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Do You Qualify for FICA Relief?
The Jobs Bill could benefit your company if you hire.The 2010 Jobs Bill passed by Congress in March offers two tax breaks that can be particularly helpful to siding contractors. The first exempts employers from paying the 6.2% Social Security tax (FICA) on wages of newly hired employees who were out of work for at least 60 days prior to being hired. While the employee will still have to pay his share of the tax, employers are exempt until the end of 2010. If the new employee is retained for at least a year, employers will also get an additional $1,000 tax credit on their 2011 taxes. Click here for the full story.
New Lead Paint Regulations May Affect Your Business
The new rules went into effect in April.The Environmental Protection Agency's Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) rule took effect April 22, 2010. In short, the rule mandates that any company working in a home or child-occupied facility built before 1978 must be registered with EPA as a renovation firm. In addition, at least one employee from that company must receive eight hours of training from an EPA-accredited provider and then pass the test for Certified Renovator. The Certified Renovator is responsible for on-site job supervision, training other employees, and overseeing work practices and cleanup. With some exceptions, the rules apply to interior work that disturbs 6 ft2 or more of lead-painted surfaces and 20 ft2 or more of exterior surfaces. Consequences for not complying with the RRP can include penalties of up to $37,500 per violation, per day.
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) have complained about a lack of trainers, a slow certification process, inaccurate test kits, little public awareness, and a general lack of preparedness on the part of the EPA. Industry and EPA estimates of the number of contractors already trained vary widely. To date, EPA says it has certified 190 training providers who have conducted more than 4,900 courses. An estimated 125,000 people in the construction and remodeling industries have been trained in lead-safe work practices. You can locate local EPA-accredited RRP training providers at the EPA website. For CertainTeed's perspective on the issue, read Matt Gibson's (Manager, Contractor Programs, CertainTeed Siding Products Group) blog on the issue here.
New WeatherBoards Siding and Soffit
New styles offer more design options and improved functionality.The number of options in creating eye-catching exterior designs using fiber cement siding continues to grow, thanks to the introduction of CertainTeed WeatherBoards™ Individual Shakes. The Individual Shakes round out an existing portfolio of fiber cement siding products that feature the beauty of cedar shakes without the drawbacks of wood. The new shakes open up multiple options for creating the rugged, dimensional appearance of cedar shakes without the upkeep that is required by wood siding.
The shakes can be installed with a straight or staggered edge and can be used in whole house applications or accent areas. For enhanced design flexibility, WeatherBoards Individual Shakes are available in kits that include 6-1/4", 8-1/4" and 12" widths. The shakes are primed with FiberTect® sealant, which ensures better moisture resistance because it penetrates into the siding and forms a "double bond" between the board, FiberTect, and the paint creating a longer lasting, better looking finish.
FiberTect finish is also available on our new perforated ventilated and our existing slotted ventilated soffit. Available in Cedar and Smooth finishes, the perforated/slotted soffit improves air flow while affording the low maintenance and durability of fiber cement. Both ventilated soffits are available in 16 colors with CertainTeed's ColorMax® Finishing System and in six premium stains.
If We Build It, They Will Come
Contractors are meeting with CertainTeed installation experts to brush up on old skills and learn new ones.
CertainTeed has hit the road with two new hands-on training programs designed to help expand your skills, capabilities, and profit potential. The Build-It Tour™ is a specially equipped trailer that brings training directly to installers, architects, and others through local CertainTeed distributors. It's a great hands-on opportunity to expand your knowledge of CertainTeed product features and benefits; brush up on installation techniques; network with CertainTeed personnel, your local distributor, and other contractors; and earn more money by learning to install value-added products. Matt Gibson, manager of the Siding Products Group's Contractor Programs, reports that this year, the Build-It Tour will conduct more than 100 training programs.
The Fiber Cement "Knowledge on Board" mobile training tour teaches proper fiber cement siding installation to contractors. At each event, Chris Hendrickson, National Installation Manager for the CertainTeed Fiber Cement Division, demonstrates proper fiber cement siding installation and fields questions from building professionals. Hendrickson covers several topics, including building codes; proper techniques for nailing, back flashing, and caulking; and the use of house wraps. Through the use of hands-on demonstrations, the workshops stress the advantages of fiber cement siding and the importance of proper installation. With this knowledge, contractors can avoid potential installation problems and maximize the effectiveness of fiber cement siding products.
Contractors interested in these half-day programs should contact their local distributor or CertainTeed territory manager.
CertainTeed Again Wins ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year
EPA honors CertainTeed for second straight year.
CertainTeed Corporation and its sister Saint-Gobain companies in North America have been selected as a 2010 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year for Energy Management by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This prestigious award recognizes all of Saint-Gobain's North American businesses, including CertainTeed, for their accomplishments and leadership in reducing greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency.
In 2009, Saint-Gobain reduced carbon dioxide emissions released to the atmosphere more than 70,000 tons, a savings equivalent to the amount of energy required to manufacture wallboard to cover nearly 45,000 homes or insulate 100,000 homes.
"CertainTeed is committed to preserving our environment through sustainable manufacturing and developing products that will improve energy efficiency," says Peter Dachowski, president and CEO of CertainTeed Corporation. "We are pleased with our employees' dedication to energy management which has made this year's ENERGY STAR Partner of Year award possible."
ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year award winners include Fortune 500 companies and small businesses, all dedicated to reaching annual goals to shrink energy use. Introduced by the EPA in 1992, ENERGY STAR works with more than 17,000 organizations to improve the energy efficiency of products, homes, and businesses.
News from the VSI
VSI reality check on claims by James Hardie and Certified Installer recertification are featured in the VSI newsletterIn its recent fact sheet, Reality Check: Vinyl Siding vs. James Hardie Fiber Cement Siding, the Vinyl Siding Institute (VSI) sets the record straight regarding false claims that James Hardie Building Products has promulgated about vinyl siding for years. In addition to providing evidence of vinyl siding's excellent environmental performance, safety, wide range of colors, and excellent color retention, VSI also presents documentation associated with installing James Hardie silica-based fiber cement. Download the fact sheet.
Recertify Online
Certified Installers can now recertify for VSI's Certified Installer program online as well as by mail, at the reduced price of $99 ($33 per year). The online option is available to Certified Installers who are required to recertify in 2010. Before their current three-year certification expires, installers will receive a notification letter, after which they can log on to the VSI website, update their information, and take the recertification test online. Results are immediate and installers will be mailed an updated certificate and ID badge within two weeks.
EverNew® Full-Line Catalog
EverNew Deck and Railing Systems available for download or order.In case you missed it, the 2010 EverNew® Deck and Railing full-line catalog is a wealth of information and images. The 46-page, full-color brochure features the Deck Collection; the Vinyl, Composite, and Aluminum Railing Collections; and Porch Posts, Wraps, and Columns. In addition to color photographs, available styles and colors, and suggested uses, EverNew Deck and Railing Systems (Code No. 40-70-428) includes a comprehensive matrix for easy access to available product sizes, colors, and styles.
Restoration Millwork® PVC Exterior Trimboards and Sheets Receive ICC Evaluation Services Certification
Weather and termite resistance, surface-burning characteristics, and structural wind loads evaluated.
