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On September 16, 2013, City Council held the first of three public hearings for the final review of the Mill Valley 2040 "MV2040" General Plan, which includes the MV2040 General Plan, 2009-2014 Housing Element and associated Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the project.
At the September 16 meeting, City Council conducted a public hearing on the Final EIR and reviewed the MV2040 introduction and Land Use Element. City Council will continue its final review and conduct public hearings for the MV2040 General Plan, including the Housing Element on September 30th (7:00pm) and October 7th (7:30pm). Meetings are held in City Council Chambers at Mill Valley City Hall (26 Corte Madera Avenue, Mill Valley).
At the conclusion of the public hearing on October 7, 2013 City Council will consider the adoption of three resolutions as part of the formal adoption and approval process for the General Plan. See below for supporting documentation and details.
City Council Packet for MV2040 Item (September 16 and 30, 2013)
Staff Report
1. Planning Commission Resolution and Recommendations (Exhibit A)
2.Final Environmental Impact Report (Response to Comments on the DEIR and Errata) ;Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program; (Go to www.cityofmillvalley.org/generalplan to download the Draft Environmental Impact Report)
3. Natural Environment/Climate Action Element Maps
4. Additional Explanatory Demographics Language (Councilmember Lion)
5:Updated 9/13 3pm: Mill Valley Population and Housing Growth Trends (Councilmember Lion); Summary Comments on Housing Element- Attachment 5 GEL Info; Demographic Shift: Attachment 5 Demographic Shift
6: August 15, 2013 HCD Letter
7: Public and Agency Comment Letters since August 26, 2013
8: City Council Resolution No. 13-43, Certifying the Environmental Impact Report for the Mill Valley 2040 General Plan and 2009-2014 Housing Element; adopting a Statement of Overriding Considerations and adopting a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP).
9: City Council Resolution No. 13-44, Adopting the Mill Valley MV2040 General Plan.
10: City Council Resolution No. 13-45, Adopting the 2009-2014 Mill Valley Housing Element.
Draft Documents (MV2040 General Plan, Housing Element and Environmental Impact Report): Initial drafts of the MV2040 General Plan and 2009-2014 Housing Element were made available for public comment in April 2013, prior to three public meetings held by the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC). The revised Draft MV2040 General Plan and Housing Element that is before City Council incorporates GPAC comments and comments from the State's Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) as part of the formal review process for the Housing Element. These draft documents have been available for public comment since July 10, 2013. The recommendations of the Planning Commission are contained in Attachment 1 above.
To download the Draft MV2040 General Plan, 2009-2014 Housing Element and Environmental Impact Report go to www.cityofmillvalley.org/GeneralPlan. (See attachment 1 above for Planning Commission recommended changes to these documents). Paper copies of all of the documents can also be reviewed at Mill Valley City Hall (26 Corte Madera Avenue, Mill Valley, CA) and the Mill Valley Public Library Reference Desk (375 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, CA) during normal business hours. (Note: Mill Valley City Hall is closed every other Friday and from 12-1pm every day).
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Seeing and Savoring the Supremacy of Jesus Christ Above All Things
Atlanta, Georgia
When Paul looked his own funeral in the face, he said, "My eager expectation and hope that now as always Christ might be magnified in my body whether by life or by death. I want my Lord Jesus to be magnified in my body at my funeral."
And in Chapter 10, verse 31 of 1 Corinthians, he said, "Whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." I want God to look great and glorious by the way I eat and drink.
1 Corinthians 6:19, he said, "You're not your own, you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your bodies which are Gods." So he wanted all of these 45,000 bodies to make Christ look glorious, to look magnificent.
Jesus said in Chapter 5, verse 16 of Matthew, "Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good deeds and give glory to your father who is in heaven." He wanted us to lead lives that would make God look glorious.
God said in Isaiah 43:7, "Bring my sons from afar, my daughters from the ends of the earth. Everyone whom I created for my glory."
And in Colossians 1:16, Paul said, "All things were created through and for Jesus Christ," whether invisible or visible, thrones, dominions, powers, authorities. All things were made through him and for him. He's the head of all things. First born from the dead, that in him he might be in everything preeminent.
So it's clear, seems to me from those verses that God intends, Jesus intends for your life to bring him glory. He means for you to do everything you do, if you eat or drink, all that you feel, all that you think, all that you act to make him look great. I think it's fair to say from that and dozens of other verses in the Bible that all human beings are created to put God's infinite value on display. That's why you exist.
The Main Point
Now, I want that to happen in your life for all the decades that God may give you. And to that end I have one point to make and I'll state it and then I will unpack it or clarify it in four steps.
So here's the main point of this message. Seeing and savoring the supremacy of Jesus Christ frees you from the slavery of sin for the sacrifices of love. That's number one way of saying it.
Here's a second way to say it. Being satisfied with all that God is for you in Jesus frees you from the bondage of sin for the suffering of love.
Here's a third way to say it. Faith in Jesus Christ frees you from the slavery of sin for the sacrifices of love.
The Invisible Becomes Visible
Now, pointing out that you can say it those three ways assumes that seeing and savoring Jesus, being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus, and trusting Jesus are equivalent realities. Seeing and savoring, being satisfied, and believing are the same thing in the Bible.
Now, I'm going to come back, I'll come back in a moment and give you Bible verses to support that. But first let me try to state why that main point fulfills the purpose of your living for the glory of God.
When you see and savor, savor the supremacy of Jesus, when you are satisfied with all that God is for you in Jesus, and when you trust Jesus you clearly, in your soul, are making much of Jesus, treasuring Jesus. But that's invisible, nobody can see your soul except God. And God sees it and he loves it.
God loves it when you in your soul are seeing him, savoring him, being satisfied in him, trusting him, nobody else can see that. And God did not come into the world in Jesus, or create the world in order to be glorified invisibly. Therefore, the main point doesn't just say seeing and savoring the supremacy of Jesus, being satisfied in all that God is for us in Jesus, believing in Jesus.
It says, what that does when that happens, you outwardly are set free from the slavery of sins which people can start to see. And you are set free for the sacrifices of love which people can see. So the root of your salvation glorifies God privately, and the fruit of your salvation glorifies God publicly. And if that statement is true, that main point is true, you then fulfill your reason for existing. That's where we're going.
Four Steps
So back to fact that I gave it three statements and said that they're equivalent, seeing and savoring Jesus, being satisfied in all that God is for us in Jesus, and trusting Jesus are equivalent realities. So what I'm going to do is try to unpack the main point in four steps. Step one, what is seeing and savoring, being satisfied and trusting? Step two, what is the supremacy of Christ? Step three, what is freedom from slavery to sin? And step four, what is freedom for the sacrifices of love and how do those last two flow from the first two? That's the outline of where we're going.
What is Seeing and Savoring?
So step number one, why are seeing and savoring, being satisfied and trusting equivalent realities? [Louie] said two shocking things Monday night. He said, for example, "Before you trusted Christ you weren't un-churched, you were dead. You didn't need to be churched, you needed to be raised from the dead," he said that, and I agree.
Here's the second shocking thing that he said. He said, "Some of you made a decision for Jesus when you were little. Signed a card and walked an aisle." And then he said, "And the enemy is still on track with you to kill and to destroy and your funeral is still in motion." And I agree with that. That many sign cards, walk aisles, and make decisions who are not converted, they're not born again, they're saved, they're not Christian. They're not having, saving faith.
So the question is, what then is saving faith? There's no doubt in this room still after all this truth laden conference people still resisting, still haven't yielded, haven't waved the white flag of surrender to King Jesus. There are still many. So you need to hear, what is it, this thing called saving faith that you're supposed to have in order to be saved, sins forgiven, eternal life. What is it?
And I have now said that there are three things that are equivalent, seeing and savoring the supremacy of Jesus, being satisfied in all that God is for you in Jesus, and trusting Jesus. Which means, I believe the meaning of trust is that. Saving faith is being satisfied in all that God is for you in Jesus. Saving faith is seeing and savoring the supremacy of Jesus. That's what it is. Now, why do I think that? I'll give you three verses.
Number one, John 6:35 goes like this, Jesus said, "I am the bread of life. He who believes in me shall never hunger. And he who comes to me shall never thirst." Now, notice the parallel. Believing, you never thirst, coming, you'll never hunger.
Those parallel statements are meant to interpret each other. Coming is a geographical metaphor. My soul doesn't cross any ground is a metaphor. My soul comes, it comes, there's the fountain, there's the bread. I'm coming, I'm drinking. Why? There is my satisfaction, there's my treasure, there's my all. I'm coming to you for that.
