or the dance of primordial creation, preservation and destruction. There are numerous legends recorded on this great occasion.
Am at the temple as I write this and I just can't keep the feeling and vibration all to myself. The worship begun early this morning and it ends the next morning. The first worship, Linga worship is on going. The recitation of mantras(prayers) echoes through the temple. The vibration is awesome. "Om Namah Shivaya" both the young and old are actively chanting this whiles the main worship is on going. The excitement and happiness on devotees faces can be felt.
All is to be pure and holy this day. See all as one, stay pure and offer a helping hand to one. Be a sacrifice to another. Don't conceive evil against any creature.
The temple is nicely lit with lamps and decorated with flowers and sandalwood is all over in the air. Wow! Most devotees entered the temple with gifts to the Lord. Can't wait for Puja(singing melodies to the Lord).
In Ghana, Maha Shivaratri is being celebrated in five temples across the country: Accra, Tema, Cape Coast, Kumasi and Ashanti Mampong.
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3 December 2009, by Mark Breakspear
© 2009 CIS Vancouver.
'Zombieland' was a project CIS Vancouver started working on shortly after completing the visual effects work for 'Angels & Demons'.
As Visual Effects Supervisor on the job, I knew going in to 'Zombieland' that the creative opportunities were huge and that it had just the right measure of creative pizzazz to zombie blood-splatter that CIS was looking for. As this story goes online, I will be available to chat in the CGSociety forums as the resident
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We met with Paul Linden, the project's overall visual effects supervisor, in Los Angeles and discussed the various types of work that Zombieland was planning. In total, the movie was tracking about 400 shots, which we knew would grow by the time we reached the end of shooting. CIS Vancouver was awarded three groups of work totaling about 110 shots: a set extension showing a destroyed Washington DC, a slow-motion car accident, and several green screen scenes where the characters are driving across the United States.
Our visual effects producer, Janet Yale, and line producer, Marta Knapik helped set up the team for the show, drawing on individual talents specially suited to this type of environment work. Leading the CG team was Earl Paraszczynec who had played a key role in the construction of our virtual environments on 'Angels & Demons', and would bring key knowledge to the project.
Onset the cameraman retreats from hungry zombie.
The opening shot in the movie shows an empty street just north of the Capitol building in Washington DC. We start on the American flag, flapping in the wind, and as we pull back, we see that the flag is the one on the front of the presidential limousine, which is, in fact, upside down. We flip back to the right side up, and continue to pull back, panning around the scene, taking in some of the devastation. We then swish pan back towards the Capitol as a zombie jumps over the limo and chases us down the street, finally catching up and consuming vital body parts. Lovely.
We had planned to shoot the shot in such a way that we would be adding a matte painting of the US Capitol building into the deep background. But, as happens on set all too often, the shot bounced around the schedule and was shot in a location that made our initial plans redundant.
When the plates came in for our Washington shot, we realized quite quickly that we would need to replace nearly everything in the scene with a combination of 2D matte painting and full 3D environment. The shot had a considerable frame count in its first iteration, and although it did reduce from the initial 1800 frames, it was still over 800 frames at the end.
Working with a shot of this length greatly impacts matchmove and rotoscoping requirements. Our matchmove team, led by Peter Hart did a great job of breaking up the shot into segments based on camera action, reassembling the CG camera moves later on into one seamless move. Jessica Wan, our rotoscoping lead did an initial pass of the rotoscoping to enable our comp and CG teams to work with the plate and also for us to produce a temp version for some earlier screenings. Subsequent edge-perfect rotoscoping, was created later by Wan's team. Our last version of the roto came to us on the last day of production. Every version was a step up from the one before, with refined edges with accurate motion-blur. I was initially really worried by the amount of rotoscoping that this shot would require, but Wan's team did a precise job masterfully refining everything so our compositor had very little to adjust.
Editorial in Los Angeles wanted to add a 2D tilt throughout the shot to focus the shot on the zombie action as he runs at the camera. It was a good move, but it did add significantly to our rotoscoping requirements pretty late in the game. Normally, you would rotoscope to just outside your contractual boundary, for this 1:778. For this shot we just bit the bullet and rotoscoped every thing in 1:33. Our visual effects editor, Adam Estey worked with Zombieland's visual effect editor, Joseph Carson, keeping track of the various editorial moves that had been added and that needed to be matched by our visual effects artists.
Paraszczynec accompanied me to Washington DC to photograph the possible locations around the US Capitol that would work for this shot. We shot using two Canon EOS 1Ds MK2 digital cameras, shooting RAW images. For each location around the Capitol, we did extensive photographic studies at different times of day to give us variations in shadow positions. We took over 40,000 images during the texture survey, and although at least half of those were of angles we didn't ever see, the strategy was to cover everything possible
in one trip, and ultimately be in a position where we could create what we needed, from any angle.
Working with artists Christian Emond, Casey Rolseth, and Biren Venkatraman, Earl Paraszczynec worked out a plan of action that would allow us to put together the expansive environment within the eight weeks available. We had to cut a few corners on our build, allowing textures to do more of the work than we would normally want. But 8 weeks was very tight no matter what approach you take and we wanted the end result to look good, so even though we cut a few corners, we invested our resources and time into the areas that needed it most.
