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Tesetaxel in Chemotherapy-naive Patients With Progressive, Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
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Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
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First Posted: February 15, 2011
Last Update Posted: July 24, 2012
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Given the activity of docetaxel in patients with progressive, metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, this study is being undertaken to evaluate the activity of tesetaxel, an orally bioavailable taxane, in chemotherapy-naive and chemotherapy-exposed patients.
|Prostate Cancer
|Drug: Tesetaxel
|Phase 2
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|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase II Study of Single-agent Tesetaxel in Chemotherapy-naive Patients Who Have Progressive, Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: 6 months from the start of treatment ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Response rate (RECIST 1.1) among patients with measurable disease [ Time Frame: 6 months from the start of treatment ]
- Duration of response among patients with measurable disease [ Time Frame: 12 months from the start of treatment ]
- Durable response among patients with measurable disease [ Time Frame: 12 months from the start of treatment ]
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: 3 years following enrollment of the last subject ]
- Disease-control rate [ Time Frame: 6 months from the start of treatment ]
- PSA response rate [ Time Frame: Week 12 ]
- Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: 12 months from the start of treatment ]
- No. (percentage) of subjects with adverse events [ Time Frame: Through 30 days after the last dose of tesetaxel ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|February 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|February 2015
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|August 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Tesetaxel once every 3 weeks
Drug: Tesetaxel
Tesetaxel capsules will be administered orally once every 21 days until progression, as defined by Prostate Cancer Working Group 2 (PCWG2) criteria. The duration of protocol therapy will not exceed 12 months. Treatment will be initiated at a dose of 27 mg/m2; dose escalation to a maximum of 35 mg/m2 is allowed in Cycle 2 depending on tolerability.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
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Key Inclusion Criteria:
- At least 18 years of age
- Histologically confirmed prostate cancer, currently with progressive disease
- Evidence of metastatic disease
- Castrate level of testosterone (< 50 ng/dL)
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0 or 1
- Chemotherapy-naïve
- Adequate bone marrow, hepatic, and renal function
- Ability to swallow an oral solid-dosage form of medication
Key Exclusion Criteria:
- History or presence of brain metastasis or leptomeningeal disease
- Operable cancer
- Uncontrolled diarrhea
- Uncontrolled nausea or vomiting
- Known malabsorptive disorder
- Currently active second malignancy other than non-melanoma skin cancers
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection based on history of positive serology
- Significant medical disease other than cancer
- Presence of neuropathy > Grade 2 (National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria [NCI CTC]; v4.0)
- Need for other anticancer treatment
- Need to continue any regularly-taken medication that is a potent inhibitor or inducer of the CYP3A pathway or P-glycoprotein activity
- Less than 2 weeks since use of a medication or ingestion of an agent, beverage, or food that is a potent inhibitor or inducer of the CYP3A pathway or P-glycoprotein activity
- Less than 4 weeks since use of another investigational agent
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01296243
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01296243
|United States, Michigan
|University of Michigan Health System
|Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109-5946
|Contact: Maha Hussain, MD, FACP 734-936-8906
|Principal Investigator: Maha Hussain, MD, FACP
|United States, New Jersey
|The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
|New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08901
|Contact: Tina Mayer, MD 732-235-8157
|Principal Investigator: Tina Mayer, MD
|United States, New York
|Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10065
|Contact: Michael J Morris, MD 646-422-4469 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Michael J Morris, MD
|United States, Wisconsin
|University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center
|Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53705
|Contact: Justine Bruce, MD 608-262-4961
|Principal Investigator: Justine Y Bruce, MD
Sponsors and Collaborators
Genta Incorporated
|Principal Investigator:
|Michael J Morris, MD
|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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|Responsible Party:
|Genta Incorporated
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01296243 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
PCCTC LOI # c10-071 ( Other Identifier: Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Consortium )
|First Submitted:
|February 10, 2011
|First Posted:
|February 15, 2011
|Last Update Posted:
|July 24, 2012
|Last Verified:
|July 2012
Keywords provided by Genta Incorporated:
Castration-resistant prostate cancer
Progressive, metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Prostatic Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Genital Diseases, Male
Prostatic Diseases


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Chris Ware goes digital? Judas!
Yes, I'll cop to a moment of Dylan Goes Electric shock when I first heard about an iPad-only comic from the cartoonist more responsible than any other for making the physical comic book an integral part of the comics it contains, rather than just a box they're stuffed into. Instead of some magnificently ornate, diabolically hard-to-shelve hardcover, I'd be reading the new Chris Ware comic through the free McSweeney's app, on the same device I use to play Angry Birds.
In some ways, the container doesn't turn out to matter that much. Held in two hands and horizontally aligned (the comic insists upon this before it allows itself to be read), "Touch Sensitive" is, after all, a Chris Ware comic, and thus a melancholy delight almost by definition. This is true even though the content doesn't share the container's nominal innovation. After the last two self-contained chapters of the Rusty Brown saga from ACME Novelty Library #19 and #20, I think it's inarguable that the long form is where you'll find Ware's best work. Moreover, our sad-sack young woman protagonist is not a world away from that of Ware's Building Stories material; swap a presently failing relationship for previous failed ones and weight gain for limb loss and you've basically got it. But so much of Ware's power lies in capturing the sensory details of intense human interiority that even a relatively modest and familiar-feeling short story like this one can pack a wallop. In "Touch Sensitive"'s case, that means delineating with aching accuracy the slow disappearance of meaningful touches from a relationship, and with them the intimacy and security required to thrive in a life that revolves around a single other person. Our heroine fools herself into believing that her boyfriend falling asleep with his hand on her shoulder after an exhausting move into their new apartment is a sign of good things to come, and (in a memorably, mildly animated bit) both her face and crotch flush when her unnamed office crush's leg brushes against hers during a meeting. Ware's pointillist panels and diagramatically simple figure work are uniquely situated to convey the importance of one set of lines intersecting with another.
But like a diagram, they're best consumed at one's own pace, and that's where the iPad format falters. The first time I passed the Jimmy Corrigan issues of ACME Novelty Library along to a friend, I literally drew a guide to the correct reading order for his panel layouts. Since then he's only gotten more ambitious in using unorthodox and complex layouts to guide your eyes around his meticulously constructed pages. Then as now, the storytelling makes perfect sense once you've cottoned to his rules. But a goodly portion of the pleasure always comes in those moments when you're first taking in a page or a spread, allowing your eyes to glide around from panel to panel or design element to design element, getting a taste of where you'll be headed and how you'll get there. It's as crucial to the experience as gazing at the cool, sparkling water of a swimming pool before you dive in.
The iPad-customized comic (co-developed by Spaces of Play) denies you this autonomy. Panels from a single page are only available to be read a few at a time; a swipe of your fingers or (more rarely) tap of the screen will reveal the next set, but this frequently means obscuring or outright deleting the previous sequence. I can think of a few points in the comic where this actually has some additive impact to the story — a pair of surprisingly sprawling cityscapes, that flushing bit I mentioned above, a final-page transition that ties into the technology of the story's sardonic science-fictional framing device — but only those few. Mostly it just gets in the way of being a Chris Ware comic.
It's almost like Ware anticipated the problem, though: In that SF twist toward the end, we're presented with a world of unbelievably obtrusive personal information technology, where people's personal viewscreens can be used to tap into "[an] area's consciousness cloud" to experience the emotions of long-dead strangers, and are constantly bombarded with the crude, spam-like sexual solicitations of passers-by. (This being Ware, lonely "happy bday mom" messages languish in the unsent-messages folder all the while.) You can't let the supposed Magic Of The Touchscreen obscure the stuff that really matters.

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Price asymmetry and marketing margin behavior: An example for California-Arizona citrus
The formal relationship between price asymmetry and marketing margins is derived and illustrated with a weekly analysis of prices and margins for fresh lemons and Navel oranges in four retail markets. In the short-run, retail prices and margins for both products were more responsive to f.o.b. price increases than they were to decreases, except for lemons in the Atlanta and Dallas markets and Navel oranges in the Atlanta market. Over time, retail price and margin adjustments to f.o.b. price changes appear to be symmetric with respect to price increases and decreases.
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Jason Statham of the 'Transporter' Movie Series Is Our Hump Day Hunk
Jason Statham is the star of "The Transporter" movies, "The Expendables" and several other big flicks. He's also one of the busiest actors in Hollywood. Oh yeah, and he's super hot!
Jason Statham is a world famous actor, but he's done so much more before he hit it big in movies. He was once a diver on the British National Diving Team and finished 12th in the World Championships back in 1992. He has made some money as a fashion model and he even made ends meet by selling items on the black market.
He teamed up with Guy Ritchie in the movie "Snatch", with co-stars including Brad Pitt, Dennis Farina and Benicio Del Toro. He also won a role in the Jet Li film, "The One".
His big break came in 2002 when he was cast in the lead role of Frank Martin in "The Transporter". Jason also had a role in the 2003 blockbuster remake of "The Italian Job".
Jason did almost all of his own stunts in The Transporter, including the car chase scenes, the fights and even the scuba diving. He has a background in martial arts and that has helped him in several of his roles.
Was in a relationship with English model and actress Kelly Brook for several years. But he is now in a very serious relationship and may soon get engaged to his current girlfriend, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley who is 19 years younger than Jason.
He spent more than $10 million dollars to buy a 3,355-square-foot oceanfront house in Malibu, California.


