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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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CONYERS -- The Conyers Police Department has arrested an Oxford man in connection with a road rage incident on March 4.
Thomas John Jentzen, 50, of 75 West Forest Way, Oxford, faces charges of reckless driving, hit and run and aggressive driving in connection with the incident which began on Ga. Highway 138 near Flat Shoals Road.
A 37-year-old McDonough man reported to the CPD that the driver of Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck "blew his horn and threw his arms up in the air," the CPD incident report states. "(The victim) advised that the driver of the S-10 'gave him the bird' ... (and) advised as they proceeded through the intersection the S10 began 'brake checking' him. (The victim) stated that he passed the S-10 and the S-10 began to follow him. (The victim) advised that he tried to get away from the S-10 ... and the S-10 was 'tailgating' him."
It was at this point that the victim called 911 and the operator advised him to pull into Peoples Bank, but when he did the driver of the S-10 followed him into the parking lot, according to the incident report.
"(The victim) advised that he circled the parking lot and the S-10 passed him and violently braked. (The victim) stated that the S-10 was to the left of his vehicle in front of him. (The victim) explained that he attempted to pass the vehicle on the right to avoid conflict ... (but) he advised that the S-10 went into reverse, spun the tires and rapidly approached and struck his vehicle," the incident report states.
The victim told officers when they arrived at the Peoples Bank parking lot that the S-10 rapidly left the area and turned right onto Ga. Highway 138. He was able to furnish a description and tag number of the truck and a witness confirmed the victim's account of what happened in the parking lot, calling the driver of the S-10 "crazy nutso."
A short time later, an officer located the S-10 truck in the parking lot of Lowe's, but despite paging him and an extensive search of the store, officers could not locate Jentzen. His truck was towed as evidence of a crime.
Later that afternoon, Jentzen contacted Conyers Police and said "the other driver began 'flicking' him off ... and that he was scared and wanted to speak to the other driver to find out what was going on. (The suspect) said he pulled into Peoples Bank and the other driver struck him from behind," the incident report states.
When the suspect was told that bank video surveillance footage and a witness statement revealed that he backed into the driver, Jentzen stated he didn't recall that.
He advised the officer he would come to the CPD on March 5 and speak with them about the issue. When he arrived, he continued to deny that he was the aggressor, but CPD officers advised him warrants were being taken against him and he should turn himself in on Friday, March 8. He was arrested at that time.
Spydee 2 years, 8 months ago
It's not "FLICKING" It's FLIPPING
Christopher 2 years, 8 months ago
He is lucky it wasn't me. I would have shot him.
insanidee 2 years, 8 months ago
Dude. C'mon now. I love the Second Amendment. Unfortunately, there are (hyper-paranoid, ignorant, anti-gun) idiots that are trying to take away our rights to carry b/c punks like you shoot off your mouth (worse, put it in writing by commenting) with crap like that and give them more 'ammunition' to use against us in this fight for freedom.
It doesn't sound like the victim's life was being threatened or in danger. In that case, lethal force is obviously justified. If it had been you, and you had shot him, you would have been in the wrong. You can't just shoot people that are aggressive jerks. If so, someone probably would have already shot YOU by now.
Wanna keep your gun? Be prudent with it's purpose. And shut up b/c what you say affects my rights too.
will 2 years, 8 months ago
insanidee, I understand what your saying about some loudmouth saying he would have shot him,it make one sound just like the out of control lunatic that freaked out on this guy. People do hurt the cause by threatening to shoot somebody, the gun conrol freaks will use that against the Second Amendment people. I will say this guy was being threatening and very aggresive toward the victim by backing into his car and if I had my gun on me, which I always do, I think I would have been forced to pull it out. If the lunatic did not stop at that point I would fear for my life and the rest would be up to him. People that have anger issues are very dangerous and can go off the deepend very easily. If your going to go balistic because somebody flips you off maybe you have anger issues that need to be delt with. How do you think this road rage maniac treats his wife and kids?
Christopher 2 years, 8 months ago
I may be a punk but your an idiot. When someone is repeatedly backing into your car I would take that as my life being in danger. Especially after I tried to drive away and he followed me into a parking lot. If you don't see that as being in immediate threat of receiving bodily harm you defiantly do not need to carry a gun.
Stacie 2 years, 8 months ago
...says the man who can't use the proper form of "you're" as well spell the word definitely correctly.
Christopher 2 years, 8 months ago
Not sure why you are worried about your Second Amendment rights anyways, sounds like your an Obama supporter by your ignorant response.
insanidee 2 years, 8 months ago
Absolutely NOT. I despise him and think he should be impeached and...well...I'm too cautious to say any more about how I feel about him on here. If "Obama supporter" is what you took from my comment, then I'm not the idiot here, and your hot-headed, illogical, and erroneous comment just proved that point...again.
There is a difference between severe aggressive behavior and imminent danger. The guy in the truck definitely has issues and those type of people can turn on a dime. If it were me, you'd better believe I'd have my hand on my piece, ready to pull it out if he exited his vehicle. But so long as he was inside of his truck, in front of me, and wasn't coming at my vehicle broadside...it's not time yet to take his life. Prepared, trained, and ready to act? Absolutely. It is just as important to know where the legal line is drawn. I take issue with your comment (not your beliefs) because it has the ability to affect my rights. My point is that we supporters - all of us - need to watch what we say on public sites b/c comments like yours are used by the other side during this current political witch-hunt. I don't think you want that any more than I do.
Stacie 2 years, 8 months ago
Again, "...you're an Obama supporter..."
Frizzlefry 2 years, 8 months ago
I think it's time to pull up a chair folks, this might get good.
Frustrated 2 years, 8 months ago
Where is Zo or TM when you need them?
BUBBA 2 years, 8 months ago
for what? a good laugh?
nonpartisan 2 years, 8 months ago
Out of sheer curiosity, I wish I knew what this clown looks like. I had a less severe incident with a guy in an S-10 a few months back. Thought he would have a heart attack he was so enraged.
BUBBA 2 years, 8 months ago
check the rockdale jail photos he will be there
ClaytonBigsby 2 years, 8 months ago
There's something about drivers of S-10's and Rams. Not all of them, but a higher proportion than normal, it would seem.
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|Proteomic exploration of the impacts of pomegranate fruit juice on the global gene expression of prostate cancer cell.
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|Prostate cancer has been known to be the second highest cause of death in cancer among men. Pomegranate is rich in polyphenols with the potent antioxidant activity and inhibits cell proliferation, invasion and promotes apoptosis in various cancer cells. This study demonstrated that pomegranate fruit juice could effectively hinder the proliferation of human prostate cancer DU145 cell. The results of apoptotic analyses implicated that fruit juice might trigger the apoptosis in DU145 cells via death receptor signaling and mitochondrial damage pathway. In this study we exploited two-dimensional gel electrophoresis-based proteomics to compare 9 pairs of the proteome maps collected from untreated- and treated-DU145 cells to identify the differentially expressed proteins. Comparative proteomics indicated that 11 proteins were de-regulated in affected DU145 cells with 3 up-regulated and 8 down-regulated proteins. These dys-regultaed proteins participated in cytoskeletal functions, anti-apoptosis, proteasome activity, NF-κB signaling, cancer cell proliferation, invasion and angiogenesis. Western immunoblotting were implemented to confirm the de-regulated proteins and the down-stream signaling proteins. The analytical results of this study help to provide insight into the molecular mechanism of inducing prostate cancer cell apoptosis by pomegranate fruit juice and to develop novel mechanism-based chemopreventive strategy for prostate cancer.
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Reversing the direction of a quantum force could prevent nano devices from sticking together–and even make them levitate.
As mechanical devices shrink down to the nanoscale, they fall victim to a strange quantum effect that makes their moving parts stick together. But theoretical physicists at the University of St. Andrews, in Scotland, have found a way to turn that effect against itself, producing completely frictionless nanomachines.
Current microelectromechanical systems–used in accelerometers, car air-bag triggers, and optical switches that transfer light from one fiber to another–have moving parts separated by about one micrometer. But that distance will soon shrink to a few hundred nanometers. At such short distances, a quantum-mechanical effect known as the Casimir force–which is too weak to be seen at distances greater than a micrometer–becomes significant. "If you have nanoelectromechanical systems [NEMS] with mobile parts, the Casimir force will be attractive, and the parts will stick together," says Ricardo Decca, associate professor of physics at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. "This causes friction, and these devices will not move."
St. Andrews researchers Ulf Leonhardt and Thomas Philbin have calculated that a specially engineered material called a perfect lens can reverse the direction of the Casimir effect. Sandwiching such a lens between NEMS parts would eliminate friction by making the parts repel each other instead of sticking together. Leonhardt and Philbin's calculations–which will appear in the New Journal of Physics–suggest that the repulsive force could even be made strong enough to make the parts levitate. Such manipulations of the Casimir effect could lead to frictionless NEMS devices with tiny mirrors and metal plates that pivot easily on their anchors or that are suspended in air.
Perfect lenses are nothing like conventional glass lenses. Instead, they are made of metal carved into a repetitive lattice-like structure. Glass lenses such as the ones used in cameras can't resolve details of an object that are smaller than the wavelength of the light bouncing off them. Perfect lenses do not have that limitation. And they bend–or refract–light in a direction opposite to that in which ordinary materials like water and glass bend it. Researchers predict that perfect lenses could lead to higher-density DVDs, ultrahigh-resolution microscopes that can image nanoscale objects, and faster fiber-optic communications.
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I didn't wind up scoring a new fiddle at the experience, while I came dangerously close on a NF3. Truth be told, I've been gassing for a DGT. SO... Sunday morning came, and my wife and I drove to the Glen Bernie GC before we headed home to NJ, and a used DGT Standard became mine!! I worked a deal with the sales guy, and well, it was too good to pass up!! Please excuse the photos and the prints - this guitar is smudged up, so it needs a clean-up and set-up - very shortly. And I don't know how anyone plays with 11's - those things were meant to hold up bridges!
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What's more, in looking at the DGT Standard on the PRS site, I could swear that my DGT was the one used for the website photos! Pretty cool if so, and I think so! I'd love to know the story of how it got there.
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> I've had piezoelectric lighters fail as low as 7500'/2280m in cold windy weather.> I forget the technical explanation but it's something about the density of the air> being too low to transmit enough energy to bring the gas to ignition.The energy in the spark from a piezo is barely adequate to ignite the fuel/air mix even at sea level. More energy is needed at altitude to light the gas, for techie reasons.But a Bic flint lighter seems to always work for me.Cheers
> More energy is needed at altitude to light the gas, for techie reasons.Butane lighters have a jet, just like a stove. At altitude the air is much less dense, so the air/fuel ratio is not the same as at sea level. As the chart below shows, once the air/fuel ratio strays from the optimum MUCH more energy is required to ignite the mixture, more energy than is provided by the spark from a piezo. A hot chip of ferrocerium may provide more energy.
Stuart, Thank you for that. I think you've put up that diagram before, but I wasn't remembering the explanation last night.It's not that the thinner air can't transmit the spark; it's that the thinner air changes the fuel/air mix and the spark is then insufficient to ignite the mix. Got it, and thank you.HJAdventures in Stoving
One of the things that should not be missed here is the advantage that an integrated ignition brings when using a suspended windscreen, something like this:(this is a windscreen photo from another thread here at BPL.)It it can be hard to reach in with a lighter, and you might knock the windscreen out of alignment. I really like being able to have everything set up, pot in place, and then I just push the button to get the stove going. I found that very convenient, not to mention efficient: The time from ignition to the time you get the pot in place is wasted fuel. With an ignition, my pot is in place from the beginning. HJAdventures In Stoving
Edited by rmjapan on 06/19/2015 11:43:50 MDT.
Very interesting. Thank you for that, Rick.And, to my mind, all the more reason to doubt that there's any "magic" in one means of holding back the gas vs. another (in terms of cold weather performance). That's really all a valve of either type does: It holds back the gas. The Lindal valve in a canister of gas is essentially just a very sophisticated hole in the canister. The stove with it's valve plugs into the hole. Absent a valve, the gas would rush out uncontrolled. All the valve does is hold back the gas. Open up the valve, and the gas rushes out to the degree that there is pressure in the canister. The valve is a means of restriction only. The valve can hold back what pressure there is; it cannot create pressure. HJAdventures in Stoving
Thank you Rick. It's easy to understand why the Soto has the ability to regulate the low pressure during cold weather. The typycal needle valve will let the fuel "gush" out with 1/2 turn of the valve. It does not have the precise control over the low pressure.If I recall, the Soto has 6 turns of the handle for full open. Now that's a lot of control. And that's the "magic" of the Soto.
> the Soto has 6 turns of the handle for full open. That is entirely a function of the angle of the needle valve. Many stoves are designed to only need a 1/4 turn. Some of the recent Asian stoves need several turns to get full power. There's no magic, just what marketing thinks the user would prefer. Me, I prefer a couple of turns.Cheers
Edited by rmjapan on 06/19/2015 11:44:51 MDT.
the Micro Regulator makes the stove a little safer in case of accident by controlling the release of the liquid fuel.
Roger, this regulator is not your run-o-the mill needle valve type. It has the ability to micro manage your fuel at low pressure allowing better efficiency in cold weather.Take another look at this beauty:
Hi DanYou might like to read our article about pressure regulators. It was published some time ago.Basically, that pressure regulator IS a needle valve, with some extra springs etc. All the magic properties ascribed to it are total BS, made up by the spin doctors to get you to hand over your wallet. Some of the claims are absurd; the rest are either stupid, irrelevant, or false.I will add that the worst claims seem to have come from the distributors, not the SOTO company.As far as efficiency goes - that is a function of the pot diameter and the user. Turn the stove up full bore and you get low efficiency. Old news.CheersRoger Caffin (PhD, physics)
Edited by rcaffin on 03/29/2013 01:15:31 MDT.
"Basically, that pressure regulator IS a needle valve, with some extra springs etc. All the magic properties ascribed to it are total BS, made up by the spin doctors to get you to hand over your wallet. Some of the claims are absurd; the rest are either stupid, irrelevant, or false."Isn't that truth!?More stuff in that assembly to break or wear out. I see a lot of gear/equipment/technology that is marketing-driven these days. KISS. - Nick Gatel (PHD in Experience)
Thank you roger. That says a lot.
Edited by zelph on 03/29/2013 11:03:04 MDT.
this regulator is not your run-o-the mill needle valve type. It has the ability to micro manage your fuel at low pressure allowing better efficiency in cold weather.
Edited by hikin_jim on 03/29/2013 09:40:36 MDT.
It seems like the stove has little to do with efficiency - it just lets out fuel. Maybe if there was too much or little air or the burner could cause incomplete burning.The windscreen, pot, heat exchanger,... are what effect efficiency.
With canister stoves, that's pretty much true. Typically, how you use it has a lot more to do with efficiency than the stove itself (unless the stove is just utter junk). One of the most important things is the valve, but not needle versus regulator: Use it to turn the stove down. :) HJAdventures In StovingThe basics of fuel efficiency:-Turn it down (use a lower flame)-Use a windscreen (not a full 360 degree one with an upright stove though)-Use a lidPot selection is also important. Wider is better. A heat exchanger pot is of course great, but heat exchangers do add weight. Supposedly darker colored pots add efficiency too, but compared to the other factors, I'm not sure that pot color is as much of a concern.
That makes sense that turning it down improves efficiencyI wonder at what point it's too low? It's constantly loosing heat, so the longer you take to boil, the more heat you're losing.
It's a regulator of beauty:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ66oRH7cBA&feature=youtu.beI believe everything SOTO says about it being more efficient. I suspect they have engineers with PhD's in just about everything. They sure do make great products.
Yeah, we have all seen that video. A masterpiece of spin doctoring and carefully designed BS. I could create exactly the same video effects myself with two identical stoves.But everyone is free to believe what they want. It's a free world.Cheers
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|Concentric adaptation of the left ventricle in response to controlled upper body exercise training.
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|Upper body exercise has many applications to the rehabilitation and maintenance of cardiovascular health of individuals who are unable to exercise their lower body. The hemodynamic loads of upper body aerobic exercise are characterized by relatively high blood pressure and relatively low venous return. It is not clear how the left ventricle adapts to the specific hemodynamic loads associated with this form of exercise training. The purpose of this study was to measure left ventricular structure and function in previously sedentary men by using echocardiography before and after 12 wk of aerobic arm-crank exercise training (n = 22) or a time control period (n = 22). Arm-crank peak oxygen consumption (in ml x kg(-1) x min(-1)) increased by 16% (P < 0.05) after training, and significant differences (P < 0.05) were found in wall thickness (from 0.86 to 0.99 cm) but not in left ventricular internal dimension in diastole or systole. This suggested a concentric pattern of left ventricular hypertrophy that persisted after scaling to changes in anthropometric characteristics. No differences (P < 0.05) were found for any measurements of resting left ventricular function. We conclude that upper body aerobic exercise training results in a specific left ventricular adaptation that is characterized by increased left ventricular wall thickness but no change in chamber dimension.
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Want to be a sultan of swing healing? A champion of Chain Heal? Totem Talk: Restoration will show you how, brought to you by Joe Perez, otherwise known as Lodur from World of Matticus and the For The Lore podcast.
Last week, we talked about the new shaman healing spell Healing Rain, a great new spell that is offering us a new option in our healing arsenal. While the visuals may be lackluster when not turned all the way up, the general response has been favorable to our new rain dance.
This week, I thought we would discuss some new information handed down by Ghostcrawler (Blizzard's lead system designer) about restoration shaman. I felt it would also be appropriate to talk about the other "new" heals we are getting in Cataclysm and how they affect our current toolbox. I am talking about Greater Healing Wave and Healing Wave. Cataclysm promises healers choice in the spells they cast, with appropriate consequences if they pick the wrong spell for the encounter. Understanding how these new spells function in relation to the other tools in our healing kit can make a big difference on the choices we make when deciding what heal to use.
Before we get into the meat of things here, I'd like to take a quick second and answer a reader question from last week's article that was then asked many times over through email and Twitter.
Bui:Well, I was able to get hold of one of my partners in crime to test this out in the beta. Currently, when two Healing Rains are cast together, any spots in which they overlap will indeed create a "sweet spot" in which the two effects also overlap. Here's a screenshot to show the proof. The 687 heal on the scrolling text is mine, where as the 555 heal is my partner's. I am in restoration spec, while he is in elemental spec. The other numbers are procs of Earthliving Weapon. You can see in the image how the two spells are overlapped, creating a brighter area where they intersect.
If two were cast over an area but you left a "sweet spot" in the middle where they overlapped, would you get heals from both of the rains, or would the most powerful one override the other?
Keep in mind that this could change at any time, as this is still a beta that is being updated constantly -- but as it stands right now, the spell is capable of stacking and you do not have to be restoration spec to use it. This means an enhancement shaman could in theory throw a Healing Rains down on top of melee in a raid, and a restoration shaman can layer it for extra healing effect. Personally, I would be surprised if this is left as is, because in a large raid group, the layering of this spell could be quite unbalancing. Don't get me wrong: I hope it stays like it is with the overlap ... I just don't find it likely.
Talent information
Ghostcrawler piped up to tell us a little bit more about our talents and address some concerns.
Restorative Totems- Another poor talent that buffs totem usage. It is currently an outlier when compared to Blessing of Wisdom due to making a buff more effective than its counterpart. Hopefully scheduled to be scrapped, it will be very disappointing if it remains in any shape.
Restorative Totems- Another poor talent that buffs totem usage. It is currently an outlier when compared to Blessing of Wisdom due to making a buff more effective than its counterpart. Hopefully scheduled to be scrapped, it will be very disappointing if it remains in any shape.
Restorative Totems isn't long for the world. It's a poster child for the kind of talent we're trying to prune. We just haven't finalized a suitable replacement yet.
This is something that I am both looking forward to and dreading. Right now, Restorative Totems increases the effect of Mana Spring Totem by 20 percent and Healing Stream Totem by 50 percent. That actually counts for quite a bit, when you look at it. Right now, this talent allows MST to provide a decent steady stream of mana and HST to be a halfway decent HoT. Considering the intention to remove this talent, I can only hope that the effect of this talent will be rolled into the base spell and that if it is replaced, it will be replaced with something fun and exciting -- maybe even something that links spirits...
I am hoping this one doesn't turn out to be mandatory. Blizzard added dps talents to healing trees to help the healers while they are either over-gearing an instances, or leveling. So hopefully, they stick to their guns on it and don't force us into this talent. The flaw I see in this talent is when we're in a situation where we burned through so much mana, there may not be an oppurtunity to stop casting heals.
I am hoping this one doesn't turn out to be mandatory. Blizzard added dps talents to healing trees to help the healers while they are either over-gearing an instances, or leveling. So hopefully, they stick to their guns on it and don't force us into this talent. The flaw I see in this talent is when we're in a situation where we burned through so much mana, there may not be an oppurtunity to stop casting heals.
We want Telluric Currents to be optional. It won't be an effective way to restore your mana, but it might make you feel less guilty about throwing out a Lightning Bolt in a world where mana is more precious.
This will likely come as a bit of relief to most people. The idea of having to DPS to heal was one that was not very well received. This tells us, though, that the developers look at it as an optional talent, not one that will be required for a healing shaman. That makes it a little less confusing, for sure. It will still be great for leveling as restoration in Cataclysm, and again, when you start to find yourself in situations where heals are covered and you want to help topple that last 1 percent on the boss without feeling too guilty about burning mana on DPS. After reading this, I feel a lot better about this talent.
Waves of a healing variety
With Cataclysm also comes a new healing spell and a rename of an old classic. One of the questions I've been asked quite a bit is how the various healing waves are changing in the expansion and how using each one feels when healing. Keep in mind this information is based on the beta, so it may change at any time. Also note that the totals given here are for the current level cap of 83 and are before any bonuses from talents or spellpower totals.
Lesser Healing Wave has long since been our quick heal. When Ulduar was released -- specifically, when players got to Razorscale -- it wasn't uncommon to see shaman stacking haste and ripping up the healing charts with Riptide and Lesser Healing Wave. In Wrath, it costs 15 percent of our base mana to cast, but in Cataclysm it jumps to 27 percent. That 12 percent increase is quite a bit of a jump, especially when mana consumption matters. At level 83, it heals for between 5,369 and 6,113, with a base cast time of 1.5 seconds. Spamming this spell will result in chewing through your mana very quickly; I have confirmed this many times over on the beta. So it is best used primarily when fast heals are absolutely necessary. It has become a situational heal.
Healing Wave is technically a new spell. While we have a spell of the current name, this one acts for us very much like a priest's Heal spell. It offers a similar but slightly lower-sized heal compared to LHW for a reduced mana cost and increased cast time. It clocks in at 6 percent of our base mana with a 3-second cast time before Healing Focus. At level 83, it heals for between 3,580 and 4,088. With the reduced cost and similar heal amounts, this has become a more of a utility, everyday style of healing spell. With haste levels being what they are in the endgame of Wrath, this becomes a much more efficient heal. I find myself using this quite a bit in the 5-man dungeons over LHW and even Chain Heal, and I find that, except for a few odd circumstances, I don't run out of mana and no one hovers dangerously close to death. This will be your bread and butter in smaller content until you find yourself in an environment where CH claims the spot as most efficient heal once again.
Greater Healing Wave is really Healing Wave from Wrath renamed for Cataclysm. It clocks in at a whopping 30 percent of your base mana and holds a 3-second cast time before talents. At level 83, it heals for between 7,159 and 8,177. This is one heck of a mana sink, and by that virtue alone it should be left until you really need a big heal to bring a player back up from the danger zone. I've found it best to use in combination with Nature's Swiftness for a fast top-off on the tank after I've either had to take my attention off of them to heal the rest of the group or to get a big fast heal on the tank after they've started a big pull and I've had to catch up to them. I can already see how that will also be useful when combined with Spiritwalker's Grace at level 85 in movement-heavy fights that require a big heal. You do not want to be spamming this heal, as you will run out of mana faster than if you were spamming LHW. In the upcoming beta client (build 12857), this spell will also have a chance to trigger Improved Water Shield to help recoup some of the mana spent on this big, expensive heal.
Chain Heal is also getting a bit of a boost in build 12857. The numeric range of the heal is being altered at maximum level. In the current build, it heals for a range of 2,967 to 3,389. In 12857, that range will be altered to a range of 3,111 to 3,245. The top end is lowered just a little bit, but the bottom end is brought up a little as well. This makes the healing totals a little more predictable and helps narrow down the average healing total. By shortening the range and increasing the minimum heal, this increases the average healing done by Chain Heal. This is potentially a very nice buff to an already amazing healing spell. Since it hasn't been implemented yet, though, I haven't had a chance to play around with this change.
All the waves have a distinct feel to the way they heal, and each combines well with Unleash Elements. They all have very distinct roles to play now, and depending on the encounter, you may need to ignore one in favor of another. Remember, picking the right tool for the right job counts for quite a bit now. As more dungeons are released and as we move closer to the level cap of 85 in later beta releases, we will see if these spells evolve further. Also keep in mind that this information is based off of that found in the beta, and is subject to change at any time.
Show your totemic mastery by reading Totem Talk. Whether it's Matt Sampson's elemental edition, Joe Perez's coverage of restoration or Rich Maloy's enhancement edition, WoW.com's shaman experts have you covered.