Starting the build straightaway, Emond used Google Earth to get an idea for the correct position for all the buildings in the location so we could start blocking out the camera move. Hart continued to work with Paraszczynec and Emond throughout the process refining the matchmove, fixing bumps or slips that showed up from time to time.
Ariel view of CG showing correct layout of buildings relative to set layout.
Paraszczynec and Emond also began the task of sorting out all the photographs into groups so we could organize our projection cameras. Any images that end up being used have to be cleaned up; removing anything that we don't want in the image. This usually means painting out people, cars, birds, shadows, etc. On hundreds of images this is a large volume of work that needs to be done quickly and also look flawless.
Emond and Venkatraman had roughed up a model of the Capitol building for our temps and together refined the areas that would be seen, adding more detail for our lighting to pick up on in the final render. The way we use the projections normally require us to paint out any real lighting and then have it cast back onto the texture from the 3D objects. It's always a fine balance between painting something out and regenerating it later. The key is always to know which end result will look better.
3D layout of scene including trees, roads and Capitol.
Some shadows are so complex on certain objects, it makes sense to leave them in the texture; at other times the texture may have a great shadow in it, but no matter what you do it's going to be coming from the wrong direction and needs to be painted out.
With cleaned textures and a modeled environment, the team set about putting everything together. There was too much to place it all into one single Maya scene, so Emond broke it all up into multiple passes to be reassembled later in comp.
Our base model of the Capitol was built in order to allow the textures to create most of the lighting. Subsequent layers were added after to fix projection issues.
One of the reasons we decided to build the US Capitol as a 3D model rather than treat it as a 2D matte painting was based on how much parallax we thought would be missing if we took the simpler 2D approach. We knew from match-moving the scene that the real camera mostly moved backwards on the road and didn't really move left or right very much. The little left and right movement that is present is enough to create the slightest of parallax, and your eye can detect when it's not there.
Stephen James, our lead compositor, provided us with motion footage of real trees that he had stabilized and given to CG with mattes. We added the 2D trees and bushes on cards and stacked them up facing the camera in the 3D scene. The slight motion on the real trees added greatly to the reality of the scene, your eye picking out the slightest of movements in the leaves and branches makes a huge difference to the final result.
Adding light poles, traffic lights, posts, and benches, all at varying distances to us,
Emond then broke the entire scene back up into render passes for comp and sent them to the farm.
Added street poles, posts, benches and road signs.
Composite supervisor, Marlo Pabon, worked with James to assemble all the pieces together, and to layer in passes of 2D smoke, fire, and ash that Linden had shot on set. We wanted to create a moody scene, not too intense and apocalyptic; otherwise it wouldn't match the style of the rest of the movie.
During the final composite, James layered hundreds of layers together to build up the environment. Combining 3D renders, filmed elements and an overall damaged home video camera look, James hit render on the final version and we finished the shot on the last hour of the last day of the D.I. No point having a few minutes left over not being used, right?
Green screen plate.
© 2009 CIS Vancouver.
Example of 3D scene layer without textures.
During Zombieland, the effects would be used to illustrate various "rules" that the main characters would adopt in order to survive. Some rules would be obvious such as "know your exits" or "good cardio" while others would reflect the comedic side "enjoy the little things" and "Wear your seat belts". It was this last rule that Linden asked us to help create a pretty horrific visual example of, for the audience.
The sequence consisted of three shots, showing a woman ejected from her minivan as it hits the side of a truck, throwing her and the dashboard's contents into the air in slow motion, eventually to fall on to the road with her head splitting open on impact.
Always wear your seat belts.
Paul shot the elements in several pieces. The first was the background elements of the van and truck colliding. He broke that up into four pieces, with the van coming towards camera with no truck, the truck coming into position with no van, the van hitting a stationary truck at full speed, and finally a clean plate so we could stitch everything back together.
Stunt woman element mid rig pull.
Jessica Wan, our rotoscoping lead, watched over the rotoscoping teams assigned to break apart the truck, van, and debris from each element. Stephen James and compositor Tiago Santos began working on piecing all the layers back together to make the sequence work.
Paul also shot an element of a stuntwoman on a wire rig flying through the air towards camera. She landed on a crash mat just in front of camera. Again, Wan oversaw the rotoscoping of the woman, and our comp team went about putting the elements together.
Stunt woman element at end of rig pull.
CG supervisor, Earl Paraszczynec, began work on the Beanie Babies that needed to fly from the car with the woman. Paraszczynec worked out a rig for the various Beanie Babies that would allow them to behave realistically as they flew threw the air and then landed on the ground.
Simulation after simulation perfecting the dynamics.
Ariel simulation.
Finally the simulation started to behave realistically.
CG Beanie Babies in mid flight.
