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We learned about the future plans of a couple of thin film solar startups this week — Nanosolar and HelioVolt. Wondering what's up with six-year-old Miasolé? We just read a report from Venture Wire that says the thin-film solar startup, which has raised over $100 million in funding, is laying off 40 employees and restructuring. We contacted the company to learn more and are waiting to hear back.
Santa Clara, Calif.-based Miasolé has experienced delays getting its thin-film solar technology — which is based on copper, indium, gallium and selenium (CIGS) — to market. This CNET article plots the delays, noting that in September 2006, the company said it would reach mass production at the end of the 2007. And back in 2004, Miasolé was predicting mass production in 2005. Groundhog Day? Now the company is saying by the end of 2008.
Earlier this year, Miasolé raised a whopping $50 million and hired semiconductor veteran Joseph Laia to replace company founder Dave Pearce as CEO, the idea being that new leadership and new funds would help get the technology to market. It appears the company has now turned to cutting costs.
Nanosolar this week started shipping its first thin-film solar panels and HelioVolt unveiled plans for its first manufacturing facility. We'll see what Miasolé, one of the more well-known thin-film startups out there, has to tell us about their plans.


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Rest begin work on new album
I wonder which 0.1 percent will remain the same
Probably the cell phone recording.
Self-titled would've been really good if it had been recorded properly. Definitely wasn't awful or anything, but still.
Digging: Gamma Ray - Land of the Free
^ I agree.
Fear not! They said on facebook:
We're going to be NOT implimenting the lo-fi sound of the debut ever again. We've learned.
who cares?
Oh man
"We've learned" lol! Did they not hear their own album after it was recorded. It sounded like complete shit. Some terrible lo-fi recordings sound decent and sometimes amazing but that was just shitty on top of shitty.
debut sounded like it was recorded with a banana
oh god why
Digging: Summoning - With Doom We Come
Alex from Rest here, The new album is only similar to the first album in the fact that it features guitars and is a form of 'metal'. I don't know if you could even say that about the first album, which was more punk really. Also, we have clean vocalists now. Look for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnEIhYoanzE
We aren't taking the same route as our first one and we may have even a little mathcore on this release. Our main goal is to stay avant garde.
How the hell did this get approved for a news article?
Because it's relevant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL8e2ujXe8g Okay Recspecs?
Because it's news, maybe?
Well. Excuse me.
Friggin' rights. This album will be better than anything Led Zeppelin has ever put out.
Check this out buddy. That there chicken pootang and beef pootang ain't got nothing on Rest. Using them 'pliances to make that groovy grindcore.
Their new vocalist is amazing!
Hopefully this one is great.
So many band member accounts^^^^
this will suck
it will be terrible
So many troll accounts^^
They don't make fake accounts, they have something called 'fans'. Those two above accounts are pretty fucking troll though. Asshats.
i dont think there is room for any more shitty albums on the site
wow will this ever suck
Did the band really tell all 12 of their fans to go make accounts here? I mean I understand internet publicity but Sputnik isn't really the place to do it.
Wow, you're great. Making troll accounts because a band is starting to become known. You're a miserable dick, you know that? These guys work hard and you try to ruin it.
Not you, but like, all the fucking troll accounts commenting. Yes, they did, and they have a lot more than twelve.
maybe they should work harder because they sound terrible
Sundownman, your account is fake, and I don't care about your opinions and neither do they.
then stop complaining
do you like megadeth
They fucking suck.
looks like youre not so bad after all right on
Thank you
Rest's vocalist is the only singer I know that might rock my socks more than Ian Anderson, so you trolls can all just chooch on my pant antler.
Trolling a website of people who don't care isn't gonna get them fans just saying.
EDIT: sorry I meant to say all 15*****
will you let me
this is hilarious
Pizzamachine knows the true meaning of 'Fandom'.
I love how people's panties get all in a bunch because a band has fans.
Last album sucked ass, it was too commercial and poppy sounding. Fuck that shit, I hope they get it together this time around and record something that can legitimately be considered lo-fi.
Digging: American - Violate and Control
You trolls don't understand the true brilliance of their first album. It's on par with Aqualung IMO.
"this is hilarious"
Fuck, don't encourage them bro.
which member has the biggest wiener
I do.
Also, the next album won't even BE lo-fi at all.
Will it be something along the lines of Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick?
Hey faggot last album wasn't lo-fi. Rest needs to stop this M83 2.0 bullshit and put something modern out with grit, with heart and soul, not this mechanized, overly polished retro 80's bullshit.
I'm hoping for a 2 LP concent album with multiple extended tracks. Anything over ten minutes makes my willy go hard.
You're calling me a faggot? I'm in the band....
These people think we're trolling, well they can get over themselves. The next album is going to be more post hardcore-y.
think Dear Diary My Teenage Angst Has A Bodycount.
concept* rather.
I'm trolling nigger.....pass me the purple drank and shut your trap.
I will say though hope you put some moog in the new album. Moog makes everything better. Fact.
We love moog. Especially Dick Hyman. God among men.
Balls to the wall.... I like your style.
Moogs and minimoogs are a favorite of mine, especially with Jethro Tull. Great suggestion!
Jeeze, will the ppl that have nothing good to say just shut it. LIKE REALLY, know one cares what you have to say.... besides their the ones who are putting the work into it to make the damn band go far and you people are just bitching because it isnt your style and not even making music!
Ah shit. Apparently the band is going through some turbulence.
Stay together like Tull did for all those years! Evolve!
Alex here from Rest. What exactly are you talking about? The interview we did?
Grindgod + kellerdeck, you realize you used 2 of your 15373732 fake accounts and introduced yourself as "Alex here from rest", also notice how the different accounts never intertwine in conversation. Ex. Earlier balls3d, aqualung, whedie, scenegrind all stated positive remarks on this "band" in consecutive order.
So ksk1, they don't have 15 fans, they have 0, they just like to pretend.
We have fans, and keller was our publicist. Perhaps she's avoiding me? I could understand why. I don't much care if you think we have no fans, because it doesn't change the fact that we do.
The reason keller introduced herself as 'Alex from rest' is because she's a crazy bitch who gets too into her job. We fired her for slander, and what better way to ruin somebodies name than taking it?
okay, i think cone has gone overboard.
Cone is interesting.
People are still commenting on this old news cast? Hrm.
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Florentino's final violin serenade to Fermina's memories of Europe
Upon learning that Fermina is to marry a prestigious physician, Florentino is destroyed. His mother pleads with his uncle, Don Leo XII Loayza, to give her son a job. Loayza finds Florentino a job as a telegraph operator in Villa de Leyva, a faraway city, but before he departs, Florentino serenades Fermina with his violin love waltz, as he had years before, one final time. She does not acknowledge him, and he suddenly feels as though he has already left; he vows never to return.
Florentino surrenders his ship cabin to a British politician, complying with the request of the Captain. A cholera outbreak on another vessel is reported, and the passengers are forbidden to leave the ship. Florentino can think only of Fermina, until one night he is dragged into the cabin of a mysterious woman who takes his virginity. As he leaves, she tells him to forget about the incident. He is never certain of the woman's identity, though he believes it to be a young mother, Rosalba, who keeps her child in a bird cage, and who travels with two other women. At the height of his pleasure, he realizes that his love for Fermina is replaceable by mortal passion.
