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Dr. Henri Bianucci and Dr. Perry Jameson
As you may know by now, I (Dr. Perry Jameson) have five cats and two dogs that are part of my family. Joseph, the cat, is the newest addition, and recently he helped remind me what it is like on the other side of the exam room.
Daily, I have conversations with the parents of pets about what problem I have diagnosed and what treatment options are available to deal with that problem. In our practice, these are often discussions about chronic, lifelong therapies, terminal diseases and end-of-life decisions.
I try to put myself in their position as I discuss options, patiently answer questions and wait for their decision. Occasionally, it is good for me to be placed in the role of client instead of doctor to keep it all in perspective.
Joseph showed up at our home the week of July Fourth last year. At that time, we had a friend's family visiting, so there were not only the six animals but four adults and four children in our three-bedroom home.
Joseph is a pure bred Bengal, so he is bigger than the four other cats. I think this made him intimidating to them, so they immediately would hiss and growl whenever he sneaked through the cat door. We still do not understand why he chose us with all the commotion going on. Certainly, there must have been quieter homes somewhere along the way.
The next week, I brought him to the office and scanned him for a microchip. We were able to track down his original mom. She was glad to hear from us, but had developed allergies so severe she could not keep him any longer. She was glad he had found us and was happy when we decided to keep him. Luckily, he decided to keep us, too, and was soon sleeping in our bed (usually under the covers).
Our other four cats stay around the house, but Joseph roams and is often gone for most of the day. On a Monday about three weeks ago, our doorbell rang about 6:30 p.m. A woman was there sobbing saying she had hit a cat on Maybank Highway, and our neighbor brought her to our home. We did not think it could be one of our cats, but when my wife looked into her back seat, she saw our Joseph.
He was panting heavily, as cats do when stressed, and his rear legs were limp. I was certain he had a broken back or had severe chest trauma and we would have to euthanize him. I have found that when one of my pets is ill, I lose all sense of reason. My thoughts are no longer logical but driven by emotion. This, I realize, is how many of my clients feel. A special member of their family is ill, and I am often telling them news no one ever wants to hear.
Once at the hospital, Dr. Kelly Klein, an ER doctor, saw how distraught I was and immediately took him from me. In shock, I watched as she quickly placed an IV catheter and administered pain medication.
Once Joseph was stable, Dr. Kelly had the nurses take several radiographs to assess the damage.
Dr. Mike Schlicksup, the surgeon on duty, was still in the hospital and assessed the films. By some miracle, the only major problem was a dislocated hip.
Joseph was stabilized, sedated the following day, and Dr. Mike tried to put the hip back in place. Unfortunately, the supportive muscles and ligaments were so stretched and torn it would not stay in place.
Dr. Mike explained that the best option was to remove the head of the femur. This basically eliminates the hip joint all together. I have seen hundreds of dogs and cats do fantastic with this procedure, but to my own cat, it seemed so drastic. Plus it required the danger of general anesthesia. Dr. Mike patiently explained that since Joseph was otherwise healthy, the risks were low and felt he would recover well. We consented to the procedure.
Dr. Mike was right. Joseph recovered well from the surgery and came home shortly thereafter. Dr. Mike sent me home with a long list of instructions, including oral medications and an e-collar. If any of you have ever tried to give a cat a pill or keep one in an e-collar, you understand my plight. I wasn't sure that I would be able to give him all of the medications or keep the e-collar on him, but somehow, we all struggled through it!
At this time, Joseph is doing well. Each day, he gets a little stronger, and the other four cats are even starting to hiss at him as he limps around the house again. This was a humbling experience for me and a good reminder of what it is like to be a pet owner again and not the veterinarian in charge.
Dr. Henri Bianucci and Dr. Perry Jameson are with Veterinary Specialty Care LLC. Send questions to email@example.com.


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Sources: Bloomberg, Fox News, General Motors
quote: On a side note, nice to see ol' Bush in the news again. IMO more people could use a reminder what happened last time they voted republican (for the record; it got worse. No matter how bad obama is (pretty darn bad), it can always get worse).
quote: If you vote democrat next year, the 2013 federal budget will have a $1.8 trillion deficit. If you vote Republican, the budget will have a $2 trillion deficit. What is the logical conclusion?
quote: I'd love to discuss my political mindset, the idea of compromise i have. I don't even trust ron paul since he's sided with the republicans

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On Tap Today: Ho-ho-uh-oh
So, there's still no blanket of white on the ground, but you've got to get into the Christmas spirit.
Who better to get you there than "Bad Santa"? Your friends at the Beer and a Movie series are here to help, with a screening of the 2003 holiday comedy at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. 4th St. Sure, it's kinda dark, but with a surprisingly heartwarming center (unless that's the beer talking). »Read Full Blog Post
Skylight's 'Here's a Howdy Do' is the very model of charming fun
Creating comedy is a bit like making a soufflé, with no middle ground between success and failure.
The Skylight Music Theatre's "Here's a Howdy Do: The Mischievous World of Gilbert and Sullivan," which previewed Sunday evening in the Broadway Theatre Center's Studio Theatre before its New Year's Eve opening, is a comic soufflé to savor. »Read Full Article
Marc Salem plays amazing mind games with 'Mind Over Milwaukee'
Nearing the conclusion of his jaw-dropping "Mind over Milwaukee," a blindfolded Marc Salem stated that the untouched object beneath his hand must be a watch - before proceeding to make its secondhand stop altogether.
"That's pretty good," murmured an admiring audience member seated near the Stackner Cabaret stage. »Read Full Article
What song best sums up 2012 finally coming to an end?
2012 is nearly over -- finally. Feels like the end of a year like this one should have a theme song, doesn't it?
You can choose one on Tap Milwaukee. Which best sums up how you feel about the end of 2012? Take the poll here. The videos for your choices are below. »Read Full Blog Post
Top of the Charts: 2012's top hits
Bruno Mars continues his reign at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts for the third week with "Locked Out of Heaven." But, today on New Year's Eve Top of the Charts takes a look back at the 2012's biggest hits as ranked by Billboard Magazine. Watch the videos below for the five songs that spun the most across radio stations nationwide and kept us dancing and singing along all year.
On Tap for Today: Ringing in the new year
See ya, 2012. Hello, 2013. We have high hopes for you.
If the end of the year snuck up on you and you find yourself without plans or reservations, there's a party out there to enjoy. Here's are a few examples: »Read Full Blog Post


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When a man is on a swing, gaining momentum, and the woman is on the ground in front of the man bent over. The man then swings down and taps her ass and then swings back, and then when he swings forward again, tapping her ass, and doing so over and over again.
Joe used the pendulum on me so hard on the playground yesterday.
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When a man puts his balls on your eyelids and slaps his cock against your face
Tirico: Damn Tanner really gave chody the pendulum.
Louie: thats the ultimate show of disrespect.
Louie: thats the ultimate show of disrespect.
מאת tircmeister 26 בספטמבר, 2014
When you're hittin a dude from behind and both sets of balls are slapping against eachother like a Pendulum
"I was fucking Doug from behind, when our balls started slapping, hence, creating The Pendulum"
מאת Semen Monster 22 במאי, 2015
When your balls dangle so far you can swing them backwards and forwards like a grandfathers clock pendulum. This allows you to smack a girl in their face with your balls repeatedly.
