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Sometimes, it's what's not there that truly matters most! I was in a collage-ish {not a word, but just roll with it} mood today, and voila, the portfolio of UK based artist Joe Webb. An x-acto blade, gorgeous color choices, and a whole bunch of perfect {and romantic!} negative space… SWOON!
Found images stenciled over with spray paint, and titled quite appropriately, Clown Face. This is the hilarious, kinda creepy, yet still gorgeous work of London based artist Steven Quinn. And, if you happen to be in London, keep an eye out for clown-covered walls! Yep, these vintage beauties are a series of paste-ups, that now grace the walls of Brick Lane. LOVE!
I suddenly feel the urge to cut up a bunch of old books… PERFECTLY. Sigh. Original bits of maps, landscapes, comic books, and vintage ladies cut into triangles, circles, diamonds, and hexagons. So simple, but oh, so striking… this is the lovely collage work of UK Artist Amelia Coward.
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So fun! Well, except for that lady that is currently drowning in a sea of hard candies… but if you've gotta go, that's a pretty fun way to do it! Colorful, simple, vintage collage work by UK based artist Cassia Beck. I wrote about her photography years ago, and was so pleased when I came across her collages! I had no idea that she did this kind of work as well. SO FUN!
ps. All of these pieces are very affordably priced and available in Cassia's Etsy shop.
Oh, yes! I want to swing on those swings, under those lights, surrounded by bizarre, large-scale, carousel-inspired creatures! I mentioned a pre-release print from this show a few weeks ago, but now Joyride, a new solo exhibition by Minneapolis based artist Jennifer Davis is open for business! I absolutely love every piece in this show, and I'm particularly excited about this because almost two years ago, I was sitting on a warm patio in Minneapolis having a post GIRL CRUSH dinner with Jennifer, and she told me that she was waiting to find out about a grant… a grant that would allow her to do a road trip to a bunch of US cities, that were famous for their old carousels, so that she could gather inspiration/source materials to do a huge, whimsical, solo show. A few days after I left, she sent me an email… yep, she got the grant ♥
* This show will be up at Public Functionary, in Minneapolis, until April 25th. That means you can swing on swings this weekend if you want to… Go!
I wrote about the lovely, vintage-looking work of American painter Jessica Brilli a couple of years ago. It was all old-school cameras and classic typewriters in that post, today however… it's about clocks. And radios. And clock-radios. Love, love, love! {And oh, her palettes… I cannot get over her palettes!}
{Check out her upcoming show, Jessica Brilli: "New Work" …Walker Cunningham Gallery from March 15 – April 12, in Sudbury, MA}
I have literally spent hours obsessing over weird little ceramic animals who've been abandoned on the wobbly old shelves of second-hand shops. A pink deer with golden hooves, a slightly terrified looking dog, and a white unicorn that I'm pretty sure I had in my room when I was 9. American artist Cassie Marie Edwards takes these orphans from their dusty shelves, and gives each of them a new home on her lovely canvases. Don't worry little pink deer, you can come and live with me if you want to!
Gah! It's like a whole bunch of colorful, little celebrations exploding on heavy, white stonehenge paper… love, love, love! These are bits n' pieces from the pages of Ladies Journal and Good Housekeeping, placed carefully in a sea of white space, drizzled with vivid, flowing gouache. They are the mixed media collages of San Francisco based artist Elizabeth Amento… they are also exactly what I needed to get this weekend started! KA-POW!
Um, I need that giant golden triangle hovering over that vintage lake. Not want… NEEEEEEED! Vintage landscapes, big cut-away gold shapes, and a few old cars?! Yep, this work, by Canadian artist Amy Alice Thompson, has everything I love. Each piece is fantastic, but I love the shots that show the work on the walls together. What a beautiful grouping… like a camping trip from the 70s that has been dropped into the future… a geometric, golden future! Love.
Are you suddenly feeling ridiculously nostalgic? Yep, the work of American painter Kirsten Tradowsky has that effect on me too! Oh, I'd love my weekend include an Easter egg hunt, a sleepover at my best friend's house, and then a ride home in the back of her parents' station wagon {no seat belts required, of course. #1975}.
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Bonding With ETFs
Fixed-income exchange-traded funds offer investors an increasing number of choices
Given the trauma of the most recent bear market and the rapidly expanding cohort of retiring baby boomers, it's little wonder that interest in fixed-income securities has been strong. While much of that demand has focused on mutual funds, newer exchange-traded funds have enjoyed a growth spurt, too.
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There are now 131 bond ETFs in the U.S., with assets totaling more than $135 billion, up more than fivefold since the end of 2006, according to Morningstar Inc. That's about 3.6 times the growth rate of U.S.-equity ETFs and 3.7 times the growth rate of bond mutual funds over the same period, according to Morningstar, though bond ETFs remain much smaller overall, partly because they've only been around since 2002.
The first bond ETFs were designed as core fixed-income holdings—focusing on investment-grade government and corporate issues. Since 2007, however, ETFs have offered everything from emerging-market and municipal debt to low-rated, high-yielding "junk" debt issued by U.S. companies, all of it in a wide range of maturities and risk profiles.
While Morningstar says that about half of all bond-ETF assets in the U.S. are in just five funds, the expansion of choice is helping to address some of the concerns of fixed-income investing in the current economic environment.
Rate Risk
Perhaps the biggest risk for bond investors right now is interest-rate risk. A resurgent economy and soaring commodity prices suggest the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates, and rising rates generally mean falling bond prices.
