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The George Blog – 10 Most Recent Topics
Happy New Year! |
To all those building my designs, or interested in them, or just visiting this website my very best wishes for 2015. Above all may it be peaceful and bring happiness, satisfaction and success in your endeavours. George |
Date posted: Wednesday, 24 Dec 2014 | Comments (0)
First do no harm |
We are in England this year over the Thanksgiving celebration and working too hard to think about a special meal! But as we approach the end of the year it always seems a good time to pause for reflection. Being a humanist doesn't stop you enjoying the traditional aspects of Christmas, especially the music, a christmas tree, the giving of presents, and the celebration of family. After all a festival around the time of the winter solstice is probably as old as humanity itself. And being a vegan vegetarian doesn't stop you making special food to celebrate – just different food. At its core the vegan way of life can be summed up in the Latin phrase "Primum Non Nocere" – First Do No Harm. You try to look at everything you eat, everything you use and everything you do, from this perspective. We share the Earth with many many thousands of other species and we all of us have this one life to live and enjoy. As probably the most intelligent and certainly the most developed, of these species I think we have a special responsibility not to cause harm to, or shorten the lives of, any of them, including our own. George |
Date posted: Thursday, 27 Nov 2014 | Comments (0)
Design 165 |
The drawings for this design are proceeding steadily. Plenty of study plans are available on the Plans page of the design. At the moment I am concentrating on the Laminated Frame, Doghouse version. Pretty much all the plans needed to build the hull and cockpit are now on site. Many of the plans suit all versions – Saloon and Doghouse; Laminated and Ply Sandwich. The plans also suit either a cold-moulded or a ply lapstrake hull. Sail plans for Gaff Cutter, Gaff Sloop, and Gaff Yawl with a lug mizzen will be available. The boat would also work very well with a cat rig, probably with a lug mizzen. I will be taking that into consideration when designing the rudder – cat rigs usually need larger rudders because they get unbalanced more readily. Before drawing the interior furniture plans, I will take time out to write up the construction instructions. Plans for ply sandwich frame and backbone construction, together with CNC files will follow. I'm happy to say that the design is proving remarkably popular! George |
Date posted: Wednesday, 23 Jul 2014 | Comments (0)
Changes to Registering on the Site |
I fiercely support web and internet freedom – but that doesn't make it any the less annoying when targeted by ill-intentioned persons, who, it seems to me, contribute nothing of value and in fact, just pilfer and waste everyone's time to no good purpose. I have always tried to make our website as easy and user-friendly as possible. To this end, we only collect the barest minimum of data when you register (to buy a design, to post on the forum, to see the free designs and so on), and the process has been very simple. Unfortunately, this has finally attracted the "spam bots" – automated programs designed to create fake accounts for the purposes of then sending spam. While this doesn't in any way reveal members email addresses or any other details, it does clutter up our web server and it does lead to the likelihood of the spam bots sending spam emails that look as if they come from a mail address at whisstock.com. So, reluctantly, I have made a couple of changes to the registration process: Firstly, on the registration form, anyone new wishing to register will need to confirm that they are a real person. And secondly, instead of registering directly, they will now receive a confirmation email with an activation link to complete the registration – clicking the link completes the registration. Neither of these changes affect existing members. |
Date posted: Wednesday, 02 Apr 2014 | Comments (0)
New Design 165 |
This originates from a stretched version of Design 119 but is now developed as a completely new design. The first plans are now becoming available with the complete set following over the next month or two. Two basic versions will be available – a saloon version and a doghouse version. They both share much of the same structures, rig, deck layout and interior layout. The doghouse version has a long doghouse which gives standing headroom in the galley, separate wc compartment and the main saloon. This image shows the doghouse version sail and deck plan. The saloon and doghouse coamings are upright to give maximum interior space; the cockpit coamings twist out to about 10º to give added comfort in the cockpit. The doghouse roof overhangs the cockpit by about 200mm (8") to give extra shelter in the cockpit – and a nice place to sit up against the main bulkhead. The spacious, light and airy interior has a good galley, a separate toilet compartment, a convertible V-berth forward and a comfortable quarter berth aft. The table stores on the outside of the WC bulkhead and hinges down over the centrecase. With good standing headroom in the doghouse version, she will make a viable live-aboard small cruising boat as well as a great traditional style sailboat for holidays and weekends. More details of both versions are under the Pocket Cruiser section – Design No. 165. |
Date posted: Sunday, 16 Mar 2014 | Comments (0)
Correction to Design 037 Drawing |
Drawing No. 037_004_03 (Mid Thwart Assembly) contained some errors in the Table of Offsets, which have now been corrected and a replacement drawing issued. Many thanks to builder Dan Nica for identifying this. George |
Date posted: Monday, 27 Jan 2014 | Comments (0)
Fleetwood Shipwrecked |
Very sad news today from Jack van Ommen – he was shipwrecked near Ibiza and Fleetwood was lost. Miraculously, Jack was able to get ashore unharmed. He was laying ahull in very heavy weather in the aftermath of a force 9-10, storm waiting for daylight to attempt Ibiza harbor. Fleetwood failed to clear the end of the small island of Tago Mago and was swept on to rocks on the N.E. corner of the island. More details in Jack's blog at www.cometosea.us. A 30 year voyage is over – a new one begins. |
Date posted: Thursday, 21 Nov 2013 | Comments (0)
First of the EasyBuild Range! |
I'm very happy to say that the plans for the first design in the new EasyBuild Range – No. 155 EasyBuild 4.5 half-decker – are now available to download online. A lot went into this design. The first of a completely new range of boats. The first to come in a single all-inclusive package of "standard" plans, CNC cutting files and new enhanced plans for self-cutting parts if that is what a builder wants to do. As with anything brand new there are a few things still to do. As of now, not all the build instructions are completely finished. And there are still a couple of plans to finish. But other than that, she is ALL DONE!!!. I am also very encouraged to see that several sets of plans have been sold in the first few days of being available. And reports back from potential builders are very positive – about the plans, the unprecedented level of detail they contain, and most importantly the boat herself. For truly, plans are nothing if the boat isn't just right. George |
Date posted: Wednesday, 16 Oct 2013 | Comments (1)
Design 055 Ballast Feedback |
I was delighted to get the following email from the owner of a Design 055 – Le Rat d'Eau – sailing off the coast of Brittany, France: "Have sailed quite a lot recently on my own and with others. With my son-in-law and grandson we sailed from Fouras to the N. tip of Ile d'Oléron and back - on the way back on a broad reach, not reefed, the wind got up to force 4+ with 4ft. waves. My son-in-law, who is a very experienced sailor, was very impressed with the way she sailed. Whereas previously (before ballast) she would heel quite dramatically to gusts, losing wind and power, she now stands up much better and 'drives on'. GPS showing up to 9 knots. Have had similar experiences myself when single handed - on a broad reach in a force 3 yesterday - very comfortable at 7 Knots (with tide admittedly)." Fouras to the North tip of Ile d'Oléron is about 10 -12 miles across Pertuis d'Antioche (The Straits of Antioch) in fairly open Atlantic waters, which is quite a substantial trip for a 15' open boat, so I am really pleased that the extra ballast has had such a good result. |
Date posted: Wednesday, 04 Sep 2013 | Comments (2)
Design 055 – Watertight Compartments and Ballast |
I am getting a lot of feedback from Design 055 owners and builders as to whether they can add watertight compartments to an existing 055, or an 055 in build. And the answer is of course, yes you can. I am happy to make the PDF scale versions of the new CNC files, which include watertight compartments, available to any current 055 owner or builder – these won't be perfect because CNC files don't have and dimensional data on them – but they give the general idea. I do intend to make dimensioned versions of the CNC files so they can be marked out and cut by hand, but this is some way down the line at the moment as it is a very time-consuming task. That being said, I would be happy to discuss with any builder or owner the requirements for watertight compartments and provide suitable drawings to make the modifications. The other component of taking Design 055 beyond her original design brief is the addition of 100kg of internal ballast (4 x 25kg pigs of lead) snugly and securely fitted each side alongside the centre case. This increases the capability of the boat substantially. You really shouldn't add the ballast without making the watertight compartments – they do go hand-in-hand. Increased capability is great, but in utilizing it the extra buoyancy is vital. |
Date posted: Tuesday, 06 Aug 2013 | Comments (0)
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With UK sales of 300,000 and rising, Franz Ferdinand's debut album is the surprise indie-to-mainstream hit of the year, thanks in no small part to their angular guitar-funk single 'Take Me Out' making the top 10 back in February. But when Malmo-based producer Tore Johansson was first approached to work with the Scottish quartet, he might have easily been forgiven for thinking their record company had the wrong man. He admits to having only a sketchy knowledge of the scratchy early-'80s guitar bands like Orange Juice and Josef K that the group list as their main influences.