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Check out the second drop from Woolf NYC, the new clothing line by graffiti artist, Gorey.
We told you a while ago, about the new clothing line from formidable French graffiti artist, Gorey, and now the summer edition of Woolf NYC has dropped. Designed for a double take, Woolf NYC round two plays to it's strengths. Honing in on the pattern play of the last collection, the second offering of Woolf NYC sees Hawaiian, paisley and bandana elements webbed through a range of bright solids. Gorey adds to the juxtaposed pockets and collars of the last design with contrasting cuff roll-ups for yet more sneaky hints of texture. Available online exclusively at Jackthreads, there is 20 percent off the new range until Friday. Get it while it's still in stock.


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Portland, Ore. Defense contractor Custom Electronics has partnered with Sandia National Laboratories to develop a commercial sensor that will warn a driver the car's battery will fail a few days down the road.
Custom Electronics (Oneonta, N.Y.) decided to join Sandia's new Mission Centric Venturing program after seeing a benchtop demonstration of its sensor, which will make a light blink on a car's dashboard. The warning system was developed by Sandia researcher Jonathan Weiss.
"Since our mission here now includes economic competitiveness, I have adapted optic sensors for low-cost solutions to commercial sensor problems," said Weiss.
The car battery in Weiss' scheme requires only a hollow glass tube filled with sulfuric acid, an LED and a photodetector. "If the battery is in good shape, then the index of refraction for the liquid in the sensor tube will be the same as the battery's fluid. But before a battery fails, its fluid changes its index of refraction, which we can then sense," said Weiss.
Normally, the LED shines light down the 5-cm-long tube and out into the battery, so that very little light gets back to the sensor sitting next to the LED. However, when the sulfuric acid in the battery starts to become more dilute, its changing index of refraction causes it to refract some of the light back into the 1.5-mm-diameter tube. A mirror at the bottom of the tube reflects this extra light backward so that it can register on the photodetector.
Weiss holds 13 patents for this and 12 other optically based technologies configured as low-cost sensors, many of which use fiber optics.
The patents are still pending for the maiden-voyage partnership with Custom Electronics, but Weiss was allowed to reveal that they solve a longstanding problem in the oil refinery industry: Oil and water don't mix.
Automated pumping systems need to be able to draw oil from the top of containers, but stop pumping before they get down to the water that, in nature, comes inevitably mixed with the oil. Weiss' better, cheaper sensor hangs two fiber-optic cables in the container, one to emit and one to sense. This enables the pump controller to automatically stop pumping before hitting the water.
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Doctors' group joins No camp
THE No campaign against the Croke Park II deal has received another boost.
The Irish Medical Organisation, which represents 3,500 public service doctors, has unanimously recommended that members reject the deal.
Director for Industrial Relations Steve Tweed said the union's opposition is based on the risk it says the proposals pose to patient safety.
"These proposals are designed to force doctors in public hospitals to work longer hours for less pay," Mr Tweed said.
"That poses a real danger to the lives of the patients those doctors have to treat and to the health and wellbeing of the doctors themselves."
The IMO is the seventh union to urge members to reject the deal. However, it holds only 2pc of the total union vote.
A verdict by SIPTU, which has 25pc of the vote, will be critical next week as unions prepare to ballot members.
Meanwhile, the four unions who walked out of talks on the deal will launch a No vote campaign in Dublin today.
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Another soldier from North Texas has died in Afghanistan.
Jerod Heath Osborne, 20, of Rockwall, died July 5. Osborne was an active duty combat medic in the 82nd Airborne.
At the age of five, Osborne's family moved from Rockwall to Seattle and then Honolulu before moving back to North Texas. In his obituary on the Rest Haven Funeral Home website, Osborne was said to have never met a stranger.
Osborne graduated from Rockwall-Heath High School in 2008, after spending his senior year preparing to go into the Army to become a medic. Jerod began his Army career in boot camp in Ft. Leonard Wood, and then was assigned to the 82nd Airborne. He transferred to Ft. Benning, GA, for training, then in March of this year transferred to Ft. Bragg.
Osborne received several medals for his dedication above and beyond regular duty. On March 26, 2010, he was sent to Afghanistan after a visit with family and friends.
His friends have set up an online memorial on Facebook, inviting all to share memories and photos of the young soldier. See the page here.
Osborne is survived by his parents: Gary and Sharon Grillett, sister: Hayley Grillett, and grandmother: Charlotte Henson, all of the Rockwall area.
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SILVER SPRING, Md. United Therapeutics has said that the final human testing of an inhaled form of its lead drug, a treatment for pulmonary hypertension, exceeded the minimal requirements set by the Food and Drug Administration, according to the Washingtonpost.com.
The drug, Remodulin, treats the rare condition of dangerously high blood pressure in arteries between the heart and lungs. The drug is taken either intravenously or via an injection, but its new form, Viveta is inhaled four times daily for a few minutes.
The testing showed that patients who had been tested before and then after 12 weeks of taking the drug improved the distance they could walk by average of 20 meters. "These are amazing results," said Martine Rothblatt, the company's chief executive. "We are just absolutely elated." While 20 meters may not seem like a lot, Rothblatt, whose daughter suffers from the disease, said it is a huge difference to patients with the disease. "These patients cannot walk up one flight of steps," she said.
The company as a result of this news, reported a third-quarter profit that increased 74 percent, to $14.8 million.


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Bob Dylan , political prognosticator? Pete Townshend , on-stage hearing damage victim? Robert Plant , all shook up?
The week is young, as is this most dramatic of election days. But for rock fans, it's already shaping up to be a colorful week. (Since I was out of the office last week, we'll stretch the definition of "the week is young" and "colorful week" to include last Friday)
Monday night, at a concert in Madison, Wisconsin, Dylan told his audience that today's presidential election would be a slam-dunk -- for President Obama.
"Don't believe the media. I think it's going to be a landslide," said Dylan, whose recent San Diego concert at Valley View Casino Center found him addressing the audience only to introduce his band members and guest guitarist Mark Knopfler.
Meanwhile, Who guitarist and conceptual master mind Pete Townshend left the stage early Friday at the Florida kick-off show of his band's new "Quadrophenia" tour (which includes a Feb. 4 date here at Valley View Casino Center).
Townshend's hearing damage dates back to the 1960s. When The Who launched its 1989 reunion tour, he played acoustic guitar and was surrounded by Plexiglass baffles on stage, the better to protect him from the volume of the other musicians on stage.
On subsequent tours, he returned to electric guitar and did not need any Plexiglass baffles on stage. But in Florida, after complaining that the volume was "too loud," he abruptly fled the stage during "You Better, You Bet." Townshend, 67, did not return for The Who's final encore selection, "Baba O'Riley."
Here's hoping the sound issues will be sorted out well before The Who's San Diego show next year.
As for erstwhile Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, it appears he was briefly dazed -- though not at all confused -- when he was briefly knocked off his feet after a fan rushed the stage at Plant's Nov. 1 concert in Buenos Aries, Argentina.
Plant and his latest band, The Sensational Space Shifters, had just finished performing an encore of two Zeppelin classics, "Going to California" and "Rock and Roll," when a fan jumped on stage and ran to embrace the singer. The fan arrived concurrently with a security guard and the ensuing collision saw Plant knocked down.
Plant quickly righted himself, then cautioned security to tread lightly with the fan, telling them: "Easy, easy." he then added; Thank you very much for the fun. See you again soon."