When Rosalba and her party depart the ship, he waves goodbye; their cordial, familiar response pains him, for he feels he has acted too late. After Rosalba disembarks, Florentino is drowned in jealousy, for he thinks that Fermina should be either his bride or no one's. He resolves that he does not care about the job that awaits him and returns home. In a symbolic act, Florentino tosses his petate (a portable, woven mattress) into the water, certain he will never need it again. Upon his return, he learns that Fermina and her husband are on their honeymoon in Europe, and believes that she will never return. He thinks more of Rosalba, and gradually, his thoughts of Fermina dissipate.
Transito tries to spark a romance between her son and the Widow Nazaret when she invites her to stay in Florentino's room after the widow's house is destroyed by cannon fire. Florentino intends to offer his bed to the Widow and sleep on the floor, but before he can do so, the twenty-eight-year-old widow crawls into his bed, strips, and seduces him. She has never slept with any man but her husband, and talks about him incessantly. After that night, the widow no longer dresses in mourning; Florentino continues to sleep with her, and she proceeds to sleep with any man who will have her. She often expresses to Florentino her gratitude for 'making her a whore.'
After his first encounter with the Widow, Florentino convinces himself that he has survived his torturous romance with Fermina. He proceeds to sleep with many women and keeps a notebook of his encounters. In fifty years, he fills twenty- five notebooks with descriptions of 622 serious relationships, not including countless fleeting liaisons with others. Despite these many lovers, when Fermina, who is six months pregnant, returns from her two-year honeymoon, Florentino finds her more beautiful — but more distant — than ever.
Notes on Chapter Two contain an error. Florentino Ariza is not the man with whom the girls held lotteries to hang out with, until he saw Fermina Daza; that was Dr. Juvenal Urbino. See the first paragraph in Chapter 3 to see where this sentence refers to the latter.
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Actually, women held lotteries to hang out with both men. When Florentino is introduced in chapter 2 Marquez mentions this on page 54. Then again, on page 105 (the first page of chapter 3), the lotteries for Dr. Urbino are mentioned.
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I feel that not all the topics are clearly explained in the quotes as there are some other important quotes which are feel should also be added.
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TaylorMade's special Rose putter
Justin Rose's TaylorMade Spider Blade was reliable during his U.S. Open win. (TaylorMade)
By Jonathan Wall, PGATOUR.COM Equipment Insider
You'll likely never get the opportunity to hoist the U.S. Open trophy, but TaylorMade is giving golfers the chance to own an exact replica of the putter Justin Rose used to win his first major championship at Merion Golf Club.
In honor of his victory, TaylorMade released 99 replicas of Rose's custom Spider Blade putter. The limited edition model was built to Rose's exact specs (37 5/8 inches long) and features a black Ghost Tour shaft and Tour only counterbalanced grip that's colored yellow on the butt-end. Each putter is also numbered and stamped with Rose's "JR" logo.
Rose started using a custom version of Spider Blade earlier this year at THE PLAYERS Championship that was 34 inches but lengthened the putter to 37 inches at the Memorial. Rose noted he really liked the taller posture the longer model put him in. He also felt it allowed him to release the putter more easily and consistently than his traditional-length model.
If you're wondering why TaylorMade decided to release 99 putters instead of a round 100, it's because the number 99 is his wife Kate's favorite number, 9, doubled. Rose also has "99" stamped on his TaylorMade Lethal ball.
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Vanderbilt DE Tim Fugger forcing scouts to take notice
NFL scouts are well aware of former Commodore defensive backs Casey Hayward and Sean Richardson, but the defensive player who helped himself the most at Vanderbilt's pro day on Friday was little known defensive end Tim Fugger. At only 248-pounds, he is considered a DE/OLB conversion player and his fast 40-yard dash times in the mid 4.5's backed up those thoughts. Fugger, who led the team in 2011 with 7.0 sacks and 13.5 tackles for loss, posted 29 reps of 225-pounds on the bench press and looked good in the agility drills, working out as both a lineman and stand-up linebacker.
"I worked my tail off, so I hope some people are now thinking a little different about me than they were before," Fugger told the media after his workout. "I came out and put up the numbers I did while training, so hopefully that helped me out a bit."
Hayward and Richardson stood on their numbers from the NFL Combine last month, but both participated in positional drills, receiving rave reviews.
Over 20 teams were represented in Nashville for the workouts, including Titans GMRuston Webster and Bears head coach Lovie Smith.
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KELOWNA, B.C. — A woman paralyzed in a shooting that killed one of British Columbia's most-notorious gang leaders claims in a lawsuit she wasn't aware the people she was with had links to crime, despite years of headlines documenting a bloody gang war and warnings from police that anyone associating with Jonathan Bacon or his brothers were putting their lives at risk.
Bacon was fatally shot Aug. 14, 2011, outside the Grand Delta Hotel and Resort in Kelowna during a daylight attack that also wounded two other gang members and two women.
One of those women, Leah Hadden-Watts, has filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court, targeting Jujhar Singh Khun-Khun, Jason Thomas McBride and Michael Kerry Jones, who she alleges were behind the shooting, as well as the hotel for not providing enough security.
Police have said Hadden-Watts and the other woman were inside an SUV with Bacon, full-patch Hells Angel Larry Amero and James Riach of the Independent Soldiers gang when another SUV pulled up alongside it and opened fire.
A bullet entered Hadden-Watts' neck and severed her spinal column, according to her statement of claim, leaving her paralyzed in both legs and most of her upper torso, and partially paralyzed in her arms and hands.
The lawsuit claims Hadden-Watts had no idea the people she was with were connected to B.C.'s violent gang world.
"Unbeknownst to the plaintiff, one or more of her acquaintances were involved in gang-related activities," says the statement of claim, filed last Wednesday.
Bacon and his two brothers, Jarod and Jamie, were alleged to be at the centre of a gang war that saw near-daily headlines about shootings throughout the Vancouver-area in 2008 and 2009, many of them fatal.
The violence prompted the police in Abbotsford, where the Bacons lived, to take the unusual step of issuing a public warning that friends, family members and other associates of the brothers were at risk.
Jonathan Bacon was the eldest of the three brothers.
Jamie Bacon is facing trial for conspiracy to commit murder in relation to a case known as the "Surrey Six" murders in October 2007, when six people, including two innocent bystanders, were found dead in an apartment building in the Vancouver-area suburb.
The Bacons' middle brother, Jarrod, is serving a 12-year sentence on drug trafficking charges.
The allegations against Khun-Khun, McBride and Jones have not been proven in court, either in Hadden-Watts' lawsuit or in their criminal cases.
The lawsuit also targets the owner and management of the hotel where the shooting took place, naming the B.C. Investment Management Corp. and Gateway Casinos and Entertainment Ltd., as defendants.
The statement of claim says the hotel should have had extra security in place because, the document says, casinos are a magnet for criminals.
"The hotel knew and approved of the operation of the casino that was attached to the hotel premises, and as such knew or ought to have known that the operation of a casino brings an increased risk caused by the predictable presence of criminality and gang members who regularly frequent casinos," the statement says.
"The defendant hotel did not meet its duty of care by failing to employ additional security personnel and failing to install security devices such as closed-circuit TV cameras to protect hotel guests and casino patrons from the increased risk arising from the attached operating casino."
Before the shooting, Hadden-Watts had recently completed an insurance brokering course and was planning to train as a yoga instructor, the statement of claim says.
"As a result of the injuries caused by the bullet, the plaintiff is unable to obtain and maintain gainful employment and will require special medical care for the remainder of her life," the statement says.