"I didn't get into the post-punk stuff at the time," he says. "But I thought that was what was fresh about Franz Ferdinand, the fact that they made reference to these early '80s records. Normally I reach for '60s and '70s records when I'm in the studio, so it was a change to bring out those old synthesizers instead of the Hammond organ."
In other ways, of course, Johansson was the perfect man for the job, having guided the Cardigans through five albums, from the jangling guitars of 1996's First Band On The Moon, through the pristine electronic pop of Gran Turismo in 2002 to the polished country-rock of last year's Long Gone Before Daylight. Most of these albums were recorded at his now-defunct Tambourine studio in Malmo, and Johansson admits that having to negotiate the group's stylistic diversions down the years really helped to expand his repertoire as a producer.
"When we started out, I was very inexperienced and we kind of grew up together. Every time we started on a new album, we sat down and listened to the old album and we decided what we liked about it and what we didn't like about it and what direction the new album should go in. So my first five years actually working as a producer, that was very much developing and growing up together with the Cardigans."
Johansson then relocated to England for a year, writing and producing pop tracks on a Pro Tools setup from his home in Sussex. But despite moderate successes with Mel C and Sophie-Ellis Bextor, he says he didn't much enjoy the experience. "I was actually fed up of working in studios with bands. But then when I came to England and started to write, I hadn't realised that the competition was so tough. I had no idea how many people were sitting out there with Pro Tools doing fantastic demos of fantastic songs with fantastic singers."
On his return to Malmo, Johansson began working in a new sister facility of Tambourine, Gula Studion, which had been recently built in an old printing factory. Gula — Swedish for 'yellow' — is bright and airy with plenty of natural light. More than anything else, the producer credits this working environment for helping him to regain his enthusiasm for studio recording. "When you go into studios for whole albums, 30 or 40 days," he points out, "natural light is so important. Natural light, oxygen, table tennis... all the important stuff."
The producer was first sent the Franz Ferdinand demos in the spring of 2003 and says he was immediately impressed by the artful energy of the songs, no matter how makeshift the actual recordings were. "The demos had been recorded very simply in rehearsal rooms and kitchens," Johansson explains, "so they were very rough, but they worked well. The album is just kind of a luxury version of that.
"My first feeling was 'I have to make sure that I don't overproduce this.' But I did! It took some time and actually it took some help from them to get into thinking indie again, to get thinking that the important thing is to get this band sounding right as a band and not to go wild in the studio and start recording a lot of vibraphones and backing vocals and things. But I didn't realise that until we started to mix and I had to mute quite a few tracks because it felt overproduced.
"Working with the Cardigans had been different because they're very much a studio band, so they come in without having played the songs at all and develop their music in the studio. But with a band like Franz Ferdinand, they come to the studio with the songs and they can play them and they have their sound. So it's more about trying to find some working model of how to capture it."
The main room at Gula, the Mothership, is built around a Neve 8014 with 16 x 1066 modules. "It's really good for basic recordings. It's hard to fail when you're recording with that kind of stuff. If I want something extra, some more expressive EQ or compression, then I use other stuff. I really like the Neve 33122. There are a lot of those late '70s preamps and EQs around, but the Neve is the most aggressive one I've used. If I want something more edgy, I use that. The mid-range is fantastic, you can bring out the guitars on their own shelf."
No matter what the production, Johansson always turns to a 16-track two-inch MCI JH16 reel-to-reel recorder for initial tracking. "I think we've had three of those over the years, we really like them. We were really lucky because when we started Tambourine we bought a whole studio that went down and we didn't know anything about equipment. So it just happened to be that tape machine and a couple of good Dbx compressors and this old Amek desk from the mid '70s that had belonged to Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Desks always have a history. Once we went to the UK to buy a desk and the guy told us that it'd been involved in the late Beatles recordings — and it'd actually been made in 1972! With all of those EMI desks and compressors it's always 'Yeah, this was at Abbey Road...'"
Naturally enough, in sticking with the JH16, the producer swears by the benefits of tape compression and admits he isn't afraid of pushing the recording levels. "I record very high and keep on listening back to the tape. I have the drummer play and I go up, up, up until the bass drum flattens out and then I back down a couple of dBs. Because there's something extra at that point, some kind of mushy effect that's very musical. I haven't tried all the plug-ins that you get for Pro Tools, so I can't really say if there's anything else can emulate that. But I have the tape recorder available, so I don't need it. I've also tried to get that tape compression effect on 24-track and it's quite a bit different."
For monitoring in the Mothership, there are KRK 6000s — which Johansson says he never uses — and Altec 19s. The Altecs are an old favourite. "They're a bit harsh when it comes to listening to modern music, but if you're into doing '60s and '70s-sounding productions, they're great. They have that kind of presence that modern speakers don't really have.