Restoration Millwork® PVC Exterior Trim now meets ICC Evaluation Services, Inc. (ICC-ES) code requirements as designated in report number ESR-2922. The report confirms that Restoration Millwork is code compliant and meets strict criteria for exterior trim used in residential and light commercial construction. ICC-ES is a nonprofit, public-benefit corporation that is responsible for evaluating and ensuring building products meet code requirements, including compliance with the International Building Code® and International Residential Code®. The properties of Restoration Millwork trimboards and sheets evaluated by ICC-ES include weather and termite resistance, surface-burning characteristics, and structural wind loads.
New Booklet for Trim Adhesives and CementCheck out the new booklet about the cellular PVC adhesives and cements for Restoration Millwork® exterior trim. The 8-page folder provides all the information you need to know about Bond & Fill® structural adhesive and filler, TrimTight™ cellular PVC cement and TrimStick™ nail hole filler. Download the booklet here and then see your CertainTeed distributor.
Installing Cedar Impressions in Canadian Markets
by Bob Werner
Required furring strips make installation unique
Recently, the Canadian Construction Materials Centre (CCMC) issued a report certifying that Cedar Impressions Polymer Siding complies with the Canadian National Building Code 2005. However, the report stipulates that the siding panels must be installed on furring over sheathing membrane and flashed at appropriate locations.
Drainage Channels
In Canada, Cedar Impressions panels must be installed so that there is drainage space behind the panel. This space will allow moisture to escape from the panels while preventing water intrusions from the exterior. To comply with the Canadian National Building Code, create drainage channels by adding battens to the substrate. Nail or screw 1" x 4" battens, 8" on center into a nailable substrate.
The Canadian code also states that "the system requires flashing at appropriate locations in order to drain water to the outside." This important step can mean the difference between a durable installation and repeated call backs.
Key to proper flashing is overlapping the flashing material so that water drains over the flashing. For example, when flashing a window, the flashing should be long enough to direct water over the nail flanges of the last course of complete siding panels. Flash the bottom of the window first, and then overlap the bottom flashing with the vertical flashing on both sides of the window. The top flashing should then extend slightly beyond the width of the vertical flashing.
The Winner Is...
Richard Auffant of Homecraft Exteriors Plus, Center Moriches, NY, displays a plaque he was awarded for being selected one of the top 15 most loyal remodelers in CertainTeed's Building Solutions Remodeler Program. Richard has been an active participant in the program since 1999, and as his truck reveals, he's also a certified 5-Star Siding Contractor, participating in that program since its inception in 2007
Richard is also this issue's winner of a 32" Viera HDTV for his tip on an innovative use of Restoration Millwork Cellular PVC Trim.
Richard writes, "Where two windows (one on the right side and one on the back of house) are too close to the corner to use a cornerpost and window lineals, try using Restoration Millwork trim to combine both windows and the corner into one full unit. If done properly, it puts your workmanship in a class of its own!"
Thanks Richard, and in our book, you're an all-round winner!


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Not enough evidence for charges as Gerry hits campaign trail
There is "insufficient evidence" to pursue a prosecution against Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams in relation to the 1972 murder of Jean McConville, according to reports last night.
The BBC said it understood that no charges would be brought against Mr Adams unless significant new evidence comes to light.
Meanwhile Mr Adams claimed his arrest was a sham, as he attended his first Sinn Fein event since his arrest by detectives investigating the abduction and murder of the Belfast mother-of-10.
Around 700 people – including a South African contingent – cheered and chanted his name last night as Mr Adams entered the Devenish Complex in west Belfast flanked by the North's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and Sinn Fein vice-president Mary Lou McDonald.
Sinn Fein supporters were strong in their support for their president at the European election rally.
Mr Adams gave four South African ladies a Nelson Mandela salute to more cheers before taking to the platform. He dismissed his four days of questioning at Antrim Serious Crime Suite by detectives investigating the abduction and murder of Jean McConville as a "sham".
"The sham I was put through in terms of the failure of the PSNI to present any evidential link between me and that awful event is not the way forward," he told the crowd.
"Be sure of this, while we support the PSNI and will not be diverted from that path and building peace, you can see the work we have to do to bring together civic policing that supports every man, woman and child."
Mr Adams also said that he supports Jean McConville's daughter, Helen McKendry, in her plan to pursue a civil action against him through the courts.
"Our resolve is to work with all of the families in the times ahead, but also to be very sensitive that the McConville family is suffering," he said.
"We have said it very clearly, we want an independent, international process, not facilitated by the British or the Irish but an international agency.
"When we talked with Haass we supported those proposals, Unionists didn't, the British didn't.
"That includes the right of families to seek legal redress, so we support the McConville family's bid."
Last night, Helen McKendry's husband Seamus downplayed the comment.
"What else would he say really, it's what diplomats do," he commented in response.
Earlier, former IRA leader Bobby Storey defiantly told the crowd that the stronger Sinn Fein gets, the more it will be attacked.
"Those opposed to the peace process tried and failed once again," he said. "They feel completely threatened by the surge in republican support across the island.
"The stronger we get the harder they will try.
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Tuits are very hard to come by, especially the round ones. For years people have been saying, "I'll do it as soon as I get a round tuit". Well now you can have one of your very own, and all those jobs that have needed doing will finally get done!
Monday, December 10, 2012
A Round Tuit 131
Tuits are very hard to come by, especially the round ones. For years people have been saying, "I'll do it as soon as I get a round tuit". Well now you can have one of your very own, and all those jobs that have needed doing will finally get done!
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Building on the popularity in sound and design of Sangean WR-1, Sangean give you the WR-2. This fully featured digital table top system has an acoustically tuned wooden cabinet and features 10 radio presets, automatic setting digital clock and dual alarm systems this is a feature packed system that fits as well in your bedroom as it does your den.
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While many cities, counties and other agencies from coast to coast pursue policies of scaling back operations at airports they control–or in some cases even eliminating them entirely–Clark County, Nev., is flying a reciprocal course. Comprising the state's southern tip, Clark includes the state's two largest cities, Las Vegas and Henderson. The area's economy is perhaps the most tourism- and convention-dependent in the nation.
In line with the arrival by air of a large number of those visitors, the county's department of aviation anticipates issuing up to $400 million in revenue bonds to improve and expand the system of general aviation airports surrounding Las Vegas. Much of that spending authority will be focused on the two airports, Henderson Executive (HND) and North Las Vegas (VGT), that serve as major relievers to McCarran International. In the slightly longer term, Clark County is preparing to acquire land for a proposed international airport about 30 miles southwest of Las Vegas near the Nevada- California border. Preliminary plans call for that facility to open in 2017.
The Clark County airport system also includes general aviation fields at Overton, northeast of Las Vegas; Searchlight, 44 miles southeast; and Jean, 22 miles southwest of The Strip. The facility at Henderson, which recently surpassed Reno as Nevada's second largest city, is slated to be the primary reliever for corporate aircraft operations, while North Las Vegas continues to cater to the owner-flown, flight-school and tour-operator segments.