And then the second one down here is, or here is, believing. I'm believing that. So I take Jesus to mean believing and coming are the same. The bread and the water are both images of Jesus. And a good definition of faith on the basis of John 6:35 would be, believing in Jesus is a soul coming to Jesus to be satisfied in all that he is. That's my definition of faith on basis of John 6:35. This is not a decision. When you are satisfied having drunk water, that satisfaction is a gift.
Second text, John 1:12, "He came to his own and his own did not receive him. But, to as many as received him, who believed in his name, he gave the power to become the children of God."
Now, what's with the comma, what's this second phrase doing in relation to the first phrase? To as many as received him, who believed in his name, he gave the power to become the children of God. It's mutually interpreting, receiving Jesus and believing in Jesus are the same, which tells me a lot about what believing is.
What does it mean to receive him? It means you see what he is, you want it, and you take it. It means you receive him for all that he is. He's your treasure, he's your Lord, he's your savior, he's your friend, he's you God. You receive, you take it, you embrace, you say, "Yes, yes, yes, that is what I need." That's believing.
So now we've got two verses that point to the fact that seeing and savoring Jesus and being satisfied in all that God is for us in Jesus are what faith is. Here's one more. Hebrews 11:6, "Whoever comes to God, without faith it is impossible to please God, and whoever comes to God must believe," and this is two things, "that he is, and that he's the rewarder of those who seek him."
So think about that second one. The only way to please God is by faith, believing. And then he unpacks what he means by believing. You move toward God, you come toward God. And you come towards one that in your heart you're saying, "He is, he is, you exist."
And the heart is also saying another thing. The believing heart is saying, "You're my reward. You are the rewarder of my life. You're the treasure of my life." You don't come to God to give. It's blasphemy for me to come to God to give. He doesn't need you at all. He's the giver. The giver gets the glory. Don't rob him, stay needy. So faith is a very childlike, dependent, needy, hungry, thirsty, desperate, bankrupt response to glory.
So now I'm finished with defending the equivalency of those three statements in my main point. Seeing and savoring the supremacy in Jesus, being satisfied in all that God is for us in Jesus, and trusting Jesus are equivalent realities.
Now, that is striking and threatening. It means that coming to faith in Jesus requires a resurrection from the dead. Because you don't, by nature, see and savor him. You don't by nature feel a profound satisfaction in all that God is for you, and you don't by nature trust him which means do those two things. You're dead. And in order to come to him then, and I believe you need to raised from the dead.
Seeing Christ as glorious, and valuable, and precious. Savoring him above all things and being satisfied with him is a gift. Blind people don't decide to see. Jesus says, "See," and they see. Sickened people don't decide to savor. What is sickening them? Bored people don't decide to be satisfied with what is boring them, which is why some of you are not yet saved. You can't make yourself saved.
Freedom, Pelagius, and Augustine
This is very threatening to people, even Christian, because of what it seems to say about freedom. A lot of talk about freedom in this conference and I'm going to talk a lot about it. What is it? I mean, did you just wreck it? I thought I had free will. I thought I could just decide whether to be the devil's or God's. Be a sinner or be a saint.
Did you just wreck that? Yes, I wrecked that. That's wrecked. Conversion, conversion, faith, being saved, new birth, it's a gift of seeing. You don't see him as beautiful, that's why you love him. It's a gift of savoring. You taste, and it's just not pleasing so you go watch TV. You don't have yet the gift of being satisfied.
So then, what becomes of freedom? A little lesson in historical theology. St. Augustine, born 354 A.D. was the most influential Christian probably in the history of the world after the Apostle Paul. Even more than Calvin, Luther, all the Popes, he was more. Then, over here, his arch opponent was Pelagius, a bishop of British decent who was living in Rome. And Augustine was a North African who lived in what is to Algeria in Hippo. And these two were diametrically opposed to each other on the issue of freedom and the issue of human bondage to sin.
Pelagius denied the doctrine of original sin, that is, he said, "We are not so dead and so blind, and in such bondage to corruption and sin that we can't, on our own, decide to be good or to be believing."
Augustine said, and I'm totally with Augustine, and I think it's biblical and I'll point to a verse in a minute. Augustine said, "No, no, no. We, every since Adam and Eve, are dead." That is, we are so corrupt in our hearts, so bent towards sin, so in love with ourselves and our worldly pleasures, we cannot believe." It is morally impossible for one who is in love with the darkness to walk into the light. What is needed is a resurrection, an awakening.
So picture it like this. What is freedom for Pelagius and Augustine? For Pelagius freedom is, I don't know what this word is, the thing that goes tick tock in a metro dome, whatever that is, that little stick up there. This is sin, and this is the devil, and this is unbelief over here. And this is God, and this is righteousness, and faith over here.
For Pelagius freedom is being poised right here, and containing in yourself the ultimate capacity to determine, I could go this way, or I could go this way. That is freedom. And that's what a lot of you think freedom is. That's not what the Bible thinks freedom is. In fact, such a thing doesn't exist today in the universe, anywhere, not even in heaven.
Well, what is it then? What is freedom if it's not being poised sweetly, and delicately between good and evil, evil out of yourself to produce goodness or godliness. What is it then?
Since we are all dead, we are locked down over here when we're born. That's the doctrine of original sin. We inherited our guilt and our corruption from Adam. And we are bent coming out of the womb, you don't have to be taught to be bad. So here we are locked down, hating, good, loving ourselves, exulting our pride. And we need to be set free. We need an awaking. We need a resurrection.
And God, the holy spirit, causes us to be born again. What is that? That means, opening your eyes to see this as supremely valuable. And when you see that as supremely valuable you don't go here.
God doesn't raise people from the dead in the new birth to go poised, neutral, I will now whether I will be godly or whether I will satanic. Whether I'm believing or be unbelieving. That's not what the new birth is. The new birth says, "There." Now, you are Gods and you are believing. Your eyes are open and you now see him so valuable that you are enslaved to him.
Let me read a verses. This is Romans 6:17. "Thanks be to God." Now notice who's getting the thank you. That's very important. It's not thank you to me. Thanks be to God that you who once were slaves of sin, that's where we start. You don't start here, you start here. Once you were slaves of sin, thanks be to God that, though you were slaves of sin, you have become obedient from the heart. Having been set free from sin and having become slaves of righteousness. There are only two kinds of people in the world biblically, slaves of sin and saves of righteousness.
So what is freedom? Freedom is being so in love with Christ that you do exactly what you want to do and it accords with his will. Freedom is doing what you want to do and not regretting it in a 1000 years.
Freedom is seeing and savoring the supremacy of Christ so intensely that you are his totally, that's freedom. The more satisfied you are in Jesus, the more free you are. The more you see him, the more free you are. The more you savor him, the more free you are. The more you trust him, the more free you are.
Freedom is not suspension between good and evil. Containing within sovereign self the wherewithal to be this or to be this, that is not freedom and nobody lives there. Freedom is to be so mastered by God that we become rational suddenly. We become free to know him, love him, delight in him, be satisfied in him, that's freedom. There is a struggle.
I love this. Augustine said, "The struggle between choices, the struggle of choice, good or evil, is a necessary, temporary evil until the day dawn when discernment and delight become one."
That's the reason I wanted the second coming yesterday. Dying would do the same thing. And that's God's business, both of them. But what will happen when you die if you're a Christian is no longer will you have to ever struggle. Do you realize there will no struggle in heaven to obey? Nobody in heaven will be poised here, or here, or here, here, we will be all the way slaves of righteousness and the freest people in the universe because we will be doing exactly what we love to do and it will happen to be God's will. This is freedom.
All of that, step one, to unpack my point. So let me state the point again. Seeing and savoring the supremacy of Jesus Christ frees you from the slavery to sin and for the sacrifices of love. Or, being satisfied with all that God is for you in Jesus frees you from bondage to sin for the suffering of love. Or trusting Jesus frees you from the bondage of sin and for the sacrifices of love. All we've done so far is talk about why these first three are equivalent and what they are, and what saving faith is and what it implies for freedom.
What is the Supremacy of Christ?
And now we shift. Step number two, they do get shorter. Step number two is the supremacy of Jesus Christ, all that God is for us in Jesus, Jesus Christ. Even though seeing and savoring and being satisfied by and trusting the supremacy of Jesus is a gift, it's a miraculous work in my soul, in the taste buds of my soul, nevertheless, when my eyes open I see something out there.
So what I want to do in the next few minutes is put as many brush strokes on the canvas of the supremacy of Christ as I can. I want you to, if God would be pleased, and so holy spirit would you come now and grant that across this room you would grant eyes to see what I'm going to objectively portray.