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In opposite to the ergometer or the spinning-bikes a roller trainer enables you to use your own bike for training. So you don't have to get used to another seating position, saddle or pedalsn. Furthermore all functions of the bike like the gearshift (and speedometer/performance measurement on the free roller) are conserved. And a roller is very mobile, it can be carried to competitions for warming up. Not only in street sports even in mountainbike and downhill races you can see more and more athletes warming up with the help of this training apparatus.
There are different types of roller trainers which we would like to explain:
The free rollers
The classic "rollers" that wrongly got out of style simply consist of three over a belt connected rollers. Thereby the bicycle is not firmly connected with the roller trainer. You actually "drive" free. The rear wheel is between two rollers and the third roller supports the front wheel. Generally this kind of roller trainer has no or only a very rudimentary braking system for setting the running resistance.
Especially track cyclist swear on the roller trainers because very high cadence is possible. Furthermore the coordination and driving technique are skilled because of the dynamic driving situation. Therefrom the free roller still is a cheap and very effective training tool.
|In order that the bicycle runs stable on the roller a certain minimum speed is neccessary. Because this is the only way the bicycles can develop the essential centrifugal force. Who never drove on a roller should be careful in the beginning to prevent an involuntary descent.
Workout roller / Roller trainer
Much simpler in use and available in many partialy fancy variants are workout rollers or roller trainers where the bicycle is fixed over the rear axle. Meanwhile they are widespread. The main advantage is clearly: through the fixed conncection between bike and roller trainer the use is possible for everybody. Even those who can't bicycle.
Generally every roller trainer has a tunable bicycle resistance that charges the rear wheel over a single roller. This break mechanism mostly works over a magnetic brake. Also possible is the detention via an impeller which is limited with a liquid for example oil or with the air drag.
For simple devices the adjustment of the braking effect is effected gradually over a simple lever. High quality devices are generally regulated stepless, electronic and sometimes even over a computer. These controls are meanwhile so further developed that a realistic feeling of driving can be realized in connection with an according software. If this software is coupled with video recording whole Tour de France stages can be simulated.
Considerably training programs can easily be documented via computer - even races over network - or internet connection are meanwhile possible.
In addition to the roller trainer and the free roller we recommend a few little assistants which make the training easier and more comfortable.
Front wheel backing: A support frame wich is placed under the front wheel in order to lift it to arrange a normal seat position. Essential if the bike is secured in a rear roller trainer and raised there.
Sweat catcher: This inconspicuous little part is clamped between the handlebars and seatpost and catches sweat from head and upper body. Like this the sensitive bike components are protected against corrosion. Actually irreplaceable because without a cooling wind the sweat drips within a few minutes.
Workout mat: mostly out of thick foam or rubber the mat fulfills two functions at the same time. On the one hand it absorbes the noise development while working and on the other hand it catches the sweat and protects the carpet or parquet.
Workout tires: Not neccessary on racing bikes with slicks but a rewarding investment especially for frequent use. A good workout tire is specialized on the pressure of rollers and does not heat up as strongly as a street tire. Thereby it is longer durable and furthermore it is more favorable than most of the good street tires.
Such a tire is an obligation for mountain bikes because off-road tires can't be used on a roller.


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The Ohio Department of Education released performance rankings of all charter authorizers (aka ???sponsors???) this week, as part of the new requirement that those ranking in the bottom 20 percent of all authorizers cannot take on new schools for one year.
This is a provision Fordham fully supported and in fact helped craft, as a means to ensure better quality and accountability in the charter school sector. The rankings, found here, include 47 authorizers including us (our sister organization, The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, is an authorizer). On a list of 47 authorizers, we ranked 24th. Nine sponsors fell into the bottom 20 percent and cannot open new schools.
We've never shied away from the truth when it comes to our schools.?? Each year, we publish a comprehensive, public account of our schools' performance (our 2011 edition will be out next month and you can peruse past editions here).?? We've also been among the first to admit that the work is tough; that more school choice without parallel accountability measures is pointless (kids need better options ??? not just more of them); and that closing schools is an important part of quality authorizing. Historically we've accepted the challenge of closing troubled schools poor academic results.
But because these state rankings are new and high-profile, we wanted to take a moment to put them in context and reiterate our emphasis on continuous improvement for all of our schools.
It's important to note a handful of facts about the rankings shared by the department of education:
That said, while our weakest school pulled down that average, we're happy to report that it also improved this year, moving up from Academic Emergency to Continuous Improvement. And we are not in the business of authorizing so as to only take on the highest performing schools. ??
A little history here is useful. Fordham's sponsorship portfolio has evolved considerable since we started in 2005. When we began sponsorship in July of that year with a total of ten schools (all in the Dayton-Cincinnati area) that collectively served about 2,700 students, and all but three of these schools we inherited from the Ohio Department of Education as they were forced out of sponsorship by state law. For the most part, these schools were troubled academically with five being rated Academic Emergency, one being rated Continuous Improvement and one being rated Excellent (three new start-up schools were unrated). Over the last six years we've had six schools leave our portfolio either through closure or by jumping to other sponsors, we've opened one new school to see it close after a year, and we've birthed two new schools. Two established schools voluntarily joined our portfolio this year. We currently sponsor only four of the ten schools that originally signed with Fordham in 2005. This year, Fordham-sponsored schools serve approximately 2,500 children; three schools carry an Effective (B) rating, four schools have a Continuous Improvement (C) rating, and one is rated Academic Watch (D).
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9er vacuum hose question
Hey all,
Recently took a trip, and part-way into said trip, some goofy stuff started to happen. The RPM's would surge, going from about 2 grand to 2300 and then 2500. When I got home, I started my search for a vacuum leak (as that's what I had it narrowed down to). What I found was the passenger side hose-boot-thingy that comes from the intake (on the keg, about halfway front-to-rear, and halfway up-down) and goes who knows where was disintegrating. I'll add pictures in just a few, but my question is this: Does anyone have a part number for this hose? I know it doesn't really do anyone any good without a picture of the hose, but I figured I'd post on the outside chance that someone knew what the hell I was talking about right off the bat and speak up. Uniblurb helped me out last time I had a hose issue (thank you sir! :cheers:) so maybe he can help one more time ;)
Thanks in advance guys!
-Evan :cheers2:
Here are the pics, as promised:
Terminates at what looks like the charcoal box (?) or an evap canister? Not sure... It's right below and a little behind the passenger-side headlight.
Can't see your pics MTBlue since it says they've been moved or deleted. If you know where the hose starts/ends believe I'd just get the hose inside diameter and buy fuel or fuel injector hose of the same size/length to replace it. Normal vacuum line they sell now is not fuel resistance and why I mentioned going with a hose which is. Vacuum pulls gas fumes from the tank, filters them through the charcoal canister, then is pulled into the intake to be burned in the engine. Good luck!
Thanks for the input!
YW and didn't know you were talking about maybe a pre-formed hose elbow. If it's a tight turning one sometimes you can just get one of those plastic 90 degree elbows and put a piece of fuel injector hose on each end. While the OE vacuum hose from the canister to the intake they used was somewhat fuel resistant they do tend to rot because of the caustic fuel fumes. Know I've had to replace them on most of my Jeeps. Good luck!
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The Cleveland Indians traded outfielder Shin-Soo Choo to the Cincinnati Reds and acquired prized pitching prospect Trevor Bauer from the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three-team deal last night.
Centerfielder Drew Stubbs was sent from Cincinnati to Cleveland as part of the nine-player swap.