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The report that a Queens Supreme Court judge may have been beaten by an NYPD officer in Jackson Heights is disturbing.
There are a number of investigations underway following the allegations made by Justice Thomas Raffaele. Nevertheless, the response has not been adequate given the seriousness of the charges brought by the judge.
Raffaele, 69, who presides in the Matrimonial Court in Jamaica, said he was beaten for no reason when he joined a jeering crowd watching police as they attempted to arrest a shirtless man.
The judge said he called 911 when he realized the officers might need backup. That can be easily proved or disproved.
Raffaele said one of the officers, who had been kneeling on the handcuffed man, then struck him and other people in the crowd.
The police, he said, ignored the crowd and even the pleas from a registered nurse who happened to be walking by to stop beating the man.
The judge said, "Psychologically, it was a very traumatic thing to happen. This officer's rage is so out of control, it is dangerous for him to be in that situation."
He noted that, during his time as head of Community Board 3, he gained a strong appreciation for the NYPD. He even participated in a civilian patrol in Jackson Heights, where the alleged assault took place.
The incident, which occurred just after midnight June 1, is being investigated by the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau, the Queens district attorney and the Civilian Complaint Review Board, according to Raffaele.
The wheels in the bureaucracy are turning too slowly.
If what the judge says is true, the officer who attacked him is at best dangerous and should not be carrying a weapon or a shield until this is resolved. If he hit the victim without provocation, he should be treated like any person accused of assault.
What did the other officers do while this was going on? What did they tell Internal Affairs? When will the organizations involved in the investigation report on their findings?
Police must be held to a higher standard. They must use their authority wisely if they want the public's respect.
We have always been strong in our support for the brave men and women of the NYPD, but officers who break the law should be held accountable.
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Stevie J And Joseline's Latest Drug Issue: Trending TopicsThis time around, it involves the little one.
What Stevie J Is Demanding Of Joseline, Now: Trending TopicsBig Tigger: "This is ALL very strange."
Stevie J's Failure To Pay Child Support Just Smacked Him In A Way He Won't Like: Trending TopicsThis judgement just might merit one of those "Stebie" faces!
'Apparently Stevie J Got Beat Up By Joseline': Trending TopicsNo wonder this is called The Reality Or Nah Edition.
In Today's 'Love & Hip Hop'-Related News: Trending TopicsSidebar: Could Cam'ron really pass for Tigger's twin?
Stevie J's $1,107,412 Problem: The Ryan ReportA problem separate from the drug addiction (we think.)
What Stevie J's Restraining Order Request May Have Revealed About Joseline Hernandez: Trending TopicsBut what's that Nick Cannon? You STILL have a question about "The Puerto Rican Princess"?! (Supposedly!)
[VIDEO] Trending Topics: This Is Too Serious To Be Regular Reality Show Fodder"Why would you involve the children like that?!"
[VIDEO] The Ryan Report: What We Can't Believe Wendy Williams Said, NowAnd talk about surprises - did the mother of two of Ne-Yo's children just slyly admit she had a new "boo thang?"
[VIDEO] The Ryan Report: Joseline Hernandez's Lie Detector Results Are In, And......this might be ANOTHER "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" episode yet to be televised!
[VIDEO] Trending Topics: The "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" Episode You Won't See Tonight...Co-starring Mr. and Mrs. Jordan, Stevie J. and Joseline. (Or not?)
[VIDEO] The Ryan Report: Stevie J Weighs In On Mimi's New Love On "LHHATL"Was he this upset after the mother of his daughter recorded that sex tape?!


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Riots in Californian town after police shootings
Twenty-four people have been arrested after a fourth night of riots sparked by two fatal police shootings in California.
Hundreds of protesters threw rocks, broke windows and lit fires as they clashed with police outside city hall in Anaheim, following the fatal police shootings of Manuel Diaz, 25, and Joel Acevedo, 21, last weekend.
Police say Mr Diaz, who was unarmed, was shot as he reached for what officers thought was a gun.
His mother says he was shot in the back and is suing the city for $50 million while calling for an end to the violence.
Five people have now been shot dead this year by police in Anaheim, a city with a population of 330,000 located 53 kilometres south of Los Angeles.
Vandalism and other forms of violent protest will not be tolerated in our city. We don't expect last night's situation to be repeated but if it should, the police response will be the same - swift and appropriate.Anaheim mayor Tom Tait
Police officers responded by firing non-lethal rounds into the crowd of several hundred people.
The area is now calm, according to Anaheim Police Chief John Welter, but city Mayor Tom Tait told CNN that police were ready for more trouble.
"Vandalism and other forms of violent protest will not be tolerated in our city," he said.
"We don't expect last night's situation to be repeated but if it should, the police response will be the same - swift and appropriate.
"I'm confident that things will get back to normal. Nobody wants that violence.
"Protest, yes, discourse, yes, but violence, absolutely not."
A police spokesman, meanwhile, insisted that the officers who shot the two men, reportedly members of a gang, had acted properly.
"I believe that the independent investigations by the Orange County district attorney's office into both incidents will show no wrongdoing by these officers," Sergeant Bob Dunn said.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, united-states
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Congratulations! I'm glad to see
You've struggled your way from point A to point B
(If you happened to get there via X, Q, or G,
And stumbled, or fell, or perhaps skinned your knee,
The point is, you made it, I hope you agree.)
You'll have your detractors. Don't listen to those
Who would tell you, you should have been pointing your toes
Or you should have just stayed and tried holding your nose.
Or maybe you should have worn different clothes—
There is no way to win, in some eyes, I suppose
But you did! You emerged at point B from point A,
Past the pitfalls and traps that might lead you astray
(And of course, there are some who are still on their way)
The persnickety people who judge you today
Though they talk quite a lot, they have nothing to say
So whether it's fortitude, whether it's luck
You are out of the quicksand, the mud, and the muck
You are now at point B, where at A you were stuck.
Those awful detractors, who sit there and cluck?
If you like, you can tell them you don't give a fuck.
Alas, now I need a Dr. Seuss. I can even picture the illustration…
This verse started out with a title–a title I didn't end up using, because the verse went a different way. They do that, sometimes. The title was "point B is the new point A"–the idea is, you make a plan to get from where you are (point A) to a particular goal (I think you can guess). The trick is, life sometimes gets in the way, and you find yourself at point C, or F, or Zed. At which point, it is easy to panic. Do you make your way back to A? Do you give up?
What I find helpful, is to re-define A. Where you are, is A. Where you are now is always where you will be coming from. If life knocks you off your path and you find yourself at point F, F is the new A. Plan a course from there. Yes, it may be easiest to go back to A–but not always. You may have learned something in getting to F, and you can use that.
And when you do get to point B (congratulations!), you will find that B is the new A. It's (with any luck) a nicer point A than the last one, with a better view and more options. But whether it's a stopping place, or a springboard, is up to you.
Inspired by quite a lot of things, over quite a lot of time, but particularly by Dana's excellent post today.


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The twenty five performance groups of the Music Department at Fullerton College perform regularly in the Campus Theatre, Recital Hall, and Wilshire Auditorium. This performance schedule is augmented by performances at school functions (convocation and graduation) local churches, community events, and amusement parks. The Community Band hosts a series of complimentary summer concerts on the quad Additionally performance groups tour the west coast, east coast, and Europe.
For a chronological text listing of concerts see our Calendar page
For a calendar listing of concerts with ticket information visit The Box Office
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Light up your country decor with this stylish candlestick base table lamp in a delicate, distressed cottage finish.More Details >
With its graceful candlestick-inspired design and squared platform base, this table lamp features a delicate, distressed cottage finish that is designed to resemble wood. A cylindrical linen shade adds a clean, classic finish to this stylish table lamp design. The 3-way rotary switch allows the lamp's brightness to be easily adjusted.