The basic problem was maintaining the volume of the object when it deforms on impact. Once we'd worked out a solution for the dynamics, we added a short fur texture based on each creature's design. We knew early on that we would need to add additional glass to the van as it hit the truck, allowing the body of the woman to emerge through it as she launched into the air. Paraszczynec worked with various off-the-shelf plug-ins at first, but found that they didn't offer the tools needed to simulate the complexity that you see as a car window breaks. We had to build a custom simulation for the window, allowing the thousand fragments of shattered glass to initially break, land on the truck, and finally fall on the road surface. It was very easy to picture what we wanted, but much harder to actually make the physics work accurately on so many pieces.
Finally Paraszczynec built a rough blocking of the world, including the van, truck, and road surface for the simulation to occur in.
We mixed our renders across RenderMan and mental ray, using each for specific benefits it offered the different materials we were working with.
Added gore to the woman's face, as well as road damage in the foreground.
James and Santos worked on blending all the elements together in comp. I shot some HD elements of blood bags hitting the ground with help from coordinator, Riley McDougall. It's not every day you get to go home and answer the "what did you do today?" question with, "Blew up some simulated human head blood bags, and you?". We felt that we needed to add a little extra gore to the impact of the woman's head on the road. James and Santos also added some blood and scraps to her face in both shots.
For the above angle Santos added blood elements to the road and used photography of curbs, road cracks, and general road damage to give the shot a sense of scale. We warped the blood smear to match the ladies arms and legs as they flail about on the impact, also adding the CG Beanie Babies and glass from CG.
Extra blood elements were used to add the smear to the road surface.
Zombieland was a great project to work on. Linden had a visual plan from the start and knew what he wanted the shots to look like. Everyone told me I had to work on at least one zombie movie in my career, and honestly, I couldn't see what the attraction was.
But now, after shooting blood elements, throwing Beanie Babies around, and discussing in depth what a human head would look like if it blew up, I'm hooked.
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VFX Producer:
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VFX Coordinator:
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Peter Hart
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Daniel Cairnie
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Thierry Muller
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Jessica Wan
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Teaching your children ethics isn't the easiest jobs in the world, and now there's the world of the web you need to be concerned about as well.
Ethics are defined as the moral principles of a group of people.
"In school, we teach math and literature and all these important topics, but sometimes we don't teach day to day stuff, you know ethical decisions, how to treat people and just how to be nice," said speaker and Rapid City Police Sergeant Brian Blenner.
At Junior Achievement Day, a day dedicated to teaching students ethics, speakers and teachers make sure Facebook is a hot topic.
"Facebook is a scary thing," said Assistant track coach Royce Wuertzer. "It's a great way to communicate with friends and family and find people, but it can also be something that can ruin your life too."
Senior Marissa Burritt can testify to the power of a Facebook comment. After asking Justin Bieber to prom on Youtube she received some publicity on the KOTA Mytown website, and then the Facebook comments came pouring in.
"People are like calling me names and I don't know; I just don't understand how it affects their life," said Marissa.
Some comments went as far as to suggest Marissa would probably commit suicide if Bieber said no. "It's ridiculous," said Mytown Editor Jack Siebold. He said people's reactions to the story floored him.
But Marissa doesn't let the comments get under her skin. "I pretty much feel the same about everything," said Marissa. "I hope he says yes that's all I got to say."
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Villa Paradijs rents as 1, 2 or 3 bedroom option in St Martin/Maarten
- bedrooms 3
- baths 3
- sleeps 6
- pool yes
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type Villa
- community Oyster Pond
rates (USD)
/ week
vacation rental description
Villa Paradijs is located on the Dutch side of the island, close to the French border. Experience these two unique worlds as they blend together, offering the best of both diverse cultures. This 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom villa is nestled in the prestigious Oyster Pond hillside.You are only minutes away from beautiful Dawn Beach and the Oyster Pond Marina.
Villa Paradijs is surrounded by a tropical garden and overlooks the dynamic panorama of Oyster Pond, Dawn Beach, and a distant view of St. Barths. With its windward exposure and expansive terrace, Villa Paradijs offers magnificent Caribbean sunrises and fragrant tropical breezes throughout the year. This lovely villa has a private pool surrounded by a deck overlooking the stunning views.
The villa is comfortably furnished and tastefully decorated in bright island colors. There are three bedrooms, each with an en-suite bathroom. The Master bedroom offers a queen bed, the second bedroom offers a queen bed and the third bedroom offers one double bed and one twin bed…In addition, there is a day bed in the living room…Maximum occupancy at the villa is 7 persons.
You will find all the modern conveniences, central air conditioning, dishwasher, washer/dryer, microwave, refrigerator with ice maker, gas BBQ grill, internet access, cable TV, VCR and stereo system with tape and CD.
Villa Paradijs is a delightful walk from the beach, sailing, windsurfing and snorkeling. There are several acclaimed gourmet restaurants nearby. Yet, Villa Paradijs is a place unto itself, a secluded vacation retreat for family and friends seeking quiet, privacy and a chance to view paradise from a different perspective.
The villa is perfectly situated on the Dutch side, only a short distance away from downtown Philipsburg, the capital of the Dutch side, and 10 minutes away from Orient Bay on the French side of the island.
Experience the best of both worlds where the Dutch side offers you great shopping, casinos and fantastic nightlife while the French side has wonderful restaurants for your gourmet dining experiences and the haute couture shopping.