Henderson Executive Airport
HND, explained its manager, Tom Donaldson, is in the process
of being "virtually reconstructed." Donaldson said that at Henderson, site of this year's NBAA aircraft static display, "everything will be new in two years." A more than $30 million investment to construct a terminal building, control tower, new and larger tiedown ramp and car parking lot will make HND the "corporate aircraft airport of choice" for the Las Vegas area, according to its manager. The 18-month project began in late summer.
The 24,000-sq-ft two-story terminal will contain administrative offices and customer service facilities on its first floor. Amenities for corporate flight crews will include a pilot lounge, showers, snooze rooms and flight planning facilities, in short "everything the corporate pilot would want," noted Donaldson. The upper level will offer leased office and conference space plus "a very nice restaurant that will have an outside terrace" offering a view of the glittering Las Vegas skyline 14 miles to the north. The project will also provide on-site rental car facilities.
HND's 6,500- by 100-foot Runway 17R-35L is the longest runway in the Clark County airport system excluding runways at McCarran. The parallel Runway 17L-35R (5,000 by 75 feet) entered service in November, replacing the single, 5,000- by 60-foot Runway 18-36 that had served HND since the early 1970s.
"The mission of this airport is to relieve McCarran International of both the smaller general aviation and larger corporate traffic," noted Donaldson, who has prepared to host approximately 80 aircraft on the NBAA static display line. At 2,492 feet msl, HND lies 2,500 feet beneath the floor of Las Vegas Class B airspace, which simplifies arrival from the west, south or east.
The airport was established by the Alpers family, which obtained its site in the late 1960s and operated it as Las Vegas-Henderson Sky Harbor Airport until Clark County bought it in March 1996.
Under that name the airport had two hangars occupied by air-tour operators. Alpers, whom Donaldson describes as a "salvage expert," moved the present control tower cab to Henderson from Nellis AFB but did not put it into operation before selling the field. Clark County subsequently activated the structure as an FAA contract tower. The county's first move was to install a pair of 20,000-gallon above-ground tanks for jet-A and 100LL fuel, replacing underground storage facilities that had the potential to cause environmental problems, Donaldson said.
Henderson Executive logged 73,000 flight operations in 2003, compared with 75,000 the year before. "We're up about 26 percent so far this year over 2003," Donaldson noted, based on the more than 51,000 movements recorded in the first seven months of this year.
Increased flight activity is also reflected in fuel sales, with 204,700 gallons of 100LL avgas dispensed in the fiscal year that ended in July, versus 150,400 gallons dispensed just three years earlier. Jet-A volume soared in the same period, up 251 percent "despite our doing no advertising for the airport, because we don't yet have a lot of space to rent."
HND pumped 158,400 gallons of jet fuel, up from 63,000 gallons three years ago, evidence of a greatly increased level of turbine aircraft activity. Most of that activity was from transient traffic, since fewer than 10 of the 140 aircraft currently based at HND are turbine-powered.
Cooperative Building Program
That will change when up to 110 more airplanes, many of them kerosene consumers, arrive upon completion of an innovative cooperative program begun in August to construct 95 new hangars varying in size from 1,600 sq ft to 6,000 sq ft. The first are slated for occupancy in April.
Doug McNeeley, manager for the Clark County general aviation airports, said the program is unique to North Las Vegas and Henderson Executive. He explains, "It's a true public-private partnership between airport management and users that has gotten more than 200 hangars constructed to date. For a long time we had been wishing we could lease people land and they could build their own hangars."
McNeeley credits previous VGT airport manager Duane Busch with spearheading the cooperative hangar building program, recalling, "He got people who were interested in acquiring hangars together and organized a committee of them with airport management's help. He provided them with space to meet and administrative support with things like design review, permits and environmental issues."
The result is a system whereby the county leases land for periods of between five and 32 years, with renewal options, on which leaseholders build hangars. The structures revert to the airport after the lease periods expire if leaseholders choose not to exercise the renewal option. At HND, Clark County has funded the project's initial infrastructure portion, for a roadway, taxiway and underground utilities. The hangar tenants' committee is raising the estimated $7 million to $8 million balance for infrastructure completion.
Clark County is the FBO at HND and VGT, providing all fuel and aircraft parking services. At Henderson there is currently no maintenance and repair facility. "However," Donaldson says, "We're in negotiation to bring one in." The airport hosts King Airlines, a Grand Canyon tour operator flying Cessna 402s, along with two flight schools: Sheble's Tri-State Aviation and DSA Desert Southwest Airlines.
North Las Vegas Airport
Compared with the leisurely pace of Henderson, on the other side of town North Las Vegas is a beehive of activities ranging from air tour and essential air service providers to flight schools, aeromedical, air freight and government operations. Last year, VGT recorded 227,312 flight operations, making it one of the 100 busiest airports in the nation. Of the 600 aircraft based at VGT, approximately 25 are jets and 30 are turboprops, reports McNeeley.
Its location relative to the Las Vegas Class B airspace and Nellis AFB 12 miles to the east qualifies VGT for an FAA ATC tower with, in McNeeley's words, "all the bells and whistles." The North Las Vegas level-2 FAA tower, in service since 2002, is the prototype for general aviation airport towers to be built in other locations. It features the standard terminal automation replacement system (Stars), whose primary benefits include radar inputs from multiple sites such as Los Angeles Center, Las Vegas Tracon and Nellis. Able to provide sophisticated flight monitoring services, VGT controllers use split local radio frequencies for flight operations on the airport's three runways: 12R-30L (5,000 feet), 7-25 (5,000 feet) and 12L-30R (4,000 feet).
North Las Vegas was dedicated as a civil airport on Dec. 7, 1941. The morning's ceremonies concluded abruptly when a military airplane landed carrying an order grounding all civilian flights. VGT has subsequently gone through several name and ownership changes. At one time it was the property of Howard Hughes' Summa Corp. Clark County purchased the airport in 1987 and has operated it since.
A major generator of operations and revenue at North Las Vegas is Scenic Airlines, whose namesake pioneered sightseeing flights over the Grand Canyon. Scenic is also a Part 121 operator with Essential Air Service flights to Ely, Nev., and Merced and Palmdale, Calif. The company uses specially modified de Havilland Canada Twin Otters for Grand Canyon tours, and also flies Cessna 402s and Raytheon Beech 1900Cs from its own terminal. Air-tour operators Air Vegas and Vision Air also fly from VGT. Vision Air maintains its own terminal for Part 135 operations with Dornier 228s and Jetstream 32s.
The Las Vegas-area based air-tour operators board "around three-quarters of a million passengers a year," McNeeley estimates, noting that "The [tour provider] airlines do a tremendous group business, especially with overseas visitors. They offer a number of package tour options that include hotel accommodations, entertainment and surface trips along with the flights."
Six flight schools keep the VGT traffic pattern busy. ATP, Embry-Riddle, First Flight Aviation, Silver State Helicopters, Silver Wing Aviation and Westair offer fixed- and rotary-wing instruction. The airport hosts a Civil Air Patrol squadron, a Bureau of Land Management firefighting dispatch center and a police air support unit. A Las Vegas television station has its headquarters at VGT.
