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Stop punishing small businesses
Imagine you own a business that puts a new roof on the local high school. After you do the work, the school pays only 97 percent of what it owes you. Why? On the off chance you may not pay your federal taxes.
That is what a section of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 does. It requires federal, state and local governments to withhold 3 percent from all payments for goods and services made to small businesses.
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The policy is such a bad idea that when it was enacted in 2006, Congress immediately delayed its implementation for five years. Then, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 deferred the effective date to Dec. 31, 2011. Now, the Internal Revenue Service has delayed it until Dec. 31, 2012.
The supposed intent of this provision is to help close the "tax gap" — the difference between what the IRS thinks everyone owes and what is actually collected each year. Punishing law-abiding small-business owners is not the way to go.
Instead of forcing small businesses to give the government an interest-free loan for more than a year, efforts to close the tax gap should target those who fail to pay taxes.
If the law goes into effect, it could impose significant, unnecessary financial burdens on both the public and private sectors. It particularly hurts small businesses — our nation's No. 1 job creators.
To some, 3 percent may not sound like much. However, many small-business government contractors work for less than a 3 percent profit margin — which is a great deal for taxpayers. Withholding 3 percent of their payments may force some of these companies out of the public-sector market — or out of business entirely.
This can result in a loss of jobs, a loss of competition and higher costs to taxpayers.
The lack of cash flow would force many contractors to wait until the end of the year, or longer, to recoup expenses — much less take home any profit. Also troubling is the possibility that government contractors will not have the funds to pay their subcontractors during a project and will instead have to find outside financing just to complete the contract.
During a recent House Small Business Committee hearing, small-business owner Ian Frost, of Mechanicsville, Va., testified about the problems created.

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Late returns drop as man hikes up fines
Harsher penalties and an advertising campaign featuring newsreader Moira Stuart have led to a 39% fall in people filing returns late.
Some 850,000 people will receive fines of £100 over the next fortnight for failing to submit self-assessment returns on time, HM Revenues & Customs said yesterday, but this is 39% lower than the 1.4m a year ago.
The number of late returns fell after the ads and tough new rules on late payment that mean people face fines even if they do not owe the man a penny.


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Boys' Basketball: Royals run away from Park after slow start
Park was able to stay within 10 points of the Woodbury boys' basketball team as the buzzer sounded on the first half in Suburban East Conference basketball play Tuesday.
But the Royals' and scorer Michael Jones were too much to handle in the second half in a home 74-55 victory over the Wolfpack.
Twice Park was able to pull within two points of Woodbury's lead in the first half. Park trailed 14-12 with 6 minutes, 52 seconds left in the first half, and again it cut the score to 21-19 with 3:30 remaining.
But the Royals opened up a 32-22 lead at halftime, and four-and-a-half minutes into the second half the lead grew to 47-26.
Senior Ike Thilgen said the Royals' full-court pressure in the second half helped force turnovers to get the offense going.
"We played pretty bad in the first half," said Thilgen, who contributed six points Tuesday. "Our switches were late. Everything was off. We started to press a little bit harder, get motivated more. Once we started talking, we got the ball out, pushed it up and made a lot of easy baskets."
Jones led Woodbury's offense by scoring 32 points, including 23 of the Royals' 32 points in the first half. Park's leading scorer was Brendan Beaulieu with 21 points.
Woodbury improved its winning streak to six consecutive games since losing 89-73 on the road against Cretin-Derham Hall on Jan. 20. Head coach Kent Getzlaff praised the team's chemistry after the conference victory Tuesday.
"It's as great group to be around, and those things are translating to us having success on the court," Getzlaff said. "They don't care who is the open guy. It doesn't matter to them. It's that Woodbury has an open guy, and they make the extra pass."
The Royals have attributed some of the team chemistry to playing basketball with each other since the days of youth basketball. The familiarity has helped in Woodbury's climb to a first place tie in the Suburban East Conference standings.
"A lot of us have been playing together since fourth grade, and we've known each other since fourth grade," said Nolan Glunz, who scored five points Tuesday. "I feel that really reflects on the way that we've been playing."
Woodbury improved to 11-1 in the Suburban East Conference with the victory. Park fell to 1-10.


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Goo Goo Dolls frontman Johnny Rzeznik is engaged.
He recently proposed to his girlfriend of eight years, Melina Gallo.
The couple met at a New York City record store signing and now plan to wed over the Johnny said: "I'm getting married in July, and I'm looking forward to that. It was one of those situations like, 'I'm not going anywhere. Grow up, get married, have a good time.' So that's what we're doing."
It will be 47-year-old Johnny's second marriage. He divorced former model Laurie Farinacci in 2002.


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Why You Should Eat Hemp Seeds
Flax and chia seeds may have their fans, but there's a new It-seed in town: hemp. Our friends at Well + Good gives us the scoop...
With serious, oft-repeated praise from health-food celebs, like vegan lifestyle guru Alicia Silverstone, and real life integrative doctor Andrew Weil, the humble hemp seed is becoming the emblem of healthy haute cuisine. This lesser-known variety of the cannibas sativa plant, they say, has more to offer than flax and chia seeds--and they're not talking about a contact high. "Hemp has an incredible nutritional profile that can help people fill some holes in their diet," says Ashley Koff, a registered dietician who's partial to the healthy benefits of hemp: -Hemp is a good source of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids--which our bodies can't make and we must get in food, including the elusive GLA (gamma-linolenic acid). -It contains important nutrients like iron, magnesium, and vitamin E. -Hemp is a complete protein, meaning it can provide your body with all of the essential amino acids, a definite plus for vegetarians and vegans. "Having more whole-food, complete-protein options means you don't have to rely as much on a protein bar," says Koff. So how to include hemp into your diet? 1. Eat the seeds. They don't have to be ground (like flax), so you can sprinkle them onto just about anything. Koff recommends tossing them on a salad, over fresh berries, or into a soup. 2. Blend hemp (protein) powder in your morning smoothie.
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When "Grindhouse" was released in 2007 I heard more about the awesome fake trailers that appeared between the two films than I did about "Death Proof" or "Planet Terror", and for good reason. Everyone I know agreed that if these were real movies, we would be psyched. All sorts of rumors and rumblings that this one or that one was going to be made into a full-length feature followed the release, but they never seemed to go anywhere.
Well, now it is 2010, and on the 3rd of September, when the Robert Rodriguez directed "Machete" finally hits screens everywhere, the first of those four fake movies will become very real. On a personal level, I'm excited about this development. I love motorcycles with machineguns mounted on them, and giant dudes with lots of knives. That's just how I roll.
I'm also excited about the news that Eli Roth still plans to bring his trailer from "Grindhouse", the holiday themed slasher "Thanksgiving", to the big screen. Out of the four it was the most memorable. Who can forget the cheerleader trampoline stabbing? He told Cinemablend
I've been working on the script with my co-writer, Jeff Rendell, who plays the pilgrim in the trailer. And it's me imitating Jeff's voice [for the narration]. But Jeff has been working. I said that his deal is he has to work on the script while I'm promoting The Last Exorcism, and as soon as I'm done in mid-September he's going to fly to California, we're going to sit down, and bang out the script.
The project may be in the early stages of development, but that's good news for horror fans. If you haven't seen Roth's trailer, here it is. If you have, here it is to watch again.