"Dude I was smacking my balls in Mia's face last night"
"Alan, you did the pendulum?"
"Alan, you did the pendulum?"
מאת Anal_Fister 12 בינואר, 2015
when you pierce the skin between the vagina and the anus then put some string through it (a shoe lace). Then dangle a 3 pound weight from it and then swing the pendulum into the erect penis (chuckney channel) ta dah.
oh god my dick hurts from last night . my girl friend gave me the pendulum.
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Friday, June 14, 2013
Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina's new addition, Charleston Harbor Fish House, opened its doors to the public on Thursday, June 6. Chef Charles Arena and his talented culinary team will be serving up the freshest local seafood from the Charleston area.
Favorite dishes on the menu so far include the Calamari Fritto Misto served with a choice of tomato basil fondue or black garlic aioli; Roasted Scallops with hoppin John "risotto," bacon, tomatoes and lemon thyme vinaigrette; and the Holy City Braised Pork.
Charleston Harbor Fish House is located adjacent to the USS Yorktown and can be accessed by land or water. The restaurant offers both outdoor and indoor seating and guests are encouraged to arrive early for their reservation to experience the spectacular views from the rooftop bar.
There are three ways to make reservations 1) call 843-284-7070 2) visit www.charlestonharborfishhouse.com and click on reservations or 3) make them through OpenTable.com. (As of distribution, Opentable connections were not up and working, so website reservations may not be available)
In addition to a new restaurant, the building is home to the Marina Store where guests can shop for apparel, accessories, souvenirs and boating supplies. Next to the rooftop bar is a 2,100 square foot event space called The Yacht Club that can be rented for special events.
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An 18-month investigation by The Washington Post has found a troubled and worsening record of care at Virginia's assisted living facilities, including avoidable injuries and deaths, and a system of state oversight that often failed to identify or correct problems. NAMI Virginia has played an important role in exposing abuses: many residents have mental illnesses.
As large state facilities started closing over the last 30 years to incorporate people into community settings such as assisted living there has been a need for better training and support for staff of these facilities. Many assisted living staff work for wages just above minimum wage and often do not have the background necessary to understand and respond to all the situations that arise in an assisted living facility. The state does mandate specific training that all assisted living staff must participate in, but most often it is very inadequate to deal with the wide range of behaviors that are exhibited by individuals in this type of setting.
A volunteer from the NAMI Helpline, Mavis Thomas, was interviewed as part of this report. Her interview was about the death of her own son, who had schizophrenia, while in the care of an assisted living facility. The facility closed a few months after his death and there was no formal investigation into the cause, except for a letter from the Virginia Department of Social Services stating that numerous neglectful actions of the staff did contribute. Watch the video of the interview of Mavis and her husband.
You can read the entire series online at WashingtonPost.com and also learn about what questions to ask when selecting an assisted living facility for your loved one.


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What Is Leadership
The attribute of a Leaders
Leadership is not Management or Directing.
Leadership is the ability to inspire or influence others towards the leader's goal.
Leaders have followers.
If someone has followers, he or she is a leader.
Management literature mostly focuses on the characteristics of the leader - it asks "what make this person a leader", rather than "why do these people choose to follow".
Leaders attract followers
Think about the
. The
extended by the extensive use of slavery. It was destroyed by barbarians organized in GermanicTribes
called Goths: Visigoths and Ostrogoths, the Free Men. You can still see Freedom as an important value in Germanic countries, especially the
(English is a
). That is not the case in more LatinCountries
like LatinAmerica
had many emperors. Emperors appointed administrators.
because the ones who are led by them did not decide to follow those administrators, they are forced to do so and they do not even try not to follow orders because that's what they know how to do well. To be free, you need to
at it.
A leader is an equal whom you decide to follow on your own free will, because you think he can lead you. You choose to follow him because he has a vision that you think is right. The one who is more forward thinking is leading.
Leaders lead free men who decide to follow their leader on free will, to obtain something that is part of the vision that the leader has, but they can stop following the leader at any time.
Dec04 by 18.104.22.168 follows
So Nelson, Napoleon and Patton weren't leaders, because they led conscripted troops?
And those Germans had slaves themselves. They regarded freedom as important for themselves - but so did the Romans.
Oh, and talking of Germanic versus non-Germanic countries, can anyone think of a Germanic country notorious for its support for rule by dictator?
Leading the way to destruction
Having bar charts is certainly not a way to achieve
, but I doubt a leader would only talk to their free men and then know exactly what to do. Bar charts have a purpose. Communication has another. OpenCommunication
has another. BarCharts
, when put on a website, can serve the purpose of OpenCommunication
. A leader without a vision can't lead. A bad leader has the wrong vision. A good leader can prove his vision is correct by showing how his vision succeeds even on small stuff.
Bad leaders have the wrong vision and convince a lot of free men to pursue their own doom.
Definitions of
are somewhat elusive.
writes in
(p.1) that "leadership is like beauty: it's hard to define, but you know it when you see it"; and (p.73) that "The ingredients of leadership cannot be taught. They must be learned."
But it seems to revolve around influence, relationships, vision, and values. In
defines leadership as "The skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good [p.28]", and asserts that "the key to leadership is accomplishing the tasks at hand while building relationships [p.41]." Building relationships is about caring for people - witness
's "
" anecdote, and
's observation in
that leaders must attract followers to the cause, but must also care about their followers. And "caring ... is thinking about the people, their needs, and their aspirations [p.5]."
, of
fame, is quoted in
(p.139) as saying "As I see it, leadership revolves around vision, ideas, direction, and has more to do with inspiring people as to direction and goals than with day-to-day implementation."
asserts that the object of leadership is the creation of a human community held together by the work bond for a common purpose. Values, commitments, convictions, and even passions are basic elements in such a community.
See also:
different from Management
(in Chapter 2, "Learning Some Basic Truisms About Leadership"),
distinguishes between leadership and management:
, not
... Many an institution is very well managed and very poorly led." They handle day-to-day routine but never ask whether the routine should be done at all. (p. 17)
"Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right." (p. 18)
"Leaders manage attention through a compelling vision that brings others to a place they have not been before." (p. 19) The vision must be consistent, to the point that it becomes predictable, even by people who don't necessarily agree with it. (p. 20-21)
Leaders must know their own skills and deploy them effectively. (p. 21) I thought this was silly and self-evident because it's true of anyone who wants to be good as his job. But as I think about it, I realize that this is what makes anyone a potential leader at what they do. You know who the technical lead is on the team, but you also know which team member is best at writing code and he (not the tech lead) is who you're going to talk to for help with your code. That excellent coder is now providing de facto coding leadership, and it's based on his being able to use his skills effectively.
Effective leadership empowers people. The empowerment can be felt in four ways (p. 22-23):
People feel significant.
Learning and competence matter.
People are part of a community.
Work is exciting.