The supremacy of his deity equal with God the father in all of his attributes, the radiance of his glory, the exact imprint of his nature, infinite, boundless in all of his excellencies. The supremacy of his eternality make the mind of men explode with the unsearchable thought Jesus Christ never had a beginning, but simply always was sheer absolute reality while the universe itself is fragile and contingent, a shadow in comparison to the all defining ever never changing constancy and existence of Jesus.
The supremacy of his knowledge that makes the Library of Congress look like a matchbox, and in all the information of the internet look like a 1940's farmer's almanac, and quantum physics looks like a first grade reader. And everything Stephen Hawking ever dreamed is as nothing in comparison to the knowledge of Jesus Christ.
The supremacy of his wisdom, which has never been perplexed by any complication. It's never been counseled by the wisest o people. Every time he's ever said cut the baby in half, no baby has ever died.
The supremacy of his authority over heaven and earth and hell, without his permission no man, no demon can move one inch. He changes times and season. He puts up kings and he takes down kings. He does according to his will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth, and none can [inaudible 31:36] or say to them, "Why are you doing that?"
The supremacy of providence, without him not a single bird falls to the ground anywhere in the world including the deepest darkest jungles of the Amazon forest. Not a single hair of any head anywhere in the world turns black or white, but by his design.
The supremacy of his word that upholds the universe, holds in being the molecules and the atoms and all the subatomic world that we've never yet dreamed about discovering.
The supremacy of his power to walk on water, and cleanse Leprosy, and heal the lame, and open the eyes of the blind, and cause the deaf to hear, and the storms to seize, and the dead to rise with a single word or sometimes a single thought.
The supremacy of his purity, Jesus Christ has never, never will sin. Not one millisecond of a bad attitude, or an evil, or a lustful thought did Jesus ever have.
The supremacy of his trustworthiness, never breaks his word. Not one promise falls to the ground.
The supremacy of is justice. He will render in due time all moral accounts settled either on the cross or in hell. Nothing will be unsettled.
The supremacy of his patience to endure my dullness, your dullness, decade after decade, and hold back his final judgment on this land, every land, so that many can repent.
The supremacy of his sovereign servant obedience. He kept the Father's commandments perfectly, and then he embraced the excruciating pain of the cross willingly.
The supremacy of his meekness, lowliness, tenderness, he won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a smoldering wick.
The supremacy of his wrath, one day, his wrath will explode on this planet with such fierceness that people will cry out for rocks and mountains to fall on them and crush them lest they have to see the wrath of the lamb.
The supremacy of his grace gives life to the spiritually dead. He wakens faith in hell-bound haters of God. He justifies the ungodly with his own righteousness.
The supremacy of his love, he willingly dies for you and me, sinners, while we were against him, that we might have ever increasing joy making much of him for ever.
The supremacy of his inexhaustible gladness in the fellowship of the trinity. Infinite power, this gladness that has always existed, it's amazing to me to think that at the heart and origin of the universe, and I believe this, this is not a metaphor. At the heart and the origin of the universe is the gladness of God, the trinity.
A gladness that between the Father and the son and the holy spirit is so explosively, infinitely powerful, it had to be shared. And so it explodes a universe into existence with a little tiny planet where humans live so that all the other existence of the galaxies would bear witness to what their creator is like for those humans who live here. His gladness is an extraordinary and supreme gladness.
If God would grant you eyes to see those supremacies of Jesus, you would have seen the outskirts of his supremacy. We could mention his in severity, his invisibility, his dignity, his simplicity, his complexity, his resoluteness, his calmness, his depth, his courage, on all of them, infinitely, admirable, and worthy of praise.
He is supreme in every admirable way over everything, over all the galaxies and all the endless reaches of space. Supreme over the earth from the top of Mt. Everest, 20,000 feet, 29,000 feet up to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean 30,000 feet down in Mariana Trench.
He's supreme over all the plants and animals, from the peaceful whale to the microscopic killer viruses. He's supreme over all the weather movements, hurricanes, tornadoes, monsoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, avalanches, floods, snows, rain, sleet.
He's supreme over all the chemical processes that heal, destroy cancer, AIDS, malaria, flu. All the workings of antibiotics and 1000 healing medicine, he's supreme over that.
He's supreme over all the countries, and all the governments, and all the armies. He's supreme over Al-Qaeda, and terrorists, and kidnappings, and suicide bombings and beheading. He's supreme over Kim Jong-un and Bashar al-Assad, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. And he's supreme over Barack Obama. He's supreme over nuclear threats and chemical threats to and from the US. And all the rogue regimes in the world.
He's supreme over politics and elections, and Iowa caucuses. He's supreme over media, and news, and entertainment and sports, and leisure and education, and universities. Scholarships, science research, business finance industry, manufacturing, transportation, internet, information systems. And Abraham Kiper said, "There's not a square inch on planet earth where Jesus Christ doesn't say, mine."
And he rules that little inch everywhere in the universe. Oh, that God almighty would grant you to see and savor the supremacy of Jesus. That he would grant you to be satisfied with all that God is for you in Jesus. That he would grant you simply to trust Jesus.
What is Freedom from the Slavery of Sin?
Now, that's the end of step two. We have two more steps to take in five minutes, we can do this. Step number three is seeing and savoring the supremacy of Jesus Christ frees from sin. II Corinthians Chapter 3, verse 18, "Beholding the glory of the Lord, we are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to the next."
Do you see what that says? That's a Bible verse, not a Piper verse. Beholding, seeing, savoring the glory of the Lord, Lord, supreme, glorious, seeing that you changed. All my life is devoted to just seeing. If I could just see.
That verse says, "If I could just see with the eyes of my heart, I would be changed." One of the ways it works is this, little hearts, little souls give little lust big power. Big hearts give little lust little power because they look little.
When you see the magnitude of your treasure, your soul swells to get around it and you mark pornography as a powerless thrill. That's the way it works. You don't, you don't just fight with saying, "Say no, say no, say no." That doesn't work. You got to see. Your heart has to get bigger and bigger and bigger so that this little temptation looks like the stupid suicidal insane little monster it is.
Freed to Love
So that's step number three, that if you see and savor the supremacy of Jesus Christ, you will be progressively freed from the bondages and the slavery of sin. There's one last step to take. And you will be freed to the sacrifices of love.
Hebrews Chapter 10 verse 34, the church had been persecuted, some of the Christians had been thrown into jail. The question was, "Will we now risk our lives to visit our brothers and sisters in jail?" Okay. This is really relevant to the hand outside, where you're going shortly. It's really relevant for freeing others by being freed yourself. Okay.
That's the connection here. So what is that frees you to take risks with your lives, embrace suffering, embrace sacrifices for the sake of others. And I'll read you the verse, make a comment, and we'll be done. "You had compassion on those in prison," make your application, "you had compassion on those in prison and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property."
Where did that come from? I want to be like that, and you want to be like that. I want to be kind of person who when I say I'm going to the prison even if it implicates me in their faith so that I experience the same thing they're experiencing, I'm going anyway. And when your house trashed behind you, you sing, "Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also. The body they may kill, God's truth abideth still." His kingdom is forever. I'm going to the prison and I'm singing all the way.
So, now, where did that come from? Where did that come from? And the last phrase of the verse tells you exactly where it came from. "Since you yourselves knew you had a better possession and an abiding one."
How did you get to be like that? You looked up to Jesus. You looked at your inheritance. You looked at heaven. You looked at an eternity of everlasting and ever increasing joy and you said, "That's enough. I don't need it now. I've got it there. I'm going here now." That's how sacrifices are freed by being satisfied in Jesus.
So I close. Louie, years ago, 15 years ago began Passion [268], Isaiah 26:8, "Your name and your renown are the desire of our souls." And he contacted me, and I read that verse, and we talked. And I said, "You don't have to twist my arm to be a part of that." Your name, your supreme name, your renown, your supreme renown is the desire, not decision. It takes a miracle for a desire to be born for a supernatural reality that you can't see.
So I close with this benediction. May God almighty make the supremacy of the name of Jesus, and the supremacy of the renown of Jesus be your sight, be your savor. Be your satisfaction. Be your desire. And be your trust.

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This unit did not meet expectations
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I bought this unit 16 months ago and it has been nothing but junk. Our first issue was every time we turn the unit and tv on after about ten seconds it switches back from HDMI 1 to D.in. Then you have to use the remote to switch back to HDMI 1. Not a big deal but annoying. We contacted "tech support" and they recommended we create a return form and ship the unit back. ( I cannot list the cost out of pocket due to this sites policies ). They returned the unit and said they could not find anything wrong with it. We still have to switch back to HDMI 1 every time the unit is powered on. Now the subwoofer has stopped syncing and does not work. We have tried the reset ID procedure several times with no luck. Samsung makes some nice products, this is not one of them.