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Since the release of my MySQL course on Performance Tuning and Optimization, I have received quite a few questions on MySQL. The top most questions which I have received is how to find my.ini or my.cnf file on Windows Platform. This is a fantastic question and I can understand the frustration of new users with MySQL about this one. There is plenty of information available online about this option, however, it is very difficult to identify which will work with your version of MySQL and your platform. In this blog post, I will show you how you can quickly figure out which my.ini file is powering the initial configuration of your MySQL Server.
Step 1: Type services.msc in the run menu.
Step 2: Find MySQL Service in Services section. The MySQL services are usually named as MySQL56. Right click on it and go to properties.
Step 3: Under General Tab in properties you can find the path of default file in the section Path to executable.
That is it. You can easily find what your MySQL service is using the default configuration file on Windows Platform.
Reference: Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)
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Hi, Danks for the continuation of Sendung to me the news about database
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oh, i see
thanks for the detail, try to look up there
what is "run menu"?
Best regards.
The Path og MySQL appear as:
C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\bin\mysqld.exe
What could be the problem theree?
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Hi Ros. try this
C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\my.ini


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Through the removal of financial restrictions tacked onto certain marriage policies, President Barack Obama brings hope to low-income couples by acknowledging the financial and moral benefits marriage can have on America's society. Politico reports:
Most benefits for low-income families phase out as income rises. Taken separately, these reductions are understandable and reasonable. But combined, they effectively act as high tax rates — reducing take-home pay for low-income workers — and create a disincentive to work harder. Low-income families can thus find themselves in a situation where receiving a raise or promotion results in losing more in benefits than they receive in additional earnings.
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These dies are not very strong, they are very thin. I tried to cut a folded card but it took three passes both ways. It would be fine for a thin cardstock one layer only. The results were on my two name brand die cutting machines. I would give it 2.5 stars, but not 3.
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Most people realize that tabloid photos aren't real. There is no Bat Boy, and World's Largest Cat is not riding shotgun in an RV with Elvis Presley. They're familiar with the wonders that Adobe Photoshop can create, even if they don't know what the program is called. But there was a time when all photos were considered real--all strict, true-to-life documentaries of the real world. And all photographs are true to some degree. They capture only what is in front of them, but scenes can be staged, negatives can be altered and modern software can change colors, correct mistakes and more. But it goes deeper than that. If you ask two people to photograph the same tree, one may focus on the twisted, knotted roots as a symbol of growth and endurance, and the other might just take a snapshot of a tree. Point of view affects everything--before Photoshop even has a chance.
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Anne Wilkes Tucker, the Gus and Lyndall Wortham curator of photography at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, will discuss these degrees of truth and the effect of the photographer's framing during Beauty Is in the Feet of the Beholder, her slide lecture that she calls "sort of a skip and a dance through the history of photography." She will give examples from the museum's collection, dividing them into the traditional art genres of landscape, portraiture, nudes and architecture and including works by photographers from the 19th to 21st centuries, from the famous (Man Ray, Edward Steichen) to contemporary or lesser known artists (Sandy Skoglund, Yanagi Miwa). One of her examples from the architecture genre is to compare a "straightforward, beautiful but documentary 19th-century picture of the tower in Pisa to a very moody architectural photograph by Steichen of the Flat Iron Building in New York on a rainy day--misty and low light." One looks real; the other surreal. Tucker, named "America's Best Curator" by Time in 2001, says, "The idea is to look at the kinds of choices that photographers have made that show you the tremendous range of images and styles that are possible when you use the word 'photography.'" And it might just change how you see photography.


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1. To cover with a skirt; to surround. Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold. (milton)
2. To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees. When sundown skirts the moor.
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Oh yeah. I need to explain how I name it Lobotomy Blue. You see, I was doing a project for school a long time back, and I came accross an old picture of doctors performing a lobotomy (it was a drawing, not a photo). It was a sketch in a certain type of pencil. The color was this a mix between some red, a little more green, and even more blue. I scanned it, and in photoshop with the eyedropper tool it came up as R:154 G:170 B:183 That became known as lobotomy blue. The blue actually used in Essence was a darker shade of it (R:104 G:120 B:133) That I used as the highlight color for the original lobotomy blue.
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Play your modern music in this 1930´s-inspired Tombstone AM/FM radio with top-loading CD player. Solid wood and veneers in a warm oak finish. Hand woven grill cloth. Illuminated dial scale. Analog tuning. This is a well made authentic reproduction. It is a great size to place in just about any spot in the house.This particular model is VERY hard to find. BONUS: Comes with the product brochure that lists this item. (see photos) CR72 Tombstone Features: Wood Tabletop Tombstone Style Radio It's also updated with AM/FM radio and CD Player The 1930's Tombstone style cabinet with top loading cd player AM/FM radio with analog tuning Hand woven grill cloth Hand rubbed finish Illuminated dial scale Dimensions: Height 15" - Width 13" - Depth 13"
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South Park land rush to X out Rebecca's Coffeehouse?
"Right, 'Let's put in a Starbucks there.' I'd be a dead man walking."
Julie Stalmer 9:30 a.m., Nov. 17
It takes a bit of cheek to call a film Flawless. Especially a Demi Moore film. In it, she carries that affixed chip on her shoulder into the role of the sole female executive at the London Diamond Corporation (Lon Di, for short) in the year 1960, held down in her career advancement by the proverbial glass ceiling. "Don't give up," she dashes off a note-to-self on a 3x5 index card. "Work harder. You will win." Though she is expressly identified as American to cover for the faintness of her accent, that doesn't prevent her from pronouncing "reschedule" without the "k" sound ("re-shedule"), turning herself inside out to fit in. Bravely, even a touch martyrishly, she puts on, and puts up with, a coiffure and wardrobe out of the Jackie Kennedy scrapbook — and because it's stuffy old England, exclusively in colors suitable for a funeral — not to mention putting on and putting up with a layer of old-age makeup in the present-day framing scenes, when she pulls out a manuscript of her life story under a title lifted from Kate Chopin, minus the definite article, Awakening. Helping to sound reveille is the company's night janitor (Michael Caine, so peculiarly cast, you keep expecting him to be unmasked as a secret agent), who sees all and knows all without being seen or known, and who pitches to her a retributive raid on the vault in the basement. He had read that aforementioned index card, and anonymously scrawled on the bottom of it, "No you won't." Beyond a trip to the dog track (his pleasure), neither of the co-conspirators has a life, and the suffocating narrowness of the film will not be offset by its broader awareness of feminist issues or its last-minute epiphany on healthcare. Michael Radford, the serious-minded director of 1984, Il Postino, Dancing at the Blue Iguana, among others, goes through the paces of the heist with precision, but without urgency, without tension, without excitement, without, even, clarity. In a caper film, that could be thought a sizable flaw. Social consciousness is small compensation.
21 takes off from a true story, presumably far, far off, about a team of MIT math whizzes who, drilled by a Mephistophelean mentor on the faculty, visit Vegas on weekends to beat the house at blackjack. The film is not able to make the frowned-upon practice of "card counting" comprehensible, much less cinematic (unless you consider fast-shuffle editing to be cinematic), but then it's not really interested in mental acumen and application, only in the rewards and perks: a run-of-the-mill Sin City fantasy (dazzling montage of casino neon, top-of-the-world luxury suite, strip club, stacks and stacks of hoarded chips) in which the natural-born nerd can forget who his friends are, become somebody different, go around acting like a cross between Richard Gere in Pretty Woman and Michael Douglas in Wall Street. Director Robert Luketic, whose lightweight credits consist of Legally Blonde, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton, and Monster-in-Law, permits himself to be entranced by the fantasy, serving more as press agent than reporter, greasing the wheels for a smooth ride, picking compatible pop songs for tempo. Jim Sturgess, The Other Boleyn Girl's ill-fated brother, is Young Paul McCartney cute as the whizziest math whiz, or in other words a fantasy figure from the get-go. (If he's so bright, why is he piling up hundreds of thousands of dollars in the ceiling of his dorm room instead of in a bank?) Kate Bosworth is a still more distorted fantasy of the Smart Girl. And Kevin Spacey, who gets all the snappiest dialogue, puts his innate repellence to good use as the manipulative mentor, the adult authority figure who, in order to complete the fantasy, must finally be overthrown. The most sympathetic figure, even when (perhaps especially when) he's slipping rings onto his fingers for a brass-knuckle work-over, is Laurence Fishburne as an old-school casino watchdog who's being phased out by computer software.
Run Fatboy Run, a loser's comedy directed by David Schwimmer (his debut behind the camera), lacks a fat boy, but has a full-grown man, "not fat... just unfit," who indeed runs and runs. First he runs from his own wedding, leaving his pregnant fiancée at the altar, and then five years later, trying to get back in the running, he decides to run against his former fiancée's new boyfriend in a London marathon. It would appear to be no contest on the course or off: the unfit runner is a klutzy uniformed security guard at a women's clothing store, chronically late with his rent and late for visitations with his toddling son, while his rival is a tall, tan, toned, handsome, well-heeled American financier. Simon Pegg, as the former, is certainly funny-looking (snowman's dome, pebble eyes, carrot nose), which gives him a head start on being funny. Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz give him, in addition, some rope. But this, which he co-wrote with Michael Ian Black, is as conventional, and as sentimental, as any Adam Sandler comedy. (What charity sponsors his run? National Erectile Dysfunction Awareness. Name of the former fiancée's bake shop? Libby's Nice Buns. That sort of thing.) Thandie Newton, as the object of desire, is flatteringly photographed, though that can't have been too hard. Hank Azaria well acts the part of the new boyfriend, yet can never be taken seriously as a rival. Dylan Moran, as the hero's deadbeat best friend, rather steals the spotlight with his low-pressure dryness.
Under the Same Moon, showcased in the San Diego Latino Film Festival, gives little indication of why the festival is such a moviegoing haven. But perhaps it stands to reason that the first film out of the festival to open commercially would be much, much worse than any of the dozen films I fitted into my schedule throughout the festival. Patricia Riggen's illegal-immigrant ordeal is a virtual heart-tugging machine, tugging on it at regular and frequent intervals, so that you learn, like an experimental rat, to cringe in anticipation. The agony begins immediately. A camera-friendly single mom (Kate del Castillo) in East L.A., making her weekly payphone call to her south-of-the-border son (Adrian Alonso) on his ninth birthday, turns on the waterworks when he reminds her he hasn't seen her in four years. At the birthday party immediately thereafter, Granny is hacking her way to an imminent grave, and a distant uncle, brother of the absent father, drops by to volunteer for guardianship, fully cognizant of the $300 per month sent home by the mother. Granny, like clockwork, fails to wake up, and the boy, wasting only a little time for waterworks, heads north on his own to track down his mother before the next weekly call. Hair-raising adventures and close shaves follow bumper to bumper, though the boy always appears to have time to comb his hair as neatly as if he were sitting for a studio portrait. A happy ending never feels in doubt. It's only a question of how many tugs.
Michael Caine does too many of these types of roles. He should've quit after that nice little noir Nicholson film, I believe called "Blood and Wine".
And, did anyone see the best bank vault break in movie by a janitor, in the last 25 years? That would be the overlooked film from last year, called THE LOOKOUT, with Jeff Daniels.