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Top Items:
Washington Post:
McCain Camp Hits Obama On More Than One Front — Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign launched a broadside against Sen. Barack Obama yesterday, accusing him of a sexist smear, comparing his campaign to a pack of wolves on the prowl against the GOP vice presidential pick …
Discussion: Achenblog, New York Post, American Street, Spin Cycle, TalkLeft and Real Clear Politics
Charles Hurt / New York Post: AD PAINTS O AS BIG BAD WOLF
John Riley / Spin Cycle: Ten for Thursday: Bush adopts Obama stance on Pak
Jeralyn / TalkLeft: McCain Goes Dirty
Blake Dvorak / Real Clear Politics: The Morning Report
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Readjusts to Defuse Palin Phenomenon — Campaign Aims To Shift the Debate From Personalities — Sen. Barack Obama, slipping in national polls, is showing signs of being distracted by the enthusiasm generated by the McCain-Palin ticket and is planning a sharper message focused on economic anxiety.
Discussion: Real Clear Politics, No More Mister Nice Blog and TIME.com
Blake Dvorak / Real Clear Politics: The Diagnosis and the Prescription
Glentime / TIME.com: Obama Readjusts to Defuse Palin Boom
Washington Post:
What's the Pig Deal? — IT'S HARD to think of a presidential campaign with a wider chasm between the seriousness of the issues confronting the country and the triviality, so far anyway, of the political discourse. On a day when the Congressional Budget Office warned of looming deficits …
Discussion: The Hill's Blog Briefing Room, Political Machine and The Sideshow
Walter Alarkon / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room: TalkingPointsMemo — "Lipstick on a pig," the phrase Republicans …
David Knowles / Political Machine: John McCain's Dishonorable Campaign
Michael Falcone / The Caucus:
On Letterman, Obama Discusses Palin 'Phenomenon'
On Letterman, Obama Discusses Palin 'Phenomenon'
Discussion: TIME.com
Natalie Gewargis / Political Punch:
Obama on Letterman: If That's What I'd Meant, Palin Would Be the …
Obama on Letterman: If That's What I'd Meant, Palin Would Be the …
Discussion: Commentary
Jennifer Rubin / Commentary: You Heard It Here First — In the Lipstick Controversy …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama on Letterman: Palin is lipstick, McCain policies are pig
Obama on Letterman: Palin is lipstick, McCain policies are pig
Discussion: The Swamp, Gateway Pundit, Liberal Values, Scared Monkeys, MyDD, Riehl World View, The Caucus and Ben Smith's Blogs
Frank James / The Swamp: Barack Obama on David Letterman
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus: Obama Responds to 'Phony Outrage'
Daniel Finkelstein / Comment Central:
What Sarah Palin tells us about Obama — Here are a few thoughts of my own on the lipstick on a pig moment (see this earlier post for the views of others). — First, demonstrating that McCain had used the same phrase before doesn't cut it. — The reason the pig idea popped …
Discussion: Commentary and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Jennifer Rubin / Commentary: Re: The Gift That Keeps On Giving?
Punditarian / THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: LONDON TIMES: OBAMA "FOLDS UNDER PRESSURE"
Jay Cost / HorseRaceBlog:
Obama On His Heels — This campaign has taken a surprising turn since …
Obama On His Heels — This campaign has taken a surprising turn since …
Discussion: Weekly Standard, The Moderate Voice, Texas Rainmaker, Sadly, No! and Slate
Greg Piper / The Moderate Voice: McCain-Palin butchers FactCheck.org - supporters need to rebuke them
D. Aristophanes / Sadly, No!: President Footnote? — A lot of people are saying what Jay Cost …
John Dickerson / Slate: MCCAIN'S CAMPAIGN PERFECTS ITS OUTRAGE OVER SEXISM.
Mike Mount / CNN:
Pentagon memorial honors 9/11 victims — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The grooved, gray concrete wall rising from a few inches to a few feet seems to be solely for blocking the noise from the nearby highway, but like many parts of the new Pentagon memorial, there is more to the wall than meets the eye.
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots
Satyam / Think Progress:
On 7th Anniversary Of Attacks, White House Claims Bin Laden …
On 7th Anniversary Of Attacks, White House Claims Bin Laden …
Larisa Alexandrovna / At-Largely: 9/11: It was the butler in the pantry with the candlestick...
James Gerstenzang / The LA Times President Bush Blog: President Bush admits failure: The 'tone' in Washington has not changed
RockRichard / VetVoice: "Bin Laden Not Behind 9/11" Is Now Official Party Line
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush marks Sept. 11 with moment of silence
Bush marks Sept. 11 with moment of silence
Discussion: Macsmind, Jules Crittenden and Gateway Pundit
David Paul Kuhn / Yahoo! News:
GOP foreign policy experts cool on Palin — In state after state, rally after rally, Sarah Palin is generating record levels of enthusiasm among the Republican base. Crowds chant her name, congressional candidates cite her in their ads and there are numerous reports of a surge in grass roots volunteers for the McCain campaign.
Natalie Gewargis / Political Radar:
Biden: Hillary a Better Pick Than Me
Biden: Hillary a Better Pick Than Me
Discussion: Stop The ACLU, Top of the Ticket, Liberal Values, Wake up America, Macsmind, Boston Globe and The Raw Story
Warner Todd Huston / Stop The ACLU: Biden Says Hillary Better Qualified Than He? Isn't Everyone?
Susan Duclos / Wake up America: Joe Biden Admits Hillary Clinton Might Have Been A Better Pick As Veep
Foon Rhee / Boston Globe: Biden: Clinton a better veep pick than me
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Biden: Hey, you know who might have been a better pick for VP than me?
Biden: Hey, you know who might have been a better pick for VP than me?
Discussion: www.redstate.com, Scared Monkeys, Stop The ACLU and JammieWearingFool
Patriotroom / www.redstate.com: ImPalin Obama: Barack "Flustered," …
Marisa Katz / Washington Post:
Why Do Lies Prevail? — John McCain was not offended when Barack Obama described McCain's policy agenda as putting "lipstick on a pig." I can't prove that, but it seems so obvious to me that it's more like a fact than an opinion. Nor could McCain possibly have thought …
Discussion: pw, The Moderate Voice, Washington Monthly, Kevin Drum and Huck PAC
Dan Collins / pw: Marsha, Marsha, Marsha — Liberals flummoxed by Palin:
Joe Windish / The Moderate Voice: Polyface Pigs — Last night All Things Considered weighed in on the …
Mike Huckabee / Huck PAC: LIPSTICK ON A PIG — Last night, while on Hannity & Colmes …
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Canadian doctor warns Sarah Palin's decision to have Down baby could reduce abortions — Sarah and Todd Palin's decision to complete her recent pregnancy, despite advance notice that their baby Trig had Down syndrome, is hailed by many in the pro-life movement as walking the walk as well as talking the talk.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Wizbang, Power Line and Real Clear Politics
Kim Priestap / Wizbang: Canadian Doctor Fears Palin's Decision to Have Trig Will Mean Fewer Abortions
Michael Gerson / Real Clear Politics: The Importance of Trig Being — WASHINGTON — In addition …
Carly Weeks / Globe and Mail:
A message of hope - or pressure to keep the baby?
A message of hope - or pressure to keep the baby?
Discussion: Hot Air
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Trig Palin's threat to the abortion industry
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Can't Win Against Palin — Of all the advantages Gov. Sarah Palin has brought to the GOP ticket, the most important may be that she has gotten into Barack Obama's head. How else to explain Sen. Obama's decision to go one-on-one against "Sarah Barracuda," captain of the Wasilla High state basketball champs?
Discussion: Pew Research Center, FiveThirtyEight.com, MSNBC, Blue Crab Boulevard, Commentary and TIME.com
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com: The Road To McCain Runs Through Palin
Mark Murray / MSNBC: OBAMA: RAISING HIS VOICE
Gaius / Blue Crab Boulevard: The Big Mistake — Notice anything about the presidential race in the past two weeks?
Jennifer Rubin / Commentary: The Incredible Shrinking Obama
New York Times:
Squad of G.O.P. Aides Prepares Palin for Interviews — Two weeks ago, People magazine was granted an exclusive interview with Senator John McCain's new running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, who spoke about motherhood and career, life in Alaska and the historic nature of her candidacy.
Discussion: Washington Post and TIME.com
Marisa Katz / Washington Post: The Right and Wrong Questions for Palin
Krooney / TIME.com: PALIN'S BIG INTERVIEW
New York Times:
Bush Said to Give Orders Allowing Raids in Pakistan — WASHINGTON — President Bush secretly approved orders in July that for the first time allow American Special Operations forces to carry out ground assaults inside Pakistan without the prior approval of the Pakistani government, according to senior American officials.
Robert Silvers / The Huffington Post: Obama's 'Naïve' Ideas Always Prove To Be Brilliant
Lawhawk / A Blog For All: NYT Throws Caution To Wind
Radley Balko / The Agitator: Bush Adopts Obama's "Naive" Foreign Policy
Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal: Taliban attack mosque kills 25 in Pakistan
Mark Tran / Guardian: Pakistan backs army over US rebuke
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias: Naive and Irresponsible — NYT: "Bush Said to Give Orders Allowing Raids in Pakistan"
John Podhoretz / Commentary: An Apology Due to Obama?
Erin Simpson / Washington Post: The Wrong Lessons from Iraq
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Top Military Officer Urges Major Change in Afghanistan Strategy
Top Military Officer Urges Major Change in Afghanistan Strategy
Discussion: Danger Room, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, SWJ Blog, Daimnation! and Michael Yon Online Magazine
David Axe / Danger Room: Joint Chiefs: We're Losing in Afghanistan
David Morgan / Reuters: Bush approved secret orders for Pakistan raids: report
Julian E. Barnes / Los Angeles Times: Afghanistan poses daunting challenge, Defense officials say
Roger Ebert / Chicago Sun Times:
The American Idol candidate — I think I might be able to explain some of Sara Palin's appeal. She's the "American Idol" candidate. Consider. What defines an "American Idol" finalist? They're good-looking, work well on television, have a sunny personality, are fierce competitors …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Reaction, Concerned Democrats for McCain and JammieWearingFool
Jazz Shaw / The Moderate Voice: Bizarrobama
Michael J.W. Stickings / The Reaction: Thumbs down: The idolatry of Sarah Palin
Barry Jay Warsch / Concerned Democrats for McCain: They really don't get it. — Roger Ebert on Palin …
Dirty Harry / Dirty Harry's Place:
Palin Derangement Syndrome Hits Poor Roger Ebert
Palin Derangement Syndrome Hits Poor Roger Ebert
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
The Week Magazine:
DAVID FRUM: The Democrats' Credibility Gap — Bob Shrum tells us that John McCain and Sarah Palin are falling short in their populism. Nobody has deployed the rhetoric of populism more ferociously and more often than Bob Shrum, so his assessment carries weight.
Discussion: Power Line, Hullabaloo and David Frum
The Big Trunk / Power Line: JOE BIDEN TALKS TOUGH
Digby / Hullabaloo: Another Word Bites The Dust
Jim Carlton / Wall Street Journal:
Ethics Adviser Warned Palin About Trooper Issue — Letter Described Situation as 'Grave,' Called for Apology — ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An informal adviser who has counseled Gov. Sarah Palin on ethics issues urged her in July to apologize for her handling of the dismissal …
Discussion: MSNBC, Liberal Values, TIME.com, Donklephant, TPMMuckraker and RADAMISTO
Mark Murray / MSNBC: Palin: Troopergate back in the news
Justin Gardner / Donklephant: Ethics Adviser Warned The Palins About TrooperGate
Steve J. / RADAMISTO: PALIN WAS WARNED ABOUT TROOPER-GATE
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
Joe Biden and the Incredible Lightness of Being — Watching Joe Biden is better than examining the polls or listening to talking heads, since he instantaneously reflects cockiness, aggression, bombast, depression, and loss of confidence, predicated on the emotional pulse of the campaign.
Discussion: The Hill's Blog Briefing Room and Commentary
Walter Alarkon / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room: The Corner — Sen. Joe Biden's (D-Del.) everyman appeal may lie …
Wendy Doniger / Washington Post:
All Beliefs Welcome, Unless They are Forced on Others — Belief in god, like getting pregnant, is a private matter between consenting adults (or one consenting adult and one or more deities) and is no one else's business. I am on record in this blog (and have not budged an inch) as not objecting to any candidate's religious views.
Discussion: Weekly Standard, The Corner, Betsy's Page and Media Blog
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard: Hating Palin, Part 6532
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner: "Her greatest hypocrisy is in her pretense that she is a woman."
Betsy Newmark / Betsy's Page: Palin-induced rabies