In addition to Stubbs, the Indians received Bauer, the No. 3 pick in the 2011 draft, and right-handers Matt Albers and Bryan Shaw from the Diamondbacks.
Cleveland shipped Choo, infielder Jason Donald and about $3.5 million to the Reds, while sending lefthanded reliever Tony Sipp and first baseman Lars Anderson to Arizona.
The Diamondbacks also received shortstop prospect Didi Gregorius from Cincinnati.
Choo, who has been Cleveland's primary rightfielder since 2006, will play centerfield and bat leadoff for Cincinnati. The 30-year-old Choo batted .283 with 16 homers and 67 RBIs in 155 games last season.
The speedy Stubbs, who stole 30 bases last season, helped the Reds to NL Central titles in 2010 and 2012. -- AP


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The amp that drives them is a 4 channel car stereo amplifier built into a pink suitcase and powered by a wheelchair battery. The suitcase has 1/4" jacks and a toggle switch built into it. The first two PAliens also had a small electronic circuit installed that "listened" to what it was saying, and flashed a blue LED light in time to the amplitude of the sounds.
The sound processing part of the system has evolved over time. In the first installation, two aliens were talking using a pair of loopers (a Boomerang, and a Line 6 delay modeler) and a reverb unit. The boomerang would play back audio that was sent to it backwards, up to two minutes later, and the line 6 looper would play what it heard in a continuous 19 second loop that built up layers of sound each time through.
That system evolved over time using my Yellow Box performance system,
which I also used to run my band Mixtape from Mars. It contained a
full mixer, several loopers, vocal processors and reverb units, and
was built into a circus-yellow box that fit on a cart. The whole
system, including amplification, could be run on battery power
(e.g. out in the desert), or plugged into the wall.
The next step was to move the sound processing into software. Using
MAX/MSP, I built software modules that would emulate the various
processors in the Yellow Box. Then I strung them together, hooking the
modules up to independent inputs for the microphones, and the results
of the processing to outputs to send to the amps. The system can drive
up to 5 aliens, each on its own channel of processing, though it can
be customized for more or fewer.
To top it off, I incorporates the sound module from the Voice of Fire system, so that an alien could "choose" to store data from its microphone in a sound snippet database, and then play random snippets back later, though a series of processing modules.
The most recent installation, October 8, 2004, at Mighty in San
Francisco, used this setup, with 4 aliens running on software that
looped, sampled, and processed the sounds from four mics hidden around
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Downtown land hits the market
Published 6:35 pm, Wednesday, November 14, 2012
In its continued effort to guide development on the east end of downtown, the agency that runs the city's convention business is marketing a large parcel of land to developers who could bring new housing and retail to the site.
"Our desire is to continue to build the tax base in this area so the city benefits from this growth," said Peter McStravick of Houston First Corp., which manages the George R. Brown Convention Center and several other city-owned properties.
The parcel for sale is 110,000 square feet - roughly a block and a half of land - bounded by Capitol, Rusk, Crawford and Avenida de las Americas.
Houston First is not the owner, but has an option to buy it from Louis Macey, a former city councilman.
The group has a similar arrangement for property just to the south, negotiating with Houston-based Rida Development Corp. to develop a second convention center hotel.
Studies evaluating the east end of downtown have shown the area needs more housing, which would encourage the development of more shops and restaurants, said McStravick.
"That will help create the environment that visitors and conventioneers find entertaining and inviting," he said.
A buyer could be chosen by the end of January, said Davis Adams of HFF, the real estate firm hired to market the tract.
"It's an incredible site. Some of the highest rental rates are at One Park Place right around the corner," Adams said, referring to a new residential tower.
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People will think I'm crazy, but ever since I was 12 years old, I wanted to buy a church; and I know that was not the norm.
PLEASANT GROVE — Vickie Bott had an unusual dream growing up. After attending a wedding reception in an old church, her goal was to own a church of her own.
"People will think I'm crazy, but ever since I was 12 years old, I wanted to buy a church; and I know that was not the norm," she said.
Now that dream has become a reality, and while preparing for the building's future, she found a reminder of the past.
The Old White Church, as it is often called, had been empty for years when Bott decided to buy it.
"Last year I turned 60, and my dream came true," she said. "We bought a church, and we tell people and they say the same thing, 'You did what?'"
Built in 1897, located in the Manila area of Pleasant Grove, it's a cherished landmark and a symbol of the city's history.
"There was just the sweetest feeling around this building," she said.
Restoring the building quickly became a family project. Floors had to be replaced and the exterior required a significant face-lift.
"We always said it's like a grand old lady, who just needed a new dress!" she said.
In August, while installing a new front door, they came across what they thought was a bolt supporting the structure.
"We brought in our plumber, our contractor. Every person that came in we asked them, 'What do you think it is?' " said Ryan Bott, who found the object in the wall. "I'm expecting this big bolt to come out of the wall, and instead the lid came off and it revealed it was a time capsule."
Inside the capsule from 1964 was a program and picture from a 1937 re-dedication ceremony, with presiding authority, Heber J. Grant, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, front and center.
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For the Bott family, it's a reminder of the history housed in this special space. They've dubbed it the Stone Gate Center and, in addition to a reception center, it includes an art school, a dance studio, and a preschool with a focus on the arts.
"This is my favorite room," Jennie Johnson said, showing off one of the newly restored areas. "(It) was the chapel when we purchased the building, but we knew this is what we wanted to make the grand ballroom."
Johnson, who is part of the new Stone Gate Center's staff, added that it's "a place where we can help make other people's dreams come true."
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First the rep told me two hours, now they are saying it will be four hours. So DAMN frustrating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 hours. It's going on 5 hours since downtime and still notta. Stopped by walmart to try and dump the cash from the card and that was a no-go as well. What's even worse is that I requested somebody higher up on the food chain than a district manager to kick around for awhile and there wasn't anyone available. I'd have even settled for one of the Walton's, a sound-proof room with a solid door and various implements from the hardware department. It's not so much to ask!
After this little surprise we got from WAL mart I'm cashing out and will never go back
I've called them 3 times every time they say it will be up in 2 hours this will not happen again as soon as everything is up and running I will be closing out
Same issue as everyone else. Called and was told it would take a few hours and supposedly it'd be corrected by today. Sucks as I'm trying to pay my rent and no way they'll understand and not add more fees, this is bs. I'll definitely be closing this out once it's all fixed....if/when it's fixed.
I just want to add some cards that are helpful. I never have all my money going to one card. Whew.
card.com will send you whatever kind of cute card you want.
American express has a card. no fees unless you use an ATM. downside if you get gas, it will pend 100.00 for about three days.
Fred meyer you eill earn double your rewards points
Closing out? Damn right. This is the last straw. Back in February, they rejected direct deposit of income tax refund "because it was a dollar over the max limit". That inspired an IRS fraud review and subsequent 3 month delay. When it comes to money, WalmartSucksAss. Just ask any of their employees.
I spoke to rep who advised me that the issue is not wilth walmart system but att system that process their debit transactions.
When is this suppose to start working...I need to pay my bills...its 502 here been trying since 8 the smorning...not happy
Just to let everyone know that the card is up and running....
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Glowing tributes continued to pour in, as Faze, Oritz Wiliki and Kel joined other Nigerians to commiserate with the family of Ogbonna Amadi who died last Wednesday after suffering from an asthma attack.
The superstars, in their separate condolence messages described the late Ogbonna as "a rare gem", adding that the nation has lost one of its brightest entertainment journalists.