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Need a tent? Water? Want a Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS keepsake like a T-shirt or jersey? All of those items, and more, will be distributed free.
Lone Star Ride Board President Jacque Borel sent this message to all former Lone Star Ride participants — riders and crew.
The Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS has reached the end of the road, but there are a number of items stored in the LSRFA storage facility which may be of value to previous riders and crew.
The storage unit, at 4641 Production St., Unit No. 25, will be unlocked from 10 a.m. until noon this Saturday, Feb. 8, so that former participants can pick up whatever supplies and equipment they wish.
The storage unit must be emptied by the end of February, so all materials which remain after this Saturday will be either donated or otherwise disposed of. If there are questions, please contact Jacque Borel, board chair.
Production Street is off Lucas Avenue between Maple Avenue and Harry Hines Boulevard in Oak Lawn.
The beneficiaries have already been to the storage locker and gotten whatever they can use. Items include camping equipment, bottled water, rakes, brooms, bike racks, ice chests, jerseys, shirts and a variety of other memorabilia.
Borel assures us that the tents do not come equipped with the rocks that always seemed to be strategically placed under each and every tent during the ride.
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If you need a recipe for an unforgettable summer, check with Almaden 10-year-old Jenna Flynn.
Just a couple of weeks before starting fifth grade at Simonds Elementary School, Jenna put the finishing touches on a young water polo player's dream vacation.
She scored more than 40 goals in eight games to lead her team to the National Junior Olympics 10U girls' championship at Stanford University's Avery Aquatic Center, and she was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.
Jenna, who has played three years for the San Jose Almaden Water Polo Club, competed for Davis at the four-day USA Water Polo nationals because SJA did not have a 10U squad at the event.
In addition to her incredible offensive totals, including five goals in the semi's and three more in the 4-3 title game win, she demonstrated dominant defense, scurrying all over the pool to steal the ball.
Jenna was the only Northern California athlete of the 17 boys and girls age groups to receive a national MVP honor.
To top it all off, Jenna and her Davis teammates received their championship award from Olympic gold medalist Brenda Villa.
A few days later, Jenna played for San Jose Almaden's 14U girls, who earned fourth place in the Gold Division of the National Junior Olympics. Her San Jose teammates included Georgia Stebbins, Sara Duke, Helena Batey, Arrington McGee, Amanda Rice, Avalon Gook, Lauren Jufiar, Corlista Davison, Zoe King, Audrey Mullen, Nina Flynn, Carson Rampelberg, Kelsey Palmaffy and Madi Burkhardt.
After dropping their first two games, the Almaden girls won six games in a row, including victories over Merced, 12-3, Gulliver Riptides of Florida, 10-6, Thunder WPC of Texas, 15-9, Bangarang Water Polo, 13-7, Alliance from Mission Viejo, 9-7, and Viper Pigeons from Texas, 11-7. They lost a tight 10-8 to Foothill in the battle for bronze.
The U16 team also had a great run, placing 22nd in the nation with a 4-2 record. The U16 team included Lauren Ross, Nina Flynn, Helena Batey, Haleigh Smith, Sierra Painter, Avalon Gook, Berkeley Cannestra, Sanam Ghazvini, Monica Boss, Melody Nouri, Samantha Stebbins, June Lee and Myranda Wienkers.
Players interested in San Jose Almaden Water Polo Club can obtain information at www.sjawaterpolo.com. The nonprofit organization is committed to developing water polo in the Almaden area, and practices are held at Leland High, according to Eric Rise, the girls program head coach.