The airport also supports high-volume overnight freight operations along with aeromedical flights by Mercy Air and Medical Flight air ambulance services. VGT-based Flying Colors of Las Vegas is an aircraft paint shop that McNeeley said is highly regarded.
North Las Vegas has been dispensing about four million gallons of fuel annually, the majority of it jet-A. With year-round conditions McNeeley describes as "severe VFR," the Las Vegas area has few weather delays. Temperatures range from a winter day average of 55 degrees F to summer day average highs of 104 degrees F and overnight lows around 80 degrees F. The combination of a surface elevation of between 2,200 and 2,500 feet and temperatures often topping 110 between June and September produces density altitudes that limit local general aviation operations to aircraft with "good hot and high performance," said McNeeley.
Like Henderson, North Las Vegas has plans for extensive improvements. McNeeley noted that at VGT "We're making a tremendous investment, installing an ILS for Runway 12L and building 65 hangars. There is also an $8 million project now under way to overlay two runways and build an 18-acre aircraft parking ramp."
He added that, at North Las Vegas, "We're a really friendly place. We have pilot social gatherings, with a lot of retirees who fly. And the controllers are really good."


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Most people compliment my sense of humor and sparkly wit, it not always sparkly. I'm just pretty good a getting the laugh. Hopefully you'll laugh if I'm around or at least have a smile on your face. :)
If I'm with someone I like enough I'll follow them to the end of the universe and back, even if it cuts into my sleep. :/
The funny thing is, I have the courage to walk over and stand on the edge of a tall building, and if I could (without dying) I would jump; I could wander alone in the dark in the middle of a forest or street, and stare into the eyes of the dreaded ceiling cat. :O But I can't look into a girl's eyes without blushing, (;^_^) or at least feel that I'm blushing, not to mention my heart stopping. :/
I enjoy learning about history (U.S. and World), you can probably catch me watching plenty of PBS shows or listen to an audio book/podcast on some historical topic. One of the few things I've learned is that we haven't changed much from our ancestors, they would probably act just like we do today if they were in our shoes and vice versa. Also I keep up with the news the best I can (usually politics and top stories).
I'm a bit of a well-rounded geek, not really into one specif geeky thing. I know plenty of comic-book lore (mainly from Marvel and DC) but not so much that I could compete with some of the diehard fans out there. I'm into sci-fi mostly (Mass Effect, Star Trek, ect.), some fantasy (LoTR, Harry Potter, ect.). I've seen plenty of anime, one of my favorites is Naruto, Gurren Lagann, and My Bride is a Mermaid. Well there's more but I think this is long enough to get any idea about me.
First impressions don't really seem to matter when it comes to me, most people never really figured me out, without at least a month or two of get to know me. After a few encounters/meeting/conversations most of their preconceived notions are happily dispelled, or not.
I'd like to think everyone is like the That Transformer motto says (I guess it's a motto) "more that meets the eye".
My top 5 movies: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Avengers, Man of Steel, Star Trek (2009), Wall-E, A Bug's Life, and Serenity. *Note: I also like the other Star Trek films and Star Wars and Stargate.
My top 7 shows: Futurama, Bob's Burgers, Naruto: Shippuden, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, American Dad, Psych, Naruto and Black Adder. *Note: I also like Star Trek and Stargate TV shows, and the Star Wars TV shows.
I can't say I like a specific type of music, although I prefer Alt. Rock and Rock, but man do I love film scores and tv shows scores. My all time favorite band: Linkin Park. My current fav composer is Michel G.
And my all time favorite food: Mexican Food :D
Other than that I enjoy most things and am up for anything. If I'm not feeling tired or lazy.
Yeah the last ones are a jip, it's just I grew up having little, so I'm fine with not having much. Oh and one other thing I can't do without are my glasses, damn without them I'd be squinting all the time and I wouldn't be able to read or see your pretty face in HD *wink*(all I get is analog without the receiver :p).
Whatever pops into my head. Some times I think deeply about my future (more often than not), some deep philosophical question or some seemingly unimportant nonsense.
Once in a while I get retrospective and nostalgic (it's almost fun, when I do it with a friend that is). Can't say there is a single thing that I think about constantly on a daily basis, (besides the basics, food, water, sex, ect.); the sex part is a given since I'm a guy, but that said I've never let my pal down there do the thinking...maybe that's possibly why I... o_O


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Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday we will be selling quality
locks and lights at reduced
prices. The Take Back the Tap campaign will also be selling Klean
Kanteens at a fantastic discount! On Thursday, the Trauma Nurses Talk
Tough program from Legacy
Emanuel Hospital
will be selling helmets for only $5!
When: Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Where: PSU Park Blocks - near north side of Smith Union
Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
All three days the PSU Bike Co-op will be offering FREE bicycle repairs to make sure your bike is ready for the Challenge starting May 1!
All of these events are in support of our 2nd Annual Bike to Campus Challenge, lasting the entire month of May. Every day in May we will be inviting PSU bike commuters to log their trips on our special website (coming soon!). This year, other colleges in the area with be joining in to add an element of competition to the Challenge, so get ready!


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Pullen to Return to K-State's Lineup
By Mark Janssen
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Frank Martin said the penalty for the deed had been served and that Jacob Pullen will be in the lineup tonight when 11-3 K-State plays host to 2-12 Savannah State in a 7 p.m., tipoff in Bramlage Coliseum.
"If he was a freshman coming off this situation, I would be concerned," said Martin of Pullen's three-game suspension for breaking NCAA rules for receipt of impermissible benefits on the purchase of clothing from a Manhattan department store. "He's been around. He's a four-year starter, so I'm not concerned with how he will respond."
K-State went 2-1 without Pullen in the lineup with wins over UMKC and North Florida, to go with a narrow loss to UNLV.
As for how the rest of the team rallied from within with the loss of the team's lone two seniors in Pullen and Curtis Kelly, who is in the middle of a six-game suspension, Martin said, "This is a team game. It's about us growing and becoming more united. It's been about guys learning to trust their teammate and understanding that individually they have no chance to win."
Martin added, "Without Jake and Curtis around, each freshman had to understand they had to open their mouth and become more assertive."
After watching Friday's win over North Florida from the end of the bench, Pullen issued an apology to his teammates, coaches and fans for his "... lapse in judgment," and admitted to "... full responsibility for my actions. It was a bad decision, but at the same time I have to deal with it and move forward. It is a long season and we have a bright future ahead of us for the rest of this season."
Pullen said it was the first time he had ever missed a basketball game since his freshman year in high school when he did not meet eligibility requirements.
Pullen wasn't with the team at all for the first two games of the suspension, which included missing the UNLV game in the Sprint Center in Kansas City.
"I was back here in Manhattan, glued to a TV, cheering like I have never cheered before because I saw the effort and I saw how hard they worked," said Pullen. "For them not knowing what was going on and not knowing the situation and what the outcome was going to be had to be hard on them. I expected to play and they all expected me to play. For me not to show up to the game, I am not sure if it hurt them or not, but I know it had to be tough."