Enjoy Villa Paradijs and experience a taste of the Caribbean life…
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ReMax Island Properties 866-978-5851
villa rental amenities
Spectacular views of Dawn Beach & Oyster Pond, central air conditioning, cable TV, telephone, internet access, VCR, stereo system with tape and CD player, outdoor gas BBQ grill.
Master Bedroom 1– Oceanview, queen bed, air conditioning, ceiling fan, cable TV, VCR and en-suite bathroom with shower.
Bedroom 2– Queen bed, air conditioning, ceiling fan and en-suite bathroom with shower.
Bedroom 3– One double bed and one twin bed, air conditioning, ceiling fan and en-suite bathroom with shower.
The fully equipped kitchen features stove, oven, refrigerator with ice maker, microwave, blender, toaster, dishwasher and coffee maker.
Private pool surrounded by a spacious sun deck overlooking the wonderful views.
Living/Dining Room:
The villa is comfortable furnished and tastefully decorated in bright island colors with a tropical flair. A seamless transition between inside and out, the living area opens to the outside terrace. Dining table seating for 6 persons.
activities and attractions in St Martin/Maarten Caribbean
Princess Juliana International Airport – 8 miles, Philipsburg, the Dutch capital – 3 miles, Marigot, the French capital – 7 miles, Nearest Casino – 0.2 miles at The Westin, Restaurant – 0.2 miles.
Nearest Beach:
Dawn Beach – 0.1 miles
vacation rental rates
# of Bedrooms April 15th to Dec 14th Dec 15 to April 14th Christmas/New Year's weeks
1 Bedroom $1500 $2200 $3500
2 Bedroom $1800 $2500 $3500
3 Bedroom $2000 $2800 $3500
All rates are based on 7 nights and include airport meet & greet, welcome basket and maid service 2 times per week. If additional maid service is required, may be requested for an additional charge.
(except Sundays & Public Holidays).
A 9% Government Tax & Service Charge will be added to all rates.
Rates are based on 2 guests per bedroom.
Minimum Booking is 5 nights except for Christmas & New Year's where a 12 night minimum is required.
Above rates are subject to change without any prior notice.
Summer/Fall Special - June 1-October 31 - 10% discount off the weekly rate
ReMax Island Properties 866-978-5851
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Sometimes, a single issue of Circuit Cellar isn't enough.
Brian Millier, a retired instrumentation engineer in the Department of Chemistry at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, needed more than one issue to explain his construction of a microcontroller-based, G-code controller for a CNC router. So we gave him room for a two-part series appearing in our April and May issues.
In Part 1, Millier explains the basics of G-code and how it is converted into three-axis motion, via the router's three stepper motors. In Part 2, he describes his design of the router's axis controller (powered by three small microcontrollers) and the host controller (powered by a more powerful microcontroller).
He calls the project one of the most challenging he has ever tackled.
So why bother? Especially when the combination of a PC and ArtSoft's Mach3 software is a common and affordable approach to running a CNC router? Well, like most DIYers, Millier couldn't resist an opportunity to learn.
"I want to be upfront and say that this is probably not the most practical project I have ever done," Millier says in Part 1. "You can usually pick up a used PC for free, and the Mach3 software is professional-grade and handles much more complex G-code programs than my DIY controller will. However, it did provide me with a challenging programming task, and I learned a lot about designing a program with many concurrent tasks, all of which are quite time critical. Even if you are not interested in building such a controller, you may find interesting some of the techniques and tricks I used to provide the multi-axis stepper-motor motion."
Millier's two articles focus on the two main tasks of his project.
"The first was to understand the G-code language used to program CNC machines well enough to be able to write the firmware that would parse the G-code commands into something that a microcontroller could use to control the stepper motors used for each of the three axes," he says. "The second task was to design the hardware/firmware that would actually control the three stepper motors, all of which had to move synchronously at accurate, ramped speeds."
Millier wraps up his project by saying: "This was probably the most challenging project I've tackled, outside of work projects, in many years. In particular, the Basic program code for both of the controllers ran beyond 3,500 lines."
If you are also someone who is willing to take on a tough task for the thrill of figuring it out yourself, check out Millier's explanation of his project in the April and May issues of Circuit Cellar.


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Old Towne Luxury Virtual Ski-in/SkiOut (summer too) Hot Tub in Park City
- bedrooms 3
- baths 3
- sleeps 8
- pool no
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type House
- community Old Town
rates (USD)
/ night
vacation rental description
Perfect Park City Vacation Home RentalLocation, Location, Location! This Ski Lodge is a skier and shoppers dream! And really great for SUMMER too. Multiple golf courses within 15 minutes. Awesome hiking trails, kayaking, & fly fishing opportunities.
Walking distance to the Old Towne Lift, Historic Main Street, Shuttle to Deer Valley.
