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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - For your move to Nevada, that is.
For whatever reason, the California electorate decided to agree with Jerry Brown's Proposition 30 last week, and thus expressed approval to increase sales and use tax rates, not to mention personal income tax rates. With regard to the latter, taxpayers (except heads of households and married filing jointly taxpayers) are subject to a personal income tax rate of 10.3 percent for the portion of taxable income over $250,000, but not over $300,000; a rate of 11.3 percent for the portion of taxable income over $300,000, but not over $500,000, and a rate of 12.3 percent for the portion of taxable income over $500,000. These brackets for married filing jointly taxpayers are doubled.
And note that these brackets are effective RETROACTIVELY to January 1 of this year!
Time to call for the moving van.
And a reminder about the tax intricacies of life insurance came down from the Tax Court, recently, which reiterated that a taxpayer had taxable income when his life insurance policy lapsed with a loan outstanding.
Seems the taxpayer had purchased a life insurance policy through his employer, and initially paid his premiums via payroll deductions until he changed jobs and ceased paying.
The policy, however, had been issued with an automatic premium loan provision under which any premium left unpaid would automatically be paid out of the policy's cash value, thus creating a loan receivable from the policy holder.
When the policy eventually lapsed, the outstanding loan balance became gross income to the taxpayer.
The taxpayer argued that he never received any money, and thus shouldn't owe tax on funds that he never received.
Nice try.
And getting back to election news, that towering tax intellectual, Harry Reid, was heard to utter, last week, "The president campaigned around the country saying, 'We know what the problems are with this fiscal problem. We just need some revenue. That was the issue. The mandate was look at all the exit polls, look at all the polling, the vast majority of the American people, rich, poor, everybody agrees that the rich - richest of the rich have to help a little bit.'"
They do? We guess the fact that they already pack 90 percent or more of the freight just isn't enough.
We can only look forward to four years from now, when not only Obama but Reid will also go.
- CONSULT YOUR TAX ADVISOR - This article contains general information about various tax matters. You should consult your CPA regarding the implications to your own particular situation. Jeff Quinn, the author of this article, is a shareholder in Ashley Quinn, CPAs and Consultants, Ltd., with offices in Incline Village and Reno. He can be reached at 831-7288, welcomes comments at email@example.com, and invites readers to consider his other commentary at http://blog.nolo.com/taxes.


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It looks beautiful. I have not seen this one before, but it resembles the big round i have in one of my pictures. Mine has bubbles in it though.....I have yet to find some litterature about Strömbergshyttan so I can find out the years and makers of the different pieces I pick up.
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REEDSVILLE - Rev. Jean Ward believes that church is a place where laughter can exist and is bringing her enthusiasm to Mifflin County as the new pastor of Reedsville United Methodist Church and Church Hill United Methodist Church in Reedsville.
Before moving to the area with her sister, Lois Atwood, Ward said she attended Fishburn United Methodist Church in Hershey. The encouragement of two pastors and a group of friends there was what convinced her to try the ministry.
"Ten years ago, some friends asked, 'Have you ever considered being a pastor?'" Ward recalled. "I laughed," she said with a smile.
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Rev. Jean Ward is the new pastor of Reedsville United Methodist Church and Church Hill United Methodist Church in Reedsville.
But their support planted a seed in her mind and Ward became more involved in the church. She started a mentoring team to welcome new guests to the congregation and a drama team to share God's message in new ways. She also served as lay leader and speaker to open services or fill in when the pastor was unable to attend. As Ward continued working in the church, she said it became clear that God was calling her to become a pastor.
Ward then attended two years of lay seminary through The Center for Spiritual Formation and now serves as a licensed local pastor, though she is not yet fully ordained. She starts a new course of study this year, but said it takes four or five years to complete seminary classes.
In the meantime, Ward is focused on encouraging more cooperation between churches and the community. Though she has only been serving in Reedsville since July, her congregations are already opening themselves to new opportunities.
"We all involve ourselves in outreach more... (and) we involve ourselves in the community more than we have in the past," she said.
On Sunday, the United Methodist churches will join East Kishacoquillas Presbyterian Church and Reedsville Evangelical Lutheran Church for a combined worship service. Ward said the goal is to open the churches to the community and strengthen the relationship between congregations.
In the future, Ward also hopes to turn the current Christian Education Building at Reedsville UMC into an emergency shelter. She said the building could be used as temporary housing in emergency situations, a home for missionaries or an apartment for church visitors.
The list of Ward's goals for the church is designed to be more mission and outreach minded, she said.
"I want to be excited about Christ and put my own enthusiasm into the congregation," she said.
Like the pastors in Hershey who encouraged Ward to pursue the ministry, she also hopes to promote leadership and inclusion within the church.
"My role isn't just to go up there (to the altar) and say a few words," she explained.
Instead, Ward welcomes new ideas and suggestions within her church and wishes to help each member of the congregation accomplish their own personal goals.
"My hope is to make church fun, but also make it a place you can truly be yourself," she said.
Church Hill United Methodist Church holds worship services at 9 a.m. weekly on Sunday and the Reedsville United Methodist Church holds services at 10:45 a.m Sundays. Special Christmas Eve services will be held at 7 p.m. at Reedsville UMC and at 11 p.m. at Church Hill UMC.


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Someone nominated me and then someone(s) voted for me and somehow I ended up on @PRsarahevans' list of Top 50 Tweeple To Follow 2009!
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Someone nominated me and then someone(s) voted for me and somehow I ended up on @PRsarahevans' list of Top 50 Tweeple To Follow 2009!
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God bless, that girl is YUMMY!ReplyDelete
Congrats :)
What cute pictures!ReplyDelete
Alright. So it totally looks like Ivy is wearing a twitter dress. Perfection.ReplyDelete
I'm loving her hair, and the twitter bird on her dress. :-)ReplyDelete
Teaching her early. I love it.ReplyDelete
haha! yes, it so looks like a twitter dress!ReplyDelete
Aw, what a doll. I can just imagine those thumbs flying!ReplyDelete
Tweet, Ivy, tweet!
hahah, that is so funny, congrats!! And Ivy is just so adorable!ReplyDelete
Isn't funny how small ones like to imitate their elders?ReplyDelete
She's so "connected" already and coordinated too! Love those eyelashes...ReplyDelete
She is so flippin adorable! I love that hair flip she has going on!ReplyDelete
And I bet if she did Tweet she'd have a million followers before she could get through the day.ReplyDelete
Also, you are totally a top tweeter in my book (is tweeter a word?)
There are those eyes again... What a beautiful baba! Tweet on Ivy!ReplyDelete
I love it that she's wearing Twitter :)ReplyDelete
So precious! I'm sure when she learns to spell her Twitter will be all the rage!ReplyDelete
LOVE your iPhone case too....
OMG..is this the cutest picture. Maybe Ivy can teach me when and if I ever upgrade my phone.ReplyDelete
She is so cute - that 2nd picture is just beautiful. I just found out that I'm having a girl this time, after having a boy who's almost two now, and I'm so excited - I keep thinking of how much you love having a girl. :)ReplyDelete
Perfect pic!ReplyDelete
I was wondering how two hippies from Indiana made the top 50? ;-)
So now we know.. it was Ivy that nominated you hehe ;). That picture is so darn cute. She is beautiful Steph!ReplyDelete
Congrats on the Tweeple too :). Such great moms on there and I was proud my company that I work for on there BabyCenter :)
and ivy - oh my gosh!! how cute is she? love the matching dress and iphone. :)
Tell Ivy I'll definitely follow her on Twitter :) Love the photo and the caption!ReplyDelete
I'm sure you were nominated by a million people, but I nominated you too. You totally deserve the recognition. :)ReplyDelete
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Victor C. Smith, 88, of rural Republic, died at 1:45 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, at St. Francis Home, Tiffin.
He was born May 22, 1924, in Tiffin to Ralph F. and Liona T. (Steinmetz) Smith. He married Rita Frankart, Feb. 7, 1948, in Alvada and she died Nov. 27, 2002.
Survivors include five sons, Michael (Mary) Smith of Palmetto, Fla., Vic (Jean) Smith Jr. of Tiffin, Gerry Smith of Sandy, Utah, Kevin (Roxanne) Smith of Zionsville, Ind., and Steven (Leslie) Smith of Republic; a daughter, Mary (Daniel) Reimer of Tiffin; three sisters, Mary Alice Bouillon of New Riegel, Theresa (Gene) Walliser of Tiffin, and Sr. Regina, OSU, Perrysburg; 17 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.