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Those wanting concrete examples to the question
will benefit from following the various documentaries on the life of Pope John Paul. Over 3 million will be in Rome for his funeral. That alone will ensure that the media will be sure to take notice. There must be some reason why one who humbly followed his convictions rose to a position where so many have been affected. Could humility and conviction have anything to do with leadership? Many think so, few are able to exhibit such attributes throughout one lifetime and can be found actively pursuing such to within a few days of their death. His occurred on 2nd of April 2005. The world is a better place for his leadership.
Leaders have
and appear to be Modeless
More from
(I'm quoting these parts because I agree with them, or at least these statements sound reasonable to me):
"As a leader has learned to fulfill his or her own vision, so it is at least part of the leader's job to assist employees to fulfill their own visions." (p. 109)
Bennis asserts that most historically great companies, including many new ones that are flourishing, "... were founded by people who were far more imaginative than they were obedient." (p. 109)
Bennis claims, "there are many resemblances between poets, children, and leaders." Simple but never simplistic. Full of questions, skeptical of easy answers. Trust their instincts. Capable of simultaneous truth and originality. (p. 113-114)
Leaders exemplify our best qualities (p. 117-118):
integrity -- moral and intellectual honesty
dedication -- passionate belief
magnanimous/humble -- "They ... take more pride in what they do than in who they are. They take compliments with a grain of salt and take intelligent criticism without rancor. Such people learn from their mistakes and don't harp on the mistakes of others."
openness -- willingness to try new things and hear new ideas
creativity -- thinking for yourself
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impact on Organizations
What happens when leadership is bad? See
A person is a leader only as long as people follow his directives
A leader is somebody who finds a group of people walking in a certain direction and then walks at the head of the group
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I don't like the above statement because it implies that someone can lead just by finding a group going in a direction the leader wants to go and stay in front of them. I think that borders on the self-aggrandizement mentioned elsewhere on this page. I would rather restate it:
A leader is someone who cuts the path or shows the way, encouraging others to follow for their own benefit and the benefit of the group as a whole.
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I would agree with the TLM above that the statement 'borders on self-aggrandizement'. A leader is followed because he offers a vision, and an idea that motivates others to join him in the same journey. It's not simply that he finds a group of people trudging along and he gets them to run, he finds a gaggle going in different directions, points out the proper way, and starts cutting the new path. Leadership is motivation. Management is control.
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Leaders as Managers
In any layered social structure, one can categorize the activity of management into categories. There is
. There is managing one's superiors. There is managing one's peers. And finally there is managing one's subordinates. A good manager is one who manages in strict priority order; self, superiors, peers and only then subordinates. As a practical matter, a good manager cannot afford to manage his subordinates because he never has the time to get around to them.
There is more. The manager's job factors into the roles of ambassador to people outside one's group and of arbitrator to people within one's group. The former role requires empathy for everyone in the group, without any real or perceived partiality. The latter role inevitably entails the generation of real or perceived partiality. Thus there is another contradiction between managing subordinates and being a good manager.
A leader is no more than a good manager.
If an arbitrator manages subordinates (ie, if the arbitrator is actually a judge) then fulfilling their role requires them to have no superiors that require management. OTOH, if an arbitrator manages peers then there is no conflict.
What this means is that groups manage themselves and "leaders" are
of the group and not generals in command and control scenarios. ('Layered social structure' is used above precisely because this scenario avoids hierarchical power structures.) The mythos of the leader is thus dismantled. Powerful conclusions to draw from the single insight that people manage superiors more than vice versa.
Hmmmm. Has the sound of something well thought out. But I don't follow.
I follow a bit, especially the priorities of where and what to manage, but it is well stated. --
Followers perspective on
has some astute things to say about
... consider the kinds of questions that are rarely asked out loud, but are on every professional's mind whenever a new leader is appointed or elected: "Why should I follow you? Why should I listen to what you have to say?" If a leader is to provide answers to these questions, four tests must be met:
motives, values, competence, and style.
The first test that you, as my potential leader, must pass is that of
I will accept your influence and direction only if you give me evidence that you are primarily committed to the success of the group or institution, rather than to your own self-aggrandizement. Your task as a leader is to
help others
to succeed, not to strive only for your own success. If I don't trust your motives, nothing else will matter - because my primary concern is your
...If I am comfortable with your motives, the very next thing I want to know is "What are your core
I will accept your influence, guidance, and direction if (and only if) I believe that you and I share similar goals.
and Discovery of new horizons
Move out of the existing comfort zone
In "Positive Strategic Leadership" paper, it quoted Quinns
A leader transcends his or her own ego, moves outside the comfort zone ...
Move outside their comfort zone, appreciate others points of view, and are open to learning from others who hold different conflicting perspectives.
Leaders guide others to move out of their comfort zone
see the article at
Michael Porter, of CompetitiveStrategy
fame, observed in 2004 article at
that "Giving Orders is very costly". The power that the leader (CEO) exercised erodes his authority, as the TopDog
rarely have good reasons to overrule thoughtful decisions that have been vetted by established processes.
But surely there are times when a
is needed to get the organization properly realigned to new realities. Recommendations coming up through the ranks are not going to break the culture. DEC died as a result of trying to preserve that time-tested culture of not competing on price.
Leadership is another word for "BOSS".
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Some GOP Governors Embrace Medicaid Expansion
By Patrick O'Connor and Louise Radnofsky
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The health-care fight consuming Washington looks a little different at the state level where a handful of Republican governors have embraced a central tenet of the new law: expanding Medicaid to cover the poor.
Prominent Republican governors have pegged their political fortunes to the expansion, including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is often mentioned as a White House hopeful in 2016, and others who have potentially difficult re-elections next year, such as Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder.
Their decision to expand the state-run health-care program for the poor marks a sharp split from the bulk of the party at a time when most Republicans have decried President Barack Obama's signature legislative achievement.
The expansion of Medicaid, which is jointly funded by the states and federal government, has inspired vocal criticism from other governors gathered here for the annual Republican Governors Association meeting. It has undertones for the next White House race because a number of those GOP governors are eying White House bids, including Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
"Why would I want to put more people into a system the president himself said was broken?" Mr. Perry told reporters here in response to a question about fellow Republican Gov. Jan Brewer's decision to expand Medicaid in Arizona. "It's like putting 1,000 more people on the Titanic when you knew what was going to happen."
The 2010 Affordable Care Act called for states to expand their Medicaid programs to cover low-income adults whose income is 138% of the federal poverty level. But last year's Supreme Court decision upholding the law gave states the right to opt out. So far, eight Republican governors have taken official steps to expand the program. Twenty-one, mostly Republican-run, states are not moving forward with the expansion at this time.
Many of the Republican governors who have opted out of the expansion argue it would cost their states money. Mr. Jindal, for example, estimates it would cost Louisiana $1.7 billion over the next decade and shift nearly 250,000 residents of the state from private coverage to Medicaid. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has said her state "will not expand Medicaid. Ever."
That vocal opposition makes the decision to expand Medicaid a potentially potent topic heading into the next White House race because it could offer very clear distinctions between candidates in the field on the sensitive issue of health care. At a press conference Thursday morning, Ms. Haley, seated right next to Mr. Christie, said, "It's going to be an issue, certainly" in the Republican primary but cautioned, "I don't think it's going to be the sole issue."