The simplest defense is to shorten a portfolio's maturity, which lowers its sensitivity to rate changes. ETFs that serve this approach include iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Treasury Bond, SHY 0.01 % SPDR Barclays Capital 1-3 Month T-Bill BIL 0.00 % and Vanguard Short-Term Government Bond Index. VGSH 0.02 % According to Morningstar, net inflows into ETFs focused on short-term government debt surged almost tenfold in 2010 to $2.7 billion—proportionally the biggest increase of any Morningstar bond-ETF category—for total assets of $12.4 billion.
The risk with this strategy is that if rates don't go up, investors will have forfeited the yield they could have earned in longer maturities.
For higher yields within a short-term framework, some relatively new ETFs invest in corporate issues: Vanguard Short Term Corporate Bond, VCSH -0.11 % which holds investment-grade bonds with maturities of less than five years; PowerShares Senior Loan Portfolio, BKLN 0.09 % which holds floating-rate loans, typically to companies with below-investment-grade ratings; and SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond, JNK -0.04 % for low-rated bonds. According to Morningstar, assets in this category of ETFs rose 70% last year to $14.9 billion.
These funds entail more credit risk than government debt. But if interest rates are rising, then the economy and credit quality probably are, too, says Timothy Strauts, an ETF analyst for Morningstar. If that is the case, "corporates are going to be a safe bet," he says.
Perpetual Maturity
A common complaint about bond funds of all kinds is that they don't have a maturity date, as an individual bond does, so investors can't lock in a fixed income stream or be certain of getting their investment back in full at a particular date. As bonds mature, funds roll over the money into new issues at new interest rates. If rates are rising, the proceeds go to work at higher yields (though investors could still suffer a capital loss). Falling rates can reduce overall return, a problem for those investing over a long period to meet a certain financial goal, (though the potential for a capital gain exists, as well).
At least two ETF sponsors are addressing these concerns by offering funds with bonds that mature in a specified year. BlackRock Inc.'s iShares unit offers six targeted-maturity ETFs that reference Standard & Poor's municipal-bond indexes. Starting with the iShares 2012 S&P AMT-Free Municipal Series, their maturities run until 2017. Guggenheim Partners LLC offers 11 such funds (three of them investing in high-yield debt), starting with its Guggenheim BulletShares 2011 Corporate Bond.
These funds typically have fewer than 100 issues, compared with hundreds for most other bond funds, so they involve a greater concentration of credit risk. And while targeting can reduce uncertainty about returns, it can't eliminate it. That's because as holdings expire at different dates through the target year, these funds reinvest the proceeds in cash-like securities until the rest of the portfolio matures. Cash rates fluctuate.
"It's still better than what you get from a traditional mutual fund," in which constantly changing maturity compositions make it even harder to predict your ultimate return, says Matthew Patterson, head of investment strategy for Accretive Asset Management LLC of Naperville, Ill., which developed the BulletShares fixed-income index methodology.
Index Constraints
Most ETFs, in bonds and other asset classes, are index funds. Since 2008, however, several sponsors have launched actively managed bond ETFs that in many cases aim to beat, rather than mimic, the return of a certain index or market.
Examples include PowerShares Active Low Duration, a three-year-old Invesco Ltd. fund that references the Barclays Capital U.S. 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Index. Pacific Investment Management Co.'s 18-month-old Pimco Enhanced Short Maturity Strategy, MINT 0.00 % a mix of corporate, government and mortgage-related debt that references the Citigroup 3-Month Treasury Bill Index, last month became the first active ETF of any type to surpass $1 billion in assets.
"The thesis is that the money-market universe is limited in terms of what you can buy, and if you take just one or two small steps outside of the money-market constraints, then there are attractive opportunities that have a meaningful additional yield," says Don Suskind, head of ETF product management for Pacific Investment Management, or Pimco, one of the world's largest fixed-income managers.
The Pimco fund is up about 1.85% over the past 12 months, compared with an average 2.92% return for funds in its short-term bond category, according to Morningstar. The average taxable money-market fund returned just 0.04% over the past year, according to iMoneyNet.
One advantage that ETFs have over mutual funds is generally lower expense ratios—0.28% on average for bond ETFs, compared with 1.02% for fixed-income mutual funds, according to Morningstar. Actively managed bond ETFs tend to cost more than passive ones, however, with an average expense ratio of 0.49%, says Morningstar.
Bond ETFs have some drawbacks. Perhaps the most vexing is the sometimes wide discrepancy between an ETF's share price and the net asset value of its constituent bonds—a gap accounted for mainly by the high cost of trading bonds, which outside of Treasurys are a very illiquid asset.
Some people believe ETFs "are the only liquid market for non-Treasurys," says Matt Hougan, president of ETF analytics for IndexUniverse.com. He says that while there is some truth to that, ETFs in a stressed market are prone to swings based on demand for the ETF share as opposed to demand for the underlying bonds. "We certainly saw that during the [recent] flash crash and the muni crisis."
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Summer is coming to Southern California, and sooner or later Inland residents are going to want to beat a retreat from the heat.
At least that's the region's water attractions are counting on as they open the spigots for their short but splashy seasons.
Pyrite Rapids Waterpark at Fiesta Village in Colton and Splash Kingdom in Redlands open May 11, as does Raging Waters in San Dimas.
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MOUNDSVILLE - Although the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection declared the April 5 Williams Energy natural gas pipeline rupture an "explosion" resulting in fire that scorched trees over a 2-acre area, the agency found no groundwater contamination.
Therefore, DEP spokesman Kelley J. Gillenwater said the event that forced residents along Middle Grave Creek Road to evacuate amid the blast and fire will not result in a citation against Tulsa, Okla.-based Williams.
"Based on the results of its preliminary investigation, the DEP has found no evidence that the pipeline explosion in Marshall County affected groundwater and therefore is planning no enforcement action at this time," Gillenwater said.