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1938-09-22 Peter Kane w pts 15 Jackie Jurich, Anfield, Liverpool, England - GB
1938-09-22 Peter Kane w pts 15 Jackie Jurich, Anfield, Liverpool, England - GB. Referee: Eugene Henderson. Surprisingly, instead of making his normal two-fisted start to a fight the hard-hitting 20-year-old Kane (111¼) outboxed Jurich (111½) in orthodox fashion, proving too strong when scoring six knockdowns in all. Despite being unable to find the finishing punch, the young Englishman fully deserved the referee's decision while looking to be a star of the future.
However, having won the title Kane too found that he was beginning to struggle with making the weight. Still, it came as a surprise when he announced in May 1939 that he was relinquishing the title in order to campaign as a bantamweight.
A few months later, with war raging throughout Europe, championship boxing was the last thing on the BBBoC's mind, the title going into hibernation before resurfacing in 1943. By March 1940 there was a new kid on the block in Scotland's Jackie Paterson, who was now top-rated by The Ring magazine having won the British flyweight title when beating Paddy Ryan (w co 13 at the Cartyne Greyhound Track, Glasgow on 30 September 1939) and the British Empire crown on defeating Richie Kid Tanner (w pts 15 at the King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester on 11 March 1940). With Paterson continuing in excellent form, after Kane had come back strongly as a flyweight the BBBoC, supported by the NYSAC, matched them for the vacant world title in June 1943.