"Otherwise, for a couple of years I've had these American speakers from the '60s/'70s called EPI or Epicure. I have a small model called the EPI 100 with one eight-inch woofer and a concave tweeter and they're so good. I'd have to go up to $10,000 to get something that have a similar sound and these cost me almost nothing, maybe $200. I bought them from a company in America called Human Speakers. Normally when I switch between nearfields and those big Altecs, the difference is too big and I can't make up my mind. But when I switch between the EPIs and the Altecs, it's fine. They're so much more like a proper studio monitor. Everyone who passes the studio comments on how great they sound and they can't believe how cheap they are."
Sessions for the Franz Ferdinand album began in June 2003 when the band arrived in Malmo for a month of recording. Since they were so well-rehearsed, Johansson decided to try to record as much of the basic tracks as possible live, setting the band up in the live room at Gula, with their amps cranked as high as they normally are in rehearsals and on stage. He says that limiting potential problems with spill wasn't high on his list of priorities.
"Of course there's spill, but in Gula it's a luxury kind of spill, it doesn't have a rehearsal-room sound to it. Sometimes they played with headphones and sometimes they didn't, depending on the song. Sometimes we wanted to separate the drum sound more and so the amplifiers were too low in the mix for the drummer to hear, and we had to use headphones."
Rather than ship in a dozen different guitar/amp configurations, Tore and the band decided to stick with their tried and trusted setups. In the end, nearly all of singer/guitarist Alex Kapranos and guitarist Nick McCarthy's parts were recorded using the former's battered old Selmer amp and bassist Robert Hardy's Fender Bassman 100. "Both Nick and Alex swap around playing rhythm and lead guitars. Nick has a tendency to play those kind of funky Talking Heads/Devo parts and Alex plays the more orthodox rock guitar parts."
Less orthodox is Johansson's approach to recording drums. For a start, he often gaffer-tapes two bass drums together lengthwise and places a 57 inside, which he says never fails to give him a great kick sound. Elsewhere on the kit, he maintains a minimal mic setup: another 57 on the snare, 'anything' on the hi-hats and a pair of Sennheiser MD421s doubling up as tom mics and overheads. "I also love the BBC AM6/3 compressor we have, which is part of a lot of stuff that we bought from BBC TV that we butchered and turned into modules. It's very aggressive, really fast, you can use it on a snare drum, no problem. It distorts and it's very noisy, but it's good in a musical way."
The producer is also very keen to sing the praises of Franz Ferdinand drummer Paul Thomson. "He's brilliant, one of the best indie drummers I've ever recorded. I mean, he could hardly walk... he was one of those guys who was always stumbling round the studio, spilling milk into the desk and stuff! But when he got behind the drums he was brilliant. So it was easy to do those driving songs because he was driving them. The rockier the song, the easier it was to record. A lot of them sounded kind of finished even from the basic take."
Even the distinctive intro of 'Take Me Out' — in which the band usher the song in by way of a punky introduction before slowing the tempo down into the main groove of the track — was actually recorded live, rather than created through editing. "There was no editing other than that we compiled the best take. We didn't do any tricks of, like, doing that on a separate take and then doing the rest of the track. They actually did the whole track with the tempo changes because we were in the situation where they'd played it live quite a few times, so they could actually all slow down in the same way."
Once the basic live passes had been committed to 16-track, Johansson threw them over into Pro Tools on his Apple G4 and began editing together the takes until he and the band had one comped performance that they were all happy with. From there on in, all the overdubbing was done in Pro Tools, which the producer first began using when making the Cardigans' Gran Turismo and hasn't really bothered to update since.
"I'm not a computer buff," he insists, "so I don't have the energy to use new programs and stuff. I started off with Pro Tools, learned that and so I stay with that. It will have to come to a situation where everyone is saying that the latest thing is so much better before I decide to change. I think I'll wait for the next generation because it's always a couple of generations before you see a big change.
"My favourite development has been Autosave, because it saved a lot of pain looking for audio files and lost sessions. I've hundreds and hundreds of old sessions, so I can go back any time I want. You can think maybe it was a better groove last Friday when you worked on the song, so you can go back. Also if I want to upgrade now, I'd have to start using OS X on the G4 and that's just a nightmare. I've checked out Logic, but I feel that Pro Tools looks and feels more like an analogue studio. It's easier to find your way around."
Once an album reaches the overdub stage, Johansson likes to get out of the control room, setting up his G4 and EPIs in the live area. "Normally I sit in the corner of the big room with my system. It just means that I can have assistants editing vocals or whatever in the control room. Normally I'm quite efficient and I like to get a lot of things done, so they can be compiling a vocal and I'll sit in the live room doing a rough mix or something. Also I like to sit in a room where there are instruments, so I can get a guitar amp up or whatever. I can't sit in control rooms for too long.
"When I'm working in the big room, if I'm not using the EPI 100s, I use AKG 1000s, those weird headphones that don't connect to your head — they're speakers that hang at either side of your ears. They're really good because they're inbetween listening to speakers and headphones, and because they're not actually on your ears, you can have them on forever, your ears don't get tired."
Once recording was complete, Franz Ferdinand returned to Scotland and let Johansson get on with the preliminary mixes. As mentioned earlier, some of the slower tracks on the album had seen good use being made of Gula's array of synths, celestes and vibraphones during the overdubbing process, but very few of these parts actually made the final mixes.
"I did some basic mixing first and then Alex and Paul came over for the proper mixes. Normally they listened to my mix and then said 'No, it's too good! It has to be more thrashy!' Then I found myself having to mute most of the keyboard parts. Normally they'd played everything themselves — they all swapped around on the keyboard parts. Paul is a very musical guy. He actually tried to play bass on a couple of tracks, but I don't think we used his parts. Overall, they wanted to scale it down and have it sound more like a band playing, not too produced. On 'Take Me Out', I put almost all the instruments through a couple of echoes to get that marching, machiney, industrial feel to it. It's very organic, but we wanted it to sound like you're in a big workshop or something."
As opposed to the recording process, where the rockier tracks had been relatively easy to commit to tape, during mixing Johansson found that the more produced tracks were easier to balance, while the rock songs proved trickier. "Tracks like 'Jacqueline' were hard. We ended up spending a lot of time going half a dB up and down on different guitar parts and it was quite hard because, you know, when you have three guitars playing kind of the same thing, it's hard to get the perfect mix. But on tracks when you have an acoustic guitar and an electric guitar and a piano, it's easier to get the levels."
Impressive sales aside, Johansson is clearly very happy with his work on the Franz Ferdinand album. So much so, he affords it perhaps the highest compliment any producer can pay an album that they've worked on, day in day out, for weeks on end. "It's one of those albums that you actually want to listen to when you've done it!" he laughs. "I think that's because I actually didn't overproduce it and just captured the band. I think I did a good job of recording it — it sounds good — but it's very much the band sounding like that. So it's all thanks to them really."