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Investigations continue into the 12-inch pipeline rupture that occurred earlier this month along Middle Grave Creek Road near Moundsville.
Gillenwater previously said the DEP's Office of Oil and Gas, which is the arm of the agency tasked with issuing drilling permits, turned the investigation over to the Environmental Enforcement division.
According to Williams, the ruptured 12-inch pipeline leads to the Oak Grove site, which is one of three Williams points of operation the company has in Marshall County, along with the Fort Beeler site along U.S. 250 and the fractionation site along W.Va. 2.
"The rupture most likely occurred at a weld point in the pipeline, which was buried and along a steep slope," Gillenwater said, adding there was anywhere from 600-900 pounds per square-inch of pressure on the line at the time.
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in the infamous words of Gob Bluth, "I think I've made a huge mistake." Good luck.
- 10:10 p.m. Nov. 27, 2009
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RSL will miss Yura next season, he is still very young and capable of much much
more. Maybe RSL will use some of that allocation money to lure him back when
Rander's is relegated.
"Good Luck Yura you have scored some of RSL's biggest goals the past two season's and you were a huge part of bringing a championship to Utah"
- 8:12 a.m. Nov. 28, 2009
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lets hope Randers gets relegatedand deals him back to salt lake.
- 8:24 a.m. Nov. 28, 2009
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We will be thinking about you and watching your progress Yura. Thank you for your contributions and keeping a good attitude despite not getting the playing time. Good luck, but hope to see you come back next year.
- 8:28 a.m. Nov. 28, 2009
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It's time to expose the myth that European soccer is universally better than soccer here in the US. Yes, leagues in England, Spain, Germany and Italy are undoubtedly better. But the same can't be said for the league Movsisyan is headed for, or for Scotland or for many other small leagues across the Atlantic. What Movsisyn may get is increased exposure. An argument can be made the the big European clubs will be more likely to notice him. For that reason, I wish him the best of luck despite feeling a little jilted that he's leaving RSL.
- 9:45 a.m. Nov. 28, 2009
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We wish you all the best.
- 10:11 a.m. Nov. 29, 2009
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He has made a great contribution to RSL and to MLS. I also wish him well.
- 3:04 p.m. Nov. 29, 2009
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I'm on a five year assignment with my company to the US and have my family with
me. My nine-year-old son has played football since age 3 in Germany and began to
play with the largest club in Denver a year ago. He was shocked to find the
skill level at this US club to be very similar to his quite successful German
We have since watched youth football here from U9 though U17 and I can tell you that it will only be a matter of time before the US plays a World Cup final. Sure there are huge gaps that I see in US training and most coaches here have adequate ball skill but still lack the "feel" of the game. I see very little training in tactics compared to Germany but I'm optimistic about the future of the sport in this country.
You may be correct that US football may be comparable to some of the smaller European nations but until the MLS pays more and consistently sustains a truly international level of play it will not attract the talent needed to compete in the 'big leagues'.
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I/m glad that he is leaving with a ring and the win in the MLS Cup Match!!! Good LucK1
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I can't agree with you more. The only thing holding soccer back in this country
is money. MLS has been very wise to advance and build slowly, but until they can
pay for deeper rosters, be able to attract a higher level of talent, which
includes retaining a lot of the best American and Canadian talent, they won't
catch the bigger leagues.
The ticket buying soccer fanatic is out there in droves in the US, they just don't want to spend their money to watch what they consider (when comared to ManU, Real Madrid, etc.) a lower level of play. I don't watch the EPL, I watch MLS so it doesn't bother me.
Speaking of Real Madrid, are they going to come and check out Rio Tinto any time soon?
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I hope Yura makes it back to RSL. I always appreciated what he brought to the
table and think he has a better chance of improving here than with Randers.
Good luck with Randers Yura. You have all the right build, speed, and skills to succeed. You are just missing that x factor to become a top flight striker. Thank you so much for helping RSL win a championship.
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Ive played with yura and he is a great player he is fast,smart and he has skills so i think he will do good in europe i wish u good luck bro
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had a pretty special experience this morning. a friend of mine works at one of the companies sponsoring Stephen Phillips in his attempt to break the around-the-world cycling record: http://www.globecycleracer.com/index.html
Stephen arrived in Boston last night, and so my friend invited me to join him and some co-workers to ride a 10 mile stretch with Stephen from Burlington to Concord center. (Stephen then did another 90 miles after that - it's roughly a century a day I think.)
What surprised me most was how "regular" his bike is. Nothing fancy, pretty much an MTB with an IGH and a disc brake in back (v-brakes up front). not even a belt drive, just a regular chain. cool thing was that he uses the same rims I do on my commuter (Sun Rhyno Lite).
who knows if he'll break the record or even finish, but it was pretty cool to rub shoulders with a potential record holder.
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Seattle Times health care reporter Carol Ostrom recently profiled the innovative partnership between Swedish/Cherry Hill hospital and Country Doctor Community Health Centers. The partnership created an after-hours clinic located adjacent to the Swedish Emergency Department that is designed to provide a convenient point of care for patients, as well as to reduce the number of unnecessary visits to the Swedish Cherry Hill ED.
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Bridget Pride and Tyler Sisson, both of Nashville, announce their engagement.
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Mr. Sisson is the son of Misty Betts of Valdosta, Ga., and Gary Sisson of Butlerville. He is a 2003 graduate of Lowndes County High School and a 2008 graduate of Wyotech and plans to study for a paramedic license at Ivy Tech.
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More than three times as many property owners as last year disagreed with or questioned the new value the county said their property was worth, after the first statewide reassessment in a decade.