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Introduction: How to Build a Robot - the BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited )
I originally made a instructables about my beetle robot version 1.
It is now time to show you a new version of this wonderful robot. This new version is much easier to build and fool proof!
The beetle robot (Beetle bot), is a very simple and efficient robot that use no electronics component to avoid obstacle in his path. It use two SPDT switch to avoid obstacles by reversing the opposite motor to pivote and free himself. There is no silicon chip, that is, no integrated circuit, no transistor, no resistor, capacitor, etc.
This mean very cheap to build!
The major modification is the cross antenna. When you have cross antenna, obstacles like a chair leg won't be any danger to the robot. The robot will be able to avoid it. On the original design, the antennas where in a V shape and the chair leg would go right in the middle of the V and the robot would had a hard time to get free.
By having the cross antenna, it also help with the assembly of the robot. The switch are closer together which help in the soldering of the wires.
Here is a little resume turn into a video. Check it out!
This article was created because I got contacted by a Make editor. I then took pictures and redid the beetle for an article that I wrote in the MAKE magazine Volume 12.
After a few month I saw this: Top articles in MAKE 1 - 12.
It turns out, that my article was one of the most read of there digital magazine!
Here is the digital version of my article.
I took 134 pictures, that is 235Mb of files! I had a really hard time to choose the perfect pictures to make this instructable!
In 2010 I made a internship at www.solarbotics.com and made this solderless kit
Look at blue and the green beetle bot in the pictures! They look awesome!
The only thing you need is a screwdriver that we give in the kit!
Thank you!
Jerome Demers
Step 1: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - the Component List
This is what you will need to build this robot.
Items for the robot:
2 x 1,5V motors
2 x SPDT ( single pole double throw ) switches with a metal lever
2 x AA or AAA battery
2 x Terminal connector ( see picture )
1 x AA or AAA battery holder
1 x Plastic or wooden pearl ( Spherical bead )
1 x 1 inch x 3 inch piece of metal or aluminum
1 x Toggle switch for the on/off switchs
Paper clips big and small
2 feets of wires around 22/24 Gauge size
Heat shrink that will fit over the motor shaft and some that will fit over the terminal connector
Electric tape and masking tape
Items for the body shell :
Round plastic lid to make the shell of the robot
Some spray can paint, the colour you want.
Clear varnish
Autobody filler putty or epoxy glue
2 x Small magnets to attach shell to body.
You need some 1,5Volts motor, not 3V or no event 12V!!
Each motors are powered by a single AA battery. You will drain your battery if you use a bigger motor. You can find them in toys or even at your local dollarrama, in little car, fans, etc! ( beware, they might really suck you battery down )
the recommended tools for this project:
1 x safety glasses!!
1 x soldering iron
1 x glue gun
1 x wire strippers
1 x side cutter
1 x scissors, knife, x-acto, etc
I recommend you to take the time to read this entire instructable before starting. In every page I have added a lot of pictures, so don't forget to look.
Step 2: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - the SPDT Switchs
This is the main component for this robot. The most expensive.
You might get them free or pay from 1$ to 4$ each.
the SPDT switchs need to be really sensitive! These switches are the most expensive part of the robot... around 1$ to 4$ each. The one I use are from Cherry.
If you recycle old electronic, it might be all FREE! Try searching old VCR, PS2, old toys, printer, etc
Back then, I use to recycle everything, I got everything FREE, old VCR are very good for gears and something SPDT switchs!!! Playstation have great motors, the one that makes the laser move.
-- edit july 5 2008 I was surfing the website and found this cool instructable
His name is Nick and he is 14 years old!
He told me that is was going to build the beetle robot this weekend because he has all the parts!
He took the time to recycle. :P I did the same thing when I was his age! :)
At the end of his tutorial, I saw a picture of the blue recycling bin of is municipality - Blainville! That is like 10km from where I am living while making my internship!!
The world is small!
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Step 3: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - Mouting the Switchs to the Battery Holder
The SPDT switchs position is the new twist in this design.
You are going to cross the antenna so that nothing can get stuck between a chair leg like the old design.
Glue them together like in the picture. Hot glue will do.
Step 4: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - Motor Grip
You need grip to get around! Without tires, your car won't go anywhere. Try driving on your rims... does this make you think of police footage, bad guys trying to get away with busted tires :P
Same thing with the beetle robot.
The shaft of the motor is the rim and the heatshrink is the tire. Since the robot rests on the shaft of the motor to move around, you will need some grip.
You will need to shrink the heatshrink onto the motor shaft. I use a heat gun but the tip of your soldering iron will do.
Step 5: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - the Motor Mount.
Here we are going to build a motor mount instead of glueing the motors to the battery holder.
It will look more professional.
Take your metal or aluminium plate and cut it to make a rectangle 1 x 3 inch. It does not really need to be exactly 1 x 3 inch.
If you don't have access to aluminium you can glue the motors to the battery holder.
You can also salvage metal from a old computer, VCR, etc.
In a lot of electronic equipement they have metal plates that are used to reduce parasite noise by grounding these plates to the main ground of the equipement. These plates are easy to cut with metal scissor.
Step 6: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - Attaching the Motors to the Motor Mount
This is an easy step but you need to be carefull for the motor polarisation.
If you get this step right, you have good chances it will work the first time!
( I hope so :P )
Look at this picture to understand. I have use electric tape to attach my motors.
Step 7: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - Attaching the Motors to Battery Holder
Here we simply glue the metal plate to the front of the robot.
These are a few problems that arose:
1 - The motor mount unglued from the battery holder.
You can simply glue the metal plate to the battery holder with epoxy. You will never be able to remove it!
Here is my tip: I tape a piece of masking tape to the battery holder and one to the motor mount. I then use epoxy to glue the two parts together. The glue dries onto the masking tape and not on the plastic of the battery holder. If one day I need to remove any item, I simply rip off the masking tape! Clever hen? In resume, you glue two pieces of masking tape together!
2 - The front of the robot is too heavy and the robot tilts to the front.
To avoid the tilting, you can try to mount the bracket to the front and not to the middle. This might not really help. On the next step you will see another solution. You can always put some weight on the back of the robot.
Step 8: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - the Back Caster
You will need the big paper clip and the plastic or wooden pearl. These pearls are exactly the one found on neckless.
You don't really need a round pearl. You can have the entire robot rest on the bare paper clip.
The other step is to glue the paper clip to the battery holder.
Here is another precaution. The way I have glued the paper clip is not super super.
It will not hold on very well. Be sure to put a lot of glue!
You can glue the paper clip on top of the battery holder.
You remember the problem with the heavy front? You can make a long caster to prevent the front to tilt. ( see picture )
Step 9: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - Soldering the Switchs ( Part 1 )
Here we start soldering!
It is going to be really easy!
Check out the pictures! I have used a paper clip to make the middle connection.
I took some black electric tape to cover the aluminium plate. This was an aesthetic feature when taking pictures and it helps remove flash reflection.
Step 10: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - Soldering the Switches ( Part 2 )
I took paper clip to solder from the motor to the commun pin of the switches.
Step 11: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - the Third Connection ( Part 1 )
You are going to solder a wire between the motors.
Step 12: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - the Third Connection ( Part 2 )
Here is the principal and most important thing about the beetlerobot.
It is call the "third connection"
In you AA/AAA battery you have 2 wires that provide 3Volts.
In reality, we only use 1,5Volts for both motors.
How can we get half the voltage? Simple, you solder a wire like the picture below.
The new wire will touch the last wire you have solder in the last step and you will connect it to the battery holder. See picture.
Be very carefull when soldering to the battery holder, you can melt the battery holder! I have already done that. This will happen with cheap AA holder.
Step 13: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - Power of the Robot
Here you are going to hook up the power to the robot. On your AA or AAA battery holder you have a red and a black wire. Like you probably know, the red wire is positif ( + ) and the black is negativ( - ).
Solder the wire like on the picture and everything is ready to be tested.
Put some battery in it.
Both motor should turn.
By pressing the left switch the left motor should turn the other way.
By pressing the right switch the right motor should turn the other way.
You are now ready to make the antenna.
Step 14: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - the Antenna Holder
This is the cool part of the design. When applying this principal you can remove the antenna and pack it into your backpack!
Take those terminals and remove the plastic. You will be able to solder to the terminal.
Take your pliers to press down on the terminal connector. After that, you will be able to slide it tight on the metal connector of the SPDT switches.
Check out the next step.
Step 15: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - the Fusion of the Antenna to the Body
Use paper clips to make the antennas. The feelers (sensors) of the bettle robot.
Solder the antennas to the terminal. I have added a heat shrink over my solder to hide it.
Clip the antenna onto the metal bracket of the switchs. If it's too loose, go back to step 14.
Your bettle robot is finished!
The following steps are going to make your robot more easthetic by adding a shell to the robot.
The next step is adding a switch to the robot instead of removing the battery.
Step 16: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - Mounting the Power Switch
Your robot should be able to move around and avoid obstacles.
To stop your robot, you need to remove the battery. This can get annoying and I recommend adding a simple switch.
Look at the pictures and you will understand. I have added heat shrink to make it look nice and hide my beautiful solder joint.
Step 17: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - Making the Shell