Faze, who is still dumbfounded at the time of filing this report said, "I'm finding it hard to believe that the boss is no more. It's so sad because he was a great journalist who touched many lives in the entertainment industry."
Also, Wiliki declared that "since I heard about Ogbonna's death, I've not been myself. I just wish it's not true because I haven't been able to do anything. The news is hard to come to terms with because anybody that is anybody in the entertainment industry today, owes it to him. I don't think I can find the right words to express myself now. I'm in shock."
Kel said "it's really sad. He was a great man and good at what he knew how to do best. I've met him one on one and he always gave me advice on how the entertainment industry works. I think the entertainment industry will miss him greatly."
Notable movie producer, Wale Adenuga was lost in thought just as Don Pedro Okojie said his death came to him as shock. Musician Dele Abiodun was one of the early callers at the deceased's house. While he was there, Abiodun broke down and cried like a baby.
However, entertainment journalists who stormed his Ogba, Lagos residence expressed disbelief and a sense of lost. Some of them who spoke to Showtime had this to say about him…
Ogbonna was a brother and friend Charles Okengene, Deputy Editor, Saturday Independent Newspaper
Ogbonna was my brother as well as my friend. I met him in 1992, on the job in a night club and have been friends ever since. I can still picture the adire that he won on that fateful day. My relationship with him was such that we usually agree to disagree. Our colleagues are aware of this claim. That was the level of my relationship with him.
Okengene stated that Ogbonna who had three sons firsted started as a communication reporter before he was later redeplored to report entertainment. According to him, it was Hakeem Ikandu that brought him into journalism. Ikandu used to be the editor of Today's Choice.
We 'll miss his wealth of experience- Film critic, Shaibu Husseini
I'm still finding it difficult to believe that Ogbonna is no more. We are going to miss him in the entertainment industry. This is a guy who is going to be 50 years on December 5. It's a very big blow to the entertainment industry. He proved that he was a veteran.
Anywhere he went, he tried to protect the interest of the entertainment journalists. I feel so bad because we have lost a book, we can't get that book anywhere. We have lost an encylopaedia, a guy who has history in his head. He doesn't need to consult any book to tell you about anyone in showbiz; We are going to miss his wealth of experience, and his cloud…
He will find peace with God-Victor Akande, Entertainment Editor, The Nation Newspaper
I feel very sad. The last meaningful discussion I had with him was when we travelled to Benin to cover the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant. We drove in my car and our discussion centred on God. It was good because we shared the same idea about God and his infinite powers. I have consolation in the fact that Ogbonna would find peace with God.
Ogbonna was a role model-Chuks Nwanne, Entertainment reporter, The Guardian
It is so unfortunate that we have to be the ones paying tribute to Ogbonna. He was one entertainment journalist that most of the young ones looked up to, for direction. While he lived, Ogbonna was a dogged fighter. He fought against injustice in the industry and insisted that journalists are fairly treated.
I'm short of word! Osamudiamen Ogbonmwan, The Source magazine
I'm short of words. Amadi was a dear colleague and a friend. We will forever miss him.
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Interfood Technology has added what it describes as "the latest solution in meat grinding" to its line in the UK and Ireland.
According to Interfood, the Carnitech 280mm CombiGrind, from Danish company Carnitech, can be used for the grinding of deep-frozen and fresh meat, and has been developed with a focus on hygiene, throughput, product quality, safety and energy efficiency.
The machine features an air gap between the gearbox and product, which Interfood said was a "significant advance" and eliminates the potential of cross-contamination as the product will not come into contact with the driving mechanism of the grinder.
Although the grinder has a volume of 450 litres, the actual capacity depends on the type of meat being used in it. With the option of a double knife set and a bone eliminating system, the company said that maximum throughput and product quality can be achieved. The bone eliminating system also minimises hard particles in the end-product by providing air-assisted "blow out" of the waste without the need for any external air pipes and cabling, which enhances hygiene, the company said.
Attention has also been paid to ease of maintenance, with a "swing away" system eliminating the need for any lifting on strip down and rebuild.
Interfood Technology product manager Martin Wareham said: "Danish manufacturers have a real flair for combining the heavy-duty build quality demanded by modern food processing production with simplicity of operation. This grinder meets the requirements of the most demanding processing applications."


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Who knows. Might be too soon, but I'm pretty sure it was too soon to put him in as OC in the first place.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I much prefer the passing game, which probably requires coaches that know how to teach and game plan a passing game.
I don't think Doman knows enough about the passing game, and nuances to be effective.
He knows the option game and run/pass mix, but that gap in knowledge hurts in a lot of ways.
Coaches really need to be mostly teachers, and a smaller portion is game plan. Good players can cover up issues, but it would be really nice to have good/great coaching along with good/great players.
I guess we will see what happens this off season.
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Op/Ed: How to Assemble the Big-Screen AVENGERS
So Joss Whedon's big-screen opus The Avengers began principal filming this week. Because of what unexpectedly became my professional life for the last 14 years (immersed in the comic book world since 1997), I have to admit the reality of big-screen comic book films don't quite have the same luster they once, or might have otherwise had. Forced into press screenings of Jonah Hex and any Punisher movie will do that to a person, but The Avengers is a little bit different, and still a little bit special for me.My first comics
memoryMind you, the 10 year-old me would've celebrated the occasion as a combination of Christmas morning, Halloween night, and the last day of school on a birthday cake high. A Marvel Triple Action reprint of an early issue of the The Avengers is my very first mid-'70s comic book memory, and the Avengers franchise has been a personal favorite since.
One of the most profoundly bitter moments of my young life occurred sometime later in the 70's when I discovered a TV listing in the NY Daily News for "The Avengers" on WWOR Chanel 9. Imagine my soul-crushing disappointment after days of breathless anticipation tuning in and finding some English dude in a bowler hat and an I-was-yet-too-young-to-appreciate Emma Peel … in black & white, no less.
I don't remember when I learned the truth about Santa Claus — not my age nor the specific circumstances — but that one still stings to this day.
But I digress…
All systems seem to be a go for Marvel and Disney on what's undoubtedly a risky billions-of-dollars proposition. Last year's Iron Man 2 was a bit lackluster for sure, but that's nothing some well-timed 2012 cable replays of the original Iron Man can't help mitigate. Thor is getting absolutely stellar advance reviews in the lead-up to next week's North American debut and the buzz on July's Captain America seems solid enough.
But I'll leave the commercial risk-reward assessments of the enterprise to other writers, today we're just going to take a speculative look into the story of The Avengers and potentially how Whedon and the Marvel Entertainment Powers-That-Be plan to pull off an unprecedented assemblage of tent-pole properties that both makes sense to the masses and scratches the itch of the long-time hardcores like me.
I have this theory... and no, it does not involve the now popular and heavily rumored inclusion of the shape-shifting alien race the Skrulls, who are more of a Fantastic Four-centric threat anyway. I'm going out on a limb and calling an intentional misinformation campaign on the Skrulls.
I could dissect my Skrull skepticism in finer detail, but for now I'll leave it at this — introducing an invading alien chameleon race into what's already a hire-wire act of combining gods, monsters, machines and two-fisted "street" heroes while keeping it grounded on some human level in 120 minutes seems ridiculously ambitious, even in the relative sphere of the already ridiculously ambitious.