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He is preceded in death by his parents; a son, Robert Smith; three brothers, Joseph, Herman and Paul Smith; three sisters, Irene Steinhauser, Sr. M. Bonaventure and an infant sister.
He was a 1942 Calvert High School graduate. He retired from Republic Roofing and was also a longtime farmer. He was a former member of St. Aloysius Church and its Holy Name Society, Republic, and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Tiffin; the Seneca County Farm Bureau, Seneca Antique Machinery Assn. and a former board member of the Republic Elevator.
Visitation for family and friends will be 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, at Traunero Funeral Home and Crematory, 214 S. Monroe St., Tiffin, OH 44883 (419) 447-3113.
A wake service will be at 1:45 p.m. at the funeral home.
Prayers will be said at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at the funeral home followed by the funeral Mass at 9:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church.
The Rev. Joseph Szybka will officiate. Burial will follow immediately after in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Calvert Catholic Schools, St. Judes Research Hospital or St. Francis Home in care of the funeral home.
To send condolences or for directions to the funeral home, go to www.traunerofuneralhome.com.


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Tron: An open source legacy
I was pretty excited to see the announcement about a sequel to Tron. The original movie was one that helped define my career as a bona fide geek. I still remember being wowed by the light cycles and over-the-top scenes.
When I first started using Linux, one of the first open source games I played was GLTron, a faithful recreation of the movie's light-cycle scenes. Maybe it was the simple, fast-paced gameplay or the fact that the graphics were identical to that of the film in almost every way, but that game still sticks out in my mind as one of my first open source
gaming experiences. Suffice to say, open source and Tron are married in my mind forever thanks to that program (not to mention that both are tantamount to my geek cred).
So I was pretty shocked to see that the entirety of the new film, Tron: Legacy, is essentially an advertisement for open source software. The overtones of the open source way are found throughout the film.
Spoiler alert: If you haven't seen the new Tron yet (and plan to) you might want to stop here. Or scroll down till you see the bold text again.
The opening scene features the protagonist, Sam, 'stealing' source code—though technically it's his code to begin with. The code is being held by a decidedly evil programmer and the board members of a large software company engaging in unfair lock-in tactics. The source code of the operating system is then released to the masses for fair use and improvement of the product. Aside from the psuedo-terrorism aspect, it's a story open source fans can really get behind.
However, Disney and its writers didn't stop with the opening sequence. The whole point of the movie is solving all of the world's problems by releasing an open source program from the Grid, aka the cyber-universe created in the original film. This is met with resistance that is eventually overcome in the movie's climax. The good guys win and we're left to assume that the open source program teaches the rest of the world to share, collaborate, and become a better place.
End spoiler.
It's not the first time that Disney has advocated open source, dating back to their switch to Linux and monetary support of Crossover Office to help get Photoshop running in Linux. Disney was quick to announce that this saved Disney, Pixar, and other animation studios thousands of dollars a year in license costs alone. It was a huge deal at a time when most corporations were far from considering deploying Linux on anything other than scientific workstations. Still, it's one thing to use open source as a cost-cutting business move. But to make it the underlying premise of an entire feature film--well that's pretty cool to say the least.
I saw the film while visiting family over the holidays. My younger brothers specifically requested we see it. Little did I know the movie would lead to our first conversation about the open source movement. It started on the ride home. They had a fundamental understanding right out of the gate. I could see that they understood immediately why the old way of developing software was broken, and that the open source way seemed more right. More fair.
I have not really mentioned open source in the past due to their age. At this point in their lives, I thought they probably lack the understanding of the fundamentals of licensing and programming to properly grasp the concept. So it made me wonder how many other families had an open source discussion after watching the film? How many more might later see a mention of open source in the news and finally get it? This is a pretty big deal.
Tron: Legacy is proof that our movement is gaining more momentum than any of us expected. Think about it: The highest grossing movie of the 2010 holiday season deals explicitly with open source software.
This should stand out on the timeline of open source progress--the path of returning freedom to users. Considering that is the theme of the two movies, it makes a lot of sense.
If you haven't checked the movie out yet, you owe it to yourself. I'm not a proper film critic, so I won't comment on the quality of the story or acting. Yet I can say that hearing the iconic Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) mention the need to have software released to the masses via an open source model is worth the price of admission alone.
If you've seen the film, what did you think? Did you have a chance to have that open source dialog with your friends and family? Do you agree with how the producers portrayed our movement? Give us your take in the comments section below.
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This is a great post and fun to read. I haven't seen the movie yet, but this makes me want to.
It's a great article and I can see that I'm not the only one who thought of the movie as an open source movie. I have to say that after watching it me and my wife had a discussion about open source and was really entertaining.
Let's hope we have more of this type of movies in the future.
I still haven't watched this movie!
What struck me was two things from the scene in the proprietary software company's boardroom.
First, when asked what is actually improved in this new version of the OS, the programmer basically answers with "we put a new version number on it." Very much a proprietary software company attitude right there.
But the best part is that, once the board members realize that the source code of the OS has been leaked, the programmer starts frantically typing on his computer, and as the shot cuts to his computer screen, you can clearly see command line Linux (grep, etc.) being used. Very funny coming from a company written with the same attitudes about software as a few of the biggest proprietary companies in the industry today.
I remember a time when I had to explain what open source was to journalists, do a hard sell on what it is better etc. etc. Recently, I met a rookie journalist, a trainee with a mainstream publication and she was so clued into open source that she was a better evangelist than I am :-)
Change is in the air!
I think in the original Tron it was a game or set of games that the protagonist was writing. So not exactly OSS. I like the conceptual adaption though....
(long ranting comment ahead -- sorry)
When watching Tron with my kid's I nudged them at the "Open Source scene" and said -- hey that's what I do (I run the Open Source process at my company). Then as the scene unfolded, I regretted my association, and explained to my kids that the I don't do what the hero did. What he did was wrong.
You said: "[...] The source code of the operating system is then released to the masses for fair use and improvement of the product. Aside from the psuedo-terrorism aspect, it's a story open source fans can really get behind."
But I can't get behind this. The main motivator for the hero to remain associated with the "evil" corporation is to be able to steal their code and leak/publish it. (BTW, they are evil because of what exactly? cynicism, capitalism, not believing in Open Source? is this where the divide between good and evil lies?) In the ethics of a Robin-Hood world, stealing code from the company and giving it to the masses is called "good". But theft is not the kind of Open Source behavior that I can get behind. An investor (even the largest one) is not granted authority to steal product code and publish it. Moreover, the act of leaking code to the public is not at all the same as the act of placing an Open Source license on code -- legally (you have to own the copyright), morally (we don't advocate theft), or effectively (stolen code does not attract community participation since the liability is great).
Yes, if the company thought about it (and had me advising them), they might do itself and their customers a great service leveraging the benefits of Open Source. But when code is leaked do you think they would get contributions from their community? It's toxic code. This is hardly the kind of Open Source strategy that works.
The strongest and most passionate Open Source advocates speak out against the notion of private intellectual property, and they advocate how openness improves knowledge. FOSS proved critical to the evolution of the Internet and the new economy. It paved the foundation for purposeful sharing and crowdsourcing in the social media space. It created markets for the "little guys" and made money for a bunch of "big guys". And it really stuck it in the eyes of a couple of companies that we all love to hate. But let's stop short of advocating theft as an Open Source virtue.
It is most ironic to me that Hollywood's super wealthy movie executives line their pockets by monetizing our lax sense of ethics and love for the "little guy". They must laugh at how simple minded we are when we are so easily entertained by acts of corporate espionage and property theft by the attractive good guy (who "gets the girl" at the end, of course). Try stealing their movie IP and see how amusing that is to them.
I agree, it was a very entertaining movie. I loved the visual effects (you can decide if I mean the graphics or the costumes -- I admit, both caught my attention). And yes, it was great to see Open Source in pop culture, especially promoted as a virtue. I just wish it was done so in a manner that was legal so that I could tell my kids "that's what I do at work as the Open Source guy!"
Silly that you missed that he was liberating his own property... he was the primary share holder. Systems that his father never intended to be monetized.
Stories of Disney impounding cakes at school bake sales because they look like Mickey Mouse are probably not true... hmmmmm... well, probably not...
The thought of one of the most aggressive trademark-enforcing corporations in American history 'espousing open source' is ludicrous.
It's brutal, cynical and (leave it to Disney) masterful manipulation of someone else's culture to make a profit.