To make the shell, you can use any sort of plastic container. The dark green is a peanut butter cap and the transparent green is from a gel container.
I decided to use the transparent cap to make my shell. I then cut out the cap to make room for the motors and the switches.
Step 18: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - Making the Shell ( Part 2 )
Like you have seen on the pictures, the gel cap is not really round. To cover the holes I have used a body car putty. Beware, car putty cure really fast!!
I have file down the cap to make the entire cap rough. This will help the putty to grip. Let it dry and after you can file it again to make everything smooth. Once it's dry, I have used another putty for the finishing touch.
I did the same thing and filed everything.
If you don't have access to putty, you can use epoxy glue, it will work great. Let it dry 24 hours before sanding. Epoxy glue can be very liquid so be careful. Take your time.
Step 19: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - Making the Shell ( Part 3 )
After sanding the lid smooth, it is time to paint it. Give it a couple of coats of primer.
After that you can start painting the shell in black or any other colour you like.
Give a couple of paint layers and let it dry. Take you time. I normally do that outside in the sun.
It is now time to add the circles to the robot. I took a coin to make the circles. I have used masking tape to make the circles.
Put them anywhere you want.
Step 20: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - Making the Shell Painting
Take a other colour you want and start painting.
Spray at a distance of 20 cm and one layer at the time. Give it a couple of layers.
Remove the stickers... I had some bad finish. The glue of the masking tape made some residue.
Check out next step to know how to take them off.
Step 21: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - Making the Shell, Finishing Touch.
To remove the residue, I took sandpaper and sanded with water. Use some very fine sandpaper and add some water. This will give a glossier finish.
I then used a black pen to make the outline of the circles. You can skip this step.
I just wanted to hide all the imperfection.
Yes I could of call this the ladybug robot!
I wanted to paint blue and yellow, green and yellow, etc
There are so many colours you can use.
Step 22: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - the Finish Robot
Everything is finished..
Not really, you need to hook up the shell to the robot.
To connect the shell to the robot, you can glue it directly to the battery holder, or you can use magnets; glue one inside the lid and another in a mathcing position on the battery holder.
I have switched the yellow tape with black to make it nicer. I have also painted the antenna black for aesthetic .
Congratulations, your beetle robot is done!
If you liked this tutorial, please vote for it! Tell your friends to check it out.
There is nothing more motivating then knowing that 57 000 people visited my instructables! This stimulates me to make more tutorials! and more reading for you...
Thanks for reading!
Jerome Demers
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
ps- Don't forget to vote! :P
Step 23: The BeetleBot V2 ( Revisited ) - the Statistic
Here are statistic to know a little about how I made this instructable.
It took me 5 hours to make this instructable. This is without counting the photography. I would say a good 5 hours to take the pictures.
Here is how I took my pictures. I took some CFL lamp cool white. Since daylight are hard to find.
I took some cheap lamp holder and had 3 lamps while taking pictures.
I had this big white plastic that was on my on my desk. I even took a mirror on the back so I could not lose any light.
I use a Sony DSC-W1 and it was set to macro. The other secret is the to set the camera to fluorescent lighting instead of automatic setting.
Every pictures of this and all my instructables are copyright. You have no right to copy my files without asking. I have found a video on youtube of my tutorial with my pictures and my name was not there! I have contacted the user and he modify his video.
If people use my files without asking, I will simply remove and stop making instructables.
It does not mean you find in it on the internet it is yours.
Thanks mom for proof reading! :D
'"Copyright 2008 by Jerome Demers"'
Hi! I made the robot the way your article says, but my robot just spins in circles. I'm supposed to be presenting it in a couple days and it doesn't work! Please reply fast
have you tried to understand the problem?
it spin in circle
is it one motor spinning forward?
is it one motor spining backward?
is it one motor forward and other motor in reverse?
does in spin on in place or in big circle?
are both motor actually working before soldering?
did you press the switch to see if motor respond to switch press?
post a picture
good luck!
Thanks for the advice! One motor was spinning faster, but I fixed it. Thanks for replying quickly!
Hi im doing this in school any tips to help me make it without destroying everything.
hi, you can search youtube for tips on soldering. Don't apply to much heat (or leave your soldering tip too long on component). Don't "paint" or rub solder/soldering iron on parts. You're not Picasso. (I see too many kids do that!) If you're not comfortable doing something, try it on some scrap parts laying around. Be patient and have fun! and if you don't understand something, just ask for explanation or come here to ask me :P
hey man....need a little help; i found a 4 slot AAA battery holder, can you please help me out in the third connection in this battery holder
hey man....need a little help; i found a 4 slot AAA battery holder, can you please help me out in the third connection in this battery holder
nice work, that thing must go super fast with those big wheels!
The third connection is a point in the circuit that let the motor current go in either the left batterie or the right batterie depending of the switch status. This makes the motor spin clock wise or counter clock wise depending of the path it takes.
I did it with a friend! We got succesfull at first attempt! Thank you very much for sharing.
But I have a question, did you pattented it? Is it legal for someone to sell it? Not because I want to do it, but because I found this post on "mercadolibre"
(You have to be registered to see the link, I think so)
Sorry for my english, I'm from México
hey man!
I am happy you got this working!
thanks for the info about that robot kit.
I was not aware.
I got use to people using/copying my work without credit. I have seen a lot of them!
take care and keep making robots!!
Can it work without the terminal connectors. if i solder the antlers to the metal levers of the SPDT switch ? Please reply fast....
no, it's super hard to solder to those terminal. Give it a try. Use a file to scratch the surface to make it easy to solder. Use flux. Goodluck!
WOW!!!!!!!!!! thank you very much for sharing this to me!! I am super happy! This was my initial goal when I made that robot in 1999 for my science fair. To teach people about robotics. You guys did a amazing job, say BIG thanks to your team! The video is beautiful! Thank you!!
Thanks a bunch for your positive feedback! We plan on making it even better and trying it out with older children as well.
I am just finding out about BEAM robotics and I'm amazed at the educational potential it holds!
I built it the way all the pictures say. The bot goes backwards first then when you touch the attanas it goes forward. And suggestions?
Hello Andrea,
I will not give you the direct answer... maybe :)
You robot is functional, you only need to do one thing to make it work 100%.
A electric motor can go in two direction. Forward and backward.
How do you make a motor go forward? The only thing we have in our circuit is a battery and a switch. Let say we only use the batterie and the motors. How can I change the direction of the motor?
On your any batteries (cylindrical AA in our case) there is a positive (+) and a minus (-). There is a convention saying that the electricity flows from the positive (+) to the minus (-) in any electric circuit. The electricity comes out of the positive (+) and start going through the circuit then it goes back to the minus (-). If you swap the polarity of your motor, the electricity still flow from the positive to the minus of the battery BUT it's inside the motor that is in reverse. So the motor spin the opposite direction! You simply swap/change/invert the wiring of the motors leads of both motors to make the motor spin the other way around. If you do that in your beetlebot it will go forward. This will also fix the issue when you press the swtich and the motor will go backward.
You have to do both motors. If you do one, well one side goes forward and the other side goes backward. It will spin really really fast!
good luck and let me know if that works!
The flow of electricity from the battery goes from negative to positive not positive to negative.
I have made the thing as instructed.Kindly check the first picture.
While mentioning any suggestions,kindly specify with respect to SPDT 1 or SPDT 2.
Both batteries are working but not the robot.
On pressing the lever at SPDT 1,motor 1 is rotating.
Is the battery holder in the picture alright?How can I draw the wire from the back part?
Kindly help me.
you can not make this projet work with a single batterie. You need two 9V or two 1.5V batteries.
I have made the thing.But my robot is not moving forward but is moving in circles.What should I do?Please help me.
guys plz help I made it the same way as instructed but my robot does not move front when on but when the SPDT are clicked the corresponding motors work perfectly plz help
Your problem is the "third" connection. You are not providing voltage to your motors when the SPDT are not activated. Make sure you have a good connection inside the batterie holder (the junction of the two batteries).
good luck
Hi, i need help to search switch SPDT. I check in mouse but there is no plate for connect. I check in printer too but nothing.
Where is switch SPDT located in VCR?
in a mouse, you have to desolder the switch from the green (PCB) board. You apply heat to the pads and pull on the switch.
You can find switch in a VCR but it depends of the type and date of VCR.
you can also buy them online, it's cheap and digikey ships superfast (8$ shipping) cheap
or here
good luck Christine!
i put both of the batterys in and the motors don't spin at all. however, when I press the spdts the cooresponding motor spins. HELP PLEASE!!!!
I built the bettle bot the same way as the pictures. It goes in reverse. When you touch the attanas it goes forward. Can I change and connections to change this?
I am a 14 yrs old child and i just loved this robot i even am making it now so thank you sir whi made this beautiful robot.
Dear 14-yrs-old-child-now-15-yrs-old-child,
Plenty stupid to post you're a fourteen year old.
An adult who doesn't want somebody to kidnap you.
I have built the robot but it doesnt move very fast. Not like in the video. It doesn't hit the switches hard enough to activate them. But they work because if I hit them with my finger it changes direction. The motors I am using are allelectronics DCM-409 which are 1.5-6v motors and I am using 2 AA batteries.
This could be a result of touching components. With experience in this area I reccomend trying to seperate anything electrical that is touching.
Dude, sorry for the late reply, but check on your switch. Is it flexible enough? Maybe it's a little too rough and hard?