About 3,770 property owners across the county want assessors to take another look at the new value of their property or have a question about how it was calculated, Johnson County Assessor Mark Alexander said. He initially expected that 2 to 3 percent of property owners, or about 1,700 people, would appeal.
That estimate was more in line with how many appeals the county gets in an ordinary year, when assessments are updated based on sales data. This year, nearly all property values changed.
But until the calls came flooding in, Alexander hadn't known exactly what to expect this year, when about half of property values in Johnson County increased after the first statewide reassessment since 2002.
The deadline to appeal the new value before this year's tax bills has passed. The county is now calculating how the new values will affect tax bills. You will find out if your tax bill went up, down or stayed the same this spring.
Property owners still have a chance to disagree with the new value, but any changes likely would be made for future tax bills.
Alexander said the hope is to resolve all the appeals by the time property tax bills go out in the spring, but if property owners are disputing their reassessment, those could take the rest of the year to settle. The assessor's office likely will have to schedule more hearings to handle all the appeals because of the increased volume of calls this year, Alexander said.
Appeals and questions about assessments are the top priority at the assessor's office. Alexander assigned more employees to answering the initial flurry of calls, is having assessors focus full time on the appeals instead of estimating the value of new homes, which they typically would be doing now, and he is speaking with anyone who visits the office with questions so assessors are not interrupted while processing the appeals.
"It's a big jump over just a trending year," he said.
Since 2007, assessors have been updating the value of homes and other properties based on their market value, a process known as trending. The county compares the property's value to what similar properties in the area sold for and makes increases or decreases accordingly.
But for this year's taxes, all counties updated the values of every property, starting with new base amounts for features such as the roof. A new roof would increase the value of a property, and a decades-old roof would drag it down, Alexander said.
Nearly all of the 58,000 properties in the county had some change in value, as a result of new values assigned to everything from a basement to a brick exterior.
The state also updates farmland values every year and bumped the value of an acre of farmland from $1,500 to $1,650. Nearly 400 owners of agricultural land called to find out why their assessments had risen. That's more than 10 times as many that called to appeal their property values last year, Alexander said.
Property owners had until Dec. 27 to file an appeal on the new value of their home, land or building. They can still appeal, but any change likely wouldn't take effect until next year's tax bills unless there was a factual error, such as an incorrect square footage number for a home.
This year, the county got more than 3,770 calls. Initially, assessor's office employees just took down names and contact information of anyone who called. They may have wanted to appeal or just had questions, Alexander said.
The employees could have handled three or four calls an hour if they answered everyone's question while they were on the phone. They didn't have that luxury with such a high volume of calls, or more than three times as much as the 1,100 appeals received last year, Alexander said.
Not all the calls will result in appeals, Alexander said. About a third of callers likely will just have questions, mainly about why their property values went up, he said.
Assessors recently started getting back in touch with callers to talk about their concerns with the original assessment. If the resident just wants to know why the assessment went up, the assessor will explain that all property values changed as a result of the new base values.
If they object to the new assessment, property owners should be ready to answer a number of questions, such as whether they've ever had termites, Alexander said. Assessors need to determine if any factors would diminish the property's value.
The assessors would then come up with a new value, and the assessment could either go up, go down or stay the same, he said.
If the property owner agrees to the new assessment, a three-member board will approve it at a monthly meeting. An owner who objects to the new assessment can appeal to the board, and Alexander expects a backlog of those disputed reassessments to run through the end of the year.


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hii am learning the concept HDL schematic design.(15.7) until now I used 6 different schematics editors (one editor for 1...60 projects, mostly Altium Designer), but i never had these problems.how can i make all pin numbers to be visible in the concept hdl, without setting them separatelly?in the software manual, they say "after packaging" and "after backannotating"...but i want to see them during I create the design, not after. after its too late to see them.anyway, what is "to package the design"? and how can i backannotate anything if noone started designing the layout, because the schematics is not finished (not even started)?...is it possible to put the first component in the schema, with the pin numbers already visible?the other thing: i have a reference design given in .CSA files, 100 of them. how can I just open them?how can I change a footprint on a component, which is already in the schematics? with a browser, where i can see what i get... for example i want to change a capacitor package to a bigger one..."PATH" is the refdes?
Hi,You need to run the section command.Type "sec" in the command console, then left click your component. pin numbers should appear.Subsequent left clicks with either: remove & replace pin numbers, or step through the available pin numbers for the different sections of the part (in the case where you've drawn a multi-sectioned body, like a single AND gate from a LS00)I haven't tried this, but if you want to section all bodies on a page, tryfind bodiessection xwhere x is the name of the group cadence puts the bodies into.Path is not the refdes, it's a locator used by cadence to identify the body in the schematic. Think of a multi bodied asic. Each body of the ASIC will have a different path, but all bodies will have the same refdes.$location is the refdes.To change the body of the cap, try the edit comand, then navigate to and open the cap body. If you are using a common library, don't move the pins - or you will have a bunch of angry engineers beating on your desk (or maybe on you, it depends how much coffee they've had!! :) ), instead, create a new version of the cap.
Quote: "the bigger thing: i have a reference design given in .CSA files, 100 of them. how can I just open them?"Create a dummy project; all the way to creating a schematic; Save a Page 1Put all the .CSA files in the SCH folderThey will open. :) These are simply the ASCII formatted files for the schematic pages. This is how I supply updated pages to customers. They simply delete the .csb, css and csp files; and save my new .csa files.This is also a way to open older version Concept schematics. Newer versions will open older .csa schematic. I used to do this converting UNIX schematics to Windoze. :)Good day.Mitch
Hi Mitch, Reading from your above post, I have a related question that needed help. I am looking at my design and want to update all the reference designator. For example, like Orcad, I can turn all refdes to ?. How do I do that in DE HDL? This would be a great help. Thanks for the above post, its helpful to me as well. Jason
Use Tools->Global Update->Global Property ChangeThs can be used to change property values across the design, sheet or module - you'll need to change LOCATION and $LOCATION, preserve the source property and reset the value to ?. Make sure that you take a backup - this will affect placement if a brd (PCB) exists.