My daughter really believes in Tinkerbell, but she's five. Don't try teach me "How To Believe" that Disney actually espouses open source sensibilities. They're glamorizing it to make a buck. That's hardly something to crow about.
quote ---But theft is not the kind of Open Source behavior that I can get behind. An investor (even the largest one) is not granted authority to steal product code and publish it. Moreover, the act of leaking code to the public is not at all the same as the act of placing an Open Source license on code -- legally (you have to own the copyright), morally (we don't advocate theft) ---quote
Well, it is not theft. That is what so many people get wrong. "Stealing" code is never theft, it is copy right infringement. Theft is when you remove a object and it is not longer there (in its original place). Copyright infringement means that you copy something illegally.
Of course, theft sounds so much more serious and that is why everybody uses it, but it is not what is happening.
I fail to understand how come the largest shareholder is not allowed to do as he pleases with his property? Capitalism is about the power of money: Who pays for something, how has the property rights to something (because he provided the money for it), controls it absolutely.
In the case of tron, this largest shareholder could pretty much do as he pleases. If they did not agree what he did, he could always sell shares (which would crash the stock value of course and damange confidence in the company) or make his dissent public and the company would have to follow his wishes.
As it seems clear in Tron, Kevin Flynns son owned a huge part of the company.
So he was not just the majority shareholder by a small margin.


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The Canisius-Niagara rivalry has Western New York's undivided attention not only because the teams have so much riding on today's matchup but also the hope of reliving the excitement of the last meeting two weeks ago.
In the span of 11 seconds, Billy Baron broke a tie at 63 with a layup then Marvin Jordan drained a three-pointer before Baron answered with a three-pointer that was waved off because he didn't get the shot off in time, leaving the Purple Eagles a 66-65 victory.
The rivalry's encore presentation tips off at 2 this afternoon at the Gallagher Center in Lewiston.
"You can't get a ticket," Niagara coach Joe Mihlalich said. "It's our rivalry game so it has all the makings of everything you dream about."
The team's will be hard pressed to top their last matchup.
After Baron scored, Juan'ya Green raced down the right side of the floor searching for a opening, but he slipped slightly as Harold Washington and Isaac Sosa converged for a double team. From the corner of his eye Green saw Jordan, his arms waving as if he was flagging down a cab. As Jordan received the ball, 6-foot-10 Jordan Heath ran at the 5-11 Jordan, who had locked in and fired a split second before Heath arrived.
As Baron raced by Antoine Mason and Devon White near halfcourt Green said to himself, "Please don't hit a buzzer beater." But Baron, right in front of his team's bench, unspooled a running three-pointer that went down. As his teammates hugged him, Baron sensed something was amiss.
"I don't know if I got it off," Baron said. "I've watched a lot of basketball and I was like, 'Nah.' I couldn't control the guys swarming me but in the back of my mind I was like, 'Maybe I didn't get it off.'"
Replay confirmed his fears.
Niagara (14-10, 10-3 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) remains in first place but has dropped its last two games and is now a game ahead of hard-charging Loyola (Md.), which has won its last two.
"We really need a spring back game, and what better game than this one against Canisius on our home floor?" Jordan said.
Meanwhile, the Griffs (15-9, 8-5) are in a three-way tie for third with Rider and Iona and two games out of first. Canisius was looking to gain some ground at Manhattan on Thursday but got thumped, 67-54.
"That just shows you how much this game means," Baron said. "It's a must win for both, but we have to rebound from what happened the other day and try and get these guys the second time around."
The health of key players is a concern for each side. Niagara could be without leading scorer Antoine Mason, who missed the loss at Rider Thursday with an ankle injury. Mason practiced on Saturday but Mihalich said the sophomore looked, "far from 100 percent." If Mason is out Jordan, who has started 53 games in his three-year career, fills the void.
"He's our leading scorer, so it's hard to replace not just the points it's the presence, it's a lot of other things, too," Mihalich said.
Washington, the Griffs' second-leading scorer, was limited to 23 minutes off the bench in the Manhattan game because of a viral infection. Canisius coach Jim Baron said Washington, who averages 12.7 points, practiced on Friday and Saturday and is feeling better. Senior Alshwan Hymes started against the Jaspers and finished with a game-high 16 points.
"Without Harold, we have a tough time," Jim Baron said. "We had him coming off the bench because he hadn't practiced for two days and he was as sick as a dog. "
Green said the Purple Eagles underestimated Canisius' talent, especially Baron's ability to create shots for others, and the inside game of Chris Manhertz, who finished with 17 points and 15 boards.
"We weren't fully prepared for what they are capable of, they have a lot of talent and we weren't mentally prepared," Green said. "Offensively, the kid Billy Baron was making plays for everyone else and Chris Manhertz is strong and gets offensive rebounds."
The Golden Griffins' offense is perimeter laden, but Niagara doesn't have an answer for Manhertz so the Griffs may want to dump the ball inside more. Limiting their turnovers (15 versus Manhattan) would help.
"It would be nice to hit some shots," Billy Baron said. "Chris was a beast down low and we went to him early and we have to keep going to him. He dominated the game. If we have a nice mixture of inside and out we'll be fine."
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I can't wait to hear the good news!! praying my friendReplyDelete
cute idea !!
I totally feel that way. It took everything in me to just sit on the couch with the kids this morning and do nothing when I knew I could be doing laundry, dishes, SOMETHING ELSE. But it didn't kill me and the kids appreciated it.ReplyDelete
I was a day late on the hot gluing trick. There's always next year.
Good idea about the gluing. I did gingerbread house making at my Doodles school. She was not feeling well and her poor little house was caving in.ReplyDelete
Merry Christmas to you and those sweet little ones. Will pray for your baby in
How cute! I love it!ReplyDelete
Waiting is hard, but it looks like your doing a good job of keeping you and the kids busy. Love the idea of pre-fab houses, that is a great idea and looks like the kids had a blast.ReplyDelete
I laughed at the "something fun so these kids will like me"...LOLReplyDelete
I have had those same thoughts!
I love it!!!! I cant' wait to be able to make gingerbread houses with our little African prince soon!!!! :)ReplyDelete
Your children are adorable! You completely inspire me to adopt, if ever we can't have our own. Also, I love the graham cracker houses. I remember making them when I was little -- some of my best memories. And Hadley is woman after my own heart -- eat more candy than you stick on the house. Finally, I think you are just OCD enough. LOL I realize the older I get (and yet I'm still so young) the more OCD I feel about certain things, especially involving my home.ReplyDelete
Umm...I think we might be related. Somehow, someway...I have the same OCD. Crumbs? Cringe. Adorable gingerbread houses! And your kids are gorgeous! Love reading your blog!ReplyDelete
oh ME TOO. I totally twitch over the crumbs. And I think the most annoying thing in my life might be the sound of cereal on the floor crunching under my birkenstocks. GRRRR. I want to say a bad word every time it happens. This morning I was coloring with the kids (nothing as fancy as gingerbread houses) and trying not to go into spasms over the covered counters and that stupid cereal crunching underfoot! :) Here's hoping the kids remember the coloring and don't realize it was a battle for Mama to do it! :)ReplyDelete
yes yes and yes..I totally agree!!!ReplyDelete
absolutely, 100% feel this way about every line of this. i could even just substitute one of our 5 kids names in this post and it could have been what i had written when we did this last week. =)ReplyDelete
oh, i am so with you. maybe i am you.ReplyDelete
I totally feel the same way...it makes me so sad that it takes so much effort on my part to just sit there and color/play a game/play tea party. I'm so glad to know I'm not alone. Moms can carry so much unnecessary guilt. One thing I DO love to do with my little one is laundry. She actually loves to put clothes on hangers and I have learned to put my OCD aside and let her put them on backwards, forwards, upside down, any way she can get it on there :-)ReplyDelete
Thanks for being real and reassuring the rest of us that it's ok that we aren't perfect Mommy's. :-)
yep, totally feel that way. i really wish i could just clam down and enjoy the moment. i find i have to look away. and see their faces.ReplyDelete
first, tears from your Elsa post. seriously. tears. I didn't want to comment there b/c you had 116 and I thought this one might get read before that one. OCD? nah. okay yeah.ReplyDelete
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INWOOD - The Big Apple Lounge is a shining example of good food at a fair price.
What you find at The Big Apple Lounge is essentially an eatery that's comfortable in its own skin.
Simply put, it's a good place to drink a few beers, watch the game and eat some classic bar food. The atmosphere is very chilled out. The place has a good comfortable pub feel to it.