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Twenty-five year old Ethan Humphries, "Hump" to his friends, is suffering from a classic case of Peter Pan syndrome. In the seven years since graduating high school, his greatest accomplishment is being able to get into any club in Los Angeles. Supported by wealthy parents, he works out, parties, and brings a different girl home every night. One evening, he gets a call from his inebriated friend, Brad, who accidentally spills the beans about their best friend Jeff's wedding--taking place the following weekend. Apparently someone 'forgot' to tell Ethan. Ethan immediately flies back home to Vancouver and meets up with Jeff, who has become a corporate shill. Jeff has gone so far as to name Stu, the brown-nosing Vice President of his advertising firm, his best man. Worst of all, Jeff is marrying Ethan's high school sweetheart, Stephanie. Sliding into regression, Ethan unsuccessfully tries to recreate his high school glory days with his friends.His relationship with Jeff is in shambles, Ethan focuses his efforts on getting Stephanie back. Through a series of events, Ethan begins to understand that he has a lot to learn about friendship, love and growing up.


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WASHINGTON — The White House and leaders of the intelligence committee in Congress are rejecting National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden's plea for clemency.
"Mr. Snowden violated U.S. law," White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer said Sunday about the former systems-analyst-turned-fugitive who has temporary asylum in Russia. "He should return to the U.S. and face justice."
Pfeiffer said no offers for clemency were being discussed.
Snowden made the plea in a letter given to a German politician and released Friday. In his one-page typed letter, he asks for clemency for charges over allegedly leaking classified information about the NSA to the news media. ""Speaking the truth is not a crime," Snowden wrote.
Snowden's revelations, including allegations that the U.S. has eavesdropped on allies including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, have led to calls by allies to cease such spying, and moves by Congress to overhaul U.S. surveillance laws and curb the agency's powers.
But the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said if Snowden had been a true whistle-blower, he could have reported to her committee privately.
"That didn't happen, and now he's done this enormous disservice to our country," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. "I think the answer is no clemency."
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Mike Rogers, called clemency for Snowden a "terrible idea."
"He needs to come back and own up," said Rogers, R-Mich. "If he believes there's vulnerabilities in the systems he'd like to disclose, you don't do it by committing a crime that actually puts soldiers' lives at risk in places like Afghanistan."
Rogers contended that Snowden's revelations had caused three terrorist organizations to change how they communicate.
Both lawmakers addressed word that President Obama did not realize Merkel's personal phone was being tapped. Rogers implied that he didn't believe the president, or European leaders who claimed they were shocked by Snowden's allegations.
Pfeiffer appeared on ABC's "This Week," while Rogers and Feinstein were on CBS' "Face the Nation."


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After fourteen years John Romero is finally making another shooter. Let's just hope to god it's better than the last one, the troubled and ultimately rather shoddy Daikatana.
Romero made the announcement on a Gamescom podcast for Jostiq, saying that the new shooter is just one of "several games" that he's working on.
Most of those games are presumably being worked on through Loot Drop, the mobile and social games studio Romero and his partner Brenda Romero have largely been focusing on for the last few years. The mystery shooter, however, is being developed by new studio Romero Games.
"I'm working on several games at once right now," Romero said. "But (Brenda Romero) had mentioned earlier that I'm working with a concept artist, and so I've got some cool imagery for the main character."
"I haven't made a shooter since 2000. So I'm basically starting to work on another one," he then confirmed.
John Romero is of course best known as the co-founder of id Software and the co-creator of Doom, the big daddy of classic shooters. Looking forward to seeing what he comes up with?
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John Romero is returning to the FPS genre after fourteen years
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Found something kind of neat using Google and YouTube. You can make video stories using Google Search Stories
You can make a story like "Parisian Love" video the one shown during the Super Bowl. You just think up seven searches, add music and viola' you have a video. Try it. Once you have a story you like, upload it to YouTube and embed it on your blog.
21st Century Skills Class
Friday, May 18, 2012
Google search stories
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Where good ideas come from
Think about how you are using your PLN. Are you using your network for just social interactions or are you networking and sharing your knowledge, passions with others
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
What is the cloud?
I surfed the Net and found a short video about cloud computing. I know one of you has this as their topic, but I thought this was interesting enough to share with all of you.
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Labels: cloud computing, tech
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Using music in projects
How does this effect you?
How does this effect you?
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
Fair use and copyright
One of the topics we are going to look at is the issue of fair use and copyright. It is important to know what the laws are so you know when and whether you can use another person's material. Here are a few videos to get you started. One is by Videomaker Magazine. The other one is posted on School Tube. I will also post some links at the bottom of this post to give you more info about the concept of copyright and plagiarism.
Here are some links to more information on copyright.
Here are some links to more information on copyright.
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We are going to use Masher to make a public service video. Today I would like you to log onto Masher, create an account and try it out. Then, go to the Google doc that was shared with you and decide on a topic. If you don't see one you like, you can add your own. You can do this with a partner, if you'd like. It has to be a partner that you haven't collaborated with so far this semester. We are going to mix it up and Mash it up :) You will be using the Flip cameras to take some of your own video. You will be working on this again on Friday. Have fun!
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Photo Fun
Today we are going to try picnik.com and bighugelabs.com It is another fun place to go to enhance your photos. Play around with this one for a while. You can either use one of your pictures from Flickr, take one with PhotoBooth, get one off your phone or upload one. Have fun The site offers lots of effect and ways to edit your photo for free. Of course, you can pay and get more features, but the free ones are fun, too.
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Secession: A Cure for America. Residents In Thirty States Have Filed Petitions To Secede.
Popular Huffington Post article regarding current Secession movement in thirty states available for sharing and re-posting.
December 17, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Residents in thirty states have filed petitions to secede from the Union. This has the potential to cure the partisanship war between Conservatives and Liberals.
Washington needs to seize this opportunity now, according to Huffington Post political humor blogger John Cooker. He explains how this would benefit the country; the real reason Red states and Blue states cannot get along; the origins of the conflict; how secession would save Washington D.C. from its current dysfunction; and why Harry Reid looks and acts like a zombie.
The link to this article is: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-cooker/secession-a-cure-for-amer_b_2230722.html?utm_hp_ref=political-humor
The partisanship war has reached a new fever pitch in America since the election in November. This crisis must be addressed, but it can only be broached with humor, lest a real war break out. The only way to save the country is by stepping back and lightening up a little. Cooker's article explains:
"If we observe the Red/Blue state division of America, it's obvious conservative opinions flourish like a contagious disease in warm climates (maybe why they're so hot-headed and John Boehner has that orange complexion) and liberal opinions flourish like a case of chicken pox in cooler climates (maybe why they rely on lawyers and deliberation and Harry Reid does look infected with something). This natural climatic barrier would aid in the separation of the two new countries and define their boundaries -- pretty much along the old Mason/Dixon line (though global warming may threaten border-states like Maryland and Delaware)."
The entire article is available with permission to be reprinted, linked to, broadcasted and copy and pasted. It is an extract from the new book: Cure Your Democracy, The Infection, Spread and Treatment of Contagious Opinions.
John Cooker, MRI is a political humor blogger on Huffington Post and the author of Cure Your Democracy, a political satire of the partisan dysfunction of Washington. He claims to have graduated from Harvard Online (not affiliated with Harvard University) with a certificate of MRI (Medical Research Interpreter) - a growing field in high demand (according to the matchbook cover advertisement) that's too new to be recognized for degree accreditation. Cooker notes: "Many people cannot understand their doctors, diseases or procedures. An MRI explains them in plain English."
Website: www.cureyourdemocracy.com
Tags: Conservative, liberal, politics, secession