The beauty of this house is that once you've settled in you don't need to get back into your car! If some in your party want to ski, they can just carry their skis to the Town Lift and ride up the lift and gain access to the entire Park City Ski Mountain & Resort. After an exhilarating day of skiing, just take the "Quitin' Time" run and literally walk past about 8 Old Towne charming homes to your luxurious lodge. Once you enter take all your gear off in the "snow room" before entering the warmth of a fireplace (hopefully those shoppers who had a nice short walk to Main street got back before you and have the fire roaring, the music playing, and towels ready to all go into the huge new hot tub that comfortably seats 8!).
After a well deserved hot tub for all, imagine making a home cooked meal and having a glass of wine while you watch your favorite movie on your HUGE 62" TV in your large great room with fantastic views of the mountains and trees!!! All the furnishings are extremely comfortable and in a mountain style featuring Ralph Lauren fabrics. Beautiful hardwood floors, slate floors, and soft carpet and rugs throughout. Tall ceilings with tongue & groove in entrance/sitting room, great/family room, and master bedroom.
If you are familiar with other charming and cozy Old Towne homes, this house is much more spacious than most as it is situated on a lot and ½! And fortunately the neighbors have an unobtrusive low roof profile affording spectacular views of Arie Drive Mountain through the HUGE 23 foot tall double doors and windows just off the great room!
The kitchen has been updated with granite and mountain motif tile. The dining room and table are huge, easily accommodating a party of 10, with the breakfast nook table right across the way for additional seating.
The home features a ground level bedroom, especially nice for people who are not fans of stairs. This lower level bedroom is equipped with an extremely comfortable pillow top queen bed and full cable TV. Large Master bedroom with king bed, TV, fireplace, & dual sink/shower heads in beautiful bathroom. 3rd bedroom includes two twin beds and nice mountain views from windows. Full bath down hall. A twin futon is located on in master via ladder. The large sectional in family room is extremely comfortable and can provide additional sleeping if required.
SUMMER GUESTS: During the summer Park City is your ideal vacation!! The house is close to the Park City Municipal Golf Course (about 1 mile away) and 5-10 miles from over 10 golf courses! Enjoy hiking, biking, kayaking, relaxing, fly fishing, and more! The "Park Silly" Market (craft, food, music, and fun) takes place each weekend along Main Street and you can stroll down from the house to enjoy the action.
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house rental amenities
- Washer/Dryer
- Linens Provided
- Gas/Wood Fireplace
- King Master Suite includes fireplace and master bath with dual sinks, dual shower heads; twin futon in loft above bath (accessible by built-in ladder)
- Queen Guest Room downstairs, full bath across hall.
- 2 Twins beds in upstairs 3rd bedroom, full bath down hall. The twins can be "put together" to act as a 2nd "king" bed.
- Cable/Satellite TV
- CD/Stereo system
- Private Hot Tub
- Full Kitchen
- Cooking Utensils Provided
- Dishwasher
- Microwave
- Patios & Balcony
- Mountain View
- Ski-in/Ski-out: Finish Park City resort on Quittin' Time Run and walk about 8 houses to home; Easy walk to Towne Lift
- Telephone
- WiFi
- NO Smoking
- Kid Friendly
activities and attractions in Park City Utah
The following activities & attractions can be found on or nearby the property:
- Golf
- Tennis
- Zoo/Wildlife Park
- Shopping
- Sightseeing
- Restaurants
- Rafting
- Kayaking
- Sailing
- Boating
- Waterskiing
- Jet Skiing
- Swimming
- Biking
- Mountain Biking
- Cross Country Skiing
- Downhill/Alpine Skiing
- Snowboarding
- Snowmobiling
- Sledding/Tubing
- Wildlife Viewing
- Hiking
- Fishing
- Rock Climbing
- Fitness Center/Gym
- Health/Beauty Spa
- Racquetball
- Basketball Court
- Antiquing
- Cinemas/Movie Theaters
- Live Theatre
- Museums
- Horseshoes
- Miniature golf
- Shuffleboard
- Horseback Riding
- Hot Air Ballooning
vacation rental rates
Summer Rates..............$295/night (ask about monthly rates
Dec 19-Jan 02, Sundance Jan 16-Jan 26 .. $899/night
Regular Season ......................... $599/night
Value Jan 03-Jan 19 .................... $469/night
Super Value Oct - Nov 20 ............... $279/night
Nov 21 - Nov 28 ........................ $389/night
Nov 29 - Dec 19 ........................ $329/night
Plus local tax, $150 cleaning fee, and $500 refundable deposit
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Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.Learn more in our Security Center
Top things to do in Park City
- Ski
- Golf
- Water Sports
- Hike
- Mountain Biking
Top things to do on a budget
- Water Sports
- Hike
- Mountain Biking
- Bird Watching
- Siteseeing
Top things to do with a family
- Ski
- Golf
- Water Sports
- Hike
- Mountain Biking
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reviews for: listing #4346 - Manzanillo, Pacific Coast Villa rental
- bedrooms 4
- pool yes
- type Villa
- baths 5
- hot tub no
- community LaPunta
- sleeps 8
- pets allowed no
rates (USD)
Treated Like Royality
Review submitted: October 9, 2008 Date of arrival: January 3, 2008
Staying at the castle was truly a royal experience! We had a wonderful stay there as well as our travel companions.