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Research Topics
M Sharif
Affiliation: University of Bristol
Country: UK
Detail Information
- Serum cartilage oligomeric matrix protein and other biomarker profiles in tibiofemoral and patellofemoral osteoarthritis of the kneeM Sharif
Department of Anatomy, University of Bristol, Southwell Street, Bristol BS2 8EJ, UK
Rheumatology (Oxford) 45:522-6. 2006..To investigate the possibility that these conditions are separate disease entities, we compared biomarker profiles of patients with each disease...
- A 5-yr longitudinal study of type IIA collagen synthesis and total type II collagen degradation in patients with knee osteoarthritis--association with disease progressionM Sharif
Department of Anatomy, University of Bristol, Bristol BS2 8EJ, UK
Rheumatology (Oxford) 46:938-43. 2007..The 5-yr longitudinal study tested the hypothesis that serum and urinary markers of type II collagen metabolism would be associated with radiological progression of disease in patients with mild-to-moderate knee osteoarthritis (OA)...
- Can biochemical markers serve as surrogates for imaging in knee osteoarthritis?C R Davis
Department of Anatomy, University of Bristol, Southwell Street, Bristol, UK
Arthritis Rheum 56:4038-47. 2007....
- Variations in chondrocyte apoptosis may explain the increased prevalence of osteoarthritis in some jointsC M Thomas
Department of Anatomy, University of Bristol, Southwell Street, Bristol, BS2 8EJ, UK
Rheumatol Int 31:1341-8. 2011..To investigate whether there are any variations in chondrocyte susceptibility to an apoptotic stimulus between cells of articular cartilage (AC) from equine joints that differ in prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA)...
- Evaluation of NFKB1A variants in patients with knee osteoarthritisS L Hulin-Curtis
Department of Anatomy, Veterinary School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Int J Immunogenet 40:272-9. 2013..A reduction in CRP levels at 12 months was observed for the rs2233419 variant. These findings provide evidence for the association of NFKB1A variants and knee OA...
- Cross-sectional comparison of synovial fluid biochemical markers in equine osteoarthritis and the correlation of these markers with articular cartilage damageC J Fuller
Dept of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, UK
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 9:49-55. 2001..To investigate the relationship between biochemical markers in the synovial fluid of osteoarthritic and contralateral equine joints and gross articular cartilage pathology...
- How severe must repetitive loading be to kill chondrocytes in articular cartilage?K M Clements
Department of Anatomy, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 9:499-507. 2001..We hypothesize that repetitive loading can kill cartilage chondrocytes in a dose-related manner...
- Chondrocyte death by apoptosis is associated with cartilage matrix degradationC M Thomas
Department of Anatomy, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 15:27-34. 2007....
- Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry applied to the assessment of tibial subchondral bone mineral density in osteoarthritis of the kneeS Clarke
Academic Rheumatology, University Division of Medicine, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK
Skeletal Radiol 33:588-95. 2004..Our objective was to develop and validate a technique for assessing tibial subchondral bone density (BMD) in knee OA using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)...


text: Pattern of extinction of the woolly mammoth in BeringiaG Macdonald, D.W. Beilman, +5 authors Blaire Van ValkenburghNature communications2012Extinction of the woolly mammoth in Beringia has long been subject to research and speculation. Here we use a new geo-referenced database of radiocarbon-dated evidence to show that mammoths were abundant in the open-habitat of Marine Isotope Stage 3 (∼45-30 ka). During the Last Glacial Maximum (∼25-20 ka), northern populations declined while those in… (More)