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On April 2 the Psychology department held its 5th Annual Psychology Research Day. The event showcased the research conducted by master's and honours students in the department.
"Our students have worked hard on their research, and we are very proud of them," said Dr. Gerald Martin. "Some of the projects have been, or will be presented at other conferences around the country, and we expect that many will be submitted for publication in referred journals."
Seven second-year masters students gave presentations on talks from a wide range of subfields within the discipline of psychology encompassing many areas including behavioural neuroscience, clinical, cognitive, cognitive and behavioural ecology, developmental, and social psychology.
This was followed by lunch and poster presentations from the department's 36 honours students.
Guests included undergraduate and graduate students and their families; Dr. Mark Abrahams, Dean of Science; Dr. Len Zedel, Associate Dean of Science - Research and Graduate and Dr. Andy Foster, Associate Dean - Administration and Undergraduate. Also present were the family members of Rennie Gaulton and Dr. Bob Adamec, in whose memory two awards were handed out.
Award winners included Dr. Ken Fowler, the Rennie Gaulton Teaching Award; Emily Philpott, Psychology Society Award; Melissa Walsh (Adrenergic Modulation of Olfactory Circuitry and Similar Odour Discrimination), Bill McKim Best Thesis Award; Sarah Oates (Metamemory For Words In Noise), Best Talk Award and Josh Quinlan (Position Error Gradients in the Brown-Peterson Paradigm), Best Poster Award.
In addition, the first Robert Adamec Award for Best Neuroscience Poster was presented to Isaac Hughes (Locus Coeruleus Activation by Glutamate Enhances Memory for Object Location and Defends Encoding Against Stress).