The staff was above reproach and extremely helpful, yet allowed us to feel as though we were the only people at the villa
The food was delicious and prepared with local and cultural ingredients and culinary experience. We ate every meal there and looked forward to each meal. There were
Many choices and variations of our meals, and any thing that we requested were fulfilled.
The villa was kept immaculate on a daily basis. Fresh flowers from their garden adorned the rooms daily.
The views were beautiful. We especially enjoyed the sunsets and seeing the ocean
We enjoyed our stay so much that we did not venture into town but enjoyed our daily walks around the property
We enjoyed our vacation there so much that we are returning this year and taking our grown children so that they too can feel the joy and experience, the picturesque views, the relaxing joy of villa
The owner was gracious, accommodating and responded to my correspondance very fast and was truly a pleasure to work with
Recommended for: age 55+, families with teenagers, tourists without a car, romantic getaway
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Helpful votes: 3 / 3
Amazing Place and Location!
Review submitted: April 14, 2011 Date of arrival: March 1, 2011
In March 2011 my wife and I and three other couples stayed in The Castle of the Princess for almost a week. The Castle is the finest house I have ever stayed in for a vacation, and the house staff prepared fantastic authentic Mexican cuisine whenever we wanted. The house manager brought us whatever we needed at the house, and transported us around the town of Manzanillo during the week. The views were spectacular at the Castle from almost every vantage point, and the town of Manzanillo is a rising star as a Mexico destination location. Our group used the local tennis courts which were great, and the local beach is nearby and very beautiful. All of the rooms were very nice and the main living and dining room area and the swimming pool were breathtaking. I highly recommend the Castle and we are all considering a return visit sometime in the near future.
Recommended for: adventure seekers, age 55+, girls getaway, sight seeing, tourists without a car, romantic getaway
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Helpful votes: 0 / 0
Review submitted: May 15, 2010 Date of arrival: April 10, 2010
My husband and I certainly felt like royalty during our recent stay at the Castillo de la Princesa (Castle of the Princess). The house was very grand, immaculately maintained and offered breathtaking views of the ocean. Nestled in the hills above the ocean, the architecture of La Princesa and its scenic surroundings were in such harmony it was difficult to say where one ended and the other began. La Punta, the gated community in which La Princesa was located, offered tennis, a private beach with its own coral reef and security that made us feel completely at ease. Staying at La Princesa, we also had access to a house manager who educated us on the area, planned our day excursions, and made our restaurant reservations. Saving the best for last, we cannot over-praise the delicious, authentic Mexican cuisine prepared for each and every meal by the house cooking staff. It certainly exceeded our expectations, as did the staff's friendly and professional service. A stay at La Princesa is pure decadence and, for us, it was a vacation that we will always remember.
Recommended for: age 55+, girls getaway, romantic getaway
Owners response: Thank you for your great review of La Princesa. Hope you will return soon to enjoy all that we have to offer. Tell your friends, we would love to have them too!
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Helpful votes: 0 / 0
Castle of the Princess
Review submitted: January 4, 2009 Date of arrival: February 8, 2008
Dramatic,..You have to experience this architectual Castle by the sea...Spectacular views. You experience many interesting design elements, with each created by privacy.
There are many gathering areas for relaxation and areas to be quickly transformed into traditional celebrations "Parties"...........A Great place for a holiday!!!!!
All the activities, attractions and restaurants are great and can all be set up for you...What ever you like to do ..it is there waiting for you.
Recommended for: adventure seekers, age 55+, girls getaway, sight seeing, tourists without a car, romantic getaway
Do you find this review helpful? Yes No
Helpful votes: 2 / 3
This is an amazing place!
Review submitted: October 14, 2008 Date of arrival: March 3, 2008
This place was wonderful! Our trip included myself with two boys age 12, an aunt and uncle and grandparents. We all had privacy and great opportunities to be together in the great room, patio and pool. The place is clean and beautiful. The food cooked by the staff (who we fell in love with!) was very fresh, delicious and everything we asked for. I walked everyday, sometimes leaving the complex and going down to the main road just to see what I could see. The beach area is lovely- they have chairs, chaises and big umbrellas. The clubhouse had food, bathrooms and a pool. We had a driver for day trips. The boys and I tended to stay at the house most days, enjoying the pool, beach and tennis courts. I took taxis when I was alone and wanted to run over to the main shopping area. The pool is an infinity pool which has a two-story drop on the far side- that may scary for people with small children. The walk to the beach is about ten-minutes and downhill. Most people drove down, but me and the boys only walked down. I have already recommended this place to others. It was a great vacation!
Recommended for: adventure seekers, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway
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Helpful votes: 3 / 3
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Asia is the biggest continent on Earth, a darling little gem floating around in space.
Hm, what is Asia? Who's in on it?
China and India are safe bets for Asian nations. Korea, Japan, Thailand, you're fine.
Europe? No. Europe would sort of be on the "Asian continent" if not for those pesky Ural mountains dividing things up in the middle, and then also the whole lineage of kings and wealth and nations and the EU and all that "give me my respect" stuff.