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We've been covering The Road To KDE 4.0 for quite a while now, and KDE.News is finally out with a new article to cover the new Konsole in KDE 4.0. While the KDE terminal program may not be as interesting as Strigi, Kalzium, or CMake, the version found in KDE 4.0 will be home to a multitude of improvements.
Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 10,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software. He can be followed via Twitter or contacted via MichaelLarabel.com.


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During this two-day workshop, you will learn: The five most common conflict resolution styles How to increase positive information flow through non-verbal and verbal communication skills How to be more confident of their ability to manage conflicts
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text: Are we responsible for poor government? SHARE THIS 2014-04-17 13:11 Melt Botes Comments: 1 Article views: 344 The back bone of effective policy making is effective political participation. In a democratic republic, citizens have a social responsibility to influence and pressure government to act in favour of the community as a whole. Citizens should remember that it is in fact they who empower and create government through elections. Being an election year, South Africans need to be reminded of their important role in the public decision making process. South Africans feel that their role is either limited or with minimal impact.In the 2009 elections 77.3% of the electorate registered to vote, which is a promising figure, but a mere 56.57% of those registered eventually made it to the voting stations. In other words, only a little more than half of the voters of South Africa went to the voting station to cast their votes. The figures are even more alarming with regard to the youth of South Africa. In 2013 the Independent Electoral Commission pointed out that only 12% of those between 18 and 19 years of age and 65% of those aged between 20 and 29 registered to vote. For anyone concerned, this should be shocking figures, seeing that it emphasises the apathetic culture South Africans hold toward political participation. Voting is the basic form of political participation, apart from protests, rioting, petitions, campaigning, and etcetera. Therefore poor voter turnout figures suggests indirectly to overall poor participation in the politics of our country. Political participation does not end at the voting station. Why do we make it seem that we accept public decisions and government actions that we in fact do not condone? Why do we keep our discomforts with public action and our discontent with government policies between the four walls of our homes and the comfort of our living room couches? It will not benefit the South African's cause if we project our frustrations at the television screen. It must be directed to those responsible for the multiple frustrations we hold. Vote when it is Election Day, protest if the climate requires it and complain if you have complaints. It is your fundamental right to participate in the politics of our Country. Ordinary South Africans should avoid an apathetic attitude towards his or her influence in the political arena. There is always a fight to be fought and a multitude of ways to effectively participate in that fight. Let you voice count.By Melt Botes** Have something on your mind about this year's elections? Write to us by submitting your content here. SHARE THIS Get Published! UPLOAD Click hereto uploadyour article Click hereto uploadyour photo Click hereto uploadyour video Disclaimer: All articles and letters published on MyNews24 have been independently written by members of News24's community. The views of users published on News24 are therefore their own and do not necessarily represent the views of News24. News24 editors also reserve the right to edit or delete any and all comments received.