In interviews here, Messrs. Kasich and Snyder, who both oppose the bulk of the new president's new health law, didn't shy from their decision to expand the program. Both governors explained the decision in both fiscal and human terms.
For Mr. Kasich, the Ohio governor, it was a chance to provide health care to people just scraping by, like a single mom making $7 or $8 an hour who lacked insurance or other lower-income families struggling to deal with drug addiction or mental illness. "For me, it was an easy decision," he said. "It's going to save lives, it's going to help people and you tell me what's more important than that."
Mr. Snyder, the Michigan governor, said the decision to provide Medicaid coverage to a larger percentage of the population saves his state "several hundred million dollars year" in costs they were paying for other services. "What's less expensive: Going to a primary-care physician and getting a physical and getting ongoing treatment, or relying on a crisis environment in an ER," he said.
The Michigan Republican further proposed setting aside those savings in order to offset any costs incurred under the expansion. Because of those savings, the accountant doesn't expect his state to incur any additional costs under the expansion until 2020.
In Florida, Republican Gov. Rick Scott wanted to expand Medicaid but was blocked by the Republicans in his legislature. Messrs. Kasich and Snyder faced obstacles from their state legislatures, as well. In Ohio, Mr. Kasich vetoed a budget passed by Republicans in the statehouse before eventually turning the decision over to a state board in order to circumvent conservative resistance. The decision will expand coverage to about 300,000 low-income people.
The White House has been trying to refocus attention on the Medicaid expansion fight in recent weeks, singling out governors including Ms. Haley and Mr. Jindal for criticism for their refusal to grow their programs.
Two governors singled out for criticism by Democrats – Maine Gov. Paul LePage and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker — are in unusual situations. Their states have long had generous Medicaid programs that already cover many adults below the poverty line. Now, Mr. Walker is trying to remove some residents from the program because they can instead get generous federal subsidies to help pay for their premiums by signing up for coverage in the new federally-run insurance exchange serving his state, though he has said he wants to delay doing so in light of the exchanges' technical problems.
A handful of others are still negotiating with the federal government over ways to use Medicaid funds to expand coverage by purchasing private coverage for low-income people.
Despite the strong difference of opinion, the Republican governors gathered here this week were reluctant to take direct shots at their counterparts.
"I did what I knew was in the best interest of South Carolina, and I think that's what every governor does is they look at their population, their needs and make the decision on what's best for them," Ms. Haley said.
"Can I judge why other people don't want to do it?" Mr. Kasich asked. "I don't think that's fair. But, for me, it is the right thing to do."


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5 Obnoxious Personality Flaws That the Internet Makes Worse
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I've met plenty of vandals in my life. When I was in the sixth grade, my bus pulled up to the school, and all the kids were treated to a 15-foot spray-painted penis with the caption "Coach Ray sucks cock" on the front of the building. One of my cousins once got in shitloads of trouble for throwing a cinder block through a grocery store window. He didn't steal anything. He just decided he needed to do that and then did it. In my experience, it's almost always teenage boys who do this dumb bullshit. It's like once you hit a certain age, something flips a biological "dickhead" switch, and how you manage that beast determines your financial and legal future.
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Once used epoxy resin to glue all of their art teachers belongings to his desk.
But on the 'net ...
The big difference I've noticed between real life and online vandalism is that in real life, it was mostly just destruction for the sake of destruction. School wasn't closed because of a spray-painted pecker. The store didn't stop selling pickles and asswipe while the window was being replaced. But on the Internet, it's different. When someone vandalizes a Twitter account or a Facebook page, that shit gets shut down until the mess gets cleaned up.
I get told all the time that Cracked has one of the best comments sections on the Internet, but that isn't solely because dumbasses choose to stay out of there. It's because behind the scenes, we have real administrators spending real, paid company time to clean up the dumb bullshit from spammers, bots, and trolls. Since the articles don't have an expiration date, it means they have to bounce in and out of them all day long to make sure we don't have some bored dipshit spamming walls of text with the sole intention of making the comments unreadable (yes, that's a real example and one of the most common things our admins have to clean up). Or some butt-hurt crybaby bitch who takes out his frustrations on a new writer because he never got his own article published (another thing the admins have to remove quite literally every article, every day of the week).
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"Your article sucks, and if I ever get one published, I'll show you how a real writer does it! Some day!"
Now don't get me wrong here. I bag on the comments section enough as is, and this isn't one of those times. I'm telling you this to make a point: that even in one of the more civilized, behaved comments sections on the 'net, there is still rampant fuckery that demands the attention of an employee who could be getting paid to create comedy rather than clean shit off of the floor.
That kind of vandalism is almost unique in that it's extremely common and is designed specifically to prevent others from creating or consuming. In Meatspace, that's punishable by fines, community service, and sometimes jail sentences. On the 'net, it's just accepted as further proof that we're not worthy of mainstream acceptance. We're just those crazy Internet people who like to destroy the things that others create.
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Have you ever quit a job in mid-shift? I've done it myself, and I've seen probably 20 others do it at various past jobs. You just hit that breaking point where the paycheck isn't worth the pain, exhaustion and bullshit, so you decide, "Fuck this, they can comb their own monkeys." Also, you worked in a pet factory as a monkey comber. So you clock out for lunch or your next break, drive home and drown the rest of your night in 40-ounce Mickey's. You can worry about a new job tomorrow.
What I've never seen someone do is bust down their manager's door and make a dramatic push for worker equality, nailing down one final defiant statement that the company will never forget. Because their departure from the assembly line means something.
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"Great. Now what am I supposed to do with this shipment of fresh, uncombed monkeys?"
But on the 'net ...
That "leave without anyone noticing" is actually a rarity on the net. If you've ever moderated or fully ran your own forum, one of the biggest inside jokes you've likely had with other moderators is the dumb jackoffs who demand that their account be deleted. It's almost always in response to a moderator enforcing a rule like "no bumping your own post" or deleting something they wrote because it was flat out against the forum rules. Like maybe it had homemade animated Legolas porn or something ... because you just can't let go of that goddamn movie.
I used to be horrible about this back in my early Internet years. Back then, I'd been known to get drunk and delete my entire website or forum accounts without notice or explanation. The sudden dramatic disappearance got me attention. "What's wrong? Are you OK? I couldn't imagine what would make you do something so drastic -- it must be huge. Is there anything we can do?" I could have easily just walked away from it while I destressed and then came back a month or two later, site and forum account still intact, but that wouldn't have been grand enough to get a reaction from people.
Understand, that was never at the front of my mind. I never went into it, consciously thinking, "I need some attention and someone to show me that they care. The best way to do that is to destroy everything that made strangers interested in me in the first place. Here I go." It was always just a feeling that I needed something big and dramatic to happen in my life, and when that never presented itself, I created my own. And as the Internet becomes more of a social playground, you see it all over the place. Two dudes get into a tiff, and one of them ends the confrontation with, "Fuck you. You're an arrogant prick. Feel free to block me now, asshole." He couldn't just walk away. He couldn't just sever the relationship by quietly blocking the other guy, himself. He had to create a situation in which he gets the last word and pretends to walk away while forcing the other guy to "do the dirty work."
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Yeah, we get it -- you're leaving. Fuck off. Nobody cares.