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Let's be blunt. Federal Reserve monetary policy errors caused the housing bubble and precipitated the housing bust. Then, more Fed errors turned what should have been a run-of-the-mill recession into the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Since then, the Fed's continued misguided monetary policy has produced the slowest recovery in American history.
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noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Geography of selected portions of the Earth's surface at specific times in the geologic past. The simplest kind of paleogeography is a map showing the locations of ancient lands and seas, but paleogeographic maps may also show the occurrence and distribution of fossil, plant, and animal communities; environments of sedimentation (e.g., deltas, reefs, deserts, or deep-sea basins); areas undergoing uplift and erosion or subsidence and deposition; and major climatic zones.
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Your Wonkette stated previously that Rick Santorum was "neither blown nor tossed."
Wonkette regrets the error. [RedState]
Your Wonkette stated previously that Rick Santorum was "neither blown nor tossed."
Santorum now confirms that he is blown and tossed.
Wonkette regrets the error. [RedState]
Hola wonkerados.
To improve site performance, we did a thing. It could be up to three minutes before your comment appears. DON'T KEEP RETRYING, OKAY?
Also, if you are a new commenter, your comment may never appear. This is probably because we hate you.
The new management is revolting.
I keeed.
Santorum's got a wide stance too?
The repressed, but smoldering, erotic desire lurking behind Santorum's editorial is causing me, as I write this, to set fire to my genitals.
I'm mad at you today.
Special alert:
Ok, now that's the kind of flip-floppin' I dun't like in my presundential candidate.
I was with him till now, but that's it!
From the article-
"President Obama and his administration have decided to wage war against global warming and thus against the American worker."
Uh… you guys realize that without a globe… there is no America right?
Don't they WANT to wage war "against" the global warming people? I haz the confuzed…
But they don't care; as long as the energy industry extracts record profits, it doesn't matter how much less livable the Earth gets for us mere humans.
Remember, the globe will still be here, and no matter how bad it gets, many hundreds of species are bound to survive massive global change.
Not humans, however. They're doomed.
Oh Ms. Schoenkopf: We have met the Santorum limit for the week…
I tossed my cookies.
Must be a lot sex happening if this much Santorum, is flying around.
So he went skydiving?
Everybody's goin' all Ira Glass lately.
this skullfucking with santorum is making me feel what the french would call "lated".
Someone tossed Santorum's salad? Yuck!
Well, the technical Dirty Sanchez there should help with the Latino vote.
Rick sez he gets his blow-jobs because climate change:
"We know that climate changes over time, that he earth warms and cools over time. This debate is about whether human activity plays a role, and whether U.S. emissions cuts can have any effect when China and India refuse to go along."
Earth gets warm.
Earth gets cool.
Nobody can explain it.
Even though anybody CAN explain it
China and India will still fuck us.
So why bother?
Oh for fucking fucks fucking sake:
"Those living on or near the Gulf Coast in particular know the impact these extreme environmental positions can have on the region's economy."
Yes, Rickypoo. It's environmental regulation that has destroyed the Gulf's economy.
Yeah, that's the ticket.
Is this just pandering, or is he really that stupid?
A little from column A and little column B.
If it wasn't for the environmentalists cleaning up the gulf all those residents could've just walked down to their backyard beach, scooped up some oil, and filled up their cars. Instead they have to pay $4 a gallon from some fancypants gas station. Fucking tree-huggers.
He's panderlingly stupid of stupidly pandering. It could be the case that he's both.
Did Santorum get blown and tossed in Puerto Rico? Limbaugh usually goes to the Dominican Republic for that kind of service.
A whole lot of froth over nothing if you ask me. I'm pretty sure I can use the Constitution to prove that a poop dropling could never be sworn in as a President anyway.
Hey, getting blown is against the rules of the Catholic Church!
But not Pat Robertson's church! (Whatever that is…)
That's not what they told the alter boys.
And you would know this how, exactly, young man?
All I know is that you should be very wary if you find yourself behind Rick Santorum at the Applebee's Tossed Salad Bar.
Frankly, you should be very wary if you find yourself anywhere *near* Santorum. Srsly. Unless you have your galoshes on.
So let's get this right. If we're all politically correct we'll get blown. Sounds ok to me.
If only he had written this in Puerto Rican, it might have been a game-changer.
I thought the phrase was "spits or swallows", I confused.
You made me click on a RedState link. I hate you.
RedState is right! What would a Republican's message even BE without bigoted remarks like this? Show some restraint, liberals!
That's "Librulz" to you, young-fellow-me-lad.
I'm looking forward to the inevitable book this pile of butt-juice will write. I think a title of "Blown and Tossed – The Santorum Stance" is a good start.
He's going to spew his stinky words all over the paper and stain American discourse with all that shitty hate and vitriol/
"Blown and Tossed" would be a good title for the book about many of the dates I've had.
Honestly, it's probably the best title for the life experiences of MOST of us.
Wut? This is the Wonketz. It's all about teh buttsechs. Also oral.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, on Bill Maher the other night said we should be funding space endeavors that allow us the option of colonizing Mars. I paraphase. But, I agree. I'd like to have a winter home when the Earth becomes a permanent, parched "summer" home.
And, to be able to have a piece of land where stupid conservatives are not all around me.
Here, this is the best news about Santorum this month, and perhaps ever. Hooray!
OT: Tweety is trying to reason with a Republican congresswoman, Jo Ann Emerson, on gas prices. Its like she has a fact bubble around her head to keep herself from letting any true information from influencing what she is saying.
I wasn't actually watching when she started in, but I started reflexively screaming at the teevee from the kitchen at the dumb that kept falling from her mouth. When I got back to the living room and saw those eyes, I knew there was gonna be an (R) after her name.
Have I told you lately that I love you? No? Consider it said.
I thought I was the only person who ever screamed at the screen when these maroons started spouting their shit. It's one reason I won't have a TV — I just fucking KNOW I would heave the heaviest book at hand straight through the fucking screen.
Listen, we all knew that Santorum was a tosser…, but I think I am as surprised as anyone to find out that he was ever blown.
The only way that PoS will EVAH be blown is straight to the moon on his own farts. Or maybe he'll finally break down and come out of the closet and suck Dan Savage's cock on national TV.
"Santorum now confirms that he is blown and tossed.
Wonkette regrets the error."
Don't be so hard on yourself. It's a common mistake.
I'll wait for the memoir with the title "Blown and Tossed: Santorum Spreads In the Wind" to hit shelves soon.
I have no problem tossing Rick Santorum – but blowing him? That's too high a price to pay for being gay.
Holy smokes! The commenters on Red State are…..are….are…..
…gibbering demented baboons?