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[edit] How can I synchronize two databases/tables in phpMyAdmin?
You can now synchronize databases/tables in phpMyAdmin using the Synchronize feature. It allows you to connect to local as well as remote servers. This requires you to enter server host name, username, password, port and the name of the database. Therefore you can now synchronize your databases placed on the same server or some remote server.
This feature is helpful for developers who need to replicate their database's structure as well as data. Moreover, this feature not only helps replication but also facilitates the user to keep his/her database in sync with another database. Other than the full database, certain tables of the databases can also be synchronized.
You need to fill in the host name of the server, the username and password of an user account already there in MySQL. Port is by default populated with 3306 (MySQL default port). Then the name of the database should be mentioned at the end. All the information other than the port needs to be filled explicitly for the source as well as target servers.
After successfully passing through the authentication phase, the source and target database table names will be displayed. It will be a tabular representation.
On the left, are listed the source database table names. Some of the names have a + plus sign preceding them. This shows that these tables are only present in source database and they need to be added to the target database in order to synchronize the target database. The tables whose names are not preceded by a + sign are already present in the target database.
On the right, are listed the target database table names. There are few table names that have (not present) appended after their names. This means that these tables are to be created in target database in order to synchronize target database with source database. Some table names have a - minus sign preceding them. This shows that these tables are only present in target database and they will remain unchanged in the target database. The column in the middle shows the difference between the source and target corresponding tables.
The difference is depicted by the red and green buttons with S and D letters, indicating that either Structure or Data are not up to date. By clicking on them, they will turn grey, what means that they will be synchronized.


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In a previous post, I mentioned that I was preparing a team of students for YDAC (Youth Diplomacy and Activism Conference), an English debate competition that is hosted by the U.S. Embassy. The competition is for Fulbright schools in the Jeollanam-do and Jeollabuk-do provinces (I live in the latter). On November 23rd, 10 Fulbright ETAs brought teams of 4 students each to the city of Gwangju to compete in YDAC. Each team had to prepare a resolution that proposed a solution to a local or global issue. The teams split into pairs, and each pair gave a 5-7 minute speech on their resolution. Other teams then had to ask questions and give pro/con statements on the resolution. The resolutions were quite varied, ranging from re-unification with North Korea to improving the Korean educational system.
And that was only the first half of the competition! Part Two consisted of a mock crisis scenario that posed a diplomatic issue. Each team received the same hypothetical scenario. All 4 students from each team had 80 minutes to write a response to the scenario. They then had to read their response as a speech. It was an extremely difficult scenario! It asked students to imagine that North Korea had captured 5 American journalists. In exchange for the journalists' release, North Korea was demanding the rights to build nuclear weapons. America was asking South Korea to intervene; if no solution was reached, the U.S. would send naval vessels into Korean waters. The students had to imagine that they were Korean ambassadors and write a letter to Hilary Clinton to suggest the best plan of action. I can hardly imagine doing this in my own high school debate experience, let alone tackling it as a non-native English speaker! But all of the students gamely took on the challenge, working furiously through the 80 minutes. After it was over, a few ETAs led the students in some activities to let them unwind a bit and to try to take their minds off of the impending results. Needless to say, the students were exhausted after a long day of speaking English.
I'm extremely proud to announce that my students earned first place in the competition! They worked so hard to prepare their speech and to research the other teams' resolutions, putting in tons of extra time despite the fact that they are always buried in school work and not far from final exams. And I was so impressed by their work ethic: I always met with them while they were working on YDAC preparations, but I was pretty much only there to supervise and check their grammar. They did all of the research and writing themselves. I was also proud of their creative thinking; they came up with our resolution topic all on their own. Our topic was music dumping and the flat-sum system in the music industry. In Korea, "flat-sum systems" are the most widely used means of downloading music. Through these systems, the user has many options, all at a dirt-cheap price: a small fee will earn you unlimited streaming (i.e. free listening, sort of like Pandora or Spotify), large quantities of song downloads, or both. When you break down the prices, one song costs a mere 60 won, which is less than 6 cents in USD. Obviously, this means that the music artist takes in very small amounts of revenue, even if their songs are downloaded millions of times. In addition, the distribution of income is wildly unbalanced, with the music label taking in the vast majority of the profits. So, the term "music dumping" refers to the trend of music being sold so cheaply that it is essentially being thrown away. Interesting, n'est-ce pas?
Anyway, all of the students worked so hard and really put in their better-than-best effort. There were many impressive teams at the competition, and I think it was a pretty close run for the top three spots. Of course, winning wasn't the most important thing; the idea is for students to think critically and gain confidence in their English while also getting the chance to interact with students from other schools (which is pretty rare, it seems). But I could never say that hearing my students announced as the winners, hearing their ecstatic shrieks of delight, and having them launch themselves at me for hugs and jumps-up-and-down-while-holding-hands wasn't one of the greatest feelings in the world, because it definitely was, and they definitely earned it. I'm so ridiculously proud of my students, and so lucky to have the pleasure of teaching them!