Hi Andrew, Thank for your reply, I got your reponse on the other thread. May I ask where you are based?, I am based in Taiwan. Just wondering where you are, because it's a strange time for US/Europe to reply at this hour. Thanks again, Jason Huang
Normally based in the UK but in Sweden this week
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A person, object, or situation that's bizarre is very odd or unusual in appearance, style, or character. If your teacher walked into class wearing a purple boa, cat's eyes glasses and three inch heels, you might comment, "How bizarre!"
Things that are bizarre often involve strange contrasts or unexpected elements. Bizarre was borrowed from French, from bizarro "angry, fierce, strange," from Spanish, "bold, like a knight." The Spanish word was probably influenced by Basque bizar "a beard," since beards were taken as signs of energy and spirit. Nowadays it takes more than a beard to get you labeled as bizarre. Unpredictable behavior is often called bizarre — like when your teacher conducts a lesson in Pig Latin.
Definitions of bizarre
adj conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
"restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"
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Junior Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR) is already busy with two projects, but he is likely to start shooting for director Santosh Srinivas's yet-to-be-titled Telugu project from next week.
"The film is most likely to go on floors from Feb 13. NTR will soon finish shooting for 'Baadshah' and only after that he will start filming for our film," producer Bellam Konda Suresh told IANS.
Srinivas, of the Telugu hit "Kandireega", has also roped in Samantha Ruth Prabhu for the film.
Suresh was supposed to start "Kandireega 2" with Ram Pothineni but later shelved the idea.
"The idea of a sequel was shelved for some reason and instead we opted to do a film with NTR. When the script was narrated to him, he instantly fell in love with the subject and agreed to do it," said Suresh.
Meanwhile, NTR is busy shuffling two Telugu films -- "Baadshah" and an untitled project with director Harish Shankar.
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Media Release: Tourist injured at Tsitsikamma National Park
Date: 2007-01-18
A woman tourist, Sandra Malan was injured when she fell off the suspension bridge at Tsitsikamma National Park near Plettenberg Bay on Wednesday afternoon.
Reports say that she was sitting on the concrete base support structure of the suspension bridge on the eastern side of the river. She stood up to watch her husband take pictures of their children, lost her footing and fell approximately 6-7 metres down the rock face.
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I've never used a caching plugin before and confess I don't really understand how all the options work. My webhost instructed me to install this particular plugin.
In my webhost's knowledgebase, it says to use these settings:
"You will want to turn on the following caching:
Page Cache: Enable (Method: Disk: Basic)
Database Cache: Enable (Method: Disk)
Object Cache: Enable (Method: Disk)
Browser Cache: Enable"
So, that's what I did. But since it didn't speed up my site, I asked them what I could do and got this reply.
"1. W3 cache is OK for static page cache but NEVER use the disk based object/database cache.
2. Enable the static css file mode by adding define( 'LESS_FILE_MODE', true );
to wp-config.php for increasing the response time."
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Three finalists for the job of executive director of the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District will participate in public meet-and-greet events June 7 and 8.
The library district's board of trustees announced that it has narrowed its nationwide search to:
• Nicolle E. Ingui Davies, deputy director, Arapahoe Library District, Englewood, Colo.
• Jody Risacher, director, Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center, Fayetteville, N.C.
• Nancy Tessman, former director, Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
The executive director position opened when Bruce Ziegman retired in October after more than a decade in the position. Operations Director Patty Duitman has led the district as interim executive director since then.
The three finalists will visit the library district June 7-9 to tour several locations and participate in three public events:
• 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. June 7, White Salmon Valley Community Library, 77 N.E. Wauna Ave.
• 7 to 8 p.m. June 7, Battle Ground Community Library, fireplace area, 1207 S.E. Eighth Way.
• 9 to 10 a.m. June 8, Vancouver Community Library, Columbia Room, Level 1, 901 C St. Vancouver.
The board has scheduled a closed executive session at noon today at the regional headquarters, 1007 E. Mill Plain Blvd. (former site of the Vancouver library) to discuss personnel.
The board has scheduled three executive sessions at the same location for finalist interviews at 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. June 8 and 8:30 a.m. June 9.
For information on candidate events, call 360-695-1561 or go to library news.
The finalists' individual statement documents are available as links at Fort Vancouver Regional Library District in the "featured events" listing.


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Sophomore Tamika Brazzel notched a new personal-best in the long jump
May 17, 2014
HOUSTON - Two Tulane sophomore long jumpers Tamika Brazzel and Devon Breaux had big days for the Tulane track and field team, as both scored points for the their team on Day Three of the Conference USA Outdoor Championships in Houston on Saturday.
Brazzel placed seventh in the long jump with a new personal-best leap of 5.98 meters (19-7.5) to score two points for her squad.
On the men's side, Breaux posted a season-high best of 7.45 meters (24-5.5) to place sixth on the day for three points for the Green Wave. In addition to his point-scoring effort on Saturday, Breaux's leap should qualify him for the NCAA East Regionals.
"I felt like the team had a very solid day," stated Tulane track and field director Eric Peterson. "Tamika and Devon came up big today. Devon's final jump moved him from a tie to ninth place up to sixth place. He did that on his final attempt. It was really significant."