Great Sound
By ohno024
from Deadwood, SD, USA
I enjoy this sound bar and sub. It adds depth and dynamic sound that is not quite there in just TV speakers. Makes movie watching much better. Only drawback is the location of the optical plug in, it is to close to the body of the sound bar which makes it difficult to plug in and makes the location of the cord go in the wrong direction to contain it.
Non working sound bar purchased for poor sound quality Samsung TV
By JC112
from MO
Does not come with proper cords for setup for premium sound, have to purchase yourself. SUB is not getting any power and wont come on. I am an avid Samsung Customer, all phones and TVs are Samsung, very disappointed with product quality lately, I only purchased sound bar for poor sound quality on my TV.
Great Sound Bar for a Computer Monitor
By LuvBoyToys
from Orlando Florida
I purchased the sound bar to add quality sound to my new 30" Samsung HD Computer Monitor.
Very Nice
By tlopez112
from Florida, USA
Very nice and easy to hook up. Perfect for my Man Cave
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30 January 2013
Two outstanding specialists in their respective fields – AA DriveTech and the British Red Cross - have teamed up to provide both essential driving and life learning skills that qualify for the mandatory Driver Certificate of Professional Competence [Driver CPC] training required by truck, bus and coach drivers.
This is a unique and unrivalled collaboration for developing one of the most valuable of all life skills. Both organisations can provide national coverage, which enables customers to buy with confidence from the leading brands in driver safety and first aid.
Jason Vallint, of AA DriveTech, said: "To be able to offer first aid skills through one of the very best recognised global brands fits very well into our Driver CPC course offering, as we continue to develop a comprehensive course portfolio. This course is particularly applicable to passenger carrying vehicle operations operating both at home and abroad.
"AA DriveTech's aim is to eliminate road death and serious injury by managing the risk out of road operations, the British Red Cross is keen to support us during the UN Decade of Road Safety Action initiative and was very receptive to our approach.
They are often lone workers and tend to be the first on scene in road incidents where they could potentially provide emergency assistance to other road users. But they may not have the basic knowledge, confidence and capability to administer simple life-saving interventions.
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The seven hour long, workshop-based course can accommodate up to ten people and can be delivered at client premises throughout the UK. Weekend delivery is also possible and open courses may be made available at a later stage, subject to demand.
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A Florida judge has tossed out a strange motion from a man who claimed he wanted to marry his "porn-filled computer."
Chris Sevier was attempting to intervene in a same-sex marriage case "on behalf of other minority sexual orientation groups," the Broward-Palm Beach New Times reported.
If gay people "have the right to marry their object of sexual desire, even if they lack corresponding sexual parts," he argued, "then I should have the right to marry my preferred sexual object."
According to the motion, Sevier claims he became addicted to pornography after buying his Apple computer and "fell in love" with the machine.
He even claims he "preferred having sex with it over all other persons or things."
Judge Robert Hinkle threw out the motion late last month, according to the New Times, saying it has "no place in this lawsuit."
Sevier was banned from practicing law in Tennessee in 2011 due to "mental infirmity or illness," according to Gawker.


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LA CASA DI LIVIA @San Giovanni area
Size70 m²
Floor No.3(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Elevator in building
- Balcony/terrace
- Towels
- Internet/WiFi
- Baby cot
Accommodation summary
|Via genzano, 00179 Rome, Italy
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|Calendar updated
|2 weeks ago
The apartment, of about 70 sq meters, accommodates 4 people in 2 bedrooms. The first one has queen size bed and small balcony. The second bedroom has twin beds which can become a double. A living room with a large dining table flows on a well equipped kitchenette. Bathroom has bathtub with shower.
The house is very close to the metro and well served by bus as well. At Termini railway station, that you can reach by metro in about 10 minutes, you find buses to Ciampino airport and trains/buses to Fiumicino airport.
By metro you can easily reach S.Giovanni and the main points of interest of the city, as Piazza di Spagna, Fontana di Trevi, Piazza Navona, Piazza del Popolo, San Pietro, Musei Vaticani, Colosseo and Fori imperiali.
By walking, along the Via Appia Nuova, one of the shopping streets in Rome, strolling nicely among the many shops and restaurants, you can reach the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano and if you like to keep going, the Colosseum. Valley of the Caffarella, which is part of the archeological park of the Appian way, is at 500 mt walking.
The Appio Latino (San Giovanni) is a historic residential district quite lively, where you can experience the typical Roman everyday life, with people who live and work there. The area is full of shops of all types, banks, tavernas, restaurants, pizzerias, fast food, supermarkets (at least 4 near the house). A typical street market stands not far from the house, with its colorful stalls selling fruit, vegetables, meat and fish (all fresh) every morning.
The whole apartment will be at your disposal. You will find bed linen, towels, products for personal hygiene. In the kitchen, in addition to the equipment for preparing meals, coffee and tea are always available. Free wifi throughout the house. Up to 2 people, you will have the master bedroom (queen-size bed), the lounge with two sofas and the living room, as well as in the pictures. For more than two people, in the lounge will be prepared the second bedroom (single or double). For more than two people, in the lounge will be prepared the second bedroom (single or double). For different needs, please contact the manager.
House rules
In the house there are no special rules, except the essential respect for the environment where you stay and the peace of the neighbors. Smoking is not allowed in the house, but on the balcony there is a small smoking area.
The price does not include the cost below to be paid in cash on site:
- security deposit (100 euros, refundable at the end of your stay)
- city tax in Rome (3.5 euros per night per person)
- revenue stamp on the final invoice (2 euros)
- arrivals after 8:00pm or departures before 8:00am (25 euros)
(Tourist license n. QA / 2015 / 3 1 5 1 4 of 16/12/2015)
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|510 €
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
|2037 €
|Price for > 2 guests
|11 € per guest/night extra
|Maximum nights
|3 months
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Reviews of this property
We had a very pleasant stay in this quite tastefully furnished and commodious apartment. Marcello is a truly generous host and willing to help you anyway he can.
We booked the appartment of Marcello for 4 days and we really enjoyed our stay there!! Although we arrived very late and left the appartment very early in the morning, Marcello and his wife were very kind and welcomed us warmly in the appartment. The appartment is really really nice, we had two rooms (one with a double bed and one with 2 single beds) which were really comfortable! The only thing we would criticize is that the double bed squeaked very much and everytime one of us moved in the bed, we got awake. The rest of the apartment was super comfortable and also the kitchen was well equipped with everything you need! We went to a grocery store near to the appartment and bought everything for breakfast. There was also some basic food and beverage available when we arrived in the appartment (milk, coffee, tea, water, kakao, bred, marmelade).
All in all, we can very much recommend the appartment and we would defenetly book it again! Thanks to Marcello and his wife for making our stay in Rome unforgettable! :)
We had a very pleasant stay in casa di Livia!! The appartment is very clean and has everything you need. 2 Large bedrooms complete kitchen en bathroom.
A nice place to come "home" to. Marcello is very kind and we recommend this appartment highly. Thanks for a wonderful stay in beautiful Rome. Arrividerci ❤
Maarten from holland.
We had a very pleasant welcome by Marcello and Monique. Marcello arranged the cab for transport from the airport to the appartment. The appartment has enough room for our family of four. It is clean and very complete. The Metro station is less then 5 minutes walk and you are in the centre of old Rome within 30 minutes.
Marcello also gave advice on the things to visit in Rome. He said to taste the Tiramisu from Pompi. It was the best Tiramisu we ever had.
If I go to Rome again I will surely book this appartment.
We had a very pleasant stay in 'La casa di Livia' and would go there again any time! The apartment is exactly like in the pictures: carefully decorated and very clean. The beds are really (!!) comfortable and since we are a family of 4, Marcello arranged the beds in the 'lounge' as a double bed. There were some basic supplies when we arrived, so we didn't have to go to a supermarket right away.
The supermarket is nearby, as is the metro and bus station - perfect for exploring the city!
Marcello and Monica were very friendly and helpful and the contact was really nice. We will surely recommend 'La casa di Livia' to our friends!
Thank you very much, Marcello and Monica
This flat is a holiday accommodation of high quality with many lovingly created details. A specific feature is the gigantic street plan of Rome in form of a whiteboard. A great advantage is the proximity to the metro station.