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SparkFun Electronics Comments urn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f8249 2015-12-01T00:37:35-07:00 SparkFun Electronics Customer #462513 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V Customer #462513 urn:uuid:db0710f8-983d-2b61-20d3-65167a7439ff 2015-07-03T15:38:48-06:00
Can the board definition files be updated for the Arduino IDE 1.6? I cannot get this board to work in the new version.
 Customer #318821 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V Customer #318821 urn:uuid:cdab3467-7c4a-eb5e-99ff-b7be52bd313a 2015-06-04T22:53:05-06:00
Instructions to get this working with Arduino 1.5.4. May or may not work with higher versions.

Plug in the 3.3v version of the SparkFun FTDI Basic Breakout to the 3.3v Mega Pro board. It can only go in one way.

Download the Board Definition file for Arduino 1.0.

Unzip.

Copy the mega-pro-3.3V directory into the IDE's Java/hardware/arduino directory. NOTE: On OSX, you have to right-click on the Arduino application, select "Show Package Contents", and go to the Contents/Resources directory. There you will find the Java directory, and you can proceed.

Copy the platform.txt and programmers.txt files from Java/hardware/arduino/avr to Java/hardware/arduino/mega-pro-3.3V.

Edit the Java/hardware/arduino/mega-pro-3.3V/boards.txt file as follows:

Add the line

mega2560v.upload.tool=avrdude

just above the line mega2560v.upload.protocol=stk500v2.

Add the line

mega2560v.bootloader.tool=avrdude

just above the line mega2560v.bootloader.low_fuses=0xE2.

Restart the IDE (if you had it open). You should now be able to select Tools > Board > Mega Pro 2560 3.3V. Verify everything works with the Blink program as described under the "Launch and Blink" section here: https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/installing-arduino-ide

Rejoice in the blinking of the light.

 Customer #421059 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V Customer #421059 urn:uuid:71d6deaa-0120-c32e-f0ec-aa6c1c8bb42c 2015-04-13T13:40:03-06:00
The dates below are out of sync.

It may be obvious to everyone else but it was the zip file mega_pro_3.3V_v12.zip that worked for me (in 1.0.6) but the folder actually in the hardware folder needed to be mega_pro_3.3V not the mega_pro_3.3V_v12 folder.
 Customer #421059 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V Customer #421059 urn:uuid:faa8d5a5-0697-265e-a39a-bd7855b0525f 2015-04-13T13:16:39-06:00
A far as I can tell the hardware install files do not work with the new versions of the Arduino IDE 1.6.x - I had to revert to 1.0.6 to get the 3.3v board to appear and work without error.
 Customer #462513 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V Customer #462513 urn:uuid:ea577693-ff19-095f-99e9-923d12a5d98e 2015-02-18T20:48:24-07:00
Why are the SDA/SCL i2c pins pulled up to 3.3v? And are they available on the board?
 Knutson on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V Knutson urn:uuid:846911d2-68b6-6814-6e0c-94853d76f07a 2015-02-12T11:26:17-07:00
To upload to the newly released version, Arduino 1.6, use these settings:

Board: "Mega or Mega 2560" Processor: "ATmega 2560"
 jwb7605 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V jwb7605 urn:uuid:83b4f8ba-6fb3-257e-fb65-886cd800a5de 2014-06-26T11:18:36-06:00
This observation might be 3 years late, but although the Due (and other ARM boards) are screaming fast and have tons of I/O and memory, they consume about 30x as much current. That's worth knowing if you're intending to build a battery product. I've been comparing the Teensy products with the Mega Pro, and for my intentions it comes down to whether I can afford 30 mA drain on a standalone battery with the Teensy vs the 3-5 mA on a board like this. Add in a Zigbee module to your project, and you have potentially serious battery life issues.
 Customer #98977 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V Customer #98977 urn:uuid:79708c16-4064-8243-1a23-66927cddd06d 2014-05-10T20:48:18-06:00
How much does one of weight?
 planteg on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V planteg urn:uuid:64af774d-9f34-7bf1-c0df-0382a0cd366c 2014-02-05T08:02:01-07:00
Hi, I am developing for this board at this time. I need to implement a Watchdog. Searching the Web I discovered that at some point in time, the original ATMEGA2560 did not take care of the Watchdog timer properly (it would not disable it). No word on a fix for this.

I am wondering if Sparkfun adapted bootloader does take care of the Watchdog timer ?

Thanks
 mrjonny2 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V mrjonny2 urn:uuid:01b3df2a-a2a2-ceba-580f-912c1b16891c 2014-01-16T16:13:52-07:00
Hey Guys, The fuse settings you have used in your board file are wrong. The resonator is not being used. You have it set to use the internal oscillator. The internal oscillator has ±10% accuracy before calibration. The resonator is ±0.01%. You have them set at:

//Sparkfun Defaults mega2560v.bootloader.low_fuses=0xE2 mega2560v.bootloader.high_fuses=0xD8 mega2560v.bootloader.extended_fuses=0xFD

They should be

// Updated mega2560v.bootloader.low_fuses=0xF7 mega2560v.bootloader.high_fuses=0xD8 mega2560v.bootloader.extended_fuses=0xFD
 yair on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V yair urn:uuid:94f5514c-49eb-0de8-4d07-6d9b2869096d 2013-07-27T02:55:37-06:00
the mega pro board is rated up to 12V input. but see what happens when we connect a 7V/220mA load using 16 Ohm / 5W power resistor. youtube

the 5v version has a better description of power handling . i was thinking of replacing the regulator with a higher performance one.
 TOREX - XC6220B331MR-G - IC, LDO, 1A, 3.3V, SOT-25
 M-Short on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V M-Short urn:uuid:e0c24a3e-80fc-b611-f709-62dc64ffd517 2013-06-20T11:24:36-06:00
Email us at email@example.com and we should be able to get you the files for the bootloader, although they should be the standard Mega2560 files just recompiled to run at 8MHz.
 mrjonny2 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V mrjonny2 urn:uuid:e3b4dbd3-9b40-1d6f-508b-e2cc6d5c1f8e 2013-06-20T09:26:15-06:00
Are the source files for firmware available?
 JoeWeatherBalloon on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V JoeWeatherBalloon urn:uuid:f5de74f8-12d8-8826-954e-eaa996dde1b8 2013-04-12T19:01:14-06:00
I received this board just this week. It was satisfying just looking at it. Can't wait to try it - thanks for the enabling!
 a1ronzo on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V a1ronzo urn:uuid:b9a0eaaa-35a1-6d18-a9fb-46212ee9f596 2012-04-27T13:54:04-06:00
Here is the part number: CSTCE8M00G55-R0

It's available on Digikey.
 Customer #258618 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V Customer #258618 urn:uuid:4d55f076-f928-065b-b905-702d08063578 2012-04-26T16:23:27-06:00
Is there BOM available for this part? I'm interested in the resonator this board uses - make and part # Thanks
 a1ronzo on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V a1ronzo urn:uuid:133b9701-a51e-3520-791f-3c6e485a4f0d 2012-03-20T09:57:43-06:00
Please contact techsupport at sparkfun dot com and they can help you. FYI, there was a short time period a couple of months ago where some boards went out that didn't work on *nix OS, but this bug is fixed in the current bootloader.
 a1ronzo on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V a1ronzo urn:uuid:ec4000b7-a037-b30a-abef-466c7a6d13f9 2012-03-20T09:54:50-06:00
FYI, this thread is talking about switching this board to 16Mhz, which would use a different bootloader hex file than what is currently on the 8MHz board.

If you are looking for the hex files for the 3.3V 8MHz board, they are found in the firmware links on this product page. (here is the one for Arduino 1.0, look in the bootloader file for the hex).