Enough with the Santorum, already! This shit-stain has about as much chance at the Top Job as I do, so why all the attention? (I know, it's fun, but Jeeez……)


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Know Your Lore: Why Garrosh Hellscream shouldn't die
Garrosh Hellscream is one of the most polarizing figures in Warcraft lore at the moment. You either hate him or love him, and there are very few players who stand somewhere in the middle. Ever since his introduction in The Burning Crusade, Garrosh's journey has been a series of ups and downs, starting with the moment that then-Warchief Thrall showed Hellscream how his father died. It was as a hero to the orcish race, and Garrosh has spent the majority of his time on Azeroth trying to live up to that heroic image.
It's a tough role to fill. And in the press event for Mists of Pandaria, it was revealed that Garrosh would be taken down, his role as warchief ended. Given all of the chaos Garrosh has sown in his short reign as warchief, it's no wonder that it's not just the Alliance gunning for the warchief's downfall -- the Horde isn't particularly happy with him, either. So it seems entirely likely that Garrosh will fall, his reign will end, and the world will move on.
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TUCSON, Ariz. – May 12, 2006 – Phoenix residents Robert and Sharon McCord have donated $10 million to establish the McCord Scholars program for outstanding undergraduate business students across the state of Arizona. Their unique gift provides a $3 million award to The University of Arizona's Eller College of Management, $1 million to the College of Business Administration at Northern Arizona University, and $6 million to the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.
The gift demonstrates that the McCord family clearly understands the competition that business schools face nationally in attracting the most promising students. Donor Robert McCord commented, "Education is critical to maintaining competition in the international marketplace. This program will help us compete and will assist in attracting the best students in Arizona, thus providing great local benefit. It is our wish that this financial assistance will make a difference in the ability of talented students to finish their business education at quality universities."
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Counties with populations of 50,000 or more must continue to operate the Collection Improvement Program (CIP) under the Office of Court Administration (OCA).
During the 82nd Regular Legislative Session, HB 2949 by Rep. Byron Cook (R-Corsicana) passed and was signed by the governor, striking this mandate and allowing those counties to choose how best to collect delinquent fines and fees. However, during the 82nd First Called Special Session, the Legislature passed SB 1, which included language — added at the very last minute — reimposing the mandate.
During the regular session, Sen. Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville) filed SB 1059, which would have made county participation in CIP voluntary. This piece of legislation passed the Senate, but did not make it to the House floor. The SB 1059 language was ultimately amended onto HB 2949 and passed into law.
During both chambers' committee hearings on the original bill, one resource witness representing OCA testified that without the mandate, counties would stop collecting these monies, costing the state millions of dollars.
However, Angelina County Judge Wes Suiter disagrees.
"The idea that counties would stop collecting delinquent fines and fees if participation is made permissive is absurd," Suiter said. "Like the state, counties are in a financial crisis and would only look to make the program more effective by using best practices.
"Also, this is a large state and one size doesn't fit all. To require Angelina County to collect fines and fees the same way Dallas or Bexar does, is not being realistic."
In the final days of the 82nd First Called Special Session, through a legislative maneuver allowing the conference committee to add language found in neither the House or Senate version of SB 1, the Legislature reversed the actions of HB 2949, making county participation in CIP mandatory.
Once again, 54 counties with existing programs will operate under this resurrected unfunded mandate. In addition, as a result of official 2010 Census numbers, eight new counties will be required to participate in CIP as well.


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I am curious about this, because a friend tells me that they will blow the heat away from your stove and not let pots cook properly.
I have a 24" four-blade tiny ceiling fan which will fit in my small kitchen. It is not yet mounted, it is a ceiling hugger.
However, I am in the process of making a recently enclosed back porch part of the kitchen, and it gets warm out there. It has a lot of lovely golden light, since it has a southern and eastern exposure. There is no a/c duct to the porch, and the wall separating the two spaces is not YET destroyed. Sad to say, my DH starts breaking out in hives every time he sees me pick up a sledge hammer, and I've had to call a halt to my joyful demolition work. But I do need that ceiling fan, and I just wanted to ask if there might be some compelling reason I should NOT INSTALL a ceiling fan in the kitchen. |
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- Posted by shades_of_idaho (My Page) on Sat, Mar 27, 10 at 23:41
I made a comment on Loretta's thread on this but will also comment here. We had a early 60's house. There were two ugly ceiling fixtures in the kitchen. We had no air conditioning in this house. We bought two small $20.00 ceiling mount ceiling fans from walmart for the kitchen. Was wonderful. the room was 17 1/2 foot long. There was plenty of space between them. There was one over the table out of the picture.I will post that end next. We also had them in every other room but the bathroom and hallway. At our last house we also had a ceiling fan. We have a ceiling fan in our living room here and since the living room and kitchen are open to each other I get the breeze from it. Would be nice to put a ceiling fan in the dinning room. Not sure it will hold it. I will ask our Mario. If it will I think I will see if we can get another matching one for the dinning room. Personally I could care less what is the in thing to do or not. I care much more about our comfort. I would much rather have a ceiling fan than fans perched all over the place. WE also have one in our bedroom. Chris |
Here is a link that might be useful: Ceiling fan
- Posted by shades_of_idaho (My Page) on Sat, Mar 27, 10 at 23:44
Here is the other ceiling fan in the dame kitchen. GADS I had so many plants then. Three moves later I do not have very many left. :^( So one fan close to the sink one over table. There was also a oil furnace in the room under the window. Chris |
Here is a link that might be useful: Second picture
I've had 2 ceiling fans in my kitchen for over 25 years. The one closest to the stove usually runs 365 days a year. I'm planning to replace them with a newer model. No problems while cooking. |
- Posted by teresa_nc7 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 28, 10 at 9:02
My kitchen ceiling fan is just feet from my gas range. I've never noticed any problems when cooking. I've also got fans in 2 of my bedrooms, but not in the bedroom I use. So far, I'm happy with that. |
I have a ceiling fan in my kitchen too and no problems. I will admit I worry about dust building up on the blades and sometimes forget to check before turning it on. Haven't ruined a meal yet though. It's hot in Texas. Comfort comes first. |
- Posted by flgargoyle (My Page) on Sun, Mar 28, 10 at 14:20
One should NEVER put ceiling fans in the kitchen (where's that sarcasm emoticon when you need one?) We put ceiling fans wherever they're needed, and in FL, that's everywhere! |