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There's a good saturation of televisions throughout the establishment. There's nowhere in the bar where you sit and not get a good look at whatever game you're following.
As far as the food goes, the offerings were uncomplicated and well prepared. This establishment does a good job of focusing on what it does well and not trying to overextend itself.
There's not an item on the menu that's more than $20.
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That said, some well-known national chains charge double the price for food that's not nearly as good.
Here's a look at some of the offerings:
Appetizer sampler: For $7.95, this thing is a bargain. The mozzarella sticks were really good. The wings were crispy on the outside and tender in the middle. The fried pickle was well done. The chicken tenders were crispy on the outside and in the middle, were actually tender. The shrimp egg rolls were on par with any you'd find at a Chinese restaurant.
Chicken Cordon Bleu Sandwich
The chicken breast was cooked perfectly and it was smothered in ham and mozzarella with a spicy sauce. The veggies were fresh and crisp. Served with a basket of onion petals, this was a tasty meal.
The onion petals were served with a tasty dipping sauce. The waiter challenged us to guess the ingredients of the sauce. I guessed ranch and Bloody Mary mix, which was wrong, but my spouse guessed right - barbecue sauce and ranch - making for an entertaining ride home.
All and all, a good adaptation of a homespun classic. This stuff works well with or without ketchup. The brown beef gravy added a wonderful dimension to the dish. The mashed potatoes were real potatoes and were just like you'd find on the table for Sunday dinner at Grandma's house.
The service was excellent. Our server was quick on his feet, knowledgeable and helpful.
All things considered, The Big Apple Lounge is a great place to go if you're looking for a good meal without any of the bluster of a fancy restaurant.


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SYCAMORE - Gunnar Johnson came into the weekend's action as the Midland Athletic League's top rusher and he's in excellent position to maintain that status the rest of the year.
But for a little more than 46 minutes at Warrior Field Friday night, the Mohawk junior rated third best on his team and fourth overall during the Warriors' battle with Lakota.
That fact provides the general outlook for what would become a 57-26 runaway Warrior win. The numbers behind that were incredible.
Johnson finished as the leading rusher with 212 yards on 27 carries. He took that lofty position when he raced 72 yards for the game's final touchdown with 1:49 to play. It was his third score of the game and 14th of the season.
If others were relegated to statistical supporting roles, there were highlights galore in their production.
For instance, senior Eric Maskey added three touchdowns to push his league-leading total to 19 for the year. He did so while rushing for 165 yards on 11 carries, including a record 99-yarder with 8:49 to play.
Then, there was senior Logan Stillberger, who may have had the school record for longest touchdown run for roughly a quarter. Stillberger ripped off a 96-yard scoring run with 9:32 left in the third period.
That was one of two scores for Stillberger, who totaled 140 yards on just three carries.
"People are going to do things to try to take (Johnson) away and that just opens up other things," Mohawk coach Erik Baker said after his club improved to 4-4 overall and retained a share of the MAL lead at 4-1.
"Hopefully, what we do with our version of the 'I', we give you enough counters that you can't isolate," he said. "If you take him away you give us two others guys, maybe three.
"I'm glad that they all broke through, I'm glad that we're back to even on the record and we're going into the last two weeks of the season with our destiny in our hands."
It was a breakout night on several fronts as the two teams combined for 1,051 yards in total offense, including 516 Warrior yards on the ground. The Raiders were in the hunt for a while, thanks to Colin Timmons, who passed for 277 yards and three touchdowns, and Albert Guerra, who rushed for 145 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries.
The two teams traded scores early before the Warriors managed a 20-12 lead at the half.
Stillberger started things with a 33-yard TD sprint with 10:36 still showing in the first period.
The Raiders, who drove 46 yards before stalling on the Mohawk 10, got a second chance when the Warriors' Grant Gucker was stopped short on a fake punt. Guerra ran 3 yards to tie the game at 6-6 with 46 seconds left in the quarter.
Kevin Lonsway's 40-yard kickoff return put Mohawk back in position. Johnson's 1-yard smash and successful run for the extras made it 14-6.
Less than two minutes later, it was 14-12 after Timmons hit 6-foot-5 Jack Raymond over the middle for a 70-yard touchdown pass. But Johnson's second TD, a 14-yard run, gave Mohawk the edge at the break.
"We didn't talk so much scheme stuff as just finishing what we do," Baker said. "We were like a block away the whole first half from getting some people turned loose; (we said) let's get that block and finish with our feet. And they responded."
Big time.
Timmons' 31-yard punt pinned the Warriors on their 7 and a penalty moved the ball back to the 4. But Stillberger hit for the second time on a counter and came up with his 96-yard score.
If that wasn't the backbreaker, two more third-period scores did the trick.
Maskey's 11-yard burst finished a 52-yard scoring drive and then Austin Shock recovered a Raider muff on the kickoff to set up another score. It came when Gucker tossed a 5-yard pass to Mitch Parker and the lead was suddenly 38-12.
Timmons hit Raymond (nine catches, 164 yards) for a 17-yard score and Guerra recovered an onside kick. But the Raiders were stopped on fourth down at the Warrior 1.
Time for Maskey's record-breaker.
"They're going to bring everybody to try and get a safety," Baker said. "If you just get 12 inches, it would just be Eric and oxygen until he gets to the other end."
Timmons tossed a 25-yard TD to freshman Dakota Bowling and Maskey powered in from the 3 to close the scoring.
The Warriors, whose challenging start to the season resulted in four straight losses, now share the top spot in the league with Carey. A third leader will come from tonight's Calvert-St. Joseph Central Catholic showdown in Fremont.
Mohawk has games at Calvert and St. Joseph remaining.
"I have to give credit to our seniors for not panicking and accepting coaching," Baker said. "We've started to build some confidence."
So much so that seemingly everyone in a Warrior uniform is on the run.


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CHARLES TOWN - It had been virtually days since Tony Vazquez signed his letter-of-intent to play football at Glenville State, yet the trash-talking began almost immediately in the family.
Father against son; son against father.
Glenville is a longtime rival of Shepherd, the alma mater of his father. Nelson Vazquez played football for the Rams from 1982-85.
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Now the Vazquezes are on opposite sides.
"The next few years..," Tony Vazquez said.
The Washington senior can't wait for day when the longtime rivals from the West Virginia Conference play their first game under the banner of the new Mountain East Conference.
Dad might be a little more reluctant, though Dad realizes that blood matters more.
"The game at Shepherd, he said he'll have on Glenville blue but a Shepherd T-shirt underneath," Vazquez said.
Rivalries don't die that easily, in other words.
Vazquez narrowed his college choices down to Glenville and Shepherd incidentally, making the situation even closer to the vest in the family.
"My dad was really the pushing point behind recruiting," Vazquez said. "He knew what it was all about. He took himself out of it emotionally. He just wanted what was best for me. Any way I went, he'd be proud of me."
His football coach, Mark Hash, is a graduate of Glenville, making matters even more personal.
"My friends, I don't think any of them went to rival schools of their dad," Vazquez said. "I think it's ironic and funny."
Glenville had a step up in the eyes of Vazquez.
"Right after the season ended, the recruiting process began," Vazquez said. "Glenville was one of the first schools recruiting me and pursuing me.
"When I went up there, I liked the campus. The place is great, and the coaching staff is awesome."
Vazquez also drew interest from Shippensburg and Alderson-Broaddus.
"Since I was a little kid, I always had a dream to play college football," Vazquez said. "After my junior season, that dream started coming into reality as colleges started talking to me."
The senior projected as an inside linebacker for the Pioneers.
One thing that appealed to Vazquez is that he is under the impression he'll get a chance to play as a true freshman, rather than being redshirted.
"The big thing that really got me going was that they put big emphasis on giving me every chance they can to give me (playing time) as a freshman," Vazquez said. "That was really cool for me."
Surely cool for his father, too, despite the rivalry.
Vazquez plans to study criminal justice at Glenville.
Beyond the rivalry with his father, Vazquez noted he'll have an opportunity to play against Washington teammate Tyler Wilt, for whom the Glenville recruit worked hard to raise funds to help defray the costs of Wilt's cancer treatments. Wilt, who didn't play football his senior year because of a tumor discovered in his chest, signed to play football at Shepherd.
"It will also be pretty cool to be able to play against Tyler Wilt, my former teammate," Vazquez said.
Former teammate, indeed.