Too much, too eclectic, too soon… at least for my tastes.Another formative
comic memoryNo, my theory (and rest assured it's only that, no "spoiler warnings" here) combines aspects of the original 1960s formation of the Avengers and some other classic Avengers elements, with some touches of The Ultimates, along with three "clues" Marvel itself has intentionally put out there, tied together with a liberal dose of some fill-in-the-blanks of my own invention.
The first clue, of course, was the post-credit teaser from 2008's Incredible Hulk, where Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark finds a defeated General Ross (William Hurt) alone in a bar, seemingly offering the Avengers aid in helping him solve his Hulk problem.
If we assume these teasers will present a true franchise through-line and won't be retroactively invalidated or disregarded, this scene seems to occur in movie continuity time after our second clue — one of the final scenes of last year's Iron Man 2, in which Sam Jackson's Nick Fury essentially rejects Stark for inclusion in the "Avengers Initiative", but asks him to participate as a consultant.
The third clue actually comes from a slightly more disparate source – the Avengers: Earth Mightiest Heroes animated TV series.
There is little doubt Marvel Entertainment has coordinated the make-up of the animated show on some level with their plans for the big-screen adventure, and it's the cartoon introduction of Ultron and how they went about it that has piqued my interest.
So if you're still with me, here goes…
Picking up on the ends of Iron Man 2 and the Incredible Hulk (in that order) an Avengers Initiative special ops team that includes Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and perhaps led by Captain America (Chris Evans) is sent on a mission to bring in the national security threat of a still-on-the-run Hulk.
Of course these more-Earthbound heroes are no physical match for the Hulk, they're simply field leadership support for … wait for it … yes, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Ultron drone robot or robots, based partly of course on Stark technology, his contribution to the Initiative.Ultron in
"Earth's Mightiest Heroes"While Ultron (or the Ultrons) along with this smaller-scale Avengers squad are successful in apprehending the Hulk in a first act set action sequence, through machinations of a revenge-seeking Loki (Tom Huddleston, confirmed just today as appearing in the film) Ultron gains his evil sentience and going all Skynet on the planet's ass, begins to enact a plan to eradicate and/or enslave all human life on Earth.
This grave threat along with Loki's involvement compels both Iron Man and Thor to join the ranks of the Avengers, and they're joined by the Hulk, who Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) and S.H.I.E.L.D. have together figured out how to keep in some degree in Banner's control during the 2nd act.
The 3rd act then serves as the first true official "Avengers Assemble" of Iron Man, Thor, Cap and the Hulk (along with as many B-Avengers and character Easter eggs Marvel sees fit to invite to the party) as they go toe-to-toe with Ultron and perhaps his robotic minions in one big massive blowout-to-end-all-blowouts on the streets of New York City.
So for Act 1 you got an action sequence that re-introduces the Hulk to big screen after a four-year lay-off but that doesn't blow its… well, you know… too soon. Act 2 begins with the introduction of the Big Bad/overarching threat, along with a lot of character introductions and some familiar shared history exposition about secret solider serums, living in the shadow of your father, and technology gone wrong. Then Act 3 is the final team-up five years in the making … or 40 or 50 for life-longers like me.
Least that's how I'd do it, anyway.But then, maybe I'm a Skrull...
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UN urges Ebola exit screening
Geneva - The UN health agency on Monday urged Ebola-affected countries to start screening all passengers leaving international airports, sea ports and major ground crossings.
The risk of the Ebola virus being transmitted during air travel is low because unlike infections such as influenza or tuberculosis, it is not spread by breathing air and airborne particles from an infected person, the World Health Organisation said.
Nonetheless, all travellers are urged to routinely wash their hands and anyone with an illness consistent with the virus should not be allowed to travel unless it is part of an appropriate medical evacuation.
The agency said that all countries unaffected by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa need to strengthen their ability to detect and immediately contain new cases without doing anything that unnecessarily interferes with international travel or trade.
But it said countries don't need to impose travel restrictions and active screening of passengers if they do not share borders with Ebola-affected countries.
A task force to monitor the impact of the Ebola virus on travel and transport has been launched by the UN health agency along with the International Civil Aviation Organization, the World Tourism Organization, the Airports Council International, the International Air Transport Association and the World Travel and Tourism Council.
Most of the infections in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone have occurred when family members or friends act as caregivers for those who are ill or during burials that don't follow strict infection prevention and control measures, according to WHO officials.


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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Three men have been arrested in connection with an apparent accidental shooting at a liquor store on Lake Tahoe's north shore.
Placer County sheriff's deputies responded to a liquor store in Kings Beach, California about 2 p.m. Thursday after a report that a teenager had been shot in the face.
KTVN-TV reports (http://tinyurl.com/q9vj8mv ) they found that a friend of the 19-year-old victim from Sacramento already had taken him to a hospital, where he told detectives the shooting was accidental.
Deputies say they found two firearms away from the crime scene. They arrested the alleged shooter, 19-year-old Brandon Fuller of Sacramento, and two Kings Beach men, Aydan Hamilton and Kyle Faulkner.
Fuller has been charged with negligent discharge of a firearm. Hamilton and Faulkner were charged with evidence tampering and conspiracy.
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As mentioned in our previous post, we have patched a Raspberry Pi kernel to support the use of the RADclock software. Since Pi is new to us, first things first. We wanted to get a feel for how stable its oscillator is, and what the NIC noise looks like. Clearly, it is a tiny device, so we expect to see bad temperature impact on the oscillator stability. It also has become apparant that the ethernet controller is combined with the USB controller. This does not appear to be a good sign for the timing world... or is it?
Raspberry Pi Setup
We have a Raspberry Pi Model B from October 2012, the one which provides 512MB of RAM. Our Pi is running Raspbian Linux. The existing x86 Linux 3.2.2 patch for RADclock only needed a few ARM conversions. With thoes in place, we were up and running a 3.2.27 Raspian Linux kernel with RADclock. See my previous post for the details.
NIC Performance
We placed the Pi in our testbed and applied our NIC noise estimation methodology. Here the RADclock daemon on the Pi is synchronising over NTP to a SyncServer S350 on the LAN (thanks to Symmetricom for hooking us up). RADclock is essentially used in this setup to collect data to understand the Pi characteristics, we were not looking at RADclock performance (don't worry we will do that soon).
Before I get started, much of this analysis is from Julien, and I reworded a bunch of what he wrote to fit the context of this posting. Some of the words are his, some are mine, and the others are from the voices in our heads.
The graphic below shows the system noise on the Pi. This is the Pi-to-DAG component of the RTT, we call this value "RTThost". The timeseries and corresponding histogram show a median RTThost at about 285 microseconds, and a large Inter-Quartile Range (IQR) of about 62 microseconds.
A "good card" would show a median RTThost at about 30 microseconds and an IQR of 2-3 microseconds (see Intel PRO 1000 on this page for example). We see here that the Pi adds a fair bit of latency and with large variability to the packet timestamping. The Ethernet controller used on the Pi is connected to the SoC via USB, that is likely the cause of this large latency. Consequently, the Pi is good enough to do packet timestamping over WAN (with RTT > 5ms, that's a timestamping error below 5%). However, do not expect anything meaningful for a 1Gbps LAN (the RTT over a couple of switches being usually around 300 microseconds).
Oscillator stability
The Raspberry Pi does not ship with a TSC or HPET counter to use as clocksource. Instead it relies on the STC that raspbian presents as a clocksource. Based on the source code, "STC: a free running counter that increments at the rate of 1MHz".
Already, this tells us that the smallest meaningful timestamp resolution on the Pi is 1 microsecond. But how stable is that counter (or more accurately, the oscillator the counter is built upon)?