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Komatsu was a Dirtamancer in service to the Side of Haffaton. Komatsu expired long ago.
It is unclear if Komatsu is male or female.
While linked with Maxwell and Wanda, Komatsu gave Wanda the inspiration for the memorial stones. Wanda either retained enough insight into Dirtamancy, or studied with Komatsu later, to know enough to create the stones herself.IPTSF Text 55
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Their name may be a reference to Komatsu Global, a construction company.
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Recently confirmed by @XboxSupport on twitter, if your account has been banned you will lose the license to any games attributed to that account.
This news comes as yet another blow to the perceived attack on gamers. Not everyone is banned fairly, so this could become a huge problem down the road.
@dohertymark If your account is banned, you also forfeit the licenses to any games that have licenses tied to it as listed in the ToU. ^AC
— Xbox Support (@XboxSupport1) June 14, 2013
When asked about a hacked account, this was their response.
We have reached out to make sure that this only applies to digital games and not your disc copies. If so then it is crisis averted.
@KillerRamen Ensure your account security features are enabled, and security proofs details are correct. ^ML
— Xbox Support (@XboxSupport1)
June 15, 2013
Their response is to be expected, with no real confirmation one way or the other.@snickelsox We don't have any specifics on that at this time. More info will be available in the coming months. ^ADWhat does this mean for Disc Games. One could argue that they should have a clear "no" on this if they intended to let banned players keep their disc licenses. But, they could have just not made up their minds yet. So we will wait and see and hope for the best but, given their recent track record, prepare for the worst.
— Xbox Support (@XboxSupport1) June 15, 2013
I also asked if Netflix and TV functionality would be available to banned players. They responded in another ambiguous way. ( I neglected to clarify if this applied to Xbox One or Xbox 360.)
I have also reached out to Xbox officially, rather than their twitter support, for comment. We will update if/when we hear back from them.
@snickelsox Those features would not be available on the Xbox 360, as for the Xbox One we don't have those details at this time. ^AD
— Xbox Support (@XboxSupport1) June 15, 2013
[update 2]
There has been reference to the the Terms of Service that Xbox users have to agree to in order to use the service. While the current terms are specifically for Xbox Live on Xbox 360 andnot Xbox One one can infer a few of the possible guidelines that the Xbox One will use when it comes to your rights.
Section 1.7 is the directed response which states:
We may change the Services at any time, for any reason or no reason, and we may also cancel or suspend your ability to access the Services if you're in breach of this Agreement. If we cancel your Services account or your credentials, your right to use the Services stops immediately, but you're still required to pay all charges already incurred through that account.But reading a bit further down into article 1.12 we could see the way things could change. Games are considered more of a service now and unless you work within the confines of the Xbox One market place, your game could be considered unauthorized software.
At the moment the Terms of Service can only help speculate how the Xbox One will handle banned account who own games, bought either new or used. Nobody, outside of a few higher-ups at Microsoft, truly knows how this will all works yet. Let us hope thatthey can pull together a message quickly to address this potential problem.
You can't use unauthorized software or hardware to access the Services, nor can you modify an Authorized Device in any unauthorized way (e.g., through unauthorized repairs, unauthorized upgrades, or unauthorized downloads). You agree that we have the right to send data, applications or other content to any software or hardware that you are using to access the Services for the purpose of detecting an unauthorized modification and/or disabling the modified device.
You must not attempt to disassemble, decompile, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, modify, further sublicense, distribute, or use for other purposes the Services, any game, application, or other content available or accessible through the Services, or any hardware associated with the Services or with an Authorized Device. If you do, we may cancel your account and your ability to access the Services, and pursue other legal remedies. We may take any legal action we deem appropriate against users who violate our systems or network security, this Agreement or any additional terms incorporated or referenced in it. Such users may also incur criminal or civil liability.
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Well that was quick. According to @XboxSupport1 the original tweet was "intended" for the Xbox 360, not Xbox One. While this would not be the first time Xbox Support said something in error, it would also not be the first time they revealed something before it was ready. I personally hope this was a simple mistake, but that leaves a burning question in my mind. What about all the other tweets?
— Xbox Support (@XboxSupport1) June 15, 2013
@Jeffrey_Jue There was some confusion here. That tweet was intended to refer to downloadable games on the Xbox 360 actually. ^AD
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MAINTAINING A BALANCED U.S. POLICY ON MIDDLE EAST PEACEEvery Arab-Israeli agreement since the founding of Israel in 1948 has been at least in part a product of United States pressure. But for U.S. pressure to produce a lasting peace agreeme nt, it must be applied evenhandedly to both Arabs and Israelis. If the U.S. applies its diplomatic leverage disproportionately against Israel, as the Bush Administration has begun to do, the peace talks will collapse. Such a tilt against Israel undermines America as an honest broker and erodes Israeli confidence in America, which is an indispensable requirement for Israeli flexibility in the negotiations. Unbalanced U.S. pressure against Israel inflates Arab expectations and encourages the Arabs to escalat e their demands and rule out conces- sions. It rewards Arab hardliners at the expense of Arab moderates. And it discourages Arab negotiators from negotiating directly with Israel, instead leading them to negotiate with Washington in the hope dw America wil l "deliver" Israel. This inevitably will paralyze the negotiations.; since a lasting peace can not be imposed by America, but can be attained only through direct negotiations between the warring parties. The Bush Administration should understand these dang e rs. Yet it repeatedly has gone out of its way to side with the Arabs on contentious issues in the course of the negotiations. Secretary of State James Baker, for example, unilaterally decided to hold the second round of talks on December 4 in Washington, a s the Arabs wanted to maximize U.S. involvement, rather than in the Middle East, as Israel wanted in order to signal Arab acceptance of the Jewish state. To demonstrate that he would not be railroaded by the U.S., Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir delayed sen d ing Israel's delegation to Washington for five days. .U.S. Contradiction.The State Department also sided with the Arabs by granting visas to Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) officials who acted as unofficial advisers to the joint Palestinian-Jordan i an delegation in Washington. This required the Bush Administration to grant waivers to the PLO officials, who otherwise would have been banned from entering America under a 1986 law that prohibits the entry of members of terrorist groups. This concession c ontradicted U.S. assurances that Israel would not have to negotiate, even indirectly, with the PLO, which Israeli rejects due to the PLO's continuing terrorist activi- ties. Allowing PLO officials to come to Washington also undermined U.S. attempts to bui l d up Palestin- ian moderates and permitted the PLO to increase its control over the negotiations. By meeting Arab de mands to allow PLO officials to come toWashington, Bakerss State Department might have removed a short-term obstacle to Arab participation in the negotiations, but damaged; the long-term prospects for a negotiated settlement. The most recent U.S. tilt against Israel came when the U.S. joined the'14 other members of the United Nations Security Council in backing a January 6 resolution that "s t rongly -condemns" Israel's January 2 decision to deport from the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank 12 Palestinians accused of inciting terrorism against Israelis. This was the first time that the U.S. supported a U.N. Security Council resolu- tion that "strongly condemned" Israel for any action. This resolution, in fact, was tougher in its language than U.N. Security Council Resolution 660 of August 2,1990,-which merely "condemned7lraq for invad-
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Telerik's Kendo UI provides a number of easy-to-use, flexible controls — or widgets — for developers working with HTML5 and jQuery. You've probably been using websites and applications built with Kendo UI already - Test Studio's new recording engine uses some of the Kendo UI control set.
As a tester, you're likely more interested in how to use Test Studio than how it was built, and this is the first of a series of posts for you.
One of the first Kendo UI widgets I used is the Data Grid (you can find my example code on GitHub, if you're so inclined). This is a great way to build a table based on a data source, and make it sortable and filterable without needing a lot of code.
Here's a simple test, in Test Studio, to make sure that a particular value is displayed in a grid cell:
There's nothing special to see there, it's pretty basic. At some point in our product's development, however, we note that our test starts failing...
... and if we look closely during test execution, we can see a difference in the cell. Note that the cell now appears to be selected, and there's a cursor as though the user can type into the cell.
While we've got the test paused in the debugger, let's take a look at the DOM and see what we can find. Look carefully at the row in question, compared to the row just above it. In the row above, we can clearly see a TD element with the text "Cavalier." In the row we're expecting to find, however, the contents of the cell are very different:
Ah, here's a clue - remember, the result of a test, whether "pass" or "fail" is a piece of information for us to learn from.
Instead of the expected text, we see an Input element. It's no wonder that our test is complaining - it's looking for a TD element with "Clubman" as its text. We can see that there's no such thing to be found.
This gives us something meaningful to talk with the developers about. Even better, let's take a look at the code ourselves first.
There are a couple of things we can learn from this. First, we probably didn't need the second step in that test - if we remove or disable (un-checking the box in the list of steps) the Click step, the test runs just fine. When the click does happen, Kendo UI changes the cell from simple text to an input field, just as it would have for a user. No click means no change, and the cell would still contain simple text for our test to find.
More importantly, we also learned of a change to the application, so perhaps having that click step was a good thing after all - now that we know the grid is editable, there's probably a whole lot more testing to be done (and we should be asking who made the change, and why).
Kendo UI makes rich user interfaces simple, and in this example you can see a bit of that power — changing one parameter turned a simple table into an editable grid. It was also fairly easy for us to discover the change during testing; you can imagine comparing this to having to dig through custom code.
Is your development team using Kendo UI yet, and are there particular widgets that you're finding challenging to test? Let me know in the comments here or over on Twitter. And as always, if you're not already using Test Studio, there's a 30-day free trial waiting for you.
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Elite has been around for a long time, but doesn't speak out very often.Since the company's birth, it has moved away from connecting airtime towards handsets, accessories and Sim card distribution. However, it has carved a niche for itself in the market and continues to see growth in the segments it works in. It does business in its own way and is confident on its position in the market, explains Elite CEO Ajay Gokani.Mobile: How long has Elite been established?Gokani: We have been established for 16 years – we have been trading since 1994. We initially started doing connections on mobile phones and saw there was a market opportunity for accessories because it was so difficult to buy them at that time.What are the main areas of focus for your business?We concentrate on accessories, handsets, prepay handsets and Sim cards. We have seen growth throughout the entire category.Who is your main type of customer?We do fulfilment for retailers, online retailers and dealers. We will work with anyone from a one-man dealer right the way up to people like Carphone Warehouse, which has 800 shops.Where are you based?We are based in Wembley and Stoke-on-Trent, and we supply all over the world.Which networks do you work with?We work with all the networks, Vodafone, T-Mobile, Orange, O2, Virgin, Lycamobile, Lebara and Nomi.What makes you different from other distributors?We are a one-stop shop – that is the key thing. They call us and we carry the full range, and have the availability of products. We carry a huge range of products, which is part of our customer service. We have a customer service team and have people looking after returns and picking up stock for dealers. We also have a national account sales team.How has the mobile industry changed?The mobile industry changes all the time. The market has always been a very dynamic place. Our product line is constantly changing and that's what excites us in the industry.How has the accessories market changed?We are seeing a little bit of change in accessories off the back of BlackBerry and the iPhone. Accessories are coming back to the market, and different, more innovative products are coming through.How has Elite changed over the last year?We have not done a restructure, but we are continuously recruiting people from salespeople through to logistics and customer services.How effective are incentives?We regularly run incentives. We had one last year based on points where dealers could win a holiday and other prizes such as TVs.Would you launch a 'premier' dealer programme?We look after all our dealers and don't want to brand a customer as something they won't be happy with. We don't want to box a customer as something small, as they could all of a sudden become much bigger.How important is online as a business tool?Online is very important and it has increasingly become more of a focus.
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