Russia would probably be happiest as its own continent, so for now we'll leave it in "Eurasia" and just hope the natural gas supplies keep flowing.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are dang close to Asia, but politically they show up in "Middle East" news stories an awful lot. Verdict: Eurasia.
I guess we'll actually have to consider everything from Turkey on eastward to be "Eurasian", although the moniker seems overlappitory of the territory.
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Make sure your lawn tracotr is intended to burn it. The diaphrams and gaskets on some of the carbs dodn't like alcohol. As a matter of fact mine specifically warns no to use it.
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I ran 90% isopropyl rubbing alcohol through it. Ran perfectly. The tractor is from 85' and the carb is metal inside. Float boal carb. Just have to richen the carb a little bit.
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On a slightly different note
My brother is looking into making bio diesal according to him you can get 750 gallons per acer with rape seed.
Take care of your equipment and it will take care of you. 1964 cub. Farmall 100 and 130.
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Cowboy, I'd be interested in hearing how that goes...keep us posted.
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we make bio diesel at my school to use on the tractor. The natuaral resourse kids make it and then the ag mechanics kids use it
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I bought an old tractor all dusty and worn,
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1. standard oil will not work with alcohol.(alcohol removes oil)
2. piston is special top is thicker to take extra heat.
3. To much muffler will cause blow by the rings & will score the cylinder wall.
Find some the guys in your area playing with the go carts running on
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If it's been broken I did it.
If its not broken wait till I touch it.
Alcohol burns cooler than gas and my lawn mower has a staight pipe. I will have to look into the oil problem, makes sense, but I have never read about somethin like that happening.
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Forgot to put this link in. Mentions nothing about oil compatability.
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n Was an article in the NY Times this week.. It stated that more energy goes into making Bio diesel than you get out of it. Basically they say the only way to gain with Bio diesel is to reuse cooking oil.. It was from a study by Cornell for NY State.
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3:00pm Friday 7th March 2014 in News
TWO primary schools in Burnley have been raided by thieves within 24 hours of each other.
St Mary Magdalene's, in Wellfield Drive, and Holy Trinity, in Raglan Road, had laptops used by teachers and electronic notepads used by pupils, worth just under £2,000, stolen.
Headteachers have slammed the 'heartless' thieves' behaviour.
Offenders targeted St Mary Magdalene's between 12.30am and 1.30am yesterday, stealing six Samsung notebooks used in lessons.
Headteacher Julie Frazer said burglars who target schools do not realise how much disruption they cause for the children.
She said: "I think it's absolutely appalling that anybody would take anything used in children's education.
"It's disgusting and shameful. The children here are just lovely and it's upsetting to think somebody would do this.
"We're very security conscious. I don't know what more we can do without making the school look like a prison.
"We aren't sure how they broke in, but luckily, because there is no obvious damage to the building, the children are quite oblivious to the burglary."
At around midnight on Tuesday, thieves forced open a ground floor classroom window at Holy Trinity and stole two Toshiba laptops worth £500 each, which were used in lessons by teachers.
Headteacher Rev Catherine Braithwaite said: "It's just sad. People don't realise that we've lost time when we should have been working while the police have been here, and waiting for the window to be fixed.
"I don't think they realise that there's a school budget. We don't just get everything from the county.
"The money that will have to be spent repairing the damage and replacing the equipment is money that would have been spent on the children's education."
PC Tom Gibbons, of Burnley police, said officers would be keeping an eye on the area to ensure there isn't a spate of similar incidents.
He said: "We're going to make sure we're visible in the area.
"Unfortunately, schools can be easy targets, depending on what offenders are looking to steal.
"I would like to say that if anybody tries to sell you one of these laptops, please call 101, it would be very helpful."
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TheCaveman says...
I can't get the school I live near to close the main gate at sensible times - it's left open long after closing time and even during school holidays. They are just asking for trouble. Still, it's only public money at the end of the day......
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---- — BROWNSBURG — The town council here passed the 2014 budget after some discussion and removal of a specific line item.
The line item in question was for the purchase of an Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) to be purchased for the Brownsburg Police Department.
Before the budget could be passed, council president Gary Hood gave his thoughts on the vehicle, which would account for $170,000 of the $40 million town budget.
"I will share with everybody, that I was opposed to this vehicle," Hood said. "I was quite opposed to this vehicle, when I started into this process. I think the challenge is the fact that Brownsburg is supporting a lot of other areas through our mutual aid. I really believe that this is asking the Brownsburg taxpayers to again carry a cost that will get used on a broader basis within the county and yet the Brownsburg taxpayers are paying for it. I am also concerned that it's a vehicle that's only going to be used a few times a year."
He added that he's had many conversations with Brownsburg Police Chief Michael Dove regarding the vehicle.
"Chief (Dove) has shared with me that our number of ERT (Emergency Response Team) callouts has gone up over the course of the years," Hood said. "It started out, I believe, Chief (Dove) was saying it was at two or three and you get up to possibly six or seven. You have to recognize while it would get used, potentially in those situations, you've also got an asset that you've, in essence, invested the town taxpayers' money in that's sitting 350-plus days of the year without really doing anything."