Marcello and Monica are always available and attentive to their guests, in an effort to guarantee a pleasant stay.
We had a great time in the house of Livia!!
The host was already at the appartment when we arrive, so that was really nice! We loved the appartment! The appartment was very complete. There was already some drink and food, so we didn't have to go immediately to a supermarket. The next day we saw that everything like shops en supermarkets was really close at this appartment. To see the city we go bij metro wich also is very near the appartment. IT WAS GREAT!! It feld like home!!
Thank you so much!!
We had really great time at La casa di Livia. Marcello and Monica are really nice and good host. The appartement is really beautiful, we are provided with complete daily nesecity, the location is great! Very near Metro and supermarkets. When we someday go again to Rome I will definitly stay again at La casa di Livia. I really recommend this place. Thank you Marcello and Monica!! :-)
Bel appartement spacieux propre et bien équipé, a proximité du métro et donc des principaux sites touristiques de Rome. Idéal pour une famille. Marcello est très disponible et de très bon conseil, et de nombreuses brochures sont a disposition sur Rome et ses environs.
Super ausgestattete Wohnung in bestens angebundener Lage (U Bahn nur 3 Gehminunten) ins Zentrum. Sogar alles fürs erste Frühstück schon drin! Bäcker und Obsthändler gegenüber, Supermarkt ganz nah. Marcello ist sehr hilfsbereit und um das Wohl seiner Gäste sehr bemüht. Wir waren mit dem Auto da und er hat uns beim Finden einer Garage und den Preisverhandlungen geholfen- das war echt wichtig!
alles in allem sehr zu empfehlen.
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May 10, 2010--North Central College's Jazz Studies Program will present its spring "Great Evening of Jazz" on Wednesday, May 19. The concert features all 12 of the College's jazz performing ensembles and begins at 7:30 p.m. in Wentz Concert Hall at the Fine Arts Center, 171 E. Chicago, Naperville.
Tickets are $5/adults and $3/students and senior citizens; contact the North Central College Box Office at 630-637-SHOW (7469) or visit http://northcentralcollege.edu/show.
Featured in the concert will be Jazz Combos and Chamber Jazz Ensembles led by John McLean, Mitch Paliga, Jack Mouse, Doug Scharf and Frank Caruso; the Vocal Jazz Ensemble, directed by Janice Borla; the NCC Big Band and the Jazz Trombone Group, both under the direction of T.S. Galloway; the Jazz Saxophone Quartet, under the direction of Mitch Paliga; and the NCC Jazz Guitar Ensemble, led by John McLean.
The ensembles will perform compositions and arrangements by such jazz luminaries as Dizzy Gillespie, Wayne Shorter, Thelonious Monk, Bobby McFerrin, Janice Borla and others.


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Students who will be a junior or senior next year and who would like to take dual credit courses are encouraged to attend the meeting.
Coastal Bend College representatives will explain the dual credit program, what is expected once enrolled in CBC, timelines, and many other college topics.
For information, call Debbie Henning, GHS Counselor at 361-645-3257 ext. 103.


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This is long overdue, so here goes:
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The new key is available from keyservers, e.g. pgp.mit.edu or others.
In other news: Yes, I've not been blogging much recently, will try to do updates more often. In the mean time, you can also refer to my Twitter account for random stuff or the new sigrok Twitter account for sigrok-related posts.
Yes, it's that time of the year again. A disk in my desktop-replacement laptop with 2 disks and a RAID-1 has died. Time for recovery.
This laptop has been running 24/7 for the last 3 years or such, so it's not too surprising that a disk dies. Surprisingly though, for the first time in a long series of dead disks, smartctl -a does indeed show errors for this disk. Here's a short snippet of those:
$ smartctl -a /dev/sda [...] Error 1341 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 17614 hours (733 days + 22 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 41 02 1f c0 9c 40 Error: UNC at LBA = 0x009cc01f = 10272799 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 60 f8 08 20 c0 9c 40 00 41d+01:51:50.974 READ FPDMA QUEUED 60 08 00 18 c0 9c 40 00 41d+01:51:50.972 READ FPDMA QUEUED ef 10 02 00 00 00 a0 00 41d+01:51:50.972 SET FEATURES [Reserved for Serial ATA] ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 41d+01:51:50.971 IDENTIFY DEVICE ef 03 45 00 00 00 a0 00 41d+01:51:50.971 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode] SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Short offline Completed: read failure 90% 20511 156170102 [...]
The status of the degraded RAID array looks like this:
$ cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid1] md1 : active raid1 sdb7[1] 409845696 blocks [2/1] [_U] md0 : active raid1 sda6[0] sdb6[1] 291776 blocks [2/2] [UU]
The [_U] means that one of two disks has failed, it should normally be [UU]. There are two RAID-1s actually, a small md0 (sda6 + sdb6) for /boot and the main md1 (sda7 + sdb7) which holds the OS and my data. Apparently (at first at least), only sda7 was faulty and got kicked out of the array:
$ dmesg | grep kick md: kicking non-fresh sda7 from array!
Anyway, so I ordered a replacement disk, removed the dead disk (I checked the serial number and brand before, so I don't accidentally remove the wrong one), inserted the new disk and rebooted.
Note: In order for this to work you have to have (previously) installed the bootloader (usually GRUB) onto both disks, otherwise you won't be able to boot from either of them (which you'll want to do if one of them dies, of course). In my case, sda was now dead, so I put sdb into its place (physically, by using the other SATA connector/port) and the new replacement disk would become the new sdb.
After the reboot, the new disk needs to be partitioned like the other RAID disk. This can be done easily by copying the partition layout of the "good" disk (now sda after the reboot) onto the empty disk (sdb):
$ sfdisk -d /dev/sda | sfdisk /dev/sdb
Specifically, the RAID disks/partitions need to have the type/ID "fd" ("Linux raid autodetect"), check if that is the case. Then, you can add the new disk to the RAIDs:
$ mdadm /dev/md0 --add /dev/sdb6 $ mdadm /dev/md1 --add /dev/sdb7
After a few hours the RAID will be re-synced properly and all is good again. You can check the progress via:
$ watch -n 1 cat /proc/mdstat
You should probably not reboot during the resync (though I'm not 100% sure if that would be an issue in practice; please leave a comment if you know).
Also, don't forget to install GRUB on the new disk so you can still boot when the next disk dies:
$ grub-mkdevicemap $ grub-install /dev/sdb
And it might be a good idea to use S.M.A.R.T. to check the new disk, just in case. I did a quick run for the new disk via:
$ smartctl -t short /dev/sdb # Wait a few minutes after this. $ smartctl -a /dev/sdb [...] SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Short offline Completed without error 00% 22 - [...]
Looks good. So far.
Just a quick announce: We released libsigrokdecode 0.1.1 today, a new version of one of the shared libraries part of the open-source sigrok project (for signal acquisition/analysis of various test&measurement gear, like logic analyzers, scopes, multimeters, etc). I will update the Debian package soonish.
As you probably know, in addition to the infrastructure for protocol decoding, this library also ships with a bunch of protocol decoders written in Python. Currently we support 29 different ones (in various states of "completeness", improvements are ongoing).
This release adds support for the following new protocol decoders:
Please check the announce on the sigrok blog and/or the NEWS file for the full list of changes and improvements.
Happy hacking and decoding!
Yup, it's been a while since my last blog post, but I'm not dead yet. Most of my spare time goes into sigrok development these days (open-source signal analysis suite for logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, multimeters, and lots more), but I'll try to revive my blog too. I have various microcontroller/embedded topics and devices I want to talk about in a small blog post series in the nearer future. But more on that later.
Feel free to subscribe to the sigrok-devel mailing list, join us on IRC in #sigrok (Freenode) where most of the discussions take place, or follow our new sigrok blog (RSS) if you're interested in the ongoing sigrok developments. Anyway, for now just a quick announce:
Same as last year, we will be at the Chaos Communication Congress (29c3), this time in Hamburg, Germany. The conference takes place from December 27th to 30th, 2012.
We'll have a sigrok "assembly", likely in area 3b of the conference building, where we'll be hanging around, working on new sigrok features, new hardware drivers, new protocol decoders and various other things. We'll have lots of gear with us for demo and development purposes, including logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, MSOs, multimeters, and lots more.
Bring your own device if you own models we don't yet support or know about. We'll be happy to have a look!
Chat with us, give us your suggestions which features you'd like to see, which devices you want to be supported, which protocol decoders you'd like to have, or even help us write some drivers/decoders!
Hope to see you there!