In addition to the outstanding long jump performances, Tulane posted some solid outings on the track.
Sophomore sprinter Lilla McMillan qualified for the 200 meter dash final on Sunday with an overall fifth-place finish on Saturday with a time of 24.12. McMillan won her heat in the event. The Mill Valley, Calif., native has an opportunity to score for the team on Sunday.
In the 800 meters, sophomore Jessica Adamson also qualified for the finals on Sunday, as she notched a fifth-place finish in a time of 2:11.57. Her teammate, junior Michelle Kreutzberg, notched a new personal best with a time of 2:13.52, but did not qualify for Sunday's final.
"Michelle ran really aggressively, but just couldn't close the race off, which is a function of just being new in the race, and I'm very excited about her future," said Peterson.
On the track for the men, 1,500 meter runner Jack White qualified for the finals in his event, as he posted a new personal best time of 3:54.13.
Additionally, freshman runner Kade Kistner finished the 800 meter run in a time of 1:54.33. However, he placed 14th on the day, and will not compete in the finals on Sunday.
Freshman pole vaulter Caleb Bertrand, unfortunately, no-heighted in his event after coming off a serious injury to his hand.
"He is very tough, and what he did is very inspiring to me," added Peterson. "I know he has a very bright future here."
Peterson is looking forward to what his team can do on the final day of the competition.
"I think we have set ourselves up quite nicely for a big day tomorrow," mentioned Peterson. "We have stayed true-to-form coming into the meet, and we are looking forward to some big opportunities to score tomorrow."
Fans can follow the Tulane track and field programs on Twitter (@GreenWaveXCTF) or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TulaneXCTF.
Tulane Results for Day Three of the Conference USA Outdoor Championships
Women's 200m Dash
5. Lilla McMillan, 24.12 ^
Women's 400m Dash
10. Lilla McMillan, 55.32 ^
Women's 800m Run
5. Jessica Adamson, 2:11.57 ^
10. Michelle Kreutzberg, 2:13.52 ^ *
Women's Long Jump
7. Tamika Brazzel, 5.98m (19-7.5) *
Women's Discus Throw
20. Cheyenne Swanson, 35.44m (116-3)
Men's 100m Dash
23. Taurean Nixon, 10.86 ^
28. Richard Allen, 10.96 ^
Men's 400m Dash
25. John Mouton, 49.77 ^
Men's 800m Run
14. Kade Kistner, 1:54.33 ^ *
Men's 1,500m Run
11. Jack White, 3:54.13 ^ *
Men's 400m Hurdles
13. Justyn Shackleford, 54.72
Men's 3,000m Steeplechase
20. Nicolas Meloro, 9:58.82
Men's Pole Vault
--Caleb Bertrand, NH
Men's Long Jump
6. Devon Breaux, 7.45m (24-5.5)
Men's Discus Throw
9. Thomas Lynch, 48.57m (159-4)
*=Personal Best
Sunday Schedule
Sunday, May 18
3:00pm Women's Shot Put
4:00pm Women's Pole Vault
4:30pm Men's 4 x 100 Meter Relay
4:55pm Men's 1,500 Meter Run
5:00pm Women's Triple Jump
5:30pm Women's Javelin
5:30pm Men's Shot Put
5:35pm Men's 400 Meter Dash
5:40pm Women's 400 Meter Dash
5:50pm Men's 100 Meter Dash
6:05pm Men's 800 Meter Dash
6:10pm Women's 800 Meter Dash
6:20pm Men's 400 Meter Hurdles
6:40pm Women's 200 Meter Dash
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Q: When Does "Perception: Season 1" Come out on DVD? A: The official US DVD release date for "Perception: Season 1" has been set for May 21, 2013.
Enter the brilliant mind of Dr. Daniel Pierce and relive every thrilling case of PERCEPTION: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON. Experience an original twist on the classic crime drama as Emmy Award(R) winner Erick McCormack (Best Lead Actor in a Comedy series, 2001, WILL & GRACE), stars as the eccentric neuroscience professor whose revealing visions help him uncover what lies beneath conscious emotion. Though recruited by the FBI for his masterful understanding of the human mind, Daniel's odd and offbeat view makes it difficult for him to get close to anyone. His former student, Agent Kate Moretti (Rachael Leigh Cook), is one of the few people willing to accept Daniel's peculiarities in exchange for his imaginative solutions. Two very different personalities join forces as they try to tackle the Bureau's most complex cases. Own every thrilling moment of Season One in this sensational DVD collection!
Starring:Eric McCormack, Arjay Smith, Rachael Leigh Cook
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Lohana - Indo-Aryan Race that fought the Islamic and Greek invasions in Gujarat, Punjab, Sindh and Afghanistan. Patels stood by and watched.
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A caste of vegetable sellers from Gujarat. They are inferior to the higher caste Patels. "Lohana" is a term for a Patel-wannabe.
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New school year, new education reporterSeptember 01,2014This is the first time in my memory that I have not been participating in back-to-school activities: making a list of required books and supplies, rearranging my class schedule to fit in sports, and debating if I can really afford that new pair of autumn boots.
This fall, I am working full time as the new education reporter for the Rutland Herald, and I have my years of education to thank. I am actually using my college degree that I earned from Castleton State College this past December. Who wouldve thought that I would end up finding exams and homework useful in the real world?
I dont have kids, but I do have a personal interest in all things involving kids and the education system.
My sister, Willa, just started second grade. For the past two years Ive found myself on the phone with her every night asking questions about her day at school. Im like the cooler version of my mom, so she is more than willing to chatter about the birthday list she wrote all on her own and deciding that math isnt as great as recess. The chicken nuggets are also her favorite hot lunch and sometimes daddy packs her green apple slices instead of red ones, by accident, of course.