Hood said he's also worried about the perceptions the vehicle might cause.
"I am very concerned about the impression that it puts forth that we live in a community that requires armored vehicles in order to be able to provide protection to the town," he said.
Hood said Dove explained to him how the vehicle would prove to be an asset.
"What Chief Dove shared with me was also very, very significant," Hood said. "This is a defensive vehicle, not an offensive vehicle. It is not a tank. It is truly to protect the officers; it is for the safety of those officers. I think one of the best examples that he provided to me that makes sense is if you had a situation where an officer was injured and is out in an area where he or she is exposed, this vehicle would provide a means to be able to potentially go in and retrieve that officer without putting others in harm's way."
Based on those discussions, Hood said his apprehensions may subside by next year, especially if the police department comes back with more information and possibly looks into sharing the cost with neighboring municipalities.
"The chief did, in fact, help to change my opinion," he said. "I am not as opposed as I was. However, I am not going to support the vehicle for the 2014 budget. I want to make it very, very clear that I am not ruling this out for the future. In fact I will tell you, I would really like to see this come back again in the 2015 budget."
With that, Hood made a motion to amend Ordinance No. 28-2013 and remove the armored vehicle from the budget.
After a somewhat lengthy pause, the motion was seconded by Councilman Rob Kendall.
During the discussion portion, Councilman Don Spencer, who serves as liaison to the police commission, voiced his opinion on why he felt the vehicle was necessary.
Spencer cited information Dove had shared with him about a small town in Colorado that utilizes a similar vehicle because of a transient population that periodically descends upon the town, due to a concert venue.
Spencer likened that situation to the Brownsburg population influx during race season because of the track.
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Spencer then asked that his fellow council members defeat the amendment.
"I appreciate Mr. Hood's suggestion that this come back before us, (but) I think it's time that this community recognize the need to spend some money on public safety," he said. " … If we're going to put ourselves on the map, ladies and gentleman, we have to be able to protect ourselves. This is about protecting these guys in the room (members of the police force who were on hand). I want to be able to say we were the first in Hendricks County to recognize this and request it and afford it and be proud of the fact that we afforded it. I want to be proactive."
Hood called for a vote, which fell 3-2, with Spencer and Councilman Dave Richardson opposing, to uphold the amendment.
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Full military honours are paid to war hero Stan after he was weeks away from getting a pauper's funeral
Updated 2:14pm Monday 16th December 2013 in News
THE roar of a Spitfire filled the air as a Second World War hero was given a fitting send off.
Stan Franks was laid to rest at Basildon Crematorium with full military honours, having previously been set for a pauper's funeral.
Stan, a Bomber Command pilot in the RAF, flew 31 missions over Germany by the time he was 19.
But the 88-year-old was going to have a pauper's funeral with no money or family nearby.
However, the community rallied together and raised £3,000 for a fitting funeral, complete with a flypast by a Spitfire.
Stan died at his home, in Vange Park Road, Fobbing, in October.
His death only became known after a waitress at the Five Bells pub, who served him every day, became concerned for his welfare.
The community came together to raise money for the funeral with any surplus cash being sent to help other veteran RAF personnel.
Hundreds turned out to Stan's funeral on Friday, with veterans and young cadets giving him a guard of honour. Standard bearers from British Legion groups stood to recognise the RAF veteran, and members from the RAF Association also attended.
Stephen Metcalfe, MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock, and Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price attended along with Squadron Leader Rick Fryer, who is the RAF station commander at RAF Mildenhall.
After the service, friends returned to Stan's favourite pub, the Five Bells. Jim Gooding, chairman of Thurrock RAF Association, said: "It was excellent and very well attended.
Everyone said afterwards he had the marvellous send off he deserves."
Prime Minister David Cameron has given his own tribute to Mr Franks in the Houses of Parliament after hearing about his dedication to his country.
He said: "The story of Stan Franks is a truly remarkable one.
"It is a real reminder to our generation of just how much previous generations put in to make sure we could live in freedom.
"We should never forget those brave crews in Bomber Command.
"So many now are coming to the end of their lives – so many who did so much for our country."
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knighs1 says...
"We should never forget those brave crews in Bomber Command.
"So many now are coming to the end of their lives – so many who did so much for our country."
Trouble is Mr Cameron you and previous governments have forgotten those that served and continue to serve this country. Still never mind eh! Enjoy your pay rise.
3:01pm Mon 16 Dec 13
Southend Andy says...
3:12pm Mon 16 Dec 13
BrianOtridge says...
In his memory, we should dedicate ourselves to preserving those same freedoms and that national identity into the future, whatever obstacles are put in our way by those who are opposed to them.
4:18pm Mon 16 Dec 13
Kim Gandy says...
How sad that he had no family nearby but very fitting and right that he has a proper send off.
RIP brave one... there are few of his like left now more's the pity.
7:27pm Mon 16 Dec 13
Dave_ says...
A fitting send off for someone who did things to preserve our freedom that we can't even begin to understand.
RIP Mr Franks.
8:24pm Tue 17 Dec 13
reg reg says...
thanks Mr franks
rest in peace now sir
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