The same, in some sense, can be said about Vazquez and his father.


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We've got some great film happenings this weekend. Tonight, our latest weekend film series kicks off: Beautiful Dreamer: The Early Films of Catherine Deneuve. Tonight is the double-feature of two essentials, Luis Buñuel's strange and sexy and shocking Belle de jour, followed by Roman Polanski's psychologically intense Repulsion. (While we're talking about Deneuve, be sure to come to LACMA this Tuesday, March 8--Deneuve will be here in person for a conversation and screening of her latest film, Potiche.)
On Saturday, as we mentioned earlier this week, LACMA Muse will hold its tenth annual Young Directors Night (click the link to see trailers for nearly all the films). Tickets for the event include admission to the screenings as well as to the reception afterward, including complimentary drinks and dessert.
Bring your kids on Sunday for our ongoing free Andell Family Sundays. With a new month comes a new theme for the activities: this time you and your family are invited on a "Tour of Europe"--a good opportunity to check out our European galleries, just recently renovated and reinstalled.
Terry Allen, Pinto to Paradise, 1970, Cirrus Editions Archive, purchased with funds provided by the Director's Roundtable, and gift of Cirrus Editions
Should you prefer something more adult-oriented, pop into the Art Catalogues bookstore for a conversation between artist Terry Allen and Dave Hickey (who is making his second appearance at LACMA in a month). The two will discuss Allen's newly published book; the event is free.
Finally, the weekend closes out with a free performance from the US Army Chorus, part of our celebrated Sundays Live series. You can hear some of the chorus' music at their website.
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5 Iconic Corporate Mascots Invented by Mistake
People who can't be bothered to care about insurance can be made to pay attention, for some reason, when there is a British lizard talking at them. That's why corporations all over have made cartoony animals and interesting humans the face of their company, fusing them with their logos like some kind of horrifying cyborg.
Most of these mascots were developed through painstaking market research with focus groups and consultants and all that crap, but some came about by crazy accidents, turning from one-shot jokes and planned easter eggs into company spokesmen. For example ...
The Geico Gecko
These days it seems like you can't get away from this Cockney lizard trying to sell you car insurance. He's constantly on TV, he appears in costumed mascot form at random county fairs and sporting events, and if you should ever wreck your car by, say, hypothetically driving it into your garage while a bike is on your after-market roof rack, and you happen to be insured by Geico, well, after you finish cursing, you'll very likely bring it to a shop you can tell is approved by Geico because of the numerous human-sized gecko displays.
The shop that I -- I mean this hypothetical person -- went to had a cardboard gecko display out on the sidewalk too, and a couple of posters and merchandise inside.
The sheer amount of money being spent on Geico's ad campaigns ($800 million in 2010) has gotten so out of control that it's making other insurance companies amp up their spending just to keep up.
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State Farm in particular has had to make some really weird promises about what they can do.
And while a lot of that was being spent on the cavemen or the stack of money with googly eyes or one of their many many other campaigns, the gecko has been their moral leader since 1999, and it's his face that goes on their corporate logo.
So how on earth did Geico decide that an animated lizard with a British accent was the best face to put on a stodgy American insurance company? Well, they didn't really. They just wanted to make one commercial, in 1999, using a one-off joke to make sure people knew how to pronounce their company's name.
Yeah, that's Frasier doing his voice.
So it was supposed to be one and done for the gecko, until the Screen Actors Guild strike hit in 2000. In a scramble to find someone who wasn't part of the SAG, they stumbled back on the animated gecko they'd just used and signed him up for a whole campaign. So yeah, the Geico gecko is a dirty scab.
From then on, the inexplicably posh gecko captured people's hearts and attention with how much sense he didn't make, and slithered his way from a one-off commercial into a corporate logo.
Nintendo's famous Mario not only appears in about 120 percent of its games these days, but is also enmeshed irrevocably with its corporate image like tentacles in a host.
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You're probably not wondering why Japan's most famous corporate mascot is an Italian plumber, because it's Japan. It could have been an emu with human hands and we wouldn't have batted an eye.
"Ohhh, it's a Japanese game. Of course."
But it's not just "a Japan thing." There's actually a reason behind everything Mario. Mario's first appearance was in a Japanese game called Jumpman (later called Donkey Kong), and he was known as "Mr. Video," a recurring character that his creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, hoped to slip into all the games he made, the same way Alfred Hitchcock gave himself a cameo role in all his films, except with better names.
Mario's gloves, mustache and overalls were the game designers' creative way of making the characters' hands, arms and facial features distinguishable in a 16x16 pixel space. The mustache was a great way to save pixels on the mouth, and the overall straps helped you see where his arms started. So just by trying to make the character's limbs and face readable, they accidentally created what looked like an Italian plumber, with the inexplicable name Mr. Video.
Fortunately for Nintendo, the Nintendo of America team working on translating the game got behind on their rent, which caused their landlord to come in and demand it. The landlord happened to be an Italian guy with suspenders named Mario Segale, and thanks to him walking in at the opportune moment, his name would never be forgotten, even though he seems to wish it was.
The Energizer Bunny
If you're a young whippersnapper, you won't remember the heyday of the Energizer Bunny -- or appreciate the classic tunes of Vanilla Ice or New Kids on the Block. From its creation in 1989, the Energizer Bunny interrupted fake commercials for coffee or some other boring product by drumming across the screen in the middle of the scene.
He's made 115 commercials at last count, being so hot at one point that he got screen time with Darth Vader.
And though his screen time has died down, he's still all over Energizer's website, and its packaging:
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And he represents them at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade during the tribute to the most influential fictional characters in America that are shaped in ways which lend themselves to being formed into balloons:
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If you ask people in the U.K. which battery is associated with a bunny, though, you might hear "Duracell," because people overseas are silly and don't know any better. But also because Duracell originated the use of the drumming toy bunny as a mascot in a European commercial.
Duracell's commercial showed an army of battery-powered bunnies slowly winding down, with the Duracell bunny being the last one going. So Energizer's very first bunny ad was actually an attack on the Duracell bunny, claiming they could beat the whole pack, including Duracell.
And that they could look cooler doing so. (In 1989, putting sunglasses on characters still made them cool.) So while the Duracell bunny still reigns supreme overseas, nobody in the U.S. knows what the fuck it is, while the Energizer bunny has been referenced by Americans in all walks of life -- including the highest level of awkward politicians trying to say something hip and relevant, from Bob Dole to Howard Dean to George H.W. Bush, and is still, as they say, "going and going and going."
I'll take my payment in cash, Energizer.


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reported earlier today that some shakeups were on the way from
Microsoft with regards to its Entertainment & Devices Division.
It had already been widely speculated that J. Allard, chief
experience officer and chief technology officer, was leaving. It was
also reported that Robbie Bach could also be shown the door.
now reports that both Allard and Bach are leaving Microsoft.
According to TechFlash's Todd Bishop, the departure of Allard
and Bach will give CEO Steve Ballmer more direct control over
Microsoft's struggling sectors (namely its Zune and Windows Mobile
Although there has been speculation that Allard might jump ship to
Google and work on that
company's tablet efforts, he refuted those claims and said that
he wants to unwind for a bit and tackle "personal interests"
after working at Microsoft for 19 years.
For his part, Ballmer stated the following in a company email
announcing the departures:
Transitions are always hard. Robbie
has been an instrumental part of so many key moments in Microsoft
history — from the evolution of Office to the decision to create
the first Xbox to pushing the company hard in entertainment overall.
J as well has had a great impact in the market and on our culture,
providing leadership in design, and in creating a passionate and
involved Xbox community, and earlier being at the center of our work
seizing the importance of the Web for the company...
Both have been great team builders
with a strong record of attracting, coaching and growing talent. As a
result, their teams are primed to continue to step up and deliver
great products, great services and great results for the company.
You can read Ballmer's full email to the troops here.
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quote: On a Zune, especially an 80 or 120 which holds a lot of music, new albums will get lost in an ocean of other older music, sometimes disapearing for months.
quote: I could go on and on and on about the many ways the Zune software takes control of my mp3 files in ways that are not welcome, but you probably get the point.
quote: Hopefully one day Microsoft will wise up and stop playing copycat with Apple. If you don't like the Apple model, then it doesn't matter if Microsoft beats Apple at its own game.
quote: As for new albums getting lost for months...never happens. I can sort any music by date added...in fact in the Zune software that is the default. In addition new albums (or playlists) get automatically placed as a ZuneHD front page "tile" on the device under "new" (there is also recent and pins)
quote: No, I don't get your point. Please do go on and on about what horrible things it does to your mp3 files. Curiously it does nothing horrible to mine so I have no idea what you are talking about.
quote: Hopefully they WON'T. They've massacred Apple at their own game. I'm Just not wanting to organize my crap the same way I did back in circa 1997 when the Napster craze was in full swing. It was the best back then but times have changed.