While saying it was equally tough facing coach Frank Martin and his parents, Pullen said, "They both understood that I made a mistake and they understood that things like that happen. They also understood that I really did not try to (make a mistake). It is just something that I have to put past me. I cannot live in the past. I cannot live on what happened that day. We have a young team and we have to move forward. The guys in the locker room did a great job of not letting what happened affect them. They went out and played their hearts out."
During that time, Pullen was only able to practice, which he says "... has made me drive to another level. I kind of feel like Michael Vick in some ways. I feel like I've got something to prove again." I feel like people doubt what I've done and feel like I shouldn't be in the places I've been in."
Kelly is in the middle of his six-game suspension, which will also include the Savannah State game, plus the first two Big 12 games at Oklahoma State and at home with Colorado.
The lengths of Pullen's and Kelly's suspensions were based on guidelines established by the NCAA for extra-benefit violations. Generally, if the value of the benefit received is between $100 and $300, the student-athlete must sit out 10 percent of the team's regularly-scheduled games in that season. For an amount between $300 and $500, the penalty is 20 percent, and for benefits greater than $500 a student-athlete must miss 30 percent of the team's games.


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Falling in the fight
Murals painted in an event created by Sinergia Design in an old glass factory in Montevideo.
Photos: Dan Montes de Oca
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The falls
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Painted in the street festival "Tomada Urbana" in the neighborhood of La Teja, in Montevideo (Ururguay)
Thanks Flora Alya, Mike Klikowtski and all the tean! Thanks Pintó, the Cecuvi la Teja, and the neighborhhood of the Teja.
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David de la Mano – Latitude @ Wunderkammern Milan
David de la Mano – Latitude @ Wunderkammern Milan
In his solo show, on view at Wunderkammern Milan through January 21st, 2017 (Via Ausonio 1A, Tue-Sat, 11am-7pm), David de la Mano highlights the dual meaning of the word latitude, and also challenges it to reflect the human condition today and mankind's moments of evolution and stagnation.
Firstly, there is the use of the term in relation to geography. The artist's black silhouettes are in constant migration, in a timeless movement towards an unknown promised land. Yet the idea of destination is futile in this case, and the travels are rather Sisyphean than cathartic. These humanoid creatures move in circles guided by the mirage of the journey and the faith in its completion, are absorbed in the vortex of their own fears and hopes or lost in labyrinthine worlds, repeatedly unaware of the misleading paths they blindly – and almost mechanically – follow. Trust (in each other) may be escorting them into the void, as they do not appear to have leaders – each figure resembles its companions, with few differences in size or in the presence/absence of elements such as horns and beaks. No matter the diversity though, there is just one goal, to reach that somewhere, that long awaited answer, that most desirable moment of rest.
Secondly, the exhibition, curated by Giuseppe Pizzuto, is built around the concept of freedom, as well as its opposite – the inability to overcome limits, the captivity of thoughts and emotions. However, David de la Mano is not the creator of dead ends. Accepting and reconnecting with the other and with Nature is liberating, a possible salvation translated into a beautiful representation of oneness. His works are never about the individual facing the world alone. Despite what sets us apart, the experience of life and death, of joy and sorrow, of right and wrong, appears to always be collective. Each action, gesture, step ahead or behind affects and is affected by everything and everyone – we either fall or we rise sooner or later, and the responsibility is on the shoulders of both you and I.
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This is one of my favorite ways to cook squid, using a method I often use when I want to simplify things — one-pan roasting. The beauty of it (aside from cleaning up fewer pans) is that the tomatoes and squid cook quickly, at the same time, and create a delicious garlic and chili-scented pan sauce for the pasta.
The toasted breadcrumb topping is key: as much as I love (and crave) pasta showered with cheese, the contrast here between the crunchy crumbs, al dente pasta and springy squid rings is really wonderful. It's super traditional — almost verboten — for Italians to serve seafood with an aged cheese like Parmigiano or Pecorino, because its salty sharpness can overwhelm the delicate nature of fish or shellfish. Although I tend to push the rules a bit when I cook, in this case tradition wins.


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WiMAX patent pooling group, the Open Patent Alliance (OPA) has announced four new members – Beceem Communications, GCT Semiconductor, Sequans Communications and UQ Communications. Formed in June 2008, the OPA is dedicated to offering intellectual property rights (IPR) solutions that support the development and adoption of WiMAX services.
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'Fable 2' an extraordinary tale
Nov 03, 2008
By Daniel Barron - G4 Canada
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The holiday season for gamers is all about choices. With the amount of titles thrown at us in the span of about two-and-a-half months, it's nigh impossible to play them all due to time restraints, financial restraints, or both.
What it comes down to, then, is choosing what one thinks will get them the most bang for their buck. What game holds the most promise? What game will simply be more special than the masterpieces that seem to be coming out all the time?
Is the Xbox 360-exclusive Fable 2 worthy of being one of those games that you spend your hard-earned money on this holiday, or can it wait until a much slower time in the gaming world? Or should it be skipped altogether? We'll try to answer that right now.
For those who took a pass on the excellent original Fable that was released for Xbox back in 2004, it was in essence an action-RPG that saw your character grow from a young boy to an old man. What made the game so special was that everything you did caused your character to change, physically and otherwise.
If you honed your magical abilities, your character would age faster and get cracked, dry skin as a result of casting powerful magic spells. If you focused on using massive melee weapons like hammers or axes, your character would gain huge muscles. Your body would become scarred after particularly intense battles, and you could change your hair and clothes constantly. You could even get tattooed.
But beyond all this was the choice you had between being good or evil. Throughout your life, you would constantly be given choices which would decide how you were seen throughout the world. If you went around town killing innocent people and stealing from houses, you would grow devil horns and get dark bags under your eyes. On the flip side, if you were constantly helping those in need, you would literally grow a halo over your head.
Fable 2 multiplies this idea of decision making and choosing between good and evil ten-fold to make for a game that really is epic in scope. It may not be perfect, but it's still an improvement on the original, which some found to be simply too short.
In Fable 2, you play as an orphaned young boy (or girl) who at a very young age sees his sister get murdered by the power-hungry Lord Lucien. Lucien also attempts to kill you and though he thinks he was successful in doing so, you actually live, and are taken under the wing of a mysterious blind woman named Theresa. Your adventure begins 10 years after your sister's death.
Just like in the first game, you'll be tasked with several side quests throughout the land of Albion while searching for Lucien. By completing these side quests, you'll earn 'renown' throughout Albion's many towns. In Fable 2, the point is to become a hero - whether good or bad - while still tracking down Lucien to avenge your sister's death.
Along with these side quests, though, there are a ton of things to do along the way. Everything from taking odd jobs (become a master bartender!), to searching out hidden gargoyles, to betting on pub games, to growing a vast empire of homes to rent out - and that's just for starters.
Though some gamers complained that the first Fable was too short, Fable 2 has an interesting way of lengthening the overall game. As you play through the main quest and track down three other heroes who will eventually help you take on Lucien, you will have to earn their trust by having a certain amount of renown (which is accrued by accepting side quests and jobs). So, for instance, you may go straight to the second hero after meeting the first, but the second hero won't even give you the time of day if you don't have a specific amount of renown first.