Here we have measured the Allan deviation somewhat indirectly using a few combinations of hardware / software measurements (understand, no oscilloscope has been harmed during this capture). Good news, the STC shows very good stability, equivalent to most measurements we have made on desktop / server x86 hosts. This is especially good knowing that the Pi was in a server room with a very-nastily-over-provisionned-A/C-system. Tick of approval for the tiny board!
The STC counter on the Pi shows a pretty stable characteristic, and definitely equivalent to common NTP servers out there. The Pi should then behave as a decent NTP client, and can definitely serve time over the network for others.
The network stack characteristic is pretty noisy however. The high variability of the packet timestamping will definitely impact the final clock performance of the Pi and puts a limit on the accuracy that can be achieved.
RADclock is pretty good at filtering noise from NTP packets, so it should be able to do some magic here. Wait for our next post to see what we can achieve :).
It took quite some time, but we are making small steps towards implementing RADclock on embedded systems. In fact, we got a couple of Raspberry Pi to play with!
Apparently, over half a million of units have been sold, and unless you add a real time clock yourself, they all rely on network timing (NTP) to keep track of time. Since there is no RTC, there is a need for sourcing time from somewhere (e.g. network), therefore this is an ideal case to experiment with RADclock.
We still have yet to propose our feed-forward kernel patches to the Linux community. In lieu of that, you can patch a Raspbian kernel yourself, using our patches, which will enable RADclock support for your Pi. The easy option is to grab a kernel package for Raspbian from the RADclock download page , which contains the kernel patches.
If you are unfamiliar with patching a Raspberry Pi Raspbian kernel, then you probably want to read on...
How to Build a Raspberry Pi + RADclock Kernel
We have included the patches for Raspbian into RADclock's development branch (0.4.x). As mentioned above, this can be snagged from the latest RADclock development tarball on the download page or clone the official SyncLab repo on GitHub.
Download the patch above, and the following steps below will be dedicated to creating a RADclock Linux kernel with RADclock support for the Raspberry Pi. The instructions assume that you will be performing a build on an external machine (cross-compiling).
- Get the Raspberry Pi kernel:
git clone git://github.com/raspberrypi/linux.git
(Note: The version used in this post was revision: git hash: 10182a3bc434b27740f81c2b836a1af943060241)
- Get the RADclock software and kernel patches (you can skip this step if you
have already downloaded the patches from the RADclock 0.4.x tarball mentioned
git clone git://github.com/synclab/radclock.git
(Note: The version used in this post was revision: git hash: 962f7f56dc9f77dbe7687e52e0ae8745db3aa153)
- Jump into the Linux kernel directory for the Raspberry Pi:
cd linux
- Apply all of the RADclock patches (3.2.2 patches work fine on a 3.2.27
kernel) in the 'radclock' directory that was obtained above:
Since you
are still in the root of the 'linux' directory use 'patch' with a '-p1' option.
It is recommended that you use the '--dry-run' option with the 'patch' utility to test that
your 'patch' settings are correct. If a dry run seems to patch successfully, then patch
for i in `ls ../radclock/kernel/linux/3.2.2/*.patch`; do patch -p1 < $i; done
- Now apply the RADclock patch for ARM/Raspbian support
patch -p1 < ../radclock_arm.patch
Note: The above patch uses the ARM's 'cutdown' kernel .config and inserts the CONFIG_RADCLOCK setting. Other kernel configurations can be used. When the "make oldconfig" is called below (step 6) the build system will add in the CONFIG_RADCLOCK setting automatically, if it was not already added.
- Configure your modified Raspberry Pi + RADclock kernel (this assumes
you cross compile). When you configure, you can accept all defaults (there are
a ton to accept).
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf- oldconfig
Note: We are using the 'hf' cross compilation toolchain, since the Raspberry PI CPU can support hardware floating point computations.
- Build your modified Raspberry Pi + RADclock kernel.
Since this is a cross compile, you can considerably improve the speed of
compilation by using make's '-jn' option, where 'n' is the number of available
CPUs on your build machine:
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf- -j 8
- Since we are cross compiling, the kernel modules will be built and installed
into a separate directory, which we will upload to the Raspberry Pi at a later
mkdir /tmp/rpi-modules
make ARCH=arm modules_install INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/tmp/rpi-modules/
- Clean up the module install directory to avoid copying a bunch of uneeded
files to the Raspberry Pi:
rm /tmp/rpi-modules/lib/modules/3.2.27-cutdown-radclock+/build
rm /tmp/rpi-modules/lib/modules/3.2.27-cutdown-radclock+/source
- Backup the kernel.img (which we will copy over) located in the /boot directory of the Raspberry Pi. The modules will have a 'radclock' named directory, so you should not have anything to backup for that.
- Copy the kernel to the Raspberry Pi:
scp arch/arm/boot/Image user@your_pi_server:/boot/kernel.img
- Copy the kernel modules to the Raspberry Pi:
scp -r /tmp/rpi-modules/lib/modules/3.2.27-cutdown-radclock+/ user@your_pi_server:/lib/modules/
- Now you are done... reboot the Pi and you are ready to install RADclock.
How to Build a Raspberry Pi + RADclock Kernel Debian Package (.deb)
The following instructions are for those users who want to build a Debian kernel package (.deb) for a RADclock patched Raspberry Pi kernel. This assumes that the patches installed in steps 4 and 5 above have already been accomplished. The following is to be performed from the 'linux' directory created in step 1.
- The following bash command will use make-kpkg to build a Raspberry Pi:
CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=8 DEB_HOST_ARCH=armhf fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version -radclock-kv1 --revision 2012112909 --arch arm --initrd --cross-compile /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf- kernel_image kernel_headers
The CONCURRENCY_LEVEL is optional and is similar to make's '-j' option where the value represents the number of cores to use for speeding up the build. The Raspberry Pi supports the 'armhf' hardware floating point capability, this is necessary since a Debian (Raspbian) distribution will check that the architectures (host architecture and kernel package architecture) match. The '--revision' and '--append-to-version' are optional, but help improve identification of which kernel package is installed.
- The result will be two .deb files which should be copied to the Raspberry Pi:
scp ../linux-headers-3.2.27-radclock-kv1-cutdown-radclock+_2012112909_armhf.deb user@your pi server:/tmp
scp ../linux-image-3.2.27-radclock-kv1-cutdown-radclock+_2012112909_armhf.deb user@your_pi_server:/tmp
Once the packages are copied to the Raspberry Pi, they can be installed. So
log into the Pi and hop into its /tmp directory.
sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.2.27-radclock-kv1-cutdown-radclock+_2012112909_armhf.deb linux-image-3.2.27-radclock-kv1-cutdown-radclock+_2012112909_armhf.deb
This will install the kernel at /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.27-radclock-kv1-cutdown-radclock+ For the Raspberry Pi system to locate the kernel at boot, the above file must be renamed to /boot/kernel.img
- Reboot!
Matt and I are back from ISPCS 2012 in San Francisco, where we spent a good week surrounded by fellow time-nuts.
Straight out of 15 hours on the plane, we were to setup our RADclock demo. That was our first participation to the plug-fest, and we had a chance to test our early prototype of RADclock with IEEE 1588 support with other vendors equipment.