This is the single biggest area of self improvement I've been working on in the last year, and it's one of the hardest things I've ever had to change about myself: being able to just cut off ties with someone without throwing in the last word or having to feel like I won some sort of imaginary fight. I've still not mastered it. I may never be fully able to because that urge to fight is a trait that goes clear to my core. But I'm trying because the logical part of my head organ tells me that if I don't do something about it, that shit will eat me alive.
John is a columnist right here at Cracked and has a new article every Thursday. You can also find him on Twitter and Facebook.


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Precision can be defined as the closeness in agreement of results during a series of repeat measurements under presumed identical conditions. These results are often expressed as a standard deviation. Precision is often mistaken as a measure of accuracy; it is distinctly different from accuracy, and the confusion can lead to significant regulatory violations associated with weights and measurements.
The fact is, precision between instruments or labs can be very good, but the accuracy can be off by orders of magnitude. Poorly maintained or low-quality balances can provide good repeatability, while at the same time their accuracy can be very poor. Simply put, precision describes the scatter of results achieved when repeatedly measuring the same weight.
Precision is not a factor of the true value of the weighed item and should not be used to describe accuracy. It should be noted that when measuring small quantities of a substance on an analytical balance (i.e., a few percent of the balance's capacity), repeatability is the dominant contributing uncertainty of measurement, accounting for greater than 90% of the total uncertainty.
Accuracy can be defined as the closeness of agreement between the result of a measurement, or series of measurements, and the true value of a traceable, certified standard. Accuracy is establishing a relationship between values displayed on the balance and values known. In essence, accuracy is obtained by comparing values obtained on the balance against the value of the standard as reported on the weight's certificate of calibration.
Having a clear understanding of the difference between precision and accuracy will allow you to maintain your weights and measurements in a compliant manner. The quality-management functionality within Mettler Toledo's LabX 2010 Balance Excellence software contains all necessary components to completely support establishing measurement uncertainty (minimum weight) for determining the precision of your lab balance (Figure 1). LabX balance software also contains all necessary calibration and weight traceability support for determining the accuracy of your lab balance.
A standard that is used by a huge variety of industries around the world, ISO 9001, states "Measuring equipment shall be calibrated or verified at specified intervals…against measurement standards traceable to international or national measurement standards."
Another important regulation often requiring compliance, 21 CFC pat 211.68 (a), which also affects weighing operations, states, "Automatic, mechanical or electronic equipment…shall be routinely calibrated, inspected or checked according to a written program designed to assure proper performance." USP section 41 also succinctly outlines measurement uncertainty requirements by stating "measurement uncertainty is satisfactory if three times the standard deviation of not less than 10 replicate weighings divided by the amount weighed, does not exceed 0.001 (0.1%)."
What is measurement uncertainty? VIM defines measurement uncertainty as "a parameter characterizing the dispersion of the quantity values being attributed to a measurement." When the repeatability test is executed, you can then establish the minimum weight for each balance, regardless of readability. The minimum weight is the lowest amount of sample mass that can be weighed on a balance with a high degree of confidence while complying with the required weighing accuracy.
Many environmental influences affect measurement uncertainty, including: temperature, airflow, electrostatics, vibration, and magnetism. As a result, measurement uncertainty must be established on the balance in situ. Once a minimum weight is established, it must be monitored and controlled. So how do you know you are minimizing your weighing risk?
Stephen Wilent ([email protected]) is laboratory solutions consultant at Mettler Toledo.
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I've been reminded that I am slacking off on sharing where Ivy's fashionable duds are from and I decided for now I'll just try to remember to let you know in the descriptions on my flickr. For future reference, you can also get to my flickr page via the widget in my lower left sidebar or by clicking on the photos in my blog posts.
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More help for new defensive coordinator Mike Pettine and filling a void or two on offense figure to be targets of the Buffalo Bills when the free-agent shopping season begins Tuesday.
The Bills could use help at linebacker and safety for a defense that ranked 31st against the run and 26th in points allowed.
Aside from a quarterback of the future, the Bills' prime offensive needs are at receiver, tight end and guard.
"We will try to be active in free agency," said Bills General Manager Buddy Nix. "I don't know how that'll work out. We're not going to go crazy and overspend and get ourselves in a bind where we can't keep some of our own, but we will be a player. We'll attempt to make moves in free agency to plug some holes."
The free agency signing period begins at 4 p.m. Tuesday. The Bills got a jump on the signing derby Saturday by reaching agreement on a deal to keep cornerback and kick returner Leodis McKelvin for four more years.
The Bills need a three-down coverage linebacker to replace Nick Barnett, whom they released. Barnett played 92 percent of the snaps last season. The Bills' incumbent starters are middle man Kelvin Sheppard, who played 46 percent of the snaps, and Nigel Bradham, a strong-side 'backer in the 4-3 scheme who played 36 percent of the snaps as a rookie. The Bills re-signed nickel linebacker Bryan Scott, who played 54 percent of the snaps, which amounted to most passing downs.
Ideally, the Bills could use someone who is knowledgeable in the 3-4 scheme, which Pettine has run his entire NFL coaching career.
The high-profile options: Inside linebackers Dannell Ellerbe of Baltimore and Brad Jones of Green Bay, and rush linebackers Paul Kruger of Baltimore and Connor Barwin of Houston.
Ellerbe, 6-foot-1, 236 pounds, had a breakout season as a first-year starter for the Super Bowl champion Ravens. He played 99 percent of the snaps over the last 12 games. Jones, 6-3 and 230, offers some versatility to play inside or outside in a 3-4 defense. He shifted inside for the first time last season and excelled while starting 12 games.
The Bills have two starting edge rushers in Mario Williams and Mark Anderson. They like Kyle Moore; he had three sacks for Buffalo last season and is due to be a free agent.
Pettine wants flexibility. Williams can play stand-up rush linebacker in the 3-4, but nobody else on the roster is ideally suited for the job. Kruger had 12 sacks over the last 12 games for the Ravens. Barwin had 11.5 sacks in 2011 but slumped to three last season. He says he wants to play for a winner.
If Pettine follows the philosophy of Jets coach Rex Ryan, for whom Pettine worked the past 11 years, there will be some Jets in the Bills' plans.
When Ryan and Pettine moved from Baltimore to New York in 2009, they brought with them several Ravens to help the rest of the players learn their defensive scheme.
The most obvious candidate could be Eric Smith, the Jets' third safety last season. He's soon to be 30 and is a smart player who could help the secondary adjust to Pettine's scheme. He would come at a modest price, too.
Smith was cut by the Jets two weeks ago, along with linebackers Calvin Pace and Bart Scott. Pace will be 33 in October and played 94 percent of the Jets' snaps last year. But he's no longer a productive rusher. He had three sacks last season. Scott, a former star inside backer, will be 33 in August and is coming off toe surgery.
The Jets' starting safeties, LaRon Landry and Yeremiah Bell, are free agents, too. Landry, 28, made the Pro Bowl last year and will command a big salary. The Bills have to pay Jairus Byrd a big contract, so it's questionable whether they'd want to have two safeties making big money. Bell is 35. Quality Jets defensive tackle Mike DeVito is a free agent, but the Bills do not have a need at defensive tackle.