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It should be noted first and foremost that I am not an antenna design expert. I have tried to explain how this antenna and the Gray-Hoverman antenna work and how, but tried to leave out the real technical details to others. I have just taken what has been designed, modeled and successfully used in the field, and applied it to my situation. If you want greater understanding of how this antenna and the Gray-Hoverman works, please goto digitalhome.ca, and there is a whole forum section dedicated to OTA antenna design. Formidable users are 300ohms, stampeder and mclapp among others.
The Mclapp-4
The Mclapp-4 is another type of UHF antenna. It is designed on the bowtie philosophy. There is the simple DIY bowtie antenna that someone has made a YouTube video of, buy bending some coat hangers which forms the elements, then connecting them together with wiring called phase lines. This design, though has worked very well for people, there are a few flaws. The elements, or whiskers are only 7", which will work for many higher frequencies, but misses the entire UHF spectrum. The other big issue with this simple design is if looking at the the perspective of the balun, the signals from both sides of the elements will be out of phase, so lose of signal integrity.
Enter the Mclapp. The Mclapp was designed and modeled in 4nec by an individual nic'd "mclapp" that frequents the digithome.ca site. The big differences is that the base unit uses 9.5" whiskers, and the phase line at each end is twisted. The longer whiskers allows the antenna to pick up a wider band of UHF frequencies, while twisting of the phase lines keeps the signal in phase as seen by the balun.
So why build this antenna since I already have built the Single-Bay Gray-Hoverman? Supposedly the Mclapp is slightly better at picking up the upper UHF frequencies. The Gray-Hoverman starts to decline in gain with going above channel 50. Since there are a few channels I want to try and get that are in the upper region of the UHF band, I may have better luck with the Mclapp. The second reason, and I have to double check this is that the Mclapp is also slightly better at getting VHF-Hi channels, and analog signals, while the Gray-Hoverman is supposed to be slightly better at picking up the low to mid UHF frequencies. So the plan is to use the Mclapp, pointed at the CNTower to get the Canadian broadcasts, then build on the Gray-Hoverman and make it a dual bay, pointed towards the South of East to try and get some of the fringe Buffalo channels, CHCH and SunTV.
The current build of my Mclapp is a 4-bay bowtie. It doesn't have a reflector yet. I'm trying to find a cheap screen...something as simple as an old oven rack from a trashed stove. The bowtie elements are cut coat hangers, the phase-lines are the left-over ground wiring from the 2-10AWG wire I picked up for building the elements of the Gray-Hoverman. This wire is copper at 14AWG. I used some of the self tapping screws that I used in the Gray-Hoverman design, as well as the extra PVC 3/4" conduit. I only had to pickup some more PVC 3/4" "T"'s. The feed/balun was from the GH project, which I soldered to the mid-point of the phase lines. The total cost of the antenna is well under $20.
I used the basic design details that can be found here:
Specifically the 4 bay 9 1-2 element layout.pdf and the 4 bay 9 inch phase line.pdf
The basic diagram is shown below:
Excuse the poor showing of twisting the phase wiring. It's a little hard to show the overlap, but basically when twisting, I tried to keep the distance between the two phase wires at a constant...approx 1.25".
I will be adding photos soon. I'm going to be wiring in the balun tonight so hopefully I'll be able to get some real values.
Here are some pics of the actual build:
This antenna was used primarily as an experimental to introduce me to the world of OTA. I was intending on using this antenna for Canadian broadcasts from Toronto, but learned that mixing antenna types was not a very good idea. For my practical application, I'm using two Gray-Hoverman antennas in my attic. Please view that page for the latest details on my OTA quest. This antenna will now be relegated to being used as a demonstration model for friends and family to try out. If I do end up using it, I will point it west bound to pickup stations from London and beyond and try and see what happens when three antennas are combined...even consider having my own "Antenna Farm".
I soldered the balun to the phase lines last night, and then put it up in the livingroom to try out. The difference between testing this to testing the Gray-Hoverman was that I opened the blind so I could maximize any signals coming into the house. Well pointing it in different directions I was able to pick up the standard CHCH (11.1), SunTV (15.1), CW23 (23.1), CTS (36.1) and WNYB (26.1, plus 26.2). This was the first time I was able to get 26.2, from the livingroom. In addition, I was able to get CBC (5.1), though this depended on the antenna placement. The most exciting thing was that I pointed the antenna towards the SE and picked up ABC (7.1). This is the first time that I have been able to receive one of the real big American broadcasts. Yeah, I did pick up PBS with the GH on the second floor of my home, but ABC is one of the reasons I'm trying to do all this, so it was nice to see.
So is this antenna better than the Gray-Hoverman? Some would say yes as I picked up ABC which I haven't been able to do with the Hoverman, but the test conditions were different. The Mclapp-4 I was able to prop up and lean it against a tri-pod for better clearance. The Gray-Hoverman always just sat on the floor, leaning too far back, so it never got a clear signal. The other thing was that last night, I raised the livingroom blinds to hopefully get better signals (which was proven by getting ABC), which I never did with the Hoverman. I still feel that a dual-bay GH will work wonders in getting those American broadcasts (ABC/NBC/PBS/CBS and Fox), and this antenna will be very successful in getting the Canadian feeds I'm trying to get (CBC/CityTV/Omni1/2/TVO/CTV anc Global). I'm still debating whether to add a reflector or not.
I tested the antenna out some more on the second floor of the house. Moving it around to various locations, I was able to scan in most of the above listed channels, PBS again (like with the Hoverman), and somehow scanned in CBS (4.1), though it wasn't watchable. Reason why that is confusing is that I had the antenna on the opposite side of the house to where I thought I should have picked it up, and the antenna was backwards, so the backside of the antenna was getting the signal. So it is really confusing me as to how I has able to get it period, meanwhile ABC is in the same direction, yet I wasn't able to scan in that channel.
The more dissapointing thing was that other than CBC, I haven't been able to get any other channel transmitted from the CN Tower clearly. It clearly can get a signal on most of them, but it is too weak to lock on anything. So if I still can't pick anything up in the attic, I still have a couple of options: 1) to throw on a grid reflector, and 2) been looking at an in-line line amp like the KT-100G from Kitz Technologies. If worst comes to worst, I can temporarily use this antenna pointed SE and pickup CHCH, SunTV, CW23, ABC, and hopefully CBS and PBS until I get the dual-bay Gray Hoverman built.
After unsuccessfully testing a DBGH last night, I went back and tested the M4 tonight. I'm still looking for a cheap reflector to use with this antenna, but decided to see what I could pull in again. The test conditions were good: outside temperature was around 10 degree Celsius, and it appeared to be a little overcast. The test location was the dreaded livingroom again, with the antenna pointing in the SE direction. Tonight though it was a very successful test run. When I loaded WatchHDTV, the first channel to load was CBS (4.1)...well this is the signal results:
The signal was good, and had a picture. This was the first time I have ever been able to get a good video feed from this channel. I then turned to ABC (7.1) which I have gotten in the past from this test location. Here is the scren cap:
I then went into the WatchHDTV setup and added NBC, PBS, and tried Fox. I was successful at getting NBC (2.1, 2.2, 2.3) and PBS (17.1, 17.2 and 17.3). This is the first time I was able to get PBS from this test location, and the very first time...EVER in getting NBC. Below are the screen caps of the first sub-channel of each:
I also took a capture of CW23, even though I have repeated successfully received this channel in the past:
In additon were the usual CHCH (11.1), SunTV (15.1), CTS (36.1, 36.2) and WNYB (26.1, 26.2)
The attempt at getting Fox:
A total of 15 digital channels (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1, 7.1, 11.1, 15.1, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 23.1, 26.1, 26.2, 36.1, 36.2) tonight. A very successful test indeed. Tonight was a good night, and much needed after flopping with the DBGH tryout.
I finally caved and picked up a roll of 1"x2" galvanized steel mesh for a reflector and have been testing my M4 with a reflector for the last little while. The reflector steel is 14AWG and measures 36" wide by 40" high. Though lately I've been pretty successful and consistent in getting ABC, NBC, CBS, CW23, CHCH and SunTV (along with CTS) from the living room, I was able to get this antenna up on the second floor tonight. In total from two different locations, I was successful in getting NBC-HD (Universal Sports and RTV) 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, CBS-HD 4.1, ABC-HD 7.1, CHCH-DT 11.1, SunTV 15.1, PBS-HD (SD and Think) 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, CW23 23.1, WNYB 26.1, 26.2, CTS 36.1, 36.2. But along with this extra height, in this same direction I was able to get Fox-HD (and SD) 29.1, 29.2, and MyTV-HD (and SD) 49.1, 49.2 (first time for both channels). With the antenna facing towards the CNTower, I was able to get CBC-HD 5.1 and OMNI2 44.1 (first time for this channel). In analog I've picked up 9, 11, 13, 19, 28, 31, 36, 41, 45, 47, 57, 69, though only a handful were actually watchable. So in total I've been able to pickup 21 digital (including HD) channels, and 12 analog channels. This antenna is working so well in picking up stations in the Buffalo direction, that I may consider using this antenna in the attic for that use, and use the GH to get TO stations, which are proving to be actually pretty difficult stations to get. Though tonight was a pretty successful test. Below is some further signal measurements on some additional channels.
In the other direction was the first time I've been able to pick up Fox from Buffalo, though it wasn't a steady picture
So now I'm pretty convinced that I will get pretty decent results, at least Buffalo bound, once the antenna is mount in the attic. Now I have to put a mesh reflector on the GH and verify what it can pickup...and to finally figure out once and for all, which is the better antenna (if any).
Here are some pics of the M4 with reflector:
This antenna has been delegated to now being my demonstration antenna. It has performed very well for me, but for my application, and in using multiple antennas (or is it anteni?), I have chosen to use two Gray-Hoverman single bay types, so at least they are very similar in design. The M4 is a great antenna, which is very easy to build, and I am very pleased with its performance. Hat's off to MClapp over at digitalhome.ca for his great design.
A friend has been borrowing this antenna for the last little while, so I haven't had much time to play with it. Now that I have it back, I'm going to be showing a few people the capabilities of OTA, then I'm going to place this antenna in the attic. I'm going to experiment by replacing the SBGH that is facing Toronto with the M4 to see if I can pick up the elusive City and Global channels. If it does, and both antennas interact positively, then I may end up using this build in a more permanent setup. This will mean replacing the whisker elements with copper bowties, as the steel coat hangers will most likely rust up in very little time when in the attic. Just from the simple transferring via car to my buddies place, I have noticed that the whiskes are oxidizing.
The Gray-Hoverman that was used for Toronto reception (or this antenna if I don't use it for TO), will then be experimented with to see if I can pick up anything from Erie, or London way, or I may gang it with the other Gray-Hovermand towards Buffalo, and use it as a horizontal 2-bay GH, and see if I can get more gain towards Buffalo.
Started to convert the whiskers over from the coat hangers to 10AWG copper wire. It was collecting dust at my parents house, and it was just enough for this job. I've cut and bent all the lengths. I just have to install them to the antenna. Going to be using this to demo over at a friend's house soon, so I want it in top shape. Pictures are yet to come.
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This classic shooter, ported to the NES in August 1988, is a spin-off of the seminal Gradius series. Pilot the Vic Viper through six stages of intense action, alternating between horizontally and vertically scrolling environments, and take on wave after wave of enemies. Destroy particular enemies throughout the game—all of which takes place within the body of an enormous alien—to release power-up capsules and equip your ship with your choice of more powerful weapons, extra speed, and shields. Utilize the power-ups carefully, though, as a fearsome guardian lurks at the end of each stage and won't be easily defeated. You can go it alone or bring along a friend to take on the challenge simultaneously. Do you have what it takes to save your planet?
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text: Cape Town - The price of Brent crude oil fell from its highest level in two weeks on Thursday, amid speculation that US negotiations over the country's budget deficit have made little to no progress over the last few days.If the rand-dollar exchange rate remains stable, it could translate into another petrol price breather on January 2.Latest figures from the department of energy show an average over-recovery of 9.3 cents per litre for gasoline and 19.4c/l for diesel since November 30.Tuesday's over-recovery was 16.9c for petrol and 13.4c for diesel. If this can be maintained until December 26, it could mean a reduction of 11c/l on petrol and 17c/l on wholesale diesel.South African fuel prices are a calculated on an import parity basis. The formula is based on fuel prices at refineries in Italy, Singapore and the Arabian Gulf.Shipping costs, cargo insurance and other costs are added, the price is converted from dollars to rands and then local levies such as tax, regulated profit margins, customs, distribution costs and the Road Accident Fund levy are added to calculate the retail price of petrol and the wholesale price of diesel.The fuel tax changes only once a year, in April. It's a fixed amount in cents and is unaffected by the monthly fuel price adjustment.This monthly adjustment ensures that South African prices stay in line with prevailing international market prices.On Thursday, Brent oil futures for February declined by 0.6% in low trading volumes on the London futures market to $109.73 per barrel. The volume of total futures contracts traded on the market was 23% below the average over 100 days.Brent crude still topped the US oil price benchmark, West Texas Intermediate, by over $20. West Texas Intermediate traded at $89.92 a barrel in New York on Thursday.The price of Brent crude rose by 2.6% this year.US oil prices this year on average were $17.42 per barrel lower than Brent, largely due to the increase in the excavation of unconventional oil and gas resources in America.If the problem of America's so-called fiscal cliff - the simultaneous implementation of budget cuts and tax increases - is not resolved, the anticipated recession could dent the demand for oil and push prices down. - Sake24For business news in Afrikaans, go to Sake24.com.