- Posted by moccasinlanding (My Page) on Mon, Mar 29, 10 at 0:30
You guys are the greatest! It is a unanimous vote FOR ceiling fans in the kitchen. I was not going to back down on my decision to use the fan of course. I also have one in our bedroom, and turned on low it is great, even with the A/C turned on. We keep the temp turned up to 78 in the summer. It might sound pretty hot to you, but actually, it is quite a bit cooler when you enter from working outdoors. I just cannot take the temp differences like I once could. Because I have parrots, and two of them are African Greys which have a lot of feather dust (not as bad as cockatoos though), I also have an air purifier by Austin. And in the sun porch we have a filtering window a/c which brings in fresh air to cool instead of recirculating the same air. There is a small ceiling fan out there too. Actually, I have ceiling fans in every room of the house except the kitchen and the bathroom. I rather like feeling cozy and a little warm when I'm wet. |
- Posted by shades_of_idaho (My Page) on Mon, Mar 29, 10 at 11:33
Don't you just love being a rebel. Imagine ceiling fans when they are so out dated and in the kitchen no less. Hehehehe I think us small house folk live life out of the box. Think about it. We use our heads to work through small situations. Instead of just throwing money at them.In Comfort is more important than in style. Off to work. Chris |
- Posted by wantoretire_did (My Page) on Tue, Mar 30, 10 at 6:12
I say, put one wherever needed. However, I do have one near the gas stove in my tiny kitchen, and when a burner is on high, the fan does blow the flame. There are times when I have to turn it off because of blowing out a low burning gas burner. |
- Posted by moccasinlanding (My Page) on Tue, Mar 30, 10 at 9:43
Wantto, you note a case for caution in the use of the fan, but do not object to mounting the ceiling fan in the kitchen. I'm sure that might be where my neighbor/friend's caveat against ceiling fans in kitchens originated....way back in her history with old gas stoves or something like that. Maybe it was from her mother's experience with WOOD STOVES--that excellent old lady died last spring a month before she turned 100! IF I had a gas stove (or even ANY stove in my kitchen), and the front/back walls to dining/back porch were still NOT knocked down, I could see the confined breeze playing havoc with the gas flame. Blowing out the gas flame these days is not as critical due to safety shutoffs with the stoves being constructed.......am I right there, or do I misinterpret the way a gas stove shuts off the gas supply if the flame goes out? I'm pleased to find so many folks in our small homes forum who use the ceiling fan in the kitchen. I never visited a home which had one there, but I was open to the idea. |
Oh yes, now I see why some would think it was not a good idea. Around here most people have electric ranges so fans in the kitchen are really popular. |
- Posted by shades_of_idaho (My Page) on Wed, Mar 31, 10 at 1:32
Yes we also have electric range . I would love to have gas but it is not available here unless we do the whole tank deal and with the snow and the way the house sits it would be very hard to do. I do have a small three burner gas stove on the porch to use. Hooks to propane bottle. I usually set it up as my canning kitchen in summer. Or did at the last house. Have not canned much but jam since we have been here. |
I think a ceiling fan in a kitchen is a great idea, kitchens get hot and a breeze is nice. I even put a small ceiling fan in my master bathroom, it feels great in the summer. |
- Posted by desertsteph (My Page) on Wed, Apr 7, 10 at 2:58
i have ceiling fans in all the rooms in my new place except laundry, k*itchen and bathrooms. I'm thrilled - that means I don't have to pay to have them wired. might have to update a few down the road tho. I'll have to wait and see how it goes before I decide if I need one in the k*itchen. here are a couple of nice ones for a k*itchen. they're something like my sister's is over the bar that divides her k*itchen from the DR. She has a skylight in the center of the k*itchen ceiling. |
- Posted by shades_of_idaho (My Page) on Wed, Apr 7, 10 at 10:27
OH Nice fan light combination. Looks sort of retro and modern at the same time. Very nice. Chris |
I'd have one in the bathroom if my bathroom was big enough. I hate sweating while doing my face & hair. |
- Posted by moccasinlanding (My Page) on Thu, May 6, 10 at 15:15
Hmmm, I have two of the 24" ceiling fans like Idie put on her porch. Ceiling huggers w/4 blades, short and real fat paddle blades can move the air nicely. Flat angled blades do not move much air. I have a 6 blade 30" wide fan on the sun porch, with a high angle on the blades, and it really does move the air out there. So I always look for a fan with some blade angle. I had not thought to add a ceiling fan in my master bath, but the second little 24" fan would be perfect for the size of the bath. It is not really a period bath, but will have the beadboard and the clawfoot slipper tub, and the stained glass window. So. Maybe THAT is where I'll have the electrician mount the other fan, turned on/off by a pull chain and not a wall switch. Next time he comes to work here, it will be in that master bath, perfect time to work it in, since DH will be gone up to Massachusetts. DH is due to hang the kitchen ceiling fan tomorrow morning. I hope. |
- Posted by moccasinlanding (My Page) on Thu, May 6, 10 at 17:20
Idie, I like the little one on your porch better than the ones in the kitchen, but I'm a "fan" of tiny. Do they move the air is the real question. You can put an energy saver bulbs in them with higher wattages than normal incandescent bulbs, to up the light. Ceiling huggers are the way to go. I forget which way the rotation is recommended for summer, and how do you tell when it is right. I might have to resort to laying on the floor looking up at the ceiling fan to tell WHICH WAY IS CLOCKWISE? |
- Posted by shades_of_idaho (My Page) on Thu, May 6, 10 at 22:46
They are beautiful Loretta. Your kitchen has turned out so pretty. And I never know which way is the right way either. I just fiddle with them until it feels good. Was at a friends house the other evening and they had really bright lights in their fans. They were the spiral ones and they said they were daylight bulbs. Was almost too bright. That is saying a lot coming from me where it is never bright enough. Chris |
Thanks, I really like the little fan, and it does come in a 52" model, but I wanted open globes for the kitchen. It is 18.5' long and requires a lot of light or it seems gloomy. |
- Posted by desertsteph (My Page) on Fri, May 7, 10 at 18:38
i can never tell the direction of those fans either! it needs to pull the air UP in the summer and down in the winter - right? the remotes should be marked air up or air down... |
- Posted by moccasinlanding (My Page) on Sat, May 8, 10 at 0:27
The only one with a remote in our house is in our bedroom. I like turning it up and down with the remote. And the remote does not wander around...it stays right on my side of the bed. I opt mostly for direct wired fans, which turn on/off with the pull chains and no wall switch. Wall switches are a pain, when you have several in a row and it is always a question of WHICH SWITCH DOES WHAT. And with two chains, I've figured that one out. I put the fan on the longer chain with a crystal at the end, and the lights on the shorter chain with a ceramic knob at the end. Works for me. |
- Posted by prairie-girl (My Page) on Sat, May 8, 10 at 10:46
I don't have much to add, but I wanted to echo Chris's comment that Loretta - Your kitchen looks SO WONDERFUL! Great idea to put different types of knobs on the different chains - now, my only issue would be to remember which knob did what.... lol |
Thanks Chris and Missy. The ceiling needs to be painted, but I need to be in the mood to paint. Steph, I believe you are right. Warm air rised and cold air sinks. So it is clockwise in the winter and counter clockwise in the summer. (I think). But I leave mine the same way most of the time. |