Here's a look at some of the top free agents available by position, with an emphasis on the Bills' needs:
Receivers: Mike Wallace (Steelers), Greg Jennings (Packers), Wes Welker (Patriots), Danny Amendola (Rams), Mohamed Massaquoi (Browns), Brandon Gibson (Rams), Braylon Edwards (Jets), Jerome Simpson (Bengals). Wallace is one of the game's best deep threats, but he will cost more than $10 million a year. Jennings reportedly wants that much, too. He has 50 TDs and almost 5,000 yards in the last 5½ years. He's 29 and missed half of last season with a groin injury. Among the less expensive options are Massaquoi, a former second-round pick with good size who averaged 34 catches his first three years in a stunted Browns offense. Gibson, a four-year veteran with decent size, is coming off his best season (51 catches for 691 yards). Edwards has done little the last two years and has had off-field issues but is big and has had some good years. Simpson is a talent with a checkered past off the field.
Inside linebackers: Jones (Packers), Ellerbe (Ravens), Rey Maualuga (Bengals), Larry Grant (Niners), Brian Urlacher (Bears), Scott (Jets). Jones is a former seventh-round pick. Ellerbe was undrafted. Can Ellerbe be wooed away from Super Bowl champion Baltimore, where he wants to stay? Maualuga, 26, is a two-down inside backer with a lot of talent. He had a down year in 2012. Grant is a former seventh-rounder who backed up Patrick Willis the past two years. Urlacher is 35.
Outside linebackers: Kruger (Ravens), Barwin (Texans), Philip Wheeler (Raiders), Justin Durant (Lions), Daryl Smith (Jaguars), James Harrison (Steelers), Erin Henderson (Vikings), Pace (Jets), Victor Butler (Cowboys), Shaun Phillips (Chargers), Manny Lawson (Bengals), Erik Walden (Packers). Kruger will be hotly pursued and overpriced after his big season with the Ravens. Wheeler, 28, is a former third-rounder who has played in a 4-3 his whole career. He's a three-down linebacker who played mostly in coverage but showed a glimmer of pass rush. Durant, 27, is a good player who is strictly a coverage 'backer. Harrison, the Steeler great, is soon to be 35. Henderson is a two-down 'backer. Butler is a lower-priced backup who will be targeted by some 3-4 teams.
Tight ends: Martellus Bennett (Giants), Jared Cook (Titans), Delanie Walker (49ers), Dustin Keller (Jets), Brandon Myers (Raiders), Anthony Fasano (Dolphins). This is a good group of players, and the Bills need help at tight end, where starter Scott Chandler is recovering from a knee injury. Bennett, 26, is a capable receiver and blocker who caught 55 passes for 626 yards. Cook, 26, is a former third-round pick who has 93 catches the past two years in half-time duty.
Walker is really attractive because of his versatility. He can play H-back and fullback, too, and he's an excellent blocker. He has averaged 22 catches the past four years as the Niners' No. 2 tight end.
Keller, 28, is a big receiver who plays out of the slot. He had 65 catches for 815 yards in 2011 but barely played last season due to injuries. He figures to be expensive.
Myers, 27, is a four-year veteran who had 79 catches in his first full year as a starter in 2012. He's a willing but no-so-effective blocker.
Guards: Andy Levitre (Bills), Louis Vasquez (Chargers), Brandon Moore (Jets), Kevin Boothe (Giants), Chad Rinehart (Bills), Ramon Foster (Steelers), Deuce Lutui (Titans).
The Bills must be mindful of their desire to retain center Eric Wood, entering the last year of his contract. How much do they want to invest in the middle three of their O-line? Vasquez is a mauler with 54 starts in four years. Yahoo! Sports reported the Bills are among the teams interested in him.
Moore might make sense. As Jets line coach in 2003, Buffalo head coach Doug Marrone converted Moore from defensive line to guard and molded him into a quality player. Moore, who will be 33 in June, has 142 starts. He was a Pro Bowler in 2011 and had another strong season in 2012. He could have a couple of good years left, and he won't be a huge expense.
Rinehart has started 17 games for the Bills the past three seasons.
Safeties: Dashon Goldson (49ers), Landry (Jets), Dawan Landry (Jaguars), Glover Quin (Texans), Adrian Wilson (Cardinals), Kenny Phillips (Giants), Louis Delmas (Lions), Smith (Jets), Bell (Jets). The Bills need to work out a big-money deal with Jairus Byrd, whose rights they retained with the franchise tag. Da'Norris Searcy is the incumbent strong safety with George Wilson's departure. Smith seems like a perfect guy to help the Bills' defensive backs adjust to Pettine's system. It's a good year for safeties in the draft.
Quarterbacks: Jason Campbell (Bears), Brady Quinn (Chiefs). Dolphins backup Matt Moore, 28, was due to be a free agent but re-signed with Miami. None of the QBs available is an upgrade over Ryan Fitzpatrick.
Cornerbacks: Sean Smith (Dolphins), Chris Gamble (Panthers), Antoine Cason (Chargers), Keenan Lewis (Steelers), Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (Eagles), Chris Houston (Lions), Kyle Arrington (Patriots), Aqib Talib (Patriots), Derek Cox (Jaguars), Nnamdi Asomugha (Eagles), Cary Williams (Ravens). This is a pretty deep crop of players. Since the Bills re-signed McKelvin, they probably will look next to the draft for CB help.
Defensive end: Michael Bennett (Bucs), Cliff Avril (Lions), Dwight Freeney (Colts), Kyle Moore (Bills), William Hayes (Rams), Israel Idonije (Bears), Osi Umenyiora (Giants), Trevor Scott (Patriots), Lawrence Jackson (Lions). The Bills' edge rushers are Williams and Anderson.
Defensive tackle: Desmond Bryant (Raiders), Jason Jones (Seahawks), Richard Seymour (Raiders), Roy Miller (Bucs). It's not a position of need for the Bills.
Offensive tackle: Jake Long (Dolphins), Sebastian Vollmer (Patriots), Andre Smith (Bengals), Jermon Bushrod (Saints), Phil Loadholt (Vikings), Sam Baker (Falcons). This is a better group of tackles than normal in free agency. The Bills are in good shape at the position, with their top five of Cordy Glenn, Erik Pears, Chris Hairston, Zebrie Sanders and Sam Young.
Running back: Reggie Bush (Dolphins), Ahmad Bradshaw (Giants), Steven Jackson (Rams), Shonn Greene (Jets), Danny Woodhead (Patriots).
Fullback: Jerome Felton (Vikings), James Casey (Texans), Greg Jones (Jaguars). The Bills' Corey McIntyre is 34. He played just 10 percent of the offensive snaps last year.
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NORTH TONAWANDA – Mary Lou Trunzo, of North Tonawanda, a teacher, died Sunday in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Amherst. She was 59.
Born in Niagara Falls, she attended St. Joseph Elementary School in North Tonawanda and was a 1972 graduate of Niagara Wheatfield High School, where she was president of her sorority.
She earned an associate's degree from Niagara County Community College, bachelor's degree from Fredonia State College and master's degree from California State University at Sacramento.