I'm happy to finally announce an open-source (GNU GPL), cross-platform (Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Windows, ...) logic analyzer software package myself and Bert Vermeulen have been working on for quite a long time now: sigrok (it groks your signals).
I originally started working on an open-source logic analyzer software named "flosslogic" in 2010, because I grew tired of almost all devices having a proprietary and Windows-only software, often with limited features, limited input/output file formats, limited usability, limited protocol decoder support, and so on. Thus, the goal was to write a portable, GPL'd, software that can talk to many different logic analyzers via modules/plugins, supports many input/output formats, and many different protocol decoders.
The advantage being, that every time we add a new driver for another logic analyzer it automatically supports all the input/output formats we already have, you can use all the protocol decoders we already wrote, etc. It also works the other way around: If someone writes a new protocol decoder or file format driver, it can automatically be used with any of the supported logic analyzers out of the box.
Turns out Bert Vermeulen had been working on a similar software for a while too (due to exactly the same reasons, crappy Windows software, etc.) so it was only logical that we joined forces and worked on this together. We kept Bert's name for the software package ("sigrok"), set up a SourceForge project, mailing lists, IRC channel, wiki, etc. and started working.
You can get the lastest sigrok source code from our main git repository:
$ git clone git://sigrok.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/sigrok/sigrok
Here's a short overview of sigrok and its features as of today. The software consists of the following components:
Thanks ASIX for being open and helping with the ASIX Sigma driver, and many thanks to ChronoVu for being open as well and providing information about the ChronoVu LA8 protocol! Thanks to Håvard Espeland, Martin Stensgård, and Carl Henrik Lunde (who contributed the ASIX Sigma driver), Sven Peter and "Haxx Enterprises"/bushing (for contributing the ZEROPLUS Logic Cube LAP-C driver, ported from their zerominus tool). Also, thanks to Daniel Ribeiro and Renato Caldas who worked on the Link Instruments MSO-19 driver (still work in progress).
Finally, libsigrok also contains the individual input/output file format drivers. Currently supported are: sigrok session (the default format, which contains all metadata), bits, hex, ASCII, binary, gnuplot, the OpenBench Logic Sniffer format, the ChronoVu LA8 format, Value Change Dump (VCD) viewable in gtkwave, and Comma-separated values (CSV).
The list of currently supported protocol decoders includes:
dcf77 DCF77 time protocol lpc Low-Pin-Count mx25lxx05d Macronix MX25Lxx05D jtag_stm32 Joint Test Action Group / ST STM32 i2s Integrated Interchip Sound spi Serial Peripheral Interface edid Extended display identification data pan1321 Panasonic PAN1321 mlx90614 Melexis MLX90614 jtag Joint Test Action Group rtc8564 Epson RTC-8564 JE/NB transitioncounter Pin transition counter usb Universal Serial Bus i2cdemux I2C demultiplexer i2c Inter-Integrated Circuit i2cfilter I2C filter mxc6225xu MEMSIC MXC6225XU uart Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
Many more decoders are on our TODO list, and we especially welcome contributed protocol decoders, of course! We intentionally chose Python as implementation language for the decoders, to make them as easy to write (and understand) as possible, even if that means that performance suffers a bit. Have a look at the SPI decoder for example, to get a feeling for the implementation.
Protocol decoders can be stacked on top of each other, e.g. you can run the i2c decoder and pipe its output into the rtc8564 (Epson RTC-8564 JE/NB) decoder for further processing of the RTC-specific, higher-level protocol. We also plan to support more complex stacking and combining of decoders in various ways in the nearer future.
Example: Data acquisition with 1MHz samplerate into a file.
$ sigrok-cli -d chronovu-la8:samplerate=1mhz --time 1ms -o test.sr
Example: Protocol decoding (JTAG).
$ sigrok-cli -i test.sr -a jtag:tdi=5:tms=2:tck=3:tdo=7 [...] jtag: "New state: EXIT1-IR" jtag: "IR TDI: 11111110, 8 bits" jtag: "IR TDO: 11110001, 8 bits" jtag: "New state: UPDATE-IR" jtag: "New state: RUN-TEST/IDLE" [...]
This is intended to be a cross-platform GUI (runs fine and looks "native" on Linux, Windows, Mac OS X) supporting data acquisition and protocol decoding.
NOTE: The Qt GUI is not yet usable! We're working on getting it out of alpha-stage for the next release.
NOTE: The GTK+ GUI is not yet fully usable (but it's more usable than sigrok-qt)! Consider it alpha-stage software for now.
We're happy to hear about other (maybe special-purpose) frontends you may want to write using libsigrok/libsigrokdecode as helper libs!
Some logic analyzer devices require firmware to be uploaded before they can be used. As always, firmware is a bit of a pain, but here's what we currently do: For non-free firmware we provide instructions how to extract it from the vendor software or from USB dumps, if possible. For distributable firmware we have a git repo where you can get it (thanks ASIX for allowing us to distribute the ASIX Sigma/Sigma2 firmware files!).
$ git clone git://sigrok.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/sigrok/sigrok-firmwares
Finally, for all Cypress FX2 based logic analyzers we have an open-source (GNU GPL) firmware named fx2lafw, started by myself, but most work (and finishing the firmware) was then done by Joel Holdsworth, thanks! The support list includes Saleae Logic, CWAV USBee SX, CWAV USBee AX, Robomotic Minilogic/BugLogic3, Braintechnology USB-LPS, and many others. Get the code from the fw2lafw git repository:
$ git clone git://sigrok.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/sigrok/fx2lafw
We collect various captured logic analyzer signals / protocol dumps in the sigrok-dumps git repository:
$ git clone git://sigrok.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/sigrok/sigrok-dumps
They can be useful for testing the sigrok command-line application, the sigrok GUIs, or the protocol decoders.
We're happy to include further contributed example data in our repository, please send us .sr files of any interesting data/protocol you may come across (even if sigrok doesn't yet have a protocol decoder for that protocol). See the Example dumps wiki page for details.
I'm currently working on updated Debian packages for sigrok (will be apt-get install sigrok to get everything), and we're happy about further packaging efforts for other distros. We have preliminary Windows installer files (using NSIS), but the Windows code needs some more fixes and portability improvements before it's really usable. On Mac OS X you can use fink/Macports to install as usual, fancier .app installer files are being worked on.
Apart from support for more logic analyzers, input/output formats, and protocol decoders, we have a number of other plans for the next few releases. This includes support for analog data, i.e. support for (USB) oscilloscopes, multimeters, spectrum analyzers, and such stuff. This will also require additional GUI support (which could take a while). Also, we want to improve/fix the Windows support, and test/port sigrok to other architectures we come across. Performance improvements for the protocol decoding as well as more features there are also planned.
Feel free to contact us on the sigrok-devel mailing list, or in the IRC channel #sigrok on Freenode. There's also an identi.ca group for sigrok. We're always happy about feedback, bug reports, suggestions for improving sigrok, and patches of course!


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Staff Writer | May 20,2013Stefan Hard / Staff Photo
Danish ambassador Peter Taksoe-Jensen addresses a gathering Sunday at Montpelier High School. The ambassador has been on a speaking tour of Vermont with Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt.MONTEPLIER Sen. Bernard Sanders has been introducing Denmarks U.S. Ambassador Peter Teksoe-Jensen around the state for the past few days at a series of town hall meetings designed to provoke a reset in thinking about the words welfare state.
Sure, says Sanders, the Danes pay the highest income taxes in the world, but they are also recognized as some of the happiest people on the globe. Sunday the senator and his guest challenged the packed audience at Montpelier High School to think beyond our national boundaries, and examine how one country has achieved the good life for the vast majority of its residents.
One of the things that we dont talk about as a nation is the degree to which our people are stressed out, said Sanders. The debate needs to take place. What kind of society do we want to live in.
If you listen to the ambassador extoll the virtues of the Danish social welfare state, it sounds almost Utopian. No one is allowed to be poor, said the ambassador,adding that one would actually have to struggle to avoid the safety net built into the Danish system.
There are two sides of the coin, he said. What is the cost of having a welfare state? We are the country in the world that has the highest taxes. We have an income tax of 40 percent but if you are wealthy it is 63 percent. We have a value added tax of 25 percent. We pay $8 at the pump for gas.
So what does that tax system buy the average Dane? According to Teksoe-Jensen, what they get for the tax dollar is a system in which no one goes hungry and there is free health care from cradle to grave. The country pays for assistance so elderly people can remain in their homes. There is no cost for education from kindergarten through university. Mothers can take a year off on paid maternity leave. Everyone enjoys five weeks vacation.