I also have a younger brother I hear from regularly, dreading each day of college because he realized it was still just more school and not the constant party he thought it would be. He watched Animal House one too many times.
My mom also works in a school system in northern Vermont. She spends all day with second-graders and then comes home to one, both of them frequently covered in some unknown sticky substance.
Needless to say our dinner conversations revolved largely around what happened at school each day.
In this column, Ill be continuing that conversation and I want readers to join in. Let me know if there is something going on at your childs school a new program, a guest speaker or even a field trip. Let me know so I can let everyone else know.
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On Tuesday, Sept. 16, 210 fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students from local schools will visit the Pittsford National Fish Hatchery for an interactive field trip.
Students will spend 30 minutes at a dozen different stations learning and studying various topics about the environment. One station will cover the different life stages that fish raised at the hatchery go through. Another station will let students work with engineers to design water filters and explore how much water is really wasted every day. Bird species is another topic and students will get to expand their knowledge on migration, feeding and survival.
Again, please call me at 774-3025 or email me with your school news as the year takes shape.
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Khadloya, Tushar, The Brown Journal of World Affairs
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An Interview with Tushar Khadloya
9 May 2007
Bruce Cumings is a professor of history at the University of Chicago and author of North Korea: Another Country.
Brown Journal of World Affairss. North Korea is obviously a country that comes to mind quickly when thinking of countries with authoritarian leaders. You wrote in North Korea: Another Country that Kirn Jong-il's son, Kirn Jong-nam, was his likely successor, but recent reports have claimed that Kirn Jong-nam has fallen out of favor. Right now, it appears that the successor could be any one of Kim Jong-il's three sons-Kim Jong-nam, Kim Jong-chul, and Kim Jong-woon. Who of these is most likely to succeed Kim Jong-il?
Bruce Cumings: Well, I think that Kim Jong-nam was and still is Kim Jong-il's favorite son. He got into trouble trying to get into Japan-apparently to go to Disneyland-on a false passport. And ever since that happened, people have said he has egg on his face. I still would handicap him first if Kim Jong-il gives off leadership to one of his sons or relatives, but no one can really know this without knowing the inner workings of the North Korean regime-and there isn't anybody outside of North Korea that knows that. What I think is most significant is that the regime has still established no procedure for succession that goes beyond the leader's family, which suggests that trust at the top levels of the regime is not necessarily very strong. What you have in North Korea is kind of a communist monarchy. Consequently, to figure out how Kim Jong-il succeeded his father or who might succeed Kim Jong-il is really to talk about a very old discipline of politics: royal politics-the relationships between the king and the various families and clans that surround him. Those relationships in North Korea will play a role in determining who succeeds Kim Jong-il.
Journal: I've been to that Disneyland-I don't blame him. So who besides Kim Jong-il will determine the successor?
Comings: Because many people in North Korea, especially the top elite, have had their fortunes wrapped up with either Kim Jong-il or his father, Kim Il-sung, they themselves may want one of Kim Jong-il's sons to succeed him so that this elite stays in power.
Kim Jong-il is still the maximum leader, and everything that is important in North Korea has to have his signature. If someone were to decide that there would not be a familial succession, but instead it would be thrown open to the party or to the top levels of government to choose the next leader, then that would have to be a decision that Kim Jong-il would make. No one could make that decision except him, but I can imagine a collegial decision among the top elite families, in figuring out which one of Kim Jong-il's sons might be best to succeed him. Therefore, I am sure there are many discussions-probably often delicate discussions-among the elite families about which of the sons might best succeed Kim Jong-il.
In the case of Kim Jong-il, he went around with his father for 30 years, tagging along even during the Korean War 50 years ago. Even then, that regime took 25 or 30 years to make it known publicly that he was going to be the successor. It wasn't until the 1980 Sixth Party Congress that he was designated as successor, but anyone with half a brain realized that Kim Jong-il was going to succeed his father. So that process was open to the extent that anything is open in North Korea. Today, it's a much more closeted process because he hasn't designated a successor.
I think that one of the real curiosities of North Korea is the geriatric nature of its leadership. Kim Jong-il is one of the younger members of the top leadership at 65 years old. Around 2000, he was the only one of the top 40 leaders who was under 60 years old, and today, of the top 20 leaders, I think the average age is around 75 or 76. …


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Bai Wei is cash only, so come prepared. It's no touristy joint: the place was filled with Chinese businessmen making deals.
There were all kinds of tempting small plates on the menu, but I was trying to keep my bill to a dull roar, especially since it's cash only. Among the snacks I could have selected included "Cloud marinated" chicken feet, fried duck tongue, shredded pig ear with hot pepper and sesame, bitter pig ear wires, red-stewed pork intestines, red-stewed duck's gizzard, each for just a few euros.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Aldon Smith believes he is on the path to being sober for good.
Part of the process for the San Francisco 49ers' All-Pro linebacker to rejoin the team following a five-week stint in rehab included a verbal commitment to the NFL that he would stay out of trouble and keep clean.
"I think any time we could all look into our lives and find something we need to work on," Smith said Tuesday, seemingly relaxed. "I've taken my time and I've done that."
A clean-cut Smith — hair trimmed from his previous long, curly cut — returned to the 49ers' locker room after his long absence and five missed games to cheers from teammates who chanted his first name. Everybody knows what he means to this franchise and defense — and the 49ers are hopeful he is as healthy as he looks and ready to return to the field as soon as Sunday's home game with Carolina.