Also, here is the link to the Arduino repo.
 JacquesKleynhans on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V JacquesKleynhans urn:uuid:e19b9102-5194-3afd-1393-fece3903da96 2012-03-20T05:59:17-06:00
I am also having this issue with the bootloader not working. Can anyone confirm that this bootloader is actually working ?? on a 3.3v @ 8Mhz ?
 leucos on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V leucos urn:uuid:246356a4-e939-33ea-7fc8-444b98046bdd 2012-03-19T06:45:58-06:00
Mmmh, could you provide a link please ? I can't find it. I need to fix my SF board bootloader too…
 a1ronzo on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V a1ronzo urn:uuid:75191b40-9538-b5e4-7778-cbc34ad114e8 2012-01-09T09:26:23-07:00
You will also need to burn a new bootloader onto the mega with a programmer. You can use the ATMega2560 bootloader hex in the arduino repo.
 heliguy on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V heliguy urn:uuid:2353c743-36e7-902b-5b39-663816d2c359 2012-01-06T17:36:17-07:00
If I just replace the 8Mhz resonator with 16Mhz and use external power supply of 5 Volts. I think I can run this at 16Mhz. Of course we will need to replace the following line in boards.txt as follows.

Old content "mega2560v.build.f_cpu=8000000L" New content "mega2560v.build.f_cpu=16000000L"

Does anybody see any issue with this? Thanks
 a1ronzo on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V a1ronzo urn:uuid:0f022d1f-b259-668e-058a-476f658dbc88 2011-12-21T16:26:32-07:00
We have found a fix for *nix. If you have an older board and don't have a programmer, please contact techsupport and they will help.
 a1ronzo on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V a1ronzo urn:uuid:e3c7fb69-013d-5df5-6120-d403cdc5cd61 2011-12-21T16:24:28-07:00

Should the bootloader in the "Bootloader Files" folder be called "WiringBoot_ATmega644_8MHz-57600.hex"

It doesn't matter, the hex file was just named differently, it's the same one in the wiring google code repo.

Just to clean everything up a bit, I added the correct hex files to the board definition files above. You can now load the hex through Arduino.

Also, if you have been having trouble with Mac or Linux, we have found a fix, see the note above.

If you have any questions or concerns, contact techsupport at sparkfun dot com.
 a1ronzo on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V a1ronzo urn:uuid:ea7f2c33-8e76-bc94-7c61-a1638a39d409 2011-12-20T09:44:16-07:00
We fixed the board definition files for arduino 1.0 (see above), but linux (ubuntu) and mac still seem to have trouble. We are looking into this issue and will post a fix soon. Sorry for the troubles.
 MacMan20 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V MacMan20 urn:uuid:bbbb270a-91b3-15d8-71d2-3e1b28ed6571 2011-12-11T19:39:03-07:00
Should the bootloader in the "Bootloader Files" folder be called "WiringBoot_ATmega644_8MHz-57600.hex", shouldn't it be "…ATmega2560…"? Should this be the file included http://code.google.com/p/wiring/downloads/detail?name=WiringBoot_sparkfun-megapro-8MHz.hex as posted in a comment above?
 green47 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V green47 urn:uuid:76e18c49-6879-bd3a-f6ba-505d7115a889 2011-12-10T15:58:38-07:00
i contacted technical support, they sent out a new board, it's doing the same thing…
 caseyh on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V caseyh urn:uuid:342daa78-8c27-c7bd-3a70-985dbfba171d 2011-12-09T17:07:03-07:00
Any fix for this issue? I am having the exact same issues with 0023, OSX, and this board.
 a1ronzo on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V a1ronzo urn:uuid:209e0519-5960-0890-efb4-fe91e3f082e4 2011-12-09T14:10:42-07:00
It is very very close.
 Sting on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V Sting urn:uuid:0783c2fb-a5e4-b237-7611-d1227fab9bc7 2011-12-09T10:17:11-07:00
Two months ago a1ronzo said the 5V mega pro was in the works. When will this be available. I need it yesterday.
 a1ronzo on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V a1ronzo urn:uuid:ada6d39e-0845-4dc5-a034-fb7c6c31b368 2011-11-28T16:44:29-07:00
Contact techsupport at sparkfun dot com and they will help you get a working board. Thanks.
 MacMan20 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V MacMan20 urn:uuid:f6e8e676-61ad-a3dc-a753-48f80e5fa2c1 2011-11-23T14:49:36-07:00
This is the same error I get when trying to download code to the board on my mac too. In addition to trying using my mac I have also tried using a completely separate windows machine and it gives me the same error but with more details as to what its doing: http://pastebin.com/cudy6BKr I hope this helps, I'm really looking forward to using this board :D

Update: I just installed Wiring 1.0 and the Sparkfun board definition files and downloaded through that, no luck with that either, same errors.
 green47 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V green47 urn:uuid:59a4ccca-84d9-609c-b588-56e7e8da791e 2011-11-21T22:55:03-07:00
yeah, added the board and selected it from the list, no sweat. fiddled around with the config file to try different baud rates, but that didn't help. here's a verbose output trying to upload the blink example sketch:

Binary sketch size: 1612 bytes (of a 258048 byte maximum) /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avrdude -C/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf -v -v -v -v -patmega2560 -cstk500v2 -P/dev/tty.usbserial-A8004w6D -b57600 -D -Uflash:w:/var/folders/VV/VVhTf+NzEVyix5U1wAH++U+++TI/-Tmp-/build4003381142504225074.tmp/Blink.cpp.hex:i

avrdude: Version 5.4-arduino, compiled on Oct 9 2007 at 11:20:31 Copyright © 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/

 System wide configuration file is "/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java/hardware/tools/avr/etc/avrdude.conf" User configuration file is "/Users/Andrew/.avrduderc" User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping Using Port : /dev/tty.usbserial-A8004w6D Using Programmer : stk500v2 Overriding Baud Rate : 57600 avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14] avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding avrdude: stk500_2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout avrdude: Send: . [1b] . [01] . [00] . [01] . [0e] . [01] . [14] avrdude: ser_recv(): programmer is not responding avrdude: stk500_2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
 a1ronzo on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V a1ronzo urn:uuid:7ff2f09b-c124-4cf0-fed2-186ed4baa9c8 2011-11-21T09:46:16-07:00
Are you adding the mega 3.3V device to the boards.txt file as indicated in the readme file here?
 green47 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V green47 urn:uuid:bf985f46-d9de-d40c-6ad5-8a5f6b5dc355 2011-11-20T14:50:32-07:00
i just updated to 0023, on a mac as well, no dice, same error
 MacMan20 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V MacMan20 urn:uuid:025d80cf-ab46-bcb2-ff19-660baf305ace 2011-11-20T14:28:04-07:00
I've been having the exact same problem ever since I received it just under a week ago. I am using Arduino IDE 0023 on mac. Although I have tried using windows and it gives me the same error.
 green47 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V green47 urn:uuid:150bd48b-70e2-4b99-37dd-0ef0071abb54 2011-11-20T13:25:58-07:00
just got this today, trying to program with arduino 022 and a sparkfun FTDI basic, i get this error and the arduino IDE sort of locks up, so that i have to restart the program to attempt to upload again.