When I go back to Washington tomorrow, the debate is do we do what the House wants and cut $20 billion in food assistance, or do we do what the Senate wants and cuts $4 billion in assistance, Sanders said, adding that instead we should be looking for ways to end hunger once and for all.
Sanders is the one of the nations strongest advocates for progressive values. And the independent senators office fields calls from around the nation. I have lots of respect for the people answering those phones. They are hearing Ive lost my home. I cant feed my kids. My mother cant keep warm and she cant get heating assistance.
Those kinds of calls dont happen in Denmark, he said. And the health system in Denmark is a marvel.
Danes have absolutely free care. Do you know the anxiety that people feel when they are sick? asked Sanders.
We lose 45,000 people every year who dont get to the doctor when they should. What would it mean if the cost of health care was off your shoulders? But despite universal access to free care, Sanders says the actual cost of health care for Denmark is lower than that in the U.S. despite the benefits.
Denmark spends 9.5 percent of their gross domestic product on health care. We pay 17 or 18 percent, Sanders said.
And, he added, the health care in Denmark is as good as we get here. Teksoe-Jensen admitted that he had no concept of the notion of pre-existing conditions.
But while the Danish system seems generous beyond belief, Teksoe-Jensen said that Denmark was having to take a close look at trying to make sure that it had a working population that could pay the taxes so that the next generation could continue to enjoy the same generous benefits.
When asked about pay scales for teachers in his nation, the ambassador said he didnt know the exact amount of money but that it was a middle income job. He added that there had recently been a month-long nationwide teachers strike.
Sanders put in a plug for a progressive and simplified tax system after an audience member asked about a 6 percent flat income tax. The more you make the more you pay, he said. On the other hand what we have is an enormously complicated system. It is not complicated by accident but because powerful special interests can get language put in the tax code.
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Not surprisingly, the conversation eventually turned to a discussion of whether or not Denmark was a socialist welfare state. Teksoe-Jensen was firm in his assertion that Denmark was a capitalist economy, but with a different set of values. I am not arguing against capitalism, he said. We consider ourselves capitalist, but weve added a social dimension to our capitalist system.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Full StoryVermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell plans to join the U.S. Full StoryMONTPELIER Gov. Full Story
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please thats the only one left for me to complete de pokedex, i literally can offer almost anything pm me
please thats the only one left for me to complete de pokedex, i literally can offer almost anything pm me
Two GameStop Jirachis available. One is Lvl 5/Adamant UT & the other is Lvl 10/Naive. Both know Draco Meteor. Looking for a GameStop Keldeo or Movie Keldeo. Please PM me with offers.
Jirachi for trade, Meloetta needed.
White: Wants,
for trade
hi,, wanna ask something, since the hack check thread in gen IV is close, I wanna ask where can I check if my jirachi is hacked or cloned? or is there any method I can use? thx.
simply Pokemon lover
looking for these FS:
steel klang
safari type, fire, braixen, pyroar, ponyta..
loking for shiny ut jirachi.. i can offer shinies
Black FC: 3697 7820 0108
I have a gamestop Jirachi and I am looking for a Celebi
Trade is done.
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hi, I'm looking for legit, UT and unclone jirachi form SMR2010,
offering TRU arceus, celebi, each shiny legendary beast, darkrai, victini or you just ask what you want, see if it's ok,,
and I also have pokerus,,
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looking for these FS:
steel klang
safari type, fire, braixen, pyroar, ponyta..
Hello, interested in a legit Jirachi.
Can offer most legendaries from gen 1-4. PM me if interested.
Hi have an Extra JIRACHI looking for a Keldeo. thanks and good luck!!
I have some UT WISHMKR Jirachis, and some touched ones, not sure natures, but i just had all my years of pokemon games stolen, so had to restart with a soul silver, ruby sapphire, and a black 2 xD. kinda looking for great things xD maybe some shokotan pichus, things that unlock events in black 2, maybe a movie arceus/shiny dogs, and i guess i want the celebi that unlocks the zoroua in white and black. thanks for your time
currently thinking of borrowing a gamestop ds to trade my stuff over, but otherwise if you can trade gen 4 we will have no issues. then trade gen 5 separately xD
I have tons of Wishmaker Jirachis
Collecting UT Shokotan Pichus
After all my over 10 years of pokemon got stolen I have a new team xD
Want to play around with a shiny eevee, not dream world and not hacked, careful nature ideally flawless, but not picky will trade an arm and a leg for it...maybe 2
My Friend Safari is grass : Quiladin and
Am looking for Jirachi, I have a Genosect or Keldeo. Would prefer a trade-back transaction. PM me for details. I'm in the UK so we may need to work a time out
event jirachi up for trade. looking for DW Sableye, DW Nidoran(M), DW Grimer, DW Chansey, DW Torchic.
I have a SMR2010 Jirachi event up for trade.
It has a Bashful nature, with a Alert to Sounds Characteristic, it's still level 5 because I don't really use legends.... if interested, PM me, I'm more flexible than you might think ;D
A Pokemon is only as good as the Trainer who uses it.
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Need: Legit Jirachi
Have:Pokerus, Masterball, any power item, Zorua with Sucker Punch, Gastly, DWF Dratini, DWF Smeargle, Male Dratini with Extreme Speed, some starters, Ditto with almost any nature.
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If you believe in Jesus Christ put this in your profile and don't just ignore this, because in the Bible it says, If you deny me, I will deny you in front of my Father in the gates of Heaven."
^ This is exactly what's wrong with religion. Read it again. Now ask yourself, are they Christian because they are proud or because they are fearful of God? Do Christians do good deeds because they are good or because they fear Hell? But with atheists, you know they do good deeds because they are good people.
Looking for UT Calm, careful, or gentle Jirachi. Pm me with offers.
Would greatly prefer Careful. Have quiet genesect for trade.
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I'm looking for a Jirachi for filling out my pokedex on White 2. Willing to temp swap. Please let me know if you can help.
Looking to do a dex trade for a Jirachi. My FC is 2280 4799 0263 I want to get either a bold or Calm one; but I don't have too much in the way of trade material; A Zoroark and a Samurott are my biggest guys; I need to get back on the competitive scene, and need some help.
need a jirachi, got a few shiny pokemon up for trade. MUST be completely legit, not a clone, hacked or been cloned, LEGIT. PM if interested.
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Hi. Im looking for a LEGIT Jirachi, that is NOT hacked or cloned.
I have a few LEGIT Shiny Pokemon up for trade: Some from random encounters, and others from pokeradar method in platinum.
Raticate Timid Nature Level 50
Sandslash Serious Nature Level 25
Nidoqueen Brave Nature Level 58
Gengar Naughty Nature Level 50
Porygon Z Modest Nature Level 100
Staraptor Brave Nature Level 40
Bibarel Brave Nature Level 19
Dusknoir Docile Nature Level 100
I dont care if jirachi is shiny or not, has the pokerus or not, or what nature it is, ill be happy with any jirachi that isnt hacked or cloned and is totally LEGIT.
Please PM me if interested in trading for Jirachi.
REALLY want a Jirachi, as it is the last event pokemon (besides meloetta, which isnt officially released yet) that i need.
WILLINGLY will trade almost anything for one.
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Im looking for a calm or careful jirachi preferably calm. I cant offer much but pm me if your willing to work something out
I will take any Jirachi at all, for the Pokédex. I have lots of Pokémon- we can discuss via PM who you want if you can do this trade.
Got the trade thank you
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Trying to fill pokedex <3!
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looking for any jarachi perferably ut relaxed or modest nature any level between 1-50
I have an untouched and uncloned WISHMKR Jirachi up for trade. I personally obtained it, so I can attest to its legitimacy 100%. The Jirachi is still in Generation IV, but I am willing to do a cross-generational exchange with any interested parties, provided you have access to both a Generation IV game and a Generation V game. Please PM me for further details.
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Temperatures in Northeast Asia are breaking records, and some are going to extreme measures to beat the heat. Check out these 15 weird ways to stay cool:
Chill out at IKEA (or any other air-conditioned store) -- Some residents of Beijing recently took to a local IKEA store to beat the record-breaking heat wave going on in China right now.
Looks like these guys have just given up, opting for a cool nap in one of IKEA's display beds in Beijing.
But while it may have been a major inconvenience for Chinese adults, we're betting these kids aren't too sad about spending the afternoon in IKEA.
Watermelon babies -- Another weird cooling trend right now. Watermelon is filled with, well, water, so perhaps it's the hydration these kids in China are after?