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She returned to Western New York in 1997 to teach at Colonial Village School in Lewiston, then went to Heim Elementary School in Amherst in 2002, where she taught third grade.
She was a volunteer at Rainbow of Help and the Down Syndrome Association.
Survivors include her parents, Michael and Frances; a sister, Bobbie Ann Meredith; and three brothers, Tom, Chris and Michael E. "Mick."
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An alliance on Evony that is a bunch of retarded farmers who have no sac whatsoever. This is proven by the lack of leadership and the excuses, with promises that never happen.
Don't pull a Vanguard, we've seen enough retarded things lately.
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Dale Robertson, an Oklahoma native who became a star of television and movie Westerns during the genre's heyday, died Tuesday. He was 89.
Robertson's niece said her uncle died at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif., following a brief illness.
Dale Robertson had bit parts in films including "The Boy with the Green Hair" and the Joan Crawford vehicle "Flamingo Road" before landing more high-profile roles such as Jesse James in "Fighting Man of the Plains."
In the 1950s, he moved into television, starring in series such as "Tales of Wells Fargo" (1957-62), "Iron Horse" (1966) and "Death Valley Days" (1968-70).
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The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a settlement divvying up the multimillion-dollar estate of James Brown, saying a former attorney general didn't follow the late soul singer's wishes in putting together the deal.
Body: Attorney General Henry McMaster brokered a settlement in 2009 that split Brown's estate, giving nearly half to a charitable trust, a quarter to his widow, Tomi Rae Hynie, and leaving the rest to be split among his adult children.
But the justices ruled that the deal ignored Brown's wishes for most of his money to go to charity. The court also ruled the Godfather of Soul was of sound mind when he made his will before dying of heart failure on Christmas Day 2006 at age 73. The court sent the estate back to a lower court to be reconsidered.
Former Allman Brothers member dies
Former Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dan Toler has died following a two-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, otherwise known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 65.
A family friend confirmed earlier this week that Toler died in his sleep. Toler, originally from Indiana, joined the Allman Brothers in 1979. In 1982, he joined The Gregg Allman band along with his brother, David "Frankie" Toler.
Singer Scott Weiland responds to STP firing
Singer Scott Weiland said he learned that he'd been fired by the Stone Temple Pilots when the band released a one-sentence statement to the media Wednesday.
"I learned of my supposed 'termination' from Stone Temple Pilots this morning by reading about it in the press," he wrote in a statement. "Not sure how I can be 'terminated' from a band that I founded, fronted and co-wrote many of its biggest hits, but that's something for the lawyers to figure out."
The statement by the band said: "Stone Temple Pilots have announced they have officially terminated Scott Weiland."
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Possible To Softmod Board With Wrongly Flashed Tsop?
Posted 25 April 2012 - 08:27 AM
Thanks for any clarification.
Posted 25 April 2012 - 11:39 AM
Your only options to fix the TSOP are 3-wire trick (if it's a 1.0/1.1 with a 1MB TSOP, but even then not guaranteed to work), hotswap with an Evox tsop_D6 BIOS on the chip (apparently only works for 1.3 Xboxes and below), 29 wire modchip, or remove the TSOP and flash in an external programmer.
Posted 25 April 2012 - 10:08 PM
To be honest, at this point I just wanted to know my options... It's working fine with the chip so I probably would not go through the trouble anyways. Although if it was an easy fix, I figured I'd do it, as I feel the chips would eventually fail while the flashed tsop/softmod probably wouldn't.
thx again.
Edited by competes2win, 25 April 2012 - 10:09 PM.
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 03:54 AM
Edited by Movax, 28 April 2012 - 03:54 AM.
Posted 28 April 2012 - 10:11 AM
only soldering experience is soldering in modchips. if the three wire trick or the switch requires soldering of that difficulty than I should be able to do it.
Posted 28 April 2012 - 02:11 PM
should have stuck with the ind bios as it works well withextra ram upgrades. but you can 3 or 6 wire trick it to boot.
technically all the wire trick does is select a bank to boot from. so as an example. your xbox has a 1mb tsop and you wanted to use a 256kb bios. this fillied up one bank. It should have also been used on the 3 remaining banks but did not so it fails to boot.
with a 3 or 6 wire trick, you will select the 1st 256k portion and then it will boot.
you can then dissable the switch (disconnect the wires) and re flash.
its also possible to just leave the wires connected and simply run from the 1st 256k.
if you do manage to get it to boot i would boot with hexen and reflash the tsop with the ind bios. as mentioend the ind bios works prety well with extra ram, other bios's may not actualy be able to use it.
but some of the x2 bioses work ok, and the x3, But id just go for the IND bios on hexen as if you chose 256k on hexen it will correctly expand to populate the entire tsop.
some interesting reading right here ...
this is from the therad you linked to for "your motherboard"
"A19 is grounded so half the TSOP still has the original bios on it, you can unground A19 and hook it to a toggle switch to dualboot. Write enable lines are still connected so you can easily reflash the bios if you like. I have also installed a pinheader and D0 wire for easy installation of a modchip, though not necessary."
have you tried to unground a19?
could let you boot to a situation where you can flash. or to a point where you can Soft mod then flash..
all depends on the flash configuration on the chip though
Edited by shambles1980, 28 April 2012 - 02:18 PM.
Posted 28 April 2012 - 03:54 PM
but some of the x2 bioses work ok, and the x3
You can't run X3 BIOSes on a TSOP, or an any chip that isn't an X3. If you flash an X3 BIOS to a TSOP you need to fit a chip, or use a 29-wire mod, or remove the TSOP and flash it externally.
have you tried to unground a19?
could let you boot to a situation where you can flash. or to a point where you can Soft mod then flash..
all depends on the flash configuration on the chip though
The 3-wire trick doesn't quite work like that. All wires floating (i.e. disconnected) means that all banks on the TSOP have to contain the same BIOS, because the boot code checks that, so disconnecting A19 doesn't work if the TSOP contains different BIOSes.
You have to have A18 and A19 either grounded or connected to +3.3V in order to select a specific 256k or 512k bank:
- If A19 is connected to ground then the xbox only sees half of the 1MB tsop chip which is 512kB in size
- If A19 is connected to 3.3v then the xbox only sees the other half of the 1MB chip which is 512kB in size
The example above will get you going if 2 banks is enough and would require only one switch. If you want to have 4 banks then while you have A19 connected to either ground or 3.3v and it only sees one half of the chip you have to also connect A18:
- If you connect A18 to ground the xbox will only see half of that 512kB bank which is 256kB in size
- If you connect A18 to 3.3v the xbox will only see the other half of that 512kB bank which is 256kB in size
A18 Float A18 Gnd A18 3.3v
A19 Gnd 0-512 0-256 256-512
Edited by Heimdall, 28 April 2012 - 04:12 PM.
Posted 28 April 2012 - 04:47 PM
As for repairing this TSOP... the info Heimdall has given, combined w/ the original modders post about splitting the tsop in half, suggests that if I were to unground A19 and instead connect it to 3.3V then the other half of the tsop would be read which currently contains the original bios. This should allow me to then softmod and flash this half of the tsop.