text: It's been a lifetime coming, but it's finally arrived! Very well presented - packaging and body finish are excellent - packaging reminds me of Apple packaging, i.e. very well executed design and function Bit of camera unboxing pr0n And compared to the Trip 35 Solid construction - but not too heavy - you can tell it's metal and not plastic Lenses are tiny compared to my Canon ones, but feel solid - especially the 60mm which is the largest of the bunch Lens hoods are slightly strange in design, but if it works... X-Mount is smooth, lenses slot in nicely with a really positive click Manual comes with an addendum sheet already - not had time to review either yet! Charger is the same style as the X100, i.e. it has a power cable - takes one battery at a time And now some sample images from the X-Pro1 - all JPEG straight from the camera, std in camera JPEG settings - ISO200. 35mm f1.4 Lens Focussed through a Moroccan lantern f2.5 Succulent bloom - Macro Mode f2 Succulent bloom - Macro Mode f2 Standard f8 and you're there shot Wide open at f1.4 with the macro mode I noted - you get 1/3 stop increments on the aperture ring, nice! You can max out the shutter speed (1/4000) when wide open at f1.4 and base ISO of 200 - so you'll need ND filters to shoot this way in full sunlight - I do not believe there is a built-in ND filter as there was with the X100 - but I do need to RTFM Camera feels lovely to hold - shutter sounds different to the X100 (no longer a leaf shutter) AF similar to Canon but not as fast - faster than X100 is my first impression, but I need to test specifically 18mm f2 Lens f3.6 - had to stop down from wide open as I maxed out the shutter again! f16 Landscape shot f3.6 Lens handled well - AF seemed fine, and IQ looks good on first pass 60mm 2.4 Macro f8 - PP in Topaz B&W f2.8 - Getting AF to hit the bar and not the backdrop was challenging, probably operator error at this point Focus on man at f4 Landscape view at f8 Full Macro at f2.8 Full Macro at f2.8 Noted: The 60mm lens is huge compared to the body - sticks out a long way with it's oversized hood AF through the optical viewfinder is challenging - you get a frame pop up in the viewfinder to show you the field of view covered by the lens - this is a small area mid frame, and makes the AF point hard to see let alone position with any accuracy. Using the Electronic Viewfinder solves this problem, as you get the zoomed view at all times. The tiny lens cap on the 60mm is poor and loose and will get lost - probably not a huge deal. Filter size is tiny - just 39mm The lens feels very solid and the reach will make it ideal for sniping shots of people without them knowing you're shooting them.


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Discussion in 'Alternative Processes' started by kevin klein, Feb 23, 2014.
What can be used for smooth surface cyanotypes other than hot pressed watercolor paper, and cheap.
hi kevin
im not sure how archival it is
but i use what someone at RISD told me was "butcher paper"
its cheap ( i got a 32x40 x 200 sheet stack FREE ) and smooth and thin
also i use borden & reily velum it works great
and is not expensive at all. the chemicals like it too ...
( so do liquid emulsions ! )
- john
I have a pad of Yupo paper that I've been meaning to try. It's a smooth, waterproof watercolor paper. Because it's waterproof I'm not sure if it will actually hold the emulsion or not, it might just rinse away.
adelorenzo, Yupo won't work w/o a primer, it's absolutely impermeable and with cyanotype you need the emulsion IN the paper.
kevin, try Masa paper it's perfect for all iron / iron-silver processes and it's cheap too. (Something like USD 1.2 - 1.3 per 21x31" sheet... I remember the times when it was only USD 0.7/sheet.)
I'm currently printing a series on Canson Editions which has one smooth surface. It is cheap. First run I had a little trouble with coating, however subsequent ones with my paying a little more attention I have had no problem, I do use a little Tween with it. Bill Barber
Kevin, I do a lot of my wet and dry plate 5 x 7's as cyanotypes to get a good look at the neg before settling on what process I will print them in, and then finish off some as cyanotypes. Years ago after much searching I started using Strathmore Sketch 300 50 pound paper. Just bought a new 18 x 24, 30 sheet pad for $12.75 at a local art store. It takes and holds good the old traditional cyanotype chemicals, does not rip easy , and is great tea tonned. Takes the extra wash after being tonned too. You can see some examples in my gallery. Best I've found and done hundreds on it!
Loris, am I miss reading what you say here, as with Cyanotype you don't need an emulsion (by that I mean gelatin).
Thanks everyone, I will do some experimenting.
Clive you're right, "sensitizer" would be the absolutely correct term here. But we often intermix these two terms here in the alt-process forum, trivial stuff... BTW you don't absolutely need gelatin for an "emulsion".
Yes, I understand any suspension substance may be classed as such.
Loris, do you coat the smoothest side or the slightly rough side?
I use "Bristol" papers, when I want smooth. Bristol paper comes in various weights and brands, just make sure not to use the very heavy variants, as they basically are multiple layers glued together (like passepartouts), which get separated in long water baths.
The brand my art shop sells makes single layered Bristol paper up to 495g/m².
However, it's usually buffered, so an acid treatment is recommended to get the best possible Dmax.
kevin, both sides are usable, I personally prefer the smooth side.
I have used and very much like the masa paper for cyanotype, especialy for making toned prints, it's great stuff. I need to buy more. Thanks.
One more suggestion for a smooth low-cost unbuffered cyanotype paper:
UniversityProducts Perma/Dur Unbuffered Interleaving Paper
It is intended for archival storage slip-sheets, but works great for cyanotype. Coated paper stores better before use than any others I've tried. It is listed as 118gsm, but I measure 137gsm.
David Knierim
I get great results from Eaton's onion skin typing paper. My packet is about 40 years old and works great. 100% cotton fiber.
David you have any examples to share with unbuffered paper...seems really like a great alternative
Thanks peter
Here is a scan of a number of small images. All except the upper left one are with the UniversityProducts Perma/Dur Unbuffered Interleave paper. The top row are shadow-prints of a test pattern - a couple crossed strips with 60% and 8% transmission, along with some opaque objects taped to a piece of mylar and exposed with a 7.5W 395nm LED. Total exposure is listed in K-Joules per square meter. The bottom row is images taken with a surplus rear-projection TV lens as a camera. None of these are "pretty" images - I'm not an artist - rather I'm interested in the science.
The right-hand three images are "new cyanotype", the recipe from Mike Ware, listed in his book "Cyanomicon" and in different forums. The left-hand four images are using the new positive siderotype (iron-based photography) process I've been developing. I just posted that work here yesterday:
I'm not sure if any of these images are good enough for you to judge the paper. My preference for this paper is based on these characteristics:
Smooth surface
Coats easily
Doesn't contain any CaCO3 or other buffering
Lasts the longest between coating and exposure for cyanotype - the only one I've tried that is reasonably good a day or two later.
My positive process has much less issue with delay between coating and exposure - a few weeks are fine, so this paper has less advantage there.
I haven't purchased any of the more expensive art papers, so don't have those for comparison.
If anyone else tries this paper, I'd love to hear how satisfactory it is for real art.
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TORONTO -- You can't put a number on heart and guts in the NHL.
Actually, you can. Sort of.
There are only 20 players in the NHL who have recorded double digits in both hits and blocked shots this season, and the Leafs have one of them with another likely joining that select list tonight when Toronto hosts the Calgary Flames at the Air Canada Centre.
Not surprisingly, both are defencemen.
Jeff Finger has recorded 115 hits and 128 blocked shots, while rookie blueliner Luke Schenn has 99 blocks and 172 hits.
Blueliner Brooks Orpik of the Pittsburgh Penguins is the unofficial leader in the hits/blocks with a combined total of 388 with the Canadiens' Mike Komisarek second with 330. Finger's total numbers put him 14th overall in the combined categories (243).
Hits and blocked shots are not exactly glamour statistics, but both Finger and Schenn take pride in the fact they are among the league leaders in those categories.
"That's what I've tried to do my whole career," said Finger, of his penchant for hitting and blocking shots. "That's what got me here and that's what I'm going to continue to try to do. I guess you could compare us to an offensive lineman -- an important thing, but you might not get as much recognition. But that's OK in my book."
Of course, hitting and throwing yourself in front of a frozen rubber disc that often travels over 100 m.p.h. carries an increased risk of injury, but not always injuries that put a player on the shelf.
It's likely Finger and Schenn are among the leaders inside the Leafs dressing room in bumps, bruises, contusions and other 'minor' injuries NHLers play through.
Like Finger, Schenn has endured his share of pain.
"Sometimes, you get a shot off the foot and you get bruises, or you get one on the heel or on the inside of the leg and your leg swells up a little bit," Schenn said. "But so far, so good."
The key to surviving an NHL season while hitting and blocking shots at every opportunity, Finger said, is to learn how to do both the proper way -- by using your head, although not literally -- and by adding protective equipment whenever you can.