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Catholic Leaders Discuss Health Care
Archbishop Chaput discusses the authentic Catholic teaching which should inspire health care reform in America at Catholic.org.
"Last week a British Catholic journal, in an editorial titled "U.S. bishops must back Obama," claimed that America's bishops "have so far concentrated on a specifically Catholic issue – making sure state-funded health care does not include abortion – rather than the more general principle of the common good."
It went on to say that if U.S. Catholic leaders would get over their parochial preoccupations, "they could play a central role in salvaging Mr. Obama's health-care programme."
Read Archbishop Chaput's response and more of this essential piece at Catholic.org.
Justin Cardinal Rigali weighed in specifically on the issue of abortion and health care reform. Specifically, that any plan for reform that openly encourages or funds abortion is not health care at all. Also from Catholic.org:
There is a basic principle of morality which states: "The end does not justify the means." Just what is the meaning of this statement? Each of us can be faced with an array of problems. Our goal may be to solve those problems. That, in itself, is a good thing. However, simply because we wish to bring about a good solution, or end, as it is more technically called, does not mean that we can use any and every way, or means, to bring that about.
Read more from Cardinal Rigali, who discusses current events in the light of some of the greatest minds in the history of Catholicism: Saints Paul and Augustine and Pope Pius XII. Be sure to read the full article at the link.
Lastly, but most recently, Bishop Thomas Wenski of the Diocese of Orlando discusses how the Bishops have worked to shaped the public debate on health care reform, and why involvement in this debate is essential, as this simple bill has the power to impact the future.
Because health care reform is too important and legitimate a goal to allow it to be hijacked by destructive agendas such as government mandated abortion coverage, we lobbied strongly that any health care legislation be "abortion neutral". While our opposition to abortion is well known, we recognize the sad reality that abortion is legal, available and offered by insurers as optional coverage which people can purchase if they choose to do so. However, we insist that health care reform legislation under consideration does not become a vehicle for government required payments for abortion or abortion mandates.
Find the rest of Bishop Wenski's piece, and his weekly column, at the homepage of the Archdiocese of Orlando.


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Analog Devices initial product family, the ADSP-BF531, ADSP-BF532, and ADSP-BF533, offer all the ease of use and architectural attributes of the Blackfin processor. These three processors are all completely pin compatible - differing solely with respect to their performance and on-chip memory - thus reducing risk and offering the ability to scale up or down depending upon the end application needs. All three processors offer low power consumption with scaleable performance from low-cost to very high performance.
The ADSP-BF531 is the low cost entry point into the Blackfin Processor family. It offers an optimal balance between performance, peripheral integration, and price and is well suited for the most cost-sensitive applications including portable test equipment, embedded modems, biometrics, and consumer audio.
High Level of Integration
- 52Kbytes of on-chip L1 memory configured as:
- 32Kbytes of L1 instruction memory SRAM/Cache
- 16Kbytes of L1 data memory SRAM/Cache
- 4 Kbytes of L1 scratchpad SRAM
- Parallel Peripheral Interface supporting ITU-R 656 video data formats
- Two dual-channel, full-duplex synchronous serial ports supporting eight stereo I2S channels
- 12 DMA channels supporting one and two-dimensional data transfers
- Memory controller providing glueless connection to multiple banks of external SDRAM, SRAM, Flash, or ROM.
- Three timer/counters supporting PWM, pulsewidth, and event count modes
- UART with support for IrDA®
- SPI-compatible port
- Event handler
- Real-time clock
- Watchdog timer
- PLL capable of 1x to 63x frequency multiplication
- 160-ball (12mm x 12mm) Mini-BGA, 176-Lead (24mm x 24mm) LQFP, and 169-ball (19mm x 19mm) Pb-Free Sparse PBGA packages
- Industrial temperature range
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Product Lifecycle
At least one model within this product family is in production and available for purchase. The product is appropriate for new designs but newer alternatives may exist.
Product Details
New debug feature added for the ICE-1000/ICE-2000:
- Coresight Serial Wire Debug (SWD)
Features & Benefits
- JTAG/SWD support for Blackfin, Blackfin+, SHARC and multi-core SHARC+ with ARM
- Plug-n-Play, USB 2.0 compliant
- USB bus-powered device
- Windows® 8.1, Window 7 compatible
- Multiple processor I/O voltage support: 1.8V, 2.5V, and 3.3V
- Multiprocessor support
- JTAG/SWD clock operation of 5 MHz on the ICE-1000
- JTAG/SWD clock operation up to 46 MHZ on the ICE-2000
- Multi-colored LED for enhanced status indication
- Software controlled target reset to support remote debug
Product Details
The plug-and-play architecture of USB allows the emulators to be automatically detected and configured by the host operating system. It can also be connected to and disconnected from the host without opening the PC or turning off the power to the PC. A 3-meter cable is included to connect the emulators to the host PC, thus providing abundant accessibility to hard to reach targets.
The HP USB-based emulator also supports the Background
Telemetry Channel (BTC), a non-intrusive method
for exchanging data between the host and target
application without affecting the target system's
real-time characteristics.
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USB-Based Emulator
Part Number: ADZS-USB-ICE
High Performance USB-Based Emulator
Part Number: ADZS-HPUSB-ICE
Tools Support:
Tel: 1-800-ANALOGD (262-5643)
Contact Support
For additional information, contact your local Analog Devices Sales Office or Distributor.
Features & Benefits
- Full speed USB 1.1 interface enabling download speeds of up to 150 KB/Sec (ADZS-USB-ICE) or High speed USB 2.0 interface enabling download speeds of up to 1.5MB/sec (ADZS-HPUSB-ICE)
- Background Telemetry Channel (BTC) support enabling non-intrusive data exchange at up to 2.0 MB/sec (ADZS-HPUSB-ICE only)
- 1.8V, 2.5V, and 3.3V compliant and tolerant
- Support for all ADI JTAG processors and DSPs
- 5V tolerant and 3.3V compliant for 5V processors and DSPs
- Multiprocessor support
- 14-pin JTAG connector
- 3-meter USB cable for difficult-to-reach targets
- CE-certified
Getting Started With Blackfin Processors
Blackfin Evaluation Kits
EZ-KIT Lite evaluation kits provide developers with a cost-effective method for initial evaluation of a Blackfin Processor via a USB-based PC-hosted tool set.
Product Details
The EZ-Extender has peripherals that support USB 2.0 and 10/100 Ethernet. A MII Connector can also be used when interfacing to a ADSP-BF537 EZ-KIT Lite. The MII connector allows a user to plug in different PHY evaluation boards.
Applications and information about the use and connection of the various interfaces on the Blackfin EZ-Extender are available from Analog Devices.
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Tools Support:
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Features & Benefits
- PLX Technology's Netchip 2272 device
- USB Driver and Application code
- USB Logo Certified
- Derives Power from EZ-KIT Lite
- MSC's LAN 91C111 device
- SMSC's MII Connector to evaluate different PHYs with the BF537 EZ-KIT Lite
- Ethernet Stack and Application code
- 3.13 in (H) x 3.6 in
Getting Started With Blackfin Processors
Blackfin Evaluation Kits
EZ-KIT Lite evaluation kits provide developers with a cost-effective method for initial evaluation of a Blackfin Processor via a USB-based PC-hosted tool set.
Product Details
Part Number:
Tools Support:
Tel: 1-800-ANALOGD (262-5643)
Contact Support
For additional information, contact your local Analog Devices Sales Office or Distributor.
Features & Benefits
- ADSP-BF533 Blackfin® Processor
- 64 MB (32M x 16-bit) SDRAM
- 2 MB (512K x 16-bit x 2) FLASH memory
- ADV7183 video decoder w/ 3 input RCA jacks
- AD1836 96 kHz audio codec w/ 4 input and 6 output RCA jacks
- ADV7171 video encoder w/ 3 output RCA jacks
- ADM3202 RS-232 line driver/receiver
Getting Started With Blackfin Processors
Blackfin Evaluation Kits
EZ-KIT Lite evaluation kits provide developers with a cost-effective method for initial evaluation of a Blackfin Processor via a USB-based PC-hosted tool set.