- Posted by moccasinlanding (My Page) on Sat, May 8, 10 at 17:08
Idie, DH installed the Monte Carlo ceiling fan in the kitchen. The fan part is working like a champ, but the light part, well, he is cussing it. He's encountered the problem with other electrical products from China, where there is a thermostat or sensor will trip the light OFF if it senses the bulb wattage is to great. Well, DH plans to take the light portion of the fan down and bypass the shutoff, since we know what wattage to use. Not to be outdone by a Chinese lantern, DH has moved on to installing the Minka Lavery double ended light fixture horizontally in the hallway. Great design, which will match the same series of sconces by Minka Lavery that I bought SIX MONTHS AGO, to install in the master bath...if and when the contractor ever comes back. Hopefully the second MonteCarlo tiny ceiling fan will NOT have a precocious sensor in it and there will be no issues with the lights working when we install it. Somewhere. Probably in the master bath? It is tiny enough to fit anywhere, even in a walk in closet! I do love it. |
ML, the small fan came with 2 of the 60 watt candlelabra bulbs. They work fine for me with not problems. i believe I did read in the instructions that it would shut off if bulb wattage was too high. One of the reasons I like open globe fans is because I like a lot of light in my kitchen. I'm so glad your DH has the know how to make it work for you. |
- Posted by mama_goose (My Page) on Tue, May 11, 10 at 19:40
Hi, everyone, I'm late to the party, but I saw the discussion on idie2live's porch thread. We have ceiling fans in all our main rooms downstairs, even the kitchen. We lived in our home for 13 years without air conditioning, so the fans were a necessity. The only issue I have is that with an un-vented stove hood, the tops and sides of the blades get a greasy build-up. Of course, if I cleaned more often, that wouldn't be an issue. :0) |
---'if I cleaned more often, that wouldn't be an issue'---- Now that's funny! I had to laugh! When they're turning you can't see the dirt. I run my kitchen fans year round. When I decided to put up new fans, I was shocked at how filthy they were! That made me clean them all. Now if I could only remember to do t once a month, hmmmm Loretta |
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Find out what's happening at the APHA World Show through GoHorseShow's guest reporter Austin Gooding of Fennville, Michigan. Everyone has just moved in and the World Show has just gotten underway. Austin did such a good job reporting for us during the Paint Youth World that we asked him to report for us again at the Open and Amateur fall world show. Find out who won some of the classes, important news from the show, and any fun events that occurred through the eyes of Austin. It is rare for a young man to report in a female dominated sport, and we appreciate him breaking the gender barrier and giving us a different perspective.
Austin Reports for GoHorseShow
Report#4, November 5, 2011--Today was the Breeders' Trust Select Sale. The top-selling horse was a 2000 overo stallion Just Say Jose. He was purchased through the sale for 10,500 and is heading overseas to Finland. Also showing today was the Equitation classes and Amateur Pleasure Driving. The Novice Amateur Equitation was won by Too Hot To shown by Kristen Shaw of Oregon City, Oregon. The Amateur Pleasure Driving was won by Kristen Seddon showing Gotta Be Sensational.
Report #3, November 4, 2011--Yesterday was a big day for amateur halter and hunter under saddle exhibitors. The Classic Amateur Junior Hunter Under Saddle was won by Michelle Bauer and All That And More. He was raised by Bauer and Gooding Show Horses. "Butters" is out of one of Michelle's old youth mares, Reddy For Josie, and by All Time Fancy. This made this win especially special for Michelle. In the halter, Robin Robinett added a third buckle to her collection when she won the Amateur Weanling Stallions showing Built Executive Tuff.
Report #2, November 3, 2011--Today was started off with open halter slot classes. The solid paint bred weanling stallions and geldings slot class was won by my dad, Garth Gooding with Storms Reflection owned by Mark Voegele and prepared by Kelly Stone. Afterthe halter classes showmanship began. Coleen Bull who my parents help won the Masters Amateur Showmanship with Timeless Assets. The Classic Amateur Showmanship was won by Jana Simons and her horse Optimized and reserve was Chelsea Bain with Sensational Blonde. The world show has many improvements this year including a new restaurant for all the exhibitors, VIP tables around the John Justin arena, and much more lunging and riding space for everyone.
Report #1, November 2, 2011 from Austin Gooding--The APHA World Show started yesterday, Wednesday November 2. with the first world champion going to Megan Brown and Game Time in the Non-Pro Four Year-Old and Older Hunter Under Saddle slot class. The slot class was followed by amateur halter classes. Three Year-Old Amateur Geldings was won by, The Only Alibi, shown by Tami Dietrich-Dobbs. Robin Robinett had a great day as well by winning the Two Year-Old Geldings with, This Kids Classic, and the Amateur Aged Geldings with Mister Redesigned. Then, the Stenroos sisters had a great day too taking world and reserve world champion in the Non-Pro Three Year-Old Western Pleasure slot class. Laura Stenroos and Indy Machine was the world champion and Tracy Stenroos was reserve world champion with Zipped Me Good. The day was finished up with the preparation of everyone getting ready for Showmanship tomorrow.


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College softball: East Chicago grad Jessica Pabey shining for CCSJ in junior campaign
By Anthony Nasella Post-Tribune correspondent April 21, 2013 10:44PM
Updated: May 23, 2013 6:41AM
Even though Calumet College head softball coach Stephanie Zimny wasn't coaching the Crimson Wave program during Jessica Pabey's freshman year, Zimny knew what kind of player she had the moment she observed the East Chicago Central graduate's work ethic and talent.
And as Pabey now competes in her senior season, where her .494 average at the start of the month led the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference, Zimny said she has seen the emergence of a bona fide Division I player who is not just leading by example alone.
"I think in a nutshell, she's just an absolute fantastic player," Zimny said. "She's smooth, and she definitely has finesse about her play. She's a competitor and she's strictly business when she's on the field. I love that. She's a Division I athlete and she's taking on a more verbal role this season.
"I don't think she was challenged enough in high school to reach her full potential, but I have had the honor of coaching her since her sophomore year. Mentally, she has grown tremendously. She's taken on the leadership role among the three seniors that are on the team."
Pabey made a strong first impression as a freshman when she was named CCAC honorable mention. She's been all-conference the past two seasons in leading the Crimson Wave in home runs, as well as on the field as the defensive catalyst and stabilizer.
"I think whatever success I've achieved has a lot to do with my workouts and definitely from the coaching I've received," Pabey said "And I also have competition with my teammates all the time; it's friendly competition, but it also challenges us."
Pabey said she enjoys a two-fold relationship with her teammates.
"Coach has high expectations for her players and she pushes us to do our very best — yet she never gives you more than you can handle," Pabey said. "But as much as she is a coach, she's also a friend. If I need to talk about something not softball related, I can go her. She's always there to encourage you as well coach and challenge you.