"I'm getting there. Every day's just a step closer to getting to where I want to be," Smith said at his locker after practice. "I've gotten a lot of support, from my family, friends, organization, teammates and everything. And it really says a lot that people care about me outside the field and they care about me as a person."
Smith had been on an indefinite paid leave of absence before being activated to the 53-man roster Thursday, two days after he turned himself in to Santa Clara County authorities on weapons charges. He met last Wednesday with team officials.
The fearsome pass-rusher is in shape despite a couple of extra pounds gained during his stint at an in-patient treatment center for substance abuse. He was at a facility outside California, he said, while declining to offer further details. He said he returned to the Bay Area on Oct. 28 after entering rehab in late September — and he was away for his 24th birthday Sept. 25.
Defensive teammate and fellow linebacker Patrick Willis is among those who sent periodic text messages to Smith during his time away.
"Aldon has been a guy since he came in who has been very productive for our defense, has been a playmaker for our defense," Willis said. "To get him back is a good thing, then, too, with his absence we were able to develop some depth with some of the other guys. It's really going to be a strong point for us. When you have a guy such as Aldon with his talent, the biggest thing we can do for him is just let him know we're here for him, let him know that we're his teammates, but the main thing is just let him grow on his own."
Smith played in a 27-7 home loss to the Colts on Sept. 22 and had five tackles just two days after he was arrested and jailed on suspicion of DUI and marijuana possession. He apologized for his behavior after the game then later announced he would leave for treatment.
San Francisco (6-2) has won five straight games in impressive fashion without him.
Also in September, Smith and former teammate Delanie Walker were named in a lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court by a Northern California man who said he was shot at a party at Smith's house on June 29, 2012.
Smith, selected seventh overall in the 2011 draft out of Missouri, had previously been arrested on suspicion of DUI in January 2012 in Miami shortly after the 49ers lost in the NFC championship game.
Now, Smith is moving forward. He's thrilled to be reunited with not only his team but also his 10-month-old son, Aulis.


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2011 Get-It Do-It Grant:
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New to DIY, need headset clarification
if i'm getting this right you want to make from a mic and some pair of headphones a gaming headset
you need a four conductor cable (i have such but i don't remember where i got it from) better get a five and use two of them for ground
1 ground for left right and mic
left channel
right channel
mic channel
then you need to connect the headphones to a 3.5mm jack where:
tip - left
ring - right
sleeve - ground
then you need to connect the mic from that same cable to a 3.5mm jack:
tip - mic
ring - mic again
sleeve - no need to connect again
ground is one for the left right and mic (you may need to make a jump from the right earpiece to the left in order to connect everything into one cable)
make the cable as short as comfort allows
Edited by peterroumian - 12/25/12 at 5:16pm
These are the possible configurations I'm thinking might work.
a) headphone( 2 grounds, left right) microphone (ground, left right) = 7 wires
A2) headphones, (2 grounds, left, right) Microphone (shared ground, left right) = 6 wires
C) headphones, (2 grounds, left right) Microphone *mono* (ground and audio) = 5 Wires
D) headphones, (2 grounds, left right) Microphone (left right) = 6 wires [ Does microphone need a ground?]
Edited by Folex - 12/25/12 at 5:42pm
ground is one for the left right and mic (you may need to make a jump from the right earpiece to the left in order to connect everything into one cable)
make the cable as short as comfort allows
yes ONE ground (here we use 2 conductors for it to improve SQ)
i'm not sure what do you want to do - put a mic on the D2000?
and no - amp wont fix the "long cable problem"
and if you want to use the headphones with an amp - you WILL need a separate ground for the mic
there was an error with the transfer of the signal from the one earcup to the other
you might find this useful
Edited by peterroumian - 12/25/12 at 6:42pm
Would this work ?
this will work but it's kinda idiotic
could you please redefine what are you trying to do because i can't understand clearly from the first post
then i will be able to help you more effectively
and mic is always mono - even in studios.. stereo effect is achieved via mixing
Every dual sided headphone I've owned has = 4 wires, left + ground and right + ground.
Every pair of single sided headphones has shorted out on 1 side, its another reason why i hate single sided cables
The microphone i wasn't sure if it was mono or stereo, so being mono @ most i'm gonna need 1 wire for left/right and 1 wire for ground?
I'm looking @ buying a Single cable with 4-7 wires within it, depending on what I need.
Something like this
I wish the image online had better colors
But still not sure if the microphone plug needs a ground wire, and if there is any downside to sharing a ground.
Edited by Folex - 12/25/12 at 8:55pm
which headphones are you going to use, because if it's going to be the denons it's not a good idea to ruin their cable since it's very good - please be more detailed because there are differences that you are not noticing
if the denons - separate, two conductor cable, for the mic, strapped to the cable of the denons - simple and not ruining anything
the reason single sided cables break is because single sided headphones are cheaper models - hence use cheaper cables
you need separate ground for the mic if you are going to use the headphones with an amp - otherwise there is no need to make the cable heavier
there is no downside sharing a ground because it IS shared - main principle of every circuit
So from what I gathered, a shared ground on the headphone part would not matter, even if amped
Microphone you want it's own ground if you plan to amp the headphones
The microphone is mono, so it only needs 1 wire for the audio and 1 wire for ground ( to future proof it, if i use an amp)
So in all I'd need 5 Conductors ?
that is correct
get two cables: two conductor and four conductor
two conductor: for the right channel and separate ground (to improve sq)
four conductor: left channel ground, mic ground, mic channel and left channel
thus you are going to get two sided cable, amp compatibility, and best sq (with 5 or 6 conductor cable you are going to have thin ugly wires after the "Y")
one note: swapping drivers is not that easy
the picture above is correct