ADSP-BF533 EZ-KIT Lite® Evaluation System Manual
CrossCore® Embedded Studio 2.3.0 Assembler and Preprocessor Manual (Rev. 1.7) PDF
The Assembler and Preprocessor manual covers the assemblers for the Blackfin and SHARC processors supported by CrossCore Embedded Studio. It gives the syntax for the directives supported by the assemblers and the standalone preprocessor, and covers their command-line switches.
CrossCore® Embedded Studio 2.3.0 Linker and Utilities Manual (Rev. 1.7) PDF
The Linker and Utilities manual describes the command-line linker utility, which assembles ELF executable files from previously-compiled object files. The manual covers the syntax and semantics of the Linker Description Files (LDFs) which guide this process, and gives examples for Blackfin and SHARC processors. Related utilities covered in this manual are the archiver elfar, for library (.dlb) creation and management, the memory initializer meminit, and the utilities elfdump, elfpatch and elfsyms.
CrossCore® Embedded Studio 2.3.0 Loader and Utilities Manual (Rev. 1.7) PDF
The Loader and Utilities manual describes the command-line utilities for converting executable files into images that can be programmed into flash memory, and executed on the target processor as a standalone application without debugger involvement. The manual covers all Blackfin and SHARC processors supported by CrossCore Embedded Studio. The utilities described include ELF conversion utilities and utilities for encryption and cryptographic signing.
CrossCore® Embedded Studio 2.3.0 C/C++ Compiler and Library Manual for Blackfin Processors (Rev. 1.7) PDF
The Compiler and Library Manual for Blackfin Processors describes how to use the Compiler for processors with Blackfin and Blackfin+ cores (ADSP-BFxxx processors). It covers command-line switches, language compliance, language extensions, built-in function and optimization, among other topics. It provides reference material for the functions in the accompanying C and C++ standard libraries, and the DSP library.
CrossCore® Software Licensing Guide (Rev. 1.4) PDF
The Software Licensing Guide describes the licensing mechanism used by CrossCore Embedded Studio. It explains the different kinds of license and the conditions and implications of license expiry. It describes how to activate and validate licenses, and how to administer a corporate domain license.
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Micriµm µC/OS-III
The Micriµm µC/OS-III® Real-Time Kernel for CrossCore Embedded Studio (CCES) provides a user-friendly programming environment for µC/OS-III applications running on Blackfin and SHARC processors.
Micriµm µC/FS
The Micriµm µC/FS™ File System for CrossCore® Embedded Studio is a compact, reliable, high-performance file system which is the result of collaboration between Analog Devices and Micriµm.
Micriµm µC/OS-II
The Micriµm µC/OS-II® Real-Time Kernel for CrossCore Embedded Studio (CCES) provides a user-friendly programming environment for µC/OS-III applications running on Blackfin and SHARC processors.
Design Tools
BSDL Model Files
Designing with BGA
Surface Mount Assembly Recommendations for Plastic Ball Grid Array (PBGA) Packages
ADSP-BF531/BF532/BF533 Blackfin Processor BSDL File 169-Ball PBGA Package (02/2004) TXT
ADSP-BF531/BF532/BF533 Blackfin Processor BSDL File 160-Ball CSP BGA Package (02/2004) TXT
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Customer Case Studies
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Technical Articles
Understanding Advanced Processor Features Promotes Efficient Coding
By David Katz, Tomasz Lukasiak and Rick Gentile, Blackfin Applications Group, Analog Devices, Inc.
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Video Filtering Considerations for Media Processors
By David Katz and Rick Gentile, Blackfin Applications Group, Analog Devices, Inc.
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Designing IPTV Set-top Boxes Without Getting Boxed In
By Scot Robertson and Russell Rivin, Analog Devices, Inc.
Technical Articles
High Performance DSPs for Portable Applications
By John Donovan
Portable Design, May 2006
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Blackfin Processor Targets Digital Media Open Source Applications
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Enhance Processor Performance in Open-Source Applications
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-Kris, not now please!
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"The implication of this study is at the end of the day, you can use whatever anticoagulant prophylaxis you prefer, but if the patient has particular risk of DVT, you may prefer low molecular weight Heparin."Dr. Antonio Palumbo
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Antonio Palumbo, Michele Cavo, Sara Bringhen, Giulia Perrone, Valeria Magarotto, Francesca Patriarca, Maria Teresa Petrucci, Monica Galli, Francesco Di Raimondo, Davide Rossi, Roberto Marasca, Massimo Offidani, Maria Goldaniga, Paolo Corradini, Claudia Crippa, Lucio Catalano, Vincenzo Callea, Antonella Gozzini, Patrizia Tosi, Mario Boccadoro Divisione di Ematologia dellUniversit di Torino, Az. Osp. San Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy; Istituto di Ematologia e Oncologia Medica Sergnoli, Universit di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Italian Multiple Myeloma Network, GIMEMA, Italy; First Authorship Equally Shared
Background: The risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is high in newly diagnosed myeloma (MM) patients who receive thalidomide-containing regimens. Anticoagulant prophylaxis is recommended but its not clear which is more appropriate. In this prospective, multicenter phase III trial we evaluated the safety and the efficacy of low-molecular weight heparin (LMWH) or low-dose aspirin (ASA) or low-fixed dose warfarin (WAR) as anticoagulant prophylaxis. Methods: In a GIMEMA study, newly diagnosed MM patients were randomized to VTD (Velcade 1.3 mg/m d 1,4,8,11; Thalidomide 200 mg/d; high-dose Dexamethasone 320 mg/21 d) or TD (Thalidomide 200 mg/d; high-dose Dexamethasone 320 mg/21 d) or VMPT (Velcade 1.3 mg/m d 1,8,15,22; Melphalan 9 mg/m d 1-4; Prednisone 60 mg/m d 1-4; Talidomide 50 mg/d) or VMP (Velcade 1.3 mg/m d 1,8,15,22; Melphalan 9 mg/m d 1-4; Prednisone 60 mg/m d 1-4). In a sub-study, patients treated with VTD or TD or VMPT were randomly assigned to receive LMWH (Enoxaparin 40 mg/d) or ASA (Aspirin 100 mg/d) or WAR (Warfarin 1.25 mg/d) for the duration of the induction therapy. Patients treated with VMP did not receive any prophylaxis and were used as controls. End-points were incidence of VTE, acute cardiovascular events, sudden death, bleeding and any other serious adverse events. A total of 950 patients will be included in this study. An interim analysis was performed after the first 200 patients were enrolled. Results: Eighty-two patients received VTD, 84 TD, 34 VMPT and 35 VMP. Two-hundred patients (117 males, median age 58 years) were analyzed: 65 patients were randomized to LMWH, 66 to ASA and 69 to WAR. Patient characteristics were similar in all groups. All patients completed at least the first 3 cycles of therapy. The incidence of VTE was 2/65 (3%) in the LMWH group, 6/66 (9%) in the ASA group and 2/69 (3%) in the WAR group, but differences did not reach statistical significance. VTEs were 2/35 (6%) in the VMP group who did not received any prophylaxis. The cumulative incidence of VTE was 4/116 (3%) in patients treated with Velcade plus Thalidomide, and 6/84 (7%) in those treated with TD (p=0.33). No acute cardiovascular events or sudden deaths were reported. The incidence of bleeding was 0/65 (0%) in the LMWH group, 2/66 (3%) in the ASA group and 2/69 (3%) in the WAR group. Conclusion: The overall incidence of VTE was less than 10% in all groups. ASA patients had higher frequency of VTE; LMWH patients had lower risk of bleeding; patients who received Velcade had lower frequency of VTE. An update of these data and an analysis of risk factors will be presented at the meeting.
Abstract #310 appears in Blood, Volume 110, issue 11, November 16, 2007
Keywords: Multiple Myeloma|Thalidomide|Antithrombotic Therapy
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A capsule look at Bill O'Brien's weekly news conference.
Opponent: Eastern Michigan (1-0)
Kickoff: Saturday noon, Beaver Stadium
About the Eagles: Beat Howard in opener, 34-24; play in Mid-American Conference; coached by Ron English, defensive coordinator at Michigan during Lloyd Carr tenure but was not retained by Rich Rodriguez when he took over after 2007 season
Last time vs. Penn State: The Lions won at home, 34-6, in 2011, a game in which LB Michael Mauti suffered a season-ending knee injury
Line: Penn State is a 23-point favorite; over/under is 50
Joking matters: All coaches are happy after they win, and O'Brien was in good spirits Tuesday. He was on his "A" game and cracked several jokes. He not only had the "Animal House reference" (see notebook), he even knocked people on Twitter who post mundane information. "You go on there and [read], 'I brushed my teeth today.' Who cares? This is ridiculous," O'Brien said.