"As a team, we just mesh so well; this team is different than the teams of the previous two seasons. Everybody hangs out with everybody. When we're on the field, we're one big, happy family. I know my second baseman is going to be there no matter what is going on. We know each other's strengths and weaknesses, and we have each other's back out there. They're family away from family."
With Pabey as one of the undeniable leaders, and yet more at ease in her approach due to being around other solid players as compared to her high school days, Zimny believes this team has the potential of not only being of the best teams in conference, but also able to qualify for the NAIA nationals in Alabama.
"We are 10 times better talent wise than what we were last year, and Jessica's growth has played a big part in that," Zimny said. "Her ideal athlete is Derek Jeter and she's always ready on the field. Her momentum has her always ready to make the play and it's that type of A game approach that, as a team, will take us to the next level if we just keep at it."


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San Jose, CA (04/04/2006) -
Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI) and the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell) have joined together to develop the "Blackfin Handy Board" – an updated version of the hand-held controller board for educational robotics applications that is used by hundreds of colleges and universities in undergraduate engineering and robotics courses. This new version is a state-of-the-art robots controller board based on the high-performance Blackfin Processor from ADI.
Created by Professor Fred Martin, PhD, of UMass Lowell while he was a student at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the new Handy Board design provides significant feature enhancements over earlier versions. While the old design provides control loop functionality to run various robotics algorithms, the new design leverages the power of Blackfin, enabling vision through advanced image processing techniques. Additionally, the new Handy Board exposes students to modern, advanced processing technologies which are taking over the next generation of products.
"The Handy Board is a big part of undergraduate robotics education all over the world," said Dr. Martin, one of the founders of the well-known 6.270, an MIT class in which participants design and build a robot for the Autonomous Robot Design Competition. "With ADI's Blackfin Processor, we will be able to add computer vision and signal processing to classroom robotics, which is a significant upgrade for Handy Board users. The advanced techniques that new graduates will learn from the Blackfin Handy Board will provide them with practical engineering knowledge they can immediately apply as they begin their careers."
"Working with Dr. Martin on the Blackfin Handy Board project is a great way for us to provide students with the tools to prepare for their careers after graduation," said Derek Leadbetter, Director, DSP Development Tools, Analog Devices. "It is also a good way to introduce real-world technology to university students, allowing them to see first hand the versatility and power of Blackfin."
To help produce the board, ADI is providing design services, including schematic capture, board layout, and production. Additionally, ADI will supply UMass Lowell with Blackfin Handy Board units for use in Dr. Martin's robotics courses in Computer Science.
Martin will present tutorials at The Embedded Systems Conference (ESC), April 3-7, 2006 in San Jose, CA on the new Blackfin Handy Board architecture. The tutorials will be presented on the following days: Tuesday, April 4th, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 5th, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Thursday, April 6th, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
The tutorials will be held in Analog Devices' booth 416.
A Convergent Future Demands Blackfin-Class Processing
Analog Devices' Blackfin® embodies a new breed of 16/32-bit embedded processor with the industry's highest performance and power efficiency for applications where a convergence of capabilities – multi-format audio, video, voice and image processing; multi-mode baseband and packet processing; and real-time security and control processing – are critical. It is this powerful combination of software flexibility and scalability that has gained Blackfin widespread adoption in convergent applications such as digital home entertainment; networked and streaming media; automotive telematics and infotainment; and digital radio and mobile TV.
About Analog Devices
Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars on which Analog Devices has built one of the longest standing, highest growth companies within the technology sector. Acknowledged industry-wide as the world leader in data conversion and signal conditioning technology, Analog Devices serves over 60,000 customers, representing virtually all types of electronic equipment. Celebrating 40 years as a leading global manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications, Analog Devices is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, with design and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Analog Devices' common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "ADI" and is included in the S&P 500 Index.
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TUCSON - Tucson police have been investigating a home in the area of Richey and 3rd Street.
Firefighters and ATF are assisting Tucson police with the investigation.
Detectives have been investigating a possible pipe bomb or similar type of explosion that occurred a few days ago in the yard of one of these homes.
Police said while here they learned of another possible explosion that happened Sunday.
Police tell News 4 Tucson no one was injured and no one is in danger at this time.
Neighbors have been concerned they said they heard the two explosions over the weekend. "Unfortunately it doesn't surprise me but it's still scary at the same time because of how loud and how close we really are to it," said Michael Edwards who lives in the neighborhood.
The Miramonte Neighborhood Association's president said he's been getting emails from those living here asking what exactly is happening.
This isn't the first time this area has been taped off. "(Saturday) the police were here they taped off the block and I asked what happened and they told me there was some sort of explosion and last night after ten o'clock or so I heard another explosion," said Richard Alexander, the neighborhood association's president.
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Episode 8 Recap: Fugly Flag Frocks
On this week's Project Runway, the remaining six designers were taken to the United Nations and tasked to make a dress inspired by one of six national flags.
Monda got to pick his flag first since he won last week's challenge. He went with Jamaica. Michael picked Greece. Mila went with New Guinea. Jerrell snatched up India's flag while Austin went with Seychelles. Kenley was left with Chile.
Everyone continues to tire of Kenley and her polkadots. In this episode, she thinks she's stepping outside the box as she goes with a fabric that has hearts in the place of polkadots. Um yeah. That's hardly stepping outside your comfort zone.
And the dress turned out awful. As did pretty much everyone elses. Except for Mondo's. Monda send down a very sleek and fitted black gown with just a hint of the Jamaican flag on the back of the dress. While those pops of green and yellow were jarring, the rest of the dress's fierceness could not be denied.
He won the challenge again. That's two weeks in a row.
Michael took yet another opportunity to do draping. I mean is flag is Greece and all, so why wouldn't he? Oh maybe because he does it every week. But anyway, it wasn't a bad dress. He just needed to edit himself. And by edit I mean rip that awful Christmas present bow off her shoulder.
Jerell's dress didn't just say India, it SCREAMED it. And I screamed back. And threw stuff at it and it still didn't die. The whole thing just came off way too costumey.
Kenley. Kenley. Kenley. She is completely clueless to the fact that she sends the same shape, same pattern and same sucky attitude down the runway week after week. This week's look is kind of cute if you squint. But then when you really look at it, you're like "what the f$*%*@! is that thing?" Is it a child's dress? A hooker's Sunday best? I can't tell.
I don't know what Austin was thinking with his dress. It's so bad that I can't even think of anything clever to compare it to. It's so ugly and poorly constructed that it's impossible to make fun of.
But even Austin's blue and yellow saran wrap looking dress couldn't outsuck Mila's two-toned, communist-red disaster. Ack. It's two different dresses sewn together. I feel like the model needs to have her face split down the middle and made up two different ways. Icky. Luckily, the judges agreed and sent Mila packing. Ah, if only Kenley could follow.