Not too surprisingly, what should have been an easy session discussing IEEE 1588 issues turned into a last minute coding party to fix things. Unexpected scenarios, hardware compatibility issues, unforeseen race conditions (euphemism for silly bugs) you name it, we got it all. Luckily, coffee was flowing unlimitedly, and overall, the plug-fest was a great learning experience to design the next version of RADclock with IEEE 1588.
The conference was more relaxing, and we got a chance to talk to quite a few people. It was particularly good to finally meet Harlan Stenn (Network Time Foundation) in the real world!
We also presented two papers at the conference. The first one looks at evaluating timestamping strategies within the network stack on FreeBSD using DTrace. The second one looks at comparing the performance of software clocks using IEEE1588, with and without hardware timestamping capabilities.
The papers and slides are all available in the Docs section.
We released a new stable version. It is essentially a maintenance release with some bug fixes. We also added patches for FreeBSD 7.4.
As ever, RADclock is 0.3.3 can be found in the download section.
We just moved and this new website is under work. New content is being put up, not regularly enough, but we are trying.


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John Pertle, 36, also known by his stage name, Johnny Love, pleaded guilty Nov. 28 to five felony counts of distributing child pornography and four felony counts of possession of child porn with intent to distribute.
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Partially Favorable Decision Issued by Appeals Council
December 17, 2010
Author: Catherine M. Callery (Kate)| Louise M. Tarantino
After shepherding her client's case through a long and tortuous history, Doris Cortes, a senior paralegal at the Empire Justice Center in Rochester, finally prevailed at the Appeals Council. Doris's client had first filed a concurrent claim in 2003, which wended its way to U.S. District Court, resulting in a voluntary remand in April of 2007. In the meantime, the client's subsequent applications had "inadvertently" been dismissed as duplicate applications. (A duplicate application is an "unnecessary" application for the same benefits or same period of disability for which a previous claim has already been filed. See POMS GN 00204.028.A; HALLEX I-5-3-17.I.A.)
Subsequent to the court remand, the ALJ issued another unfavorable decision in October 2007, denying the claim under the Medical-Vocational Guidelines based on a residual functional capacity (RFC) of "light." The ALJ also found that DA&A (drug and alcohol addiction) was material to the claim. While that claim was pending at the Appeals Council, the claimant filed two more Title II applications that were dismissed on res judicata and DLI (date last insured) grounds. The client was ultimately granted SSI in 2008, based on a determination that by 2007, his condition had deteriorated to the point where he could only do sedentary work, and was thus disabled under the grid since he was over 50.
The Appeals Council considered all of these issues in reaching its partially favorable decision. It ruled that the ALJ should have found the claimant disabled as of the day before his fiftieth birthday in August 2005. It determined that the ALJ erred in concluding that the claimant was literate or able to communicate in English, and thus relied on the wrong grid rule to deny his claim. Rather, the Appeals Council noted that the claimant had struggled to communicate in English at the hearing, and had to rely on an interpreter. Reports from medical providers also indicated that he was unable to communicate in English. Additionally, all the reports completed in connection with his applications were filled out by third parties. The Appeals Council thus held that the claimant should have been found disabled as of age 50 under the "light" grid at Rule 202.09. Since he could found disabled based on his exertional limitations, his substance abuse was not material.
Thanks to Doris's perseverance, her client will be able to collect Tile II benefits as well as SSI, and was awarded five years of retroactive benefits.
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21 March 2014 – Google is commemorating the late Ayrton Senna's birthday with one of its 'doodle' designs.
The search engine, which marks a wide range of occasions throughout the year, has created a special logo with a picture of Senna, a classic Formula 1 car silhouette and the Brazilian's famous helmet colour combination.
Senna, who claimed three titles, 65 pole positions, 41 victories and a further 39 podium finishes in the top echelon, lost his life in an accident at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. He would have turned 54 this year.
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Ever wish you could spend a month or two in one of those perfect little conch houses set along the streets of Old Town, Key West? Take a look inside this classic little conch house with a Caribbean flair, and you'll find exactly what you've been looking for. Set in the ideal Key West location - on Southard Street just two short blocks from Duval Street in one direction and the Historic Seaport in the other – this island jewel is the realization of the Key West dream: sit on the front porch, swim in your private pool, cook and eat outside, and then stroll down to Duval for an evening in the beloved Conch Republic.
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We just returned from Key West and a stay at the Caribbean Fling located at 707 Southard. This house had everything we wanted in a vacation home and more. It was located in close proximity to all of the action, but far enough away from the hustle and bustle if you just wanted to chill at the house. We parked the car and walked to the grocery store two blocks away. We were also only two blocks away from Duval Street. We enjoyed sitting on the front porch with our dog (the house is pet friendly) and watching people walk by. Everyone was so friendly. After a long day of relaxing, we slept on the sleeper sofa. It was so comfortable, I am looking for one like it at my home (easy to pull out and put back for daytime use). The house was very clean and well maintained. The kitchen was well equipped and right next to the outdoor dining area. We also used the grill by the pool. The pool was like our private oasis complete with chairs and plants around the deck. My favorite thing about this house was the outdoor shower. My husband and I both thought this was a wonderful feature. (By the way, we are in our sixties.) We would recommend this house to anyone traveling to Key West. We stayed with another couple and there was room for two more. We can't wait to return to Caribbean Fling and experience all that this house has to offer.
The arrival to this property was our first visit to Key West. We were thrilled. The house was clean and in good repair. We loved the pool and the privacy of the whole setting. The house was close to dining and the happenings of Duval Street. We were able to rent two bicycles and relive childhood emotions by biking to the ocean/beach and visit all of the area. Our only complaint was that our vacation was too short. There were so many other things to do, restaurants to visit and shops to browse in. I'd be happy to go back and recommend this property to my relatives and friends. Elkins,WV
Our typical day was coffee, breakfast and a soak in the pool/warm tub and then on to see the sites for the day, enjoying the warmer, breezy days shopping, seeing the history of Key West. Attended 3 theatre shows while there for the month, one at the Fringe Theatre, Waterfront Theatre and one at the Aqua Lounge. Enjoyed all of them. Another treat was music at most restaurants/bars, not only on Duval St, but in all areas of Key West. Also enjoyed regular movies at the Tropic Theatre and the Regal Cinema. Went on a beautiful sunset cruise, Hemingway House, the Aquarium, Mallory Square, Southernmost Point and all the different memorials. Too many to list, but our favorite restaurants/bars were Chicago on Greene for the jazz and Irish Kevin's for the entertainment. The Carribean Fling rental was very nice to come back to for a break in the afternoon and not have to go out all the time. We walked or biked everywhere. A car definitely would be a nuisance due to parking costs and availability. Will plan a visit back in the future !!
The property is comfortable and in an excellent location. Dennis Bentley was very helpful and responsive whenever I had questions.
My wife and I arrived at the Caribbean Fling on an extremely warm day and were in the pool within minutes, such a great way to cool off. The atmosphere of the cottage was great. We wanted to have a quite vacation and the Fling give us these opportunities.
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The multitude of options within the Fling, was wonderful TV, music and many books to read. We enjoyed the front porch watching and talking to folks with the many modes of travel.
We were impressed with the tour of Old Town on the train; love the Engineer Tour Guide, and all the History he spoke of. Many shops and restaurants were within walking distance, the walk down Duval Street is a once in a lifetime experience. We decide to try the Jet-Ski for the 27 mile guided tour around the Key West Island, it was beautiful.
What a delightful and comfortable place that we hope to return.
We had a wonderful time in Key West and plan to come again.
Dennis the property manager was very helpful and provided outstanding service.


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