Try an ice bra on for size -- This interesting invention was created last summer, after the Japanese were encouraged to avoid using air conditioners in response to the shutdown of the country's nuclear reactors following the Fukushima catastrophe.
A pet fan -- Don't forget to keep Fido cool too with high-tech tools like this Endless Breeze pet fan by Fan-Tastic Vent. Choose from three speeds that blow out up to 900 cubic feet of air per minute. All for only $89.95.
A bed fan -- No, not a fan on the dresser near your bed. This fan from Brookstone actually blows cool air up under your sheets and is controlled via wireless remote.
A fan umbrella -- Yes, that's right. An umbrella with a fan built in. The on/off switch is conveniently located at the bottom of the handle.
A freezer fan -- Or go old-school and try this puppy on for size: a freezer fan made by sticking a portable fan in your freezer. (You should probably take out anything you want to STAY frozen first.)
Nosh on some frozen yogurt -- Go the fro-yo route over ice cream. Yogurt has a higher water content than ice cream, so it's better for keeping your body temperature down.
Tape an umbrella to your body -- Twitter user David Kenney wrote, "I think this is the best idea I've ever had," and we agree.
Lick your wrists -- Monkeys lick their wrists when they're hot, and some think it works for humans, too. Of course, you can always just run them under cold water for 10 seconds.
Car pool -- Four men in Germany recently beat the heat in this BMW filled with water. But they also could be ticketed after a motorcycle cop pulled them over, saying the pool car "probably didn't have a road permit."
Wear some refrigerator pants -- The "hottest" (pun intended) fashion trend in South Korea right now are refrigerator pants, which are made from wrinkle-free polyester fabrics and come in a variety of wild patterns.
Lay in some ice -- If all else fails, do as this smart bulldog and just throw down some ice, lay down and enjoy.
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I want one too.
I'll ignore the blatant typo ("choocing"? doesn't anyone proofread before they send this stuff out en masse to untold numbers of email subscribers?). I'll also ignore the fact that the artist's rendering doesn't really look like an owl – maybe more like a feathered werewolf-Ruiz.
Speaking of feathers, here is how it is described in the email I received earlier today:
Ruiz, who has become a staple in the Phillies lineup, and one of the most popular players over the years, will look like an owl and will "Chooch" at the push of a button. The "Chooching Owl" will feature the face of Carlos Ruiz on an owl, complete with feathers, and the number 51 on its back. Normally, owls "Hoot", but perhaps the best part of the giveaway is the fact that the "Chooching Owl" will say the word "Chooch" – Ruiz's familiar nickname.
It's goofy. It's quirky. It's kind of strange-looking. I must have it!
Note that this giveaway is not until August 2, and here they are, over 4 months in advance, already enticing us to buy tickets.
The Reading Phillies (or as they like to refer to themselves, the R-Phils) tempted me like this last year, with the Ryan Howard Garden Gnome. You may recall that my gnome-quest turned into a bit of a fiasco (for me, not the R-Phils).
[If you don't feel like clicking on the link to read about that particular experience, suffice it to say that my family left gnomeless that night.]
Will the Chooching Owl be this year's version of the Ryan Howard Garden Gnome? Check back in August, and I'll let you know how we fared.
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A chooching owl. Now that's a new one for me. But then I'm still mystified by bobbleheads. My only collectible is a lone baseball signed by Mickey Mantle.
I love the idea.
Reminds me of the Carl Crawford last season attached to a parachute. Nothing you would expect from CC, but worth the price of admission seeing one come down from the 300 level during a Sunday game….classic.
I wonder if his head will seem to go 360 degrees like an owl's?
If it does, isn't that a bit creepy?
Can't wait to see what the promo team thinks of next…possibly a fan club called the Phillies Regiment with each member getting a red beret with a glorious Phillies style "P" on it….
Salute the Championship banners soldier!
Rays Renegade
This is hysterical. I would do everything in my power to get one. Past memories of failed obtenation garden gnomes (which also sounds hysterical) be damned.
Yeah, that's a sad, sad lookin' owl, but I would DEFINITELY get me one!
I love the really random giveaways, and the minor league teams seem to have some of the best. A Chooching owl definitely fits my so bad it's actually awesome category of giveaways.
Yeah, gnome woes abounded last season. The Angels gnomes – also a hot ticket item and they didn't even try to make those gnomes look like a particular player – did not arrive from Indonesia or wherever in time for the giveaway so people had to get their gnomes mail order. Then there weren't enough to go around and so on. Lots of trouble those gnomes.
I remember your Gnome fiasco last year. Let's hope you have better luck this time with your chooching owl. That should be hilarious. A nice conversation piece.
That is so silly, I have to get one! But why couldn't they make the chooch pillow? I may have to make my own :O)
What an awesome give-away. This is what makes the Minors the best. I'll be seeing a couple of R-Phils games in May, but they will be at Portland. Should be some good baseball.
'Minoring In Baseball'


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It's a long road from eastern New Mexico to Santa Fe, and it's a tough process once a citizen gets to the New Mexico Legislature.
A quartet of local legislators have tried, to noted success, to make the process a two-way street of communication by simply asking, "Tell us what you think."
The newspaper advertisement, a tradition of local Republican legislators started by Rep. Anna Crook of Clovis, goes back more than a decade. The ad, paid for by Crook, Rep. Dennis Roch of Texico and Sens. Clint Harden of Clovis and Stuart Ingle of Portales. It asks about various topics and encourages constituents to contact the legislators either by email or mailing back the completed form with comments.
"We have money that is set aside that we can send out a letter, addressing some of the same things," Crook said. "It's a few thousand dollars. People get these letters and they go straight to the trash."
Instead, Crook said, the legislators leave that money aside — $1,000 for House members, $850 for Senate members, according to the New Mexico Legislative Council — and instead pay for their own constituent contact in various media outlets covering their representation areas.
This year's form asks about:
• A constitutional amendment to reinstate the death penalty.
• Using permanent funds to pay for early childhood education.
• Requiring voters to present a photo identification.
• Require police to check immigration status on people arrested for a crime.
• Issuance or driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
• Regulations on the dairy industry.
• A bill requiring children to read at a third-grade level before moving to the fourth grade.
Previous versions have had different levels of detail. Roch said last year's survey was much larger, because it was exploring numerous avenues of budget-cutting.
"A lot of times, the legislative process is not very friendly to the average citizen," said Roch, who has served since 2009. "Rather than require citizens to learn the ins and outs of the legislative process in Santa Fe, we let them weigh-in on items we're pretty confident will come in front of us.
"We're always impressed with the number of people who send in input. It really does help to know what folks think."
Usually, there aren't a lot of close opinions on the questions, Crook said. One of the most one-sided opinions she has seen is the issuance of driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. She says about 95 percent want to end the process.
Roch said one issue he's seeing a close vote on is the aspect of regulations and how they impact businesses.
"I think there's a sense we want industry to succeed, but we don't want to do it at the expense of our drinking water or the scenery we can see," Roch said. "People love renewable energy, but they don't necessarily want power lines in their backyard from wind farms. They like having the dairy industry helping the economy, but they don't necessarily want runoff going into their wells."
Harden, in his 10th year in the Legislature, admitted that it's tough to weigh how much constituents that do contact him against the constituents that don't. But he noted the most engaged people are usually more likely to get the government they want.
"I think it's really representative of the constituents that are engaged in the process, more than just pulling the lever and voting," Harden said, noting that he gets the most comments about the death penalty and domestic partnerships. "It requires some effort to do. I think the people that are responding … are people that are genuinely involved in their responsibility as electorates."
But, Roch said, the survey has to be one voice, and not necessarily the final say. Most issues he faces in Santa Fe are usually long preceded by lower-level meetings, constituent phone calls and even people pulling him aside as he's walking in a parade.
"It's not the only conversation I've had on the topic," Roch said. "Formal survey responses are part of the input, but the conversation goes on all year long."


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Texas retired school personnel have not received a permanent cost-of-living increase in their annuities since 2001. At the meeting the offices of Rep. Tim Kleinschmidt's and Sen. Judith Zaffirini were contacted to urge support for HB 1383. This bill, authored by Rep. Jim Keffer, would raise the state contribution to the TRS pension fund. Additional discussions at the meeting concerned the need for a new slate of officers for the unit and the Spring Leadership Meeting in Hallettsville on April 24.
At the meeting's conclusion, refreshments were enjoyed and Kaye Osburn was the recipient of the door prize. The next KCRTA meeting will be April 17 with Group 7 as hosts. Membership in KCRTA is open to all retired school personnel, not just teachers.