Sound correct? Also one further question, if i were to softmod and then use Heimdall's disk to flash the tsop, I should be able to use either a X2-5035 bios as it's a 512kb file or the indbios which is 256 which should be automatically expanded to fit the 512 bank correct?
Posted 28 April 2012 - 05:57 PM
Edited by Movax, 28 April 2012 - 06:00 PM.
Posted 29 April 2012 - 01:10 AM
Here's what I'd do. Disconnect A19 from ground, connect a second wire to 3.3V, twist the two wires together, boot, softmod.
Boot with HeXEn, untwist the two wires, flash with X2.5035.
Posted 29 April 2012 - 01:15 AM
hmm ok so i didnt say squat about powering it lol. just un grounding.
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The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, founded 150 years ago today, is celebrating its anniversary by offering a series of events and free admission today through Friday.
"We really wanted to throw the museum open to the entire community to help celebrate the week with us," said Maria Morreale, the gallery's communications director. The Albright-Knox's current featured exhibition, "Decade," is a survey of what the gallery has collected over the past 10 years under outgoing director Louis Grachos. The show caps off a year of special exhibitions marking its 150th year.
Today's schedule features a 10:30 a.m. docent-led tour of the gallery, an 11:30 a.m. talk on German expressionism with education curator Mariann Smith, a 1:30 p.m. tour with education curator Nancy Spector and a happy hour with music by Handsome Dan from 4:30 to 6:45 p.m. Similar programs repeat on Wednesday and Thursday, with a full schedule online at www.albrightknox.org.
The gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave., is also using this week to unveil a new project, "Universals Albright-Knox 150," a collection of 150 artworks created by the artistic team of Eric and Heather ChanShatz. That project is on view all week, and the artists will present a talk about the work as part of the monthly M&T First Fridays celebration at 7 p.m. Friday.
Friday's event will also feature tours, classes and other events. as well as performances from storyteller Lorna Czarnota, jazz with George Kane and Wayne Moose, and an 8:30 p.m. performance by The Albrights in the gallery's auditorium.


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Excitement was in the air for 275 Penn State Altoona students Saturday afternoon at a half-filled Jaffa Shrine Center.
The Class of 2013 was greeted by loud cheers, horns and whistling as they entered the arena for the college's spring commencement ceremony.
Penn State Altoona Chancellor Dr. Lori Bechtel-Wherry left a challenge for the graduating class.
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A proud Savon Smith of Brooklyn, N.Y., watches and waits for her daughter, Ayoka, a psychology major, to march into the Jaffa Shrine Center for Penn?State Altoona's commencement Saturday. She was recording the event on her iPad.
"Now it is time to set new and higher goals, she said. "We challenge you to continue to learn and to excel throughout the rest of your life."
Bechtel-Wherry told students to continue to reach for the goals they set even if they face adversity.
One of the students who graduated was St. Augustine native Megan Riner.
"I'm so excited," Riner said. "I've been waiting for this day for four years."
Riner graduated with degrees in communications and integrative arts and was a student marshal for the event.
James Nielsen of Rockaway, N.J., was also happy to see his college years come to a close. He graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering technology.
"It's been way too long," he said. "I'm glad I'm finally graduating with a Penn State degree."
The commencement speaker was Roger L. Williams, the executive director of the Penn State Alumni Association. He left the graduating students with a challenge to use their talents when embracing future challenges.
"Your energy, your brain power, your imagination, your creativity, your work ethic, your care and compassion, how will you use your character to move Pennsylvania forward?" he asked.
"It's your turn, it's your time."
The ceremony ended with the singing of the Penn State alma mater, and some of the students locked arms. After the ceremony, Riner said she felt that she is ready to move on to the next chapter, but was thankful for the lessons Penn State Altoona taught her.
"They did a very good job preparing me for life," Riner said. "This campus is so much smaller, we got to know the professors, got more hands on, and I'm ready to go out and live my life."


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I'm not a Chan the person fan but I love his short program.
I agree. This is why despite Chan himself I still really enjoy his skating and programs.For once I agree with others ... we can always enjoy PCS from Chan. His skating was breathtaking.
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When will be the time that Brezina could execute that 4S?! I'm getting impatient.
Chan won the SP!!!
I'm glad that Patrick did a perfect 4T and a perfect 3A. But of course, it's not enough. a quad combo was/is his goal.
I wished Patrick didn't do that 1T, so he could add a 3T with 3Lz later.
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Question: Why did Chan plan a quad combo instead of a 3Lz3T in the second half of the program to gather more bonus points?
Base Value:
Chan- 37.90
Menshov- 40.30
Kozuka- 38.91
Bush- 37.80
Gachi- 38.20
Chan' BS is lower than not Menshov's only but also Kozuka's and Gachi's. And slightly higher than Bush's . But come on people. Who is Chan and who is Bush. Surely not a WC. All the rest is manipulations with GOE and PCS. Been there, seen that.
Congrats to Kostya for real Men's skating, and being the only one who did the planned content. Waiting for FS!!!!
1. Patrick CHAN (CAN) - 85.44 Short Program
2. Konstantin MENSHOV (RUS) - 76.73
3. Takahiko KOZUKA (JPN) - 76.34
4. Zhan BUSH (RUS) - 74.50
5. Artur GACHINSKI (RUS) - 74.07
6. Michal BREZINA (CZE) - 73.83 Short Program
7. Richard DORNBUSH (USA) - 67.44
8. Nobunari ODA (JPN) - 63.18
9. Denis TEN (KAZ) - 59.42
10. Johnny WEIR (USA) - 57.47
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Big big congratulations to Menshov and Bush for their clean skates! They must be thrilled to skate that good in front of home crowd.
I really liked Artur's new skating style, even though he fell on a quad. He skates 'elegant' than ever.
Except these home town boys, a bit of a disappointing comp for me I guess... And sad sad for Johnny...
Yay Patrick Chan! I was never a fan of his, but I saw his programs last year on YouTube and was absolutely blown away. I'll have to watch these later.
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Christopher Chute from market intelligence firm IDC predicts Nikon may be out of business in 5 years if the trend continues. "You're talking about a 10-15% decline in DSLR shipments all over the world. Which is kind of shocking because that market's been growing double digits for almost ten years. Nikon recently said they have a five year plan to address this. And my view is, that five year plan should have come out five years ago. They're not going to be around in five years."
More punditry from the peanut gallery. Memory lane time: 2008 predictions included that the dSLR would be killed by MILC in five years...and that dSLR video spelled the end of the camcorder. (Obviously, these pundits don't compare notes before issuing proclamations.)Paging AvTvM, this thread is just begging for you to tell us how this is more justly-deserved punishment for CaNikon.
The keyword in the article is "consumer" SLRs. Smart phones have certainly had an negative impact on SLR sales, because the need your average mom or family with kids to take and (now) share photos of the kids or that vacation is satisfied with a camera phone.But this isn't like flash drives replacing floppy disks. There would have to be some amazing piece of convenient, useful, flexible smartphone technology to replace the SLR for pros and enthusiasts.
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The Sony A7 is a nail in the coffin of Canon's full frame line-up but it's consumer apathy which will finally close the lid.http://www.eoshd.com/content/11409/consumer-dslrs-dead-5-years
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