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Having held just one event in 2010, MacTech increased that to seven this year, with events across the U.S. Next year's going to be even bigger, with 15 events spanning the country from February 16 when MacTech Boot Camp kicks off in Phoenix, Arizona, to December 5 when it wraps up the year in Miami, Florida.
MacTech Boot Camp Coming to Boston May 18, Speakers Confirmed
Following the sellout success of its San Francisco and Dallas events, MacTech Boot Camp is set to land in Boston in less than two weeks, and Cult of Mac readers can save $200 on registration. On May 18th, the event will be held at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, with a number of confirmed speakers who include:
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – A former New York fashion student claims in a federal lawsuit that she hasn't made any money off a top-selling backpack she designed for Barnes & Noble.
Diana Rubio designed the "everything backpack" in 2010 while at Manhattan's Fashion Institute of Technology.
The Daily News reports (http://nydn.us/1pHu7tV ) the school had assigned Rubio to enter Barnes & Noble's "Back to Campus" contest.
Rubio's bag won the contest and sells for $39.95. The Barnes & Noble website identifies Rubio as the designer.
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Everybody chill out. The cats aren't on real drugs, just anesthetics . Okay, I guess anesthetics technically are a real drug, but it's not like "real" drugs. Check out this hilarious video of these kittens who are obviously still feeling it.
I'm pretty sure everyone has been so drugged up that they are walking around like a wind up toy, unsure if their limbs are functioning correctly, desperately looking for food. Well at least me and these kittens have been. These kittens went to the vet, but had a hard time shaking of the anesthesia and it obviously took them longer than normal to regain control of their muscles.
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Rental proposal tabled
Landlords invited to May 24 workshop on rental inspection program
In the face of landlord dissatisfaction, the De Soto City Council agreed last Thursday a proposed rental inspection and landlord licensing program needed more work.
Drafted by a committee that included Councilwoman Mitra Templin, former Councilwoman Linda Zindler, City Administrator Pat Guilfoyle, city building inspector Steve Chick, De Soto Multi-Service Center coordinator Jodi Hitchcock, and landlords Candace Asbell and Steve Rhodes, the proposal would require the city's landlords to purchase an annual license of $25 and would establish a schedule to inspect rental units once every three years.
De Soto apartment complex owner Randy Johnson was the first to ask the proposal be tabled. Although there was a problem in the city with neglected rental properties, Johnson said his properties were not among them.
Inspections would take time and that would cost him money, Johnson said.
"I will not settle for someone telling me how to run my business," he said. "I will fight this strongly."
Landlord Belva Thrasher said the proposal singled out landlords as the only businesses the city forced to get a license. And while it would force landlords to get inspections for their homes, run-down private homes would not be inspected, she said.
Finally, Thrasher said she was concerned the proposal would force her to reveal confidential information about tenants in violation to state law.
Council members agreed to table the proposal and scheduled a workshop for 5:30 p.m. May 24 to discuss options. But council members told landlords a rental inspection program was coming.
"I have no problem tabling this, but we're going to have to do something like this. I know it's not what you want to hear, but we're going to have to do something," Councilman Ted Morse told Johnson.
Although Templin defended the proposal she helped develop, the consensus on the council was to table the proposal so that an inspection program could be crafted to target problem landlords. What was needed, Councilman Tim Maniez said, was a plan that would address health and safety concerns on a case-by-case basis.
Templin said the committee rejected such a limited inspection plan because it would ask a city employee to make a subjective judgment on who was or wasn't a good landlord.
Nonetheless, Mayor Dave Anderson, Maniez and Morse suggested inspections be scheduled by tenant complaints or by problems observed from the outside.
Templin said Hitchcock made the point during committee discussions that many tenants would file complaints because many of those living in substandard housing were doing so because rent was cheap and didn't want to lose their residences by filing a complaint.
Hitchcock was a good advocate, Anderson said, and could convince tenants to file complaints.
The rental inspection proposal stemmed from a community survey a year ago that found many residents dissatisfied with the city's appearance. A follow up survey sent to 2,000 city residents and returned by 450 found 56 percent wanted the city to enact a "much stronger" rental inspection program and another 25 percent favored a "somewhat stronger" program.
There was far less support among the 33 city landlords who responded to the survey. The majority of them, 66 percent, wanted no inspection program.
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Exchanging user defined data via the USB protocol stack with the MBED
Topic last updated 05 Mar 2012, by 12 replies.
Greetings MBED hackers, I am sorry, I could not come up with a title that could convey exactly what I want. But roughly what I am trying to do: I am using the USBMSD interface to use my MBED as a USBDevice and provide access to an SD card as a USB mass storage device. (the code I have used is here: http://mbed.org/handbook/USBMSD). But now I want to exchange some custom out-of-band information with the host side through the USB interface. But I am not sure where that code should go in the MBED side for that. Of course, this will require some changes on the driver on the host side. But I would like to first figure it out on the MBED side and from then go on to the host driver side. I don't have much knowledge of the USB protocol so any ideas/pointers would be welcome. //Seemanta
Hi Seemantha, In my opinion, the easiest way to exchange raw data with the host is to use the [[http://mbed.org/handbook/USBHID| USBHID]] class. As all OS have a built-in HID driver, there is no need to develop a specific driver. You can directly exchange raw data with a custom program running on the host. You can find some examples on the [[http://mbed.org/cookbook/USBHID-bindings-| USBHID bindings webpage]]. Sam
Hi Sam, Thanks for your advice. However, I was looking for a mechanism to transfer custom data at the USBDevice level itself. By incorporating the USBHID class, I am going out of scope of USBMSD. I am trying to make a custom USBMSD implementation that will have a capability to exchange some user defined strings. So, it would be nice to encapsulate that within the USBMSD or its parent classes, right ? I mean that makes the design clean. No doubt, using the USBHID class seems like a workable solution, but my first priority would be to get everything done within the domain of USBMSD. What do you say ? Thanks as always, Seemanta
Hello Seemanta, do You mean to have mbed acting as USBMSD device with capability to send and recieve data? I think You mean composite device? Composite USB devices include more than one interface ( for example mbed can be mouse and keyboard at the same time for host). So are You looking to make device which is USBMSD and RAW HID or CDC at the same time? The mbed's USB interface is like USBMSD and USBCDC. If You connect mbed to PC it shows up as flashdisk and virtual serial COM port for serial communication (with terminal for example). If You are interested in USB CDC & MSD You can take look here [[http://mbed.org/users/okini3939/notebook/USB_Device/]] Composite USB devices can have more than one or two "interfaces" and can act as more than one or two usb devices at the same time. For each device must be properly written descriptors and report descriptors to get USB host know what USB device it is and how communicates. Write more Your questions here.
I am not sure if a composite device is really what I want. Think of this scenario: I want to assign some kind of unique ID to my USBMSD device. This can be hardcoded in my MBED source code. When the USBMSD is plugged in, the driver on the host side will query the MBED device for its unique ID. But I need a way on my USBDevice implementation on the MBED to provide this unique ID to the host side. This is exactly what I am trying to achieve. I believe this can be done within the USBDevice implementation itself, without involving a composite USB device, am I right ? Thanks again for patiently responding to my questions. //Seemanta
Hello Seemanta, do You mean that You want USB host(PC) to understand that two or more devices (USBMSD in Your case?) with same VID and PID are different real devices? USB offers iSerial string which is hardcoded in device and host on PC is able to check this string and differs more devices with same VID and PID. It is like serial number of device. If this is what You want, post here and we can try to get it work together.
Hi llumpu, Unique ID is just an example. What I would want is to exchange *any* data I want, or more generally a data buffer of say, length 512 bytes. Will the iSerial interface help me in this case? Also, how do I use this iSerial class? On the host side, how would I extract the data from this buffer? Sorry for asking a lot of questions but at this point, I am somewhat lost. I am again very grateful and thankful to you for your help. I wish I could buy you a beer or something. Also another important thing is that this transfer should be both ways: the host should be able to transfer an arbitrary buffer of data to the USBDevice and the USBDevice should be able to transder an arbitrary data buffer to the host. //Seemanta
<<quote igorsk>> A common solution is to use SCSI pass through requests with custom commands. <</quote>> Can you explain more on this? I am sorry as I am new to USB, this might be a stupid question. I do understand that the the USBMSD appears as a SCSI device. But which part of the MBED USBDevice library should I be looking at in order to implement these custom SCSI commands ?
Okay, so I did some more research into custom SCSI commands. From [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCSI_command]] I got a list of all SCSI commands. Out of this list, I am looking at ATA COMMAND PASS THROUGH (12) and ATA COMMAND PASS THROUGH (16). So all I need to figure out is a way to send these commands from the host driver and a way to handle these at the USBMSD.cpp file on the MBED side, right ? Is that what you were referring to ? //Seemanta
Hello Igor, I am interested in SCSI pass through requests with custom commands too. Can You please explain it more or point any www link?
On Windows, you can use IOCTL_SCSI_PASS_THROUGH to send custom commands. In USBMSD, it seems that they're handled in USBMSD::CBWDecode(). Here's a little info about SCSI support in MSD: [[http://www.lvr.com/mass_storage_faq.htm]]
Hi Igor, Can this be done in Linux too? Seems like SCSI pass through interface is available only on windows. Would it be possible to send a SCSI pass through command from a Linux host? Thanks, Seemanta
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