To some, this may sound like a forced way of making a game seem longer than it is, but that's not the case. The world of Albion truly is huge, and even if you find some side quests lame, there are still plenty more that appear constantly. If you're into the more Sims-like aspect of games, you can raise a family. Or you can spend hours on end just playing the pub games and earning money for awesome new weapons. Quite simply, there is a staggering amount of stuff to do in Fable 2.
Being an action-RPG, there is plenty of combat as you make your way through Albion, and the combat system is just as interesting as in the original game. You can choose to focus on one of three combat styles - Strength (melee weapons), Skill (ranged weapons) and Will (magic). Every enemy you kill leaves behind several experience orbs of different colours. What colour an enemy leaves behind depends on how you killed it. So if you want to become a master at shooting a crossbow or rifle, yellow orbs are left behind. The more you enemies you kill with your ranged weapon, the more yellow orbs you get, and the more you can power up your Skill experience. It's a simple system that works wonderfully - right down to how you fight. Each of the three combat styles are mapped to a different button the Xbox 360 controller. We were worried that this fighting system would be too dumbed-down but that's not the case at all. There is still just enough tactics to take into account when battling that the whole system works for just about any gamer, no matter what his or her level of experience is.
Also by your side during battles and just about every other waking moment is your trusty dog. Each and every player in Fable 2 will be joined by a trusty canine companion that manages to add a truly emotional aspect to the game. Your dog is completely AI-controlled so you never have to worry about him or her as you play Fable 2, but you'll quickly find that he or she is almost always by your side. Your dog will take down enemies in battle, will sniff out hidden treasure, and will provide some much-needed down time when things get intense. You'd be surprised just how fun it is to play fetch with your virtual dog.
Fable 2 isn't without its faults, of course. Much of the game actually feels downright clunky. Loading a new section of a map often takes several seconds, and considering the amount of times you'll be doing this, it definitely takes away from the idea of Albion being one large, seamless world to explore. There is a lot to go through in the menus, but going from one thing to another also tends to take an unnecessarily long time. For instance, you may have three potions you want to drink in succession, so first you have to go in the menu, go to items, go to potions, find the potion, and drink it, which automatically unpauses the game. You then have to go through the process of finding the other two potions through the menu. It may sound like a minor quibble, but doing this constantly throughout a 30-hour adventure becomes annoying fast.
The character you control, meanwhile, often moves around like a tank. It's actually not a problem while in combat as targetting is handled fairly well, but simply traversing Albion and bumping into trees, fences or other people is an all-too-common occurence.
There is a throwaway co-operative mode in Fable 2 that doesn't take away from the single-player experience, but doesn't add anything either. A player can join a friend's or stranger's game at any point and, depending on how generous the host sets sharing at, can earn money and experience. As a visitor though, you can't bring your game's character into another player's world - you can only choose from a few generic character models. In addition, the camera stays static for both players while in co-op, so no swinging the camera to any angle like you can while playing solo.
The other thing players unfortunately have to be wary of is the possibility of game-ending glitches. We experienced one very late in our adventure and were unable to progress to the end of the game. As of the writing of this review, no patch has been released, but we hope this is something Lionhead Studios will address because no game that's this good (and this long!) should be ended prematurely.
These negatives aren't even close to being strong enough to outweigh the positives in Fable 2. The game is a great achievement for Peter Molyneux and the rest of the folks at Lionhead Studios. It manages to suck you into its world and keep you enthralled from beginning to end.
With that being said, we'll let you decide if this game is worth your time. Because with a game like this, where's the fun in being told what to do?
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So there was a commenting discussion on one of the most recent articles, and I thought it was so hilarious that we should revisit the idea. That is, the psychological comparison of recruiting for a coach to bagging a hot chick. If you're still reading, the parallels are endless and really, really, weirdly productive in comparison.
So a lot of us played football in high school, and/or had our way with the ladies at one time or another. If you did both, well that's nice. But how similar are the dynamics between selling yourself to a woman and a player? And then how similar is it keeping them both happy? And the biggest question of them all - Is Urban drowning in the poon?
Seriously though, the pressure of landing Raekwon McMillan last year would make approaching Kate Hudson seem like ordering a big mac.
So, I posted that great classes don't just happen by chance, explaining why we're starting out slow in this year's class - Urban's emphasis on putting together a GREAT class last year. We put a lot of chips into last year's class, and certainly somewhat at the expense of this class. So Urban went after his dream girl - and he got her. What's funny is that keeping in perfect line with the analogy, the dream girl is keeping us from landing blue-chippers early in this class. Is that because the new pretty girl wants to feel more special than the old pretty girl? Yep. But fortunately for us, we can control that. Translated - last year's class is keeping us from grabbing the early blue-chips, but as we approach NSD, that pretty girl is making us look more attractive. If you a hoe lookin fo a pimp, look at the pimp's hoes.
Secondly, the recruiting cycle doesn't happen in a one-year time frame. That means often times a coach has as much communication with his senior prospects as his sophomore/junior prospects. It all depends on the talent level + fit of that particular player. A pimp has to keep his hoes in line: age of the hoe is insignificant to how that hoe make a pimp feel.
Look at *ichigan, (Brady Hoke, a pimp. Hahahaha) their last 4 classes have had pretty nice cumulative point totals. Has that translated to any on field production?
No, because they are simply taking the "hot girl" and enjoying their time with her before they inevitably fudge things up. Either that or they're taking 5 "2s" in place of one "10." A pimp gotta have faith in his pimpin. Keep ya backhand strong.
Urban doesn't just take the "hot girl" because he considers himself lucky. He takes the hot girl, breaks her into submission, and has her making him sandwiches by week 2. And then more hot girls are fighting over him because they see how hot his current girl is.
It's about respect, self-respect, and sense of purpose when you gon' be a pimp on these streets... or recruit for an elite university.


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In the Snowy Mountains it's a fine line between snowy weather and rain, and, judging by current forecasts, the ski slopes could teeter on that precipice for most of the season.
A big dump of snow which left about 20 centimetres on the higher peaks just a couple of weeks ago has largely been washed away by warm weather and rain, which will likely continue for the next few days.
Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Sean Carson said the tropical moisture from the north-west will no longer meet a cold front from the south, as was earlier hoped – which means rain, not snow for the mountains.
"I was hopeful maybe 48 hours ago that another cold front moving through the Southern Ocean might have linked up to the trough and actually given us a really big snow event," Mr Carson said.
"It's been a close call, but it looks like it's going to rain right through to Saturday night midnight, and then it will tend to snow on Sunday morning based on the current guidance, but it will be like 100 millimetres of rain followed by maybe 5 centimetres of snow, so definitely much more damage than good."
Mr Carson said good conditions for snowmaking will return next week, when the resorts will start repairing the damage done by the rain.
"I think at this stage you'd have to say the opening ski weekend will be limited to manmade snow for places like Thredbo's Friday Flats and limited areas on Perisher's front valley – the two main snow making areas. It's pretty normal, but not a great start. It's just unfortunate because it did look really good up until a couple of days ago."
With warmer ocean temperatures predicted off the north-west coast of Australia for winter, the touch and go conditions look set to continue for the duration of the ski season.