Big week for improvement: Joe Paterno always said a team improved the most from week one to week two, and O'Brien was asked about it. "I agree with that," he said. "I think over time that's been proven out that you do." He said NFL teams have preseason exhibitions to work out their issues, but in college that's not the case. "You have two or three scrimmages where you're going against each other and you get a good feel, but where you get a good feel is in that first game," he said.
Whatever it takes: O'Brien was asked about whether time of possession is as important these days, and his answer was revealing about his versatile coaching philosophy. Essentially, he's not married to doing the same thing in every game or every situation because the opponent will dictate some of that. He said that while time of possession might matter against the service academies, for instance, it's not as big against more explosive teams. "If you're playing Oregon, you know, or somebody that averages 50 points per game, you better be worried about scoring because chances are you're going to have a tough time stopping them, nobody has," he said. "So I think it depends on the opponent you're playing. We don't look at time of possession, we look at scoring one more point, that's the biggest thing."
Media matters: Quarterback Christian Hackenberg was allowed to talk to the media after Saturday's game, something PSU has rarely allowed with freshmen, and basically never after the opener. "He's mature, well spoken, he's bright, humble, he loves his teammates and he loves Penn State," O'Brien said. Then he went on to add, "Why wait? He's going to talk to you guys eventually anyway, so it's good to get them out there after a win and let them see what that's about."
1973 team to be honored: The 1973 PSU team, with Heisman winner John Cappelletti, will be honored at halftime of Saturday's game. "We can't wait to welcome those guys back," O'Brien said. "It will mean a lot to our fans." He said there's an "open invitation" for that team to come address this year's squad. "That's a great football team," he said. "Any time you go 12-0, that's a fantastic accomplishment. They're up on the stadium wall here, and it will be great to have them back. Hopefully they can come around and watch practice."


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5 Sketchy Facts You Didn't Know About Valentine's Day
Good news! For yet another year, I am prepared to rock Valentine's Day like a hammock in a hurricane. I would share my schemes for the 14th so you can copy them as your own, but you'd have a difficult time even finding a blue garnet, let alone infiltrating the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue release party. But even though only one of us is going to have sex in space this year, that doesn't mean you have to sit home alone cursing the holiday.
Some folks hate Valentine's Day because it reminds them that they're alone, others because they have to make an effort. The solution is for the latter group to outsource their relationships to the lonely folks. But that's a lot of paperwork, so until the spreadsheet is complete, take heart: This entire holiday is a sham.
And I don't mean in the "excuse to sell greeting cards and candy" way. I mean that a historical examination reveals Valentine's Day to be so screwy, it's amazing people even bother falling in love these days. And I think it's all a big conspiracy.
Here's the twisted story of everything Valentine's Day isn't.
#5. It's Based on Pure Legend
Valentine's Day celebrates the idea that true love finds us, and that idea shines in our hearts even amid our modern V-Day celebration of expensive dinners, cheap lingerie, and acrid candy that can only be legally called chocolate in America.
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I'm looking at you, Whitman, you alkaline devils. But I'm not tasting you. I can't be hurt like that again.
That idea is based on the story of St. Valentine of Rome, a priest who married couples against the emperor's orders, because married men couldn't be drafted. That was at odds with Emperor Claudius Gothicus' plans to build an army of unfeeling terminators. That's right, there was a brief time when love was against the law and the ultimate crime was to follow your heart. Valentine put it all on the line to win, even winning the heart of his jailer's daughter ...
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The third century was very 1980s in that love was a battlefield.
... and was executed. But victory was his, for true love never dies!
The reality is that Valentine appears to have been executed for much more traditional "pagan vs. Christian" theological debate reasons after neither he nor the emperor could convert the other. The ban on Roman soldiers getting hitched never actually occurred, and for good reason: Marriage benefited both Rome and the Legion. It'd cause less uproar to change the rules to draft married men than to ban them.
However, if you want to hate Claudius, there's his much more real, much more damnable statement that his army "had captured so many women that each victorious soldier could take two or three women each."
Ronan.guilloux via Wikipedia
War: Making monsters of everyone since 200,000 B.C.
Well, great. Only one entry in and we're already looking at this month's most callous fiend on Cracked unless E. Reid Ross writes an Albert Fish retrospective.
#4. Nobody Knows Which Valentine the Holiday Honors
Legend or no, St. Valentine of Hallmark shares billing with two other Sts. Valentine today, neither of whom had anything to do with love (and, thankfully, nothing to do with pillage).
Our Valentine may actually be the same guy as one of them: Valentine of Terni, a bishop who (probably?) died at the same time in (definitely) the same place. The records are muddled, and we know next to nothing about either martyr. The Roman Empire was a mess at that time, and an outlaw religion necessarily had to avoid keeping records. But that was 1,700 years ago, when Rome was still a corrupt bureaucracy in the thrall of a few vicious thugs looking to shift public ire to outsiders.
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Italy is home to one of the world's oldest cultures, and maybe one day will stop living in it.
There are 14 Saints Valentin or Valentine (plus one Valentinian who doesn't count because I said so), three of whom died on February 14. That means 2 out of 14 Valentines are celebrated on 2/14, which has a 21.4 percent mortality rate for Valentines. Now, I don't know much about math, but I know a lot about conspiracy theory ramblings, where visually similar numbers indicate a clear plot by the Jewish reptoid freemasons who run the Vatican. If your name is Valentino, or Val, or even just Hart, I recommend you stay inside that day.
I mean, you were probably going to anyway, just to avoid everyone's terrible jokes, but don't answer the door if any Romans or lions ring the bell.
Jean-Léon Gérôme via Wikipedia
That was a joke. Never turn down a lion fight. What do you want, to live long enough to die of renal failure with no exciting stories?
Whether or not these two are the same person, neither one died to see love thrive, and they're sharing real estate with a third Valentine, who's the patron saint of nothing except dying unknown.
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And the Duke of Milan had JUST pardoned him, poor, unlucky bastard.
So far, February 14 has as much in common with romance as my left hand, which is to say: all the feeling, none of the meaning, and with a serving of depression. Although both the holiday and my hand are connected to three dead foreigners who can no longer be identified. Interesting? Highly. Seductive? Only if you're E. Reid Ross.
#3. The Romance Angle Is Relatively New
You know who agrees with me that so far this has been a thoroughly unsexy holiday comprised of aught but state-sanctioned crimes against humanity? A millennium of Western civilization. For roughly 1,000 years after the martyrdom of St. Valentine, this was just another holy remembrance day -- probably a day to reflect on all the things we've done wrong and maybe eat some cheese, which is the only hobby Europe had in those days besides war and playing the hurdy-gurdy.
It's only in the second half of the 14th century (see? CONSPIRACY!) that the print record finally shows shades of seduction. In the medieval Adam Sandler movies that are the works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Valentine's Day had become the romantic subplot. In "Parlement of Foules," he lays a pretty sexy scene: naked love goddesses, birds peacocking their way to sex-victory, and Nature herself "pricking [them] to sweet pain." That's a whole lot of fetishes compressed into a single phrase, but Chaucer was a poet.
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You don't want to read his erotic couplets about red-hot pokers.
So yeah, St. Valentine's Day has been a romantic holiday (possibly thanks to Chaucer) since the 14th century, but that's only about half as long as it was a time for personal reflection. And even after the switch, you know that England probably spent another 300 years baking sexy desserts like a sheep stomach wrapped around boiled fish heads.
The other half of the poem is about a Roman general pondering his own immortality before he commits genocide. Eroticism!


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I was walking along the street when I saw two moons looking at me. The fattest builder was showing every one his bum crack. To which I shouted out say no to crack!
by Harpo July 20, 2004
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Can you define these popular missing words?
An inch long crevice found on the derriere, that has escaped the modest covering from trousers.
"Cor, look at her bumcrack, the dirty slapper! You could park a car in that!"
by BumcrackTheDog November 02, 2004
Completely pointless person, thing or action. Something that offers no value for its existence.
Your goatee is a bumcrack.
That bumcrack professor barely teaches us anything in class.
That bumcrack professor barely teaches us anything in class.
by Food fiends December 05, 2010