avrdude: stk500_2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
 Lasrin on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V Lasrin urn:uuid:dbc5caaf-b056-1a35-2248-831850e5ae11 2011-10-25T09:08:46-06:00
Thank you for this! I am also looking forward to the 5v version. I was looking at the .brd file.. is the gnd solder pad next to Digital 13 connected? It doesn't appear to be.
 Rogue357 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V Rogue357 urn:uuid:03ba28db-2185-ef13-8b7c-69d0ecdac465 2011-10-23T21:21:32-06:00
Why cant you guys go just a little further with this. Since this is a Pro version take a few liberties and add 3 pin headers (sig,+,-) for all the pins going down the side so we can connect servos and sensors directly. Or better yet just make a small board that just adds those pins that only plus into 6 or 8 pins. Also why not do some nice stuff like battery charger circuit and 3.3 to 5 switch able like seedstudio did. This would be perfect then.
 giantsfan3 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V giantsfan3 urn:uuid:3d98b022-b046-46fa-dedf-0bb62a5ccbac 2011-10-22T01:41:27-06:00
All, if you should need it, you may find the bootloader HEX file for the Mega 3.3V here (original code authored by Brett Hagman):
 http://code.google.com/p/wiring/downloads/detail?name=WiringBoot_sparkfun-megapro-8MHz.hex
 giantsfan3 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V giantsfan3 urn:uuid:41720c74-9466-afc4-9133-87598252e8e9 2011-10-21T02:37:42-06:00
Thanks for putting up the bootloader source (as of Oct 21).
 However, could you put up the bootloader instead as a HEX FILE so that it can be loaded directly onto the board using an ISP ?
 giantsfan3 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V giantsfan3 urn:uuid:5999396b-76a3-d110-206d-daf05f030fa2 2011-10-19T20:42:32-06:00
The board definition files are up, but Could you also put up the bootloader files please ? Thank you!
 tz on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V tz urn:uuid:5c6084eb-f2d8-b1b6-c155-ea1de29bc2e6 2011-10-17T13:38:55-06:00
I'm downloading the schematic, but it appears you didn't break out the extra ICP or other port pins. There are more there, not just the ones the arduino team chose. Look at the seeed studio version.
 Fiskbil on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V Fiskbil urn:uuid:b06b6c0b-5304-e4de-06fa-35674ce938b9 2011-10-13T15:23:43-06:00
It should have been put where the power selector switch is. Sparkfun even sells the correct right angle momentary switch needed: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10791
 Omaga Sohe on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V Omaga Sohe urn:uuid:cdd4d737-3c41-f601-bb50-5b15314287e8 2011-10-11T14:30:15-06:00
that irked me about the regular arduinos too. though if you need that many I/O's you'd probily benifit from a custom PCB.
 swort on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V swort urn:uuid:e12eb8fd-e0f9-2448-8860-ce5c5c60b722 2011-10-11T13:00:21-06:00
cheaper than the original arduino mega
 scharkalvin on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V scharkalvin urn:uuid:6755c155-c0e3-2715-8380-fa976979c143 2011-10-11T11:04:16-06:00
The atmega2560 is rated at only 8mhz at 3.3 volts. The 5 volt version will clock at 16mhz. It has always been thus…..
 engrstephens on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V engrstephens urn:uuid:6f9ca14a-292e-7c17-af53-715d4c17e677 2011-10-10T16:09:21-06:00
Am I missing something? Why would I want it clocked all the way down to 8Mhz?
 emihackr97 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V emihackr97 urn:uuid:ce182229-218f-f6c4-5ad1-ce210e617c0a 2011-10-10T16:08:28-06:00
You should make a Mega Ethernet Pro! it would be great, and a Pro Mega running at 5 volts because, all that space and only 8 MHz is ridiculous.
 kevink on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V kevink urn:uuid:04cabbda-60a5-4ba9-67d9-1830f0d22578 2011-10-09T21:14:10-06:00
Most shields have reset buttons included.
 AngusP on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V AngusP urn:uuid:559b6536-ff93-28ea-0fa8-7b26cd3d75a3 2011-10-09T15:13:20-06:00
Where else are you going to put it?? I agree with you that it is annoying though.
 AngusP on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V AngusP urn:uuid:b34c9e79-bbe5-d36c-f5f9-1d8b97a6eea0 2011-10-09T15:12:34-06:00
You definitely have a point. Though if that's bad, I think the upcoming Arduino DUE with it's ARM processor will have almost (if not more than)half the pins not broken out as it has the same pin layout as the Mega. It would be nice if there were little square SMD pads on the bottom of the boards so that we could make backpacks that could breakout these pins so that they could be used. :-|
 AngusP on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V AngusP urn:uuid:0377c716-0d7d-024f-89db-0fd0c3c88e62 2011-10-09T15:06:14-06:00
me too!! 3.3V doesn't always cut it. :-{
 nivaOne on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V nivaOne urn:uuid:d0fa786e-7b23-964b-810d-ac832a9605a1 2011-10-08T03:29:52-06:00
Will there ever be a board combined with an RTC IC?
 It would be nice to have a single hardware that can wake up based on time without having to add add-ons.
 stevech on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V stevech urn:uuid:f86db8b8-49df-264f-975c-e5b9dad22933 2011-10-07T22:46:27-06:00
rather pricey
 swort on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V swort urn:uuid:bfc82d48-6f49-0ee0-742b-41565890b644 2011-10-07T18:06:26-06:00
quick i need it :P
 jstoaks on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V jstoaks urn:uuid:7b829e90-d2ca-ecec-20b3-b6d11464b848 2011-10-07T17:04:31-06:00
Wow, I noticed in the board definitions. It seems to indicate that there will be a Mega Pro Mini Version, Would this be the 5v version. Thats a teaser, cant wait to see the production model.
 frank26080115 on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V frank26080115 urn:uuid:6758051a-b89c-84d5-b791-c72bb65a710a 2011-10-07T12:01:47-06:00
Yet another board with the reset button somewhere you can't really press if you have a shield.
 scharkalvin on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V scharkalvin urn:uuid:60a8d741-f56f-d70b-189a-e988c2134e73 2011-10-07T09:59:08-06:00
The one thing that irks me about the Arduino mega (that you also seem to have reproduced) is that a good 16 I/O pins of the 2650 are left unconnected and unusable. OK, adding them might interfere with the shield connections, but they could at least be brought out to solder pads on the board. (There is at least one Arduino mega clone that DOES bring out ALL of the I/O pins). Maybe on the next board spin … PLEASE!
 a1ronzo on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V a1ronzo urn:uuid:1240e83c-838f-a23f-5223-fa3c064e87f8 2011-10-07T08:59:17-06:00
Yes, it's in the works.
 Snobbotics on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V Snobbotics urn:uuid:2eed586a-23a0-ae88-a267-b1691dd2f07b 2011-10-06T22:49:22-06:00
Will there be a 5V version coming out?