"Typically in seasons like that we tend to see a few big rain events and the odd big snow event, so trying to jag a good week up at the snow can be pretty much pot luck. You can be out there one week and get great conditions, the next week it can be pretty warm and wet," Mr Carson said.
Perisher spokesman Neil Thew said the resort was busily preparing for the June long weekend opening, and said the unexpected early snow a couple of weeks ago was encouraging for the ski resorts.
He said Perisher constantly reviewed the latest information from BOM, but also had invested $22 million in snowmaking technology over the past seven years, including $1.65 million over the past summer, to guarantee a good start to the season.
"It gives us that surety that we can produce snow pre-season, lay a bit of a base and foundation, and our customers and our guests can see that we've got snow on the ground in time for the opening," he said.
"You never know what Mother Nature is going to do, do you. It's tough, you can't predict it. I've love to say we're going to have lots of snow and we'll have a gangbuster start to the season, but you've just got to ride it out, see what happens, hope for the best, and that's why you have snowmaking as well, so you can produce snow when the conditions aren't right even if Mother Nature doesn't produce it for us."
John and Liezel Portelli brought their kids from Sydney to enjoy their first taste of the snow in the pre-season on Wednesday, while it was still quiet.
"We've always been to beaches, and water. This is our first time in this kind of environment," Mrs Portelli said. "Especially the kids were like 'there should be snow, or else.'"
Mr Portelli said the fresh air and the peacefulness of the mountains were a welcome break from Sydney.
"It's like another world here. There's no traffic, there's no pollution … it's breathtaking, the trip from Jindabyne here, with the sights out the window. I didn't think it'd be as nice as Switzerland, but it comes close, very close."


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"Explore the world of music with a passionate guide"
Exceptionally well written. James Naughtie (of Radio 4) is passionate about the history of music, and it's infectious.
Before listening I knew little about what most of us call "classical" music - but recognise some of the more well known stuff.
I didn't regularly listen to such music, but thought learning a little more might be interesting. I was wrong. It was not merely interesting, but gripping.
I've since bought 5 classical CDs and enjoyed them so much.
Naughtie gives us just enough background and colour to engage, without getting high-brow in any way. The music is the star of the audio-book, with history and the composers lives as the setting.
In my view, this is what audio-books were made for.
Parts one and two make up 12 hours of listening bliss.
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Introduction to C6Flo 1.0
C6Flo is still available for download, but is no longer being actively developed or maintained.
This article is part of a series describing the C6Flo graphical development tool. Click the link above to return to the main page.
Introducing C6Flo
C6Flo is a free graphical development tool for TI's C6000 DSP family. This article defines graphical development as the process of designing and implementing a working DSP system without manually writing code, which appeals to people for different reasons. Inexperienced or non-specialized programmers can use this process to create a complete system and use the result as-is. This enables them to efficiently utilize highly specialized hardware, such as TI's C6000 DSPs, without investing time to develop the necessary expertise. They can make use of specialized, efficient algorithms and peripheral driver code that is enabled for graphical development by more advanced users.
Advanced users can also benefit from graphical development. A graphical tool can provide an easy starting point for new applications by automating the complex and often tedious "first steps" of application development. Creating a basically functional, reasonably efficient prototype in a few minutes can save hours of development time. Of course, this is only true if the graphical tool produces clear code that is easily modified or expanded.
C6Flo is designed with both classes of user in mind: basic users who want to implement their entire system graphically and advanced users who want to tweak and refine their system for maximum performance. C6Flo allows users to draw their DSP system graphically as a simple block diagram. C6Flo comes with over 70 blocks representing common DSP algorithms and peripheral I/O for recent DSP devices, and new blocks can be created and seamlessly integrated by anyone. C6Run parses block diagrams to create complete C-language applications, which can then be built and run through TI's Code Composer Studio (CCS) software. The following sections explain each step of this process in greater detail.
Using C6Flo
The following software must be installed on your development PC prior to using C6Flo:
- C6Flo Graphical Development Tool
- Code Composer Studio (v3.3 or v4)
- DSP/BIOS v5.41
- C6000 CodeGen Tools (v6.1.9 or higher)
- XDC Tools (v3.20 or higher)
- Microsoft .NET Framework (2.0 or higher)
Note: if using CCS4, you should be able to obtain up-to-date codegen tools using the built-in update feature.
Note: if using CCS4, you may still need to update your XDC Tools manually to version 3.20.xx.
Note: C6Flo currently works only on 32-bit Windows.
In addition to installing the above components, the following environment variable settings must be applied. This should be done automatically by the various TI installers.
- C6FROOT - Set to installation folder of C6Flo (set by C6Flo installer)
- CGTROOT - Set to installation folder of C6000 codegen tools installation (set by C6Flo installer)
- XDCPATH - Add path to "Blocks" folder within C6Flo installation (set by C6Flo installer) (path must use forward slashes, not back slashes)
- XDCROOT - Set to installation folder of XDC tools (set by XDC installer)
- BIOS_INSTALL_DIR - Set to installation folder of DSP/BIOS (set by DSP/BIOS installer)
After installing C6Flo and all of the required software components, you can check that these environment variables are set correctly in the "Advanced" tab of the Control Panel->System Properties screen. The following values are typical:
C6FROOT=C:\Program Files\Texas Instruments\C6Flo_1.02 CGTROOT=C:\Program Files\Texas Instruments\C6000 Code Generation Tools 6.1.16 XDCPATH=(pre-existing paths);C:\Program Files\Texas Instruments\C6Flo_1.02\Blocks XDCROOT=C:\Program Files\Texas Instruments\xdctools_3_20_00_41 BIOS_INSTALL_DIR=C:\Program Files\Texas Instruments\bios_5_41_02_14
Once your prerequisites are met and C6Flo is installed, run c6flo.exe in the C6Flo installation directory. You should see something similar to the following screenshot:
Note: If you don't see the block palette on the left side of the screen, enable it using The View->Components Window command.
Opening the Example Systems
The C6Flo installation includes multiple example systems that you can use as a starting point for your own work. To find them, use the File->Open command and navigate to the "Examples" folder in your C6Flo installation. The full path will typically look like this:
C:\Program Files\Texas Instruments\C6Flo_1.02\Examples
C6Flo opens files with the *.pfw extension. The following table summarizes the example systems.
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|Example Description
|Applies IIR filters to stereo audio using optimized functions from the C674 DSPLIB. Separate filters are applied to the right and left audio channels. UART host control is also enabled to control the gain blocks, which basically serve as volume control at run time.
|Applies two algorithms from the C64+ IMGLIB--Sobel edge detection and median filtering--to live video. UART host control is enabled to control the mux block, selecting which video stream is output to the VIDEO OUT connector.
|Audio and video system that performs no extra processing. However, the "dummy" blocks insert convenient placeholder functions in the generated application. It's easy to add custom processing code in the C language domain after code generation; just look for the "dummy" proc functions in *_blocks.c.