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(Please excuse me if I sound indignant and a bit harsh. But I believe it is evil - yes, evil - to advocate tempting our kids to engage in dangerous behavior and hide information about the potential lifelong suffering that might result from that behavior, such as contracting herpes or gonnorhea. I also take great offense at the term "junk virginity pedagogy." Since when is it wrong to teach kids that they should remain virgins? We are truly now living in a world where what is "right has been declard wrong, and what is wrong has been declared right.")
My husband is so stunned by what Ms Quindlen wrote that he thinks she might have said it only as a publicity stunt. He shook his head and added, "That's got to be it. And it's irresponsible. She's just trying to draw attention to herself by saying something outrageously stupid without regard to the possible consequences if teachers were to take her seriously. It's akin to teaching kids that, 'There's a chance that alcohol might impair your judgment, but boy, it sure makes you feel good.' Wow. That would be an effective anti-drinking campaign."
He might be right, but I actually think she wants more teens to have sex.
Quindlen's column also takes great pains to slam and ridicule abstinence-based sex education programs - even though the mounting evidence is that these programs are actually working.
A recent report by the The Institute for Research and Evaluation, for example, shows the effectiveness of abstinence-based programs versus the "comprehensive sex ed" that Quindlen supports (sans real photographs of the harms of STD's, that is.) The entire report is available at the website of the Abstinence Clearinghouse.
In summary, here are the promising results of how teaching kids about abstinence - including how to deal with peer-pressure, and giving them information on the many physical and emotional harms that often accompany a promiscuous lifestyle - actually works:
"Scientific evaluation is relatively new to abstinence education, and the number of good studies is limited. However, a pattern of evidence is emerging that indicates well-designed abstinence programs can be effective:
* Three recent peer-reviewed studies of school-based abstinence education found significant reductions in sexual activity across all program participants. Two of the programs, Heritage Keepers and Reasons of the Heart, reduced the number of teens who became sexually active by about one-half, 12 months after the program. A third abstinence program, Making a Difference, produced significant reductions in teen sexual activity 24 months after the program.
* In Emerging Answers 2007 one study of school-based abstinence education found a significant delay in the onset of teen sexual intercourse across all participants 12 months after the program.
* Several studies have also found that abstinence education did not decrease condom use for teens who later became sexually active."
And how effective are Ms Quindlen's preferred "comprehensive sex education" programs? The Institute for Research and Evaluation report says:
"The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy published a landmark summary of 115 evaluation studies covering 20 years of research on sex education called Emerging Answers 2007. Their report states that two-thirds of the CSE programs they reviewed 'had positive behavioral effects.' However, we found that:
* No school-based CSE programs had increased the number of teens who used condoms consistently for more than 3 months.
* No school-based CSE programs resulted in a decrease in teen pregnancy or STD rates for any period of time.
* Only one school-based CSE program delayed the onset of teen sexual intercourse for 12 months across the entire program group10 and only three programs increased frequency of condom use (but not consistent use) for the same time period.
* No school-based CSE programs increased both teen abstinence and condom use for the full program group for more than 3 months."
Yet, Ms Quindlen wants more education about the pleasure and less about the consequences of teen sex. Her piece just might go down in history as the most irresponsible commentary on sex-education our nation has ever seen.
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A tangy, sweet dressing is on it's way (scroll down) — it's one you'll surely enjoy. And the complete salad is quite healthy, too! It's rich in Vitamin A and a good source of Vitamin C. And you'll get plenty of fiber-rich, nutrient-dense greens. I really enjoyed it and my MIL (mother in law) couldn't stop commenting on how delicious the salad was.
What makes this salad so special. Well, there are three ingredients that already taste wonderfully on their own. But as a combo, and with this delightful dressing recipe, they make quite a splash!!
Avocados – add a creamy-licious mouthfeel
Spinach – Adds a great base and has just the right strength of flavor/texture to go with a "zingy" cranberry-mustard dressing
And finally – the
Cranberries, the highlight of this salad. These antioxidant-rich rubies of the plant world, dried and lightly sweetened, add a tangy-sweet essence to the dish. And BTW, did you know Cranberries can help control blood sugar? Recent research suggests that the antioxidant tannins — proanthocyanidins (PACS) — found in cranberries may be more effective at blunting blood sugar responses than the tannins isolated from other fruits. Because the tannins in cranberries are larger and more complex than those found in other fruits such as grapes, they appear to more effectively inhibit the enzymes that aid in carbohydrate digestion – effectively slowing them down to control blood sugars.
Okay, enough about chemistry and the body. And how good cranberries are for you. Well, trust me, they are. : )
Want the recipe? Of course you do.
Cranberry Spinach Salad with Avocados
Recipe courtesy of the Cranberry Marketing Committee — Makes 4 Servings
Dressing Ingredients
- 4 Tbsp cranberry juice
- 2 Tbsp dried cranberries
- 2 Tbsp rice vinegar (or white wine vinegar)
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 6 Tbsp canola oil (I used Grapeseed oil b/c that's what I have in my pantry)
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Salad Ingredients
- 3 1/3 cups fresh spinach leaves (I used baby spinach)
- 1 small head of frisee´lettuce
- 1 ripe avocado, peeled, pitted and sliced
- 1 small read onion, thinly sliced
Place cranbverry juice and dried cranberries in a small pot and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Stir in vinegar and Dijon mustard. Gradually whisk in oil so the mixture emulsifies. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Rinse spinach and lettuce, spin dry. Note: If you use baby spinach you won't need to worry about removing the thick stems or cutting the leaves into bite size pieces. Add chopped avocado and onion.
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But now, your just a shadow of yourself. The Cowboys tanked last year, Tex-Mex's decline is so precipitous that Texas Monthly last year announced the rise of Mex-Tex, a cute term that only means Texan culture is on the skids, and poor Whataburger never could parlay constant shout-outs on King of the Hill into a national following.
And the worst part of it all? Y'all are going crazy over In-n-Out. In-n-Out--a California institution. California: your eternal opposite. By golly, if Sam Houston and his slave-loving ways were still around, he'd vamoose to Oklahoma.
In-n-Out just opened this week in Texas--in the Dallas region, to be specific, part of the Irvine-based chains new plans to extend beyond its Western base and to the rest of the country. Our sister paper, the Dallas Observer, has covered the story obsessively and awesomely, so much so that its five most-read stories right now are all about In-n-Out. Texas is newly in love with something us Californians have enjoyed for decades.
Really, Texas? Such hype over, you know, a burger? A burger that's fine, sure, but not even the best Orange County has to offer and nowhere near as glorious as Blake's Lotaburger next door to ustedes? I'd expect such yahoo reactions coming from people in Indiana or NYC hipsters, but Texans? The state that gave us the glory of proper grilling and the #12 combo platter, hold the queso? Sad, just sad. In-n-Out won't solve your state's budget deficit nor UT's quarterback situation. And I can tell you this much--when Dickey's, your state's national BBQ chain, tried to open in Orange County, we laughed you guys outta here within years. Californians, more provincial than Texans. What a world we live in!
On the other hand, what do we know? Your Mavs KILLED our Lakers...
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Ways People Have Reacted to The Death of Their Loved One
People react differently to the death of their loved one. It is fair to say we must respect their reactions and help to comfort them in their time of grief and anguish.
Death is not a fond subject for anyone, but death is a reality of life. How people react when the news that a loved one has died varies. Some individuals cry, others don't. Some try to comfort others around them and privately express their emotions when no one else is around. Still others scream, faint, collapse, and will not let anyone console them. The emotions that surface when one encounters the death of a loved one are some of the most intense ones mankind has to deal with. Denial is very common especially in the cases of sudden death. Taking the blame for the loss of the loved one is also common. Certain ones ask, "What if…." The"what if…." continues because we as human beings will do just about anything to see that the ones can enjoy living as long as possible.
Because we all face the loss of in "our way", there should never be a censure placed upon anyone's emotions at this time. You will hear fathers say to their sons, however, "Son, don't cry! Be brave!" This prohibition placed upon boys and men sometimes does not give them the freedom to release their sad emotions. Spouses who have lost their husband or wife may desire to join their lifelong partmer in death. They should be allowed to weep, recall the good times, and vent any feelings they have without recrimination. Parents who lose children must also be allowed to grieve in ways that bring them consolation. Some parents who have lost a child go into seclusion for a few weeks or months. Some take to their bed in deep depression. Others ask for medication that will help them face the cold cold reality of death.
We have all witnessed funerals. Most funerals are solemn occasions where the family and friend can be together to provide comfort and support. However, there are some funerals which are spectacles. Overcome with grief, it is not unusual to see people trying to climb into the casket with their loved ones. They have to be restrained. Still others take one glimpse at the person and begin running out from the services out into the streets. They, too, have to be caught and consoled. People have witnessed small children calling to the departed one to come and hold them. Even at the grave site, some children ask to dig their loved one up and they begin clawing into the ground. Overwhelming grief can make can turn a sane mind into one that is almost insane. It is well to conclude that grief knocks us down, and we are not the same at that time.
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Students and faculty in the Honors College have taken part in the first of these innovative, team-taught courses. Here is what they have to say:
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"We're taking chairs and arranging them in a circle where we can talk about the material. Or we're meeting the students in a coffee house. Or we're meeting at a bakery and having a meal with our students and engaging them about the material. So the classroom is constantly changing, and it looks completely different from the classroom of the past."
Dr. Kristina Davis, assistant professor of communication
"You can tell that a student has gotten it when they really begin to understand their place in history, their place in Christian academics, their place at ACU, their place in their families, their place in the world. And when they get that, there is this feeling that they finally have found themselves. And it just totally changes the dynamics of the classroom."
Wes Flach, senior Bible major
"It doesn't feel harder than a regular class. It feels more engaging. It is fun - it is deep thinking at times. It's not your typical 'learn the answers and spit 'em back on the test.'"
Dr. Tracy Shilcutt, associate professor of history
"I see students learning differently today, first of all, by their willingness to ask questions back - not afraid to engage the professors in conversation, rather than just receiving information - being willing to push on some of the information, dig deeper a bit."
Will Morgan, sophomore
Dr. Cole Bennett, associate professor of English
"I get to interact with two of my colleagues, whose depth of knowledge in their own field is so wonderfully complex. And I get to listen to students make connections that I myself didn't make when I was an undergraduate."
Dr. Stephen Johnson, assistant professor of Bible
"I think students are coming to find themselves and to find God. They're letting go of some things, and they're not quite sure of what they're grabbing hold of next. They're in that space in between. To participate with what God is doing in that moment, to wrestle with this doubt as the place in which faith is born and sustained, to live in the questions, the big questions - that's a high calling."
Dan McGregor, associate professor of art
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