Drawing a New System
The example systems are a useful starting point, but you will eventually want to create your own system from scratch. Use the File->New command to start with a blank system diagram. The first thing you need to do is add a framework block to your system. Framework blocks represent the global configuration of your system: buffer sizes, memory segments, DSP/BIOS target names, etc. Navigate to the Framework category in the block palette, then use your mouse to drag a framework block from the palette into the gridded "Diagram" portion of the screen. A blue block with a small gear icon should appear in the diagram. Now you can do two things:
- Edit the parameters of the framework block
- Drag additional blocks into the diagram
The default parameters for the framework block are suitable for audio or generic DSP applications on the OMAP-L137 EVM. You can change them by left clicking the block, then editing the parameter pane that is located on the right side of the screen. This pane is used to configure whatever block is currently selected. You can edit the parameters of any block in the system at any time.
To add additional blocks, navigate between block categories in the palette and drag and drop blocks into the diagram. Normal processing blocks will be appear with one or more circles on their sides in the diagram. These circles represent input and/or output ports. Click on one port, then click on another to connect the two together. You can also click on intermediate points to route your connection lines cleanly through the diagram. Continue dragging, dropping, and connecting blocks until you have implemented a complete system. The following image shows what a system may look like when it's done.
Note: Input ports and output ports appear on the left and right side (respectively) of each block
There are a few simple rules to keep in mind when designing your system:
- Input ports must be connected to output ports, and vice versa
- Each port must connect to exactly one other port, i.e., no "open" ports are allowed; single connection only
- Output ports cannot be connected to input ports earlier in the system, i.e., no feedback connections
Generating the Application
Once you've finished drawing your system in the block diagram view, you're ready to create your application code. Simply use the File->Generate Code command to begin the code generation process. You will be prompted to save your block diagram if you haven't already, and then messages will begin to appear in the lower left side of the screen. A successful code generation process should look something like this:
Note: Error messages will appear here if your prerequisites are not met.
Assuming you don't see any error messages, your application is now complete! You're now ready to open it in Code Composer Studio to build, load, and run it on your DSP. Depending on which version of Code Composer Studio you are using, you need to open your application in slightly different ways. For CCS3.3, you can simply open the generated PJT file. For CCS4, you need to use the Import Legacy CCSv3.3 Project wizard in the Project menu to achieve the same result.
Controlling the Application at Run Time
While you can assign static parameters to your system and blocks in the diagram view, you will also want to adjust certain key parameters at run time. For instance, you may want to adjust the volume of an audio system in real time, or select another channel with a multiplexer block. C6Flo provides a powerful and flexible host control protocol to accommodate these requirements.
To enable host control, you need another special, standalone block in addition to the framework block. This host control block creates a new thread in your application that listens for instructions from an external host at run time. That host could be a PC communicating via UART, some remote device communicating via EMAC, or even an ARM core communicating via DSPLINK. The communication channel depends on the specific host control block that you use.
Host control is an "opt in" design decision for each block. The only configuration that is possible is what the block author specifically enables via its control function. Also, blocks must be explicitly enabled for host control in the diagram view by setting their c6flo_id parameter to a unique, non-zero value. In this way, unintended host interactions are prevented at run time.
Understanding the Application
Now that you've created your application, you're ready to build, load, and run it in Code Composer Studio. If that's all that you want to do, then you're already done. If you want to understand and modify the application source code, keep reading. This section describes the contents and structure of your application.
Note: <app> is set to the name of the framework block in your diagram
The above image lays out the general structure of your application. It's a simple C-language application with three source files, one header file, a DSP/BIOS configuration file (TCF), and a CCS3.3 PJT file. The purpose and contents of each file are described in the following table.
|File Name
|File Contents
|Application main function and some common utility code. The main function dynamically creates one DSP/BIOS TSK for each thread in the application (including the host control thread if present).
|Loop functions for processing and host control threads. Each of these functions comprises a DSP/BIOS TSK that is created dynamically in the main function. These functions call the block functions in sequence to implement the processing chain(s) that you draw in the diagram view.
|Block instance structs and functions. Each block is represented by four functions: create, initialize, process, and control. These functions are reused when possible, i.e., between separate instances of the same block type.
|Standard includes, typedefs and macros; block typedefs and function prototypes.
|DSP/BIOS configuration text. Most of the framework block configuration parameters are reflected here. This file can be viewed graphically, using the built-in tool in Code Composer Studio, or as plain text.
|CCS3.3 project definition.
The TCF file contains some critical global configuration parameters, but the most interesting files are probably two of the C source files: <app>_threads.c and <app>_blocks.c. These files implement the processing threads from your graphical diagram as well as each individual block in that diagram. If you look at a thread function, you will see the following sequence of events:
- Declare buffer pointers and assign to arrays (one input and one output array for each block in the thread)
- Allocate buffers using C6Flo API
- Call create function for each block
- Outer loop: Call initialize function for each block
- Inner Loop: Call process function for each block
- Free buffers (should never come here)
The loop structure is simple. Ordinarily, the application will call each create function once, then call each initialize function once. It will then call each process function in sequence repeatedly. Only if a block determines that it needs to "reset" will execution "fall" to the outer loop again. Also, execution will never fall from the outer loop unless the thread aborts on some error condition.
Another thing you may notice is that only three of the four standard block functions are called by the thread; the control function is missing. This is because the control function is only called in response to host control events, if host control is enabled in your application; it is not called during normal processing.
Note: C6Flo automatically divides your diagram into threads during the code generation process
You can review or edit the implementation of each block function in the <app>_blocks.c source file. You'll find an instance struct for each block near the top of the file. These contain the parameters you entered in the diagram view, and you can manually alter their values in this source file. Below the structs, you will find four sets of functions: the create functions for each block, the initialize functions, the process functions, and the control functions. Editing these functions changes the behavior of the blocks in your system. Be careful, though: changing one function can alter more than one block, since multiple instances of the same block type often share functions.
Expanding C6Flo
A new C6Flo installation includes over 70 blocks provided by TI, which are summarized in the following table.
|Signal Generation
|Audio, UART host
|Audio, Video, UART host
|Audio, Video, UART host
|Audio, Video, UART host
|C674 DSP Lib
|FFT, filters, autocor
|FIL Filter Library
|DF2 biquads, 256-tap FIR
|C67 Fast RTS Lib
|C64+ DSP Lib
|FFT, filters, autocor
|C64+ IMG Lib
|convolution, Sobel, median, thresholding
|C64+ IQMath Lib
|Current as of v1.02
These blocks are described in greater tale on a separate wiki page.


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Michael McKenna
April 16, 2014 – A federally insured credit union may not include credit union service organizations as additional insureds under fidelity bonds, NCUA General Counsel Michael McKenna said in a recent
legal opinion letter
"NCUA rules require all federally insured credit unions to obtain fidelity bond coverage under an individual policy," McKenna wrote. "Further, in
Legal Opinion Letter 04-0744
, NCUA opined that a CUSO that provides management services for multiple credit unions could not purchase a single fidelity bond with each credit union named as an insured. While the earlier situation is different from the question that you ask, the same reasoning and requirement apply."
McKenna concluded that the requirement for federally insured credit unions to obtain individual fidelity bond policies would be violated by adding one or more CUSOs to the bond. He explained that the agency wants to avoid conflict with the individual credit union's coverage.
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