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Objective: Make a digital watch from the ATTiny85 8-bit Microcontroller.
The ATTiny85 is a small and versatile microcontroller that I've been using for almost 2 years. In that time I have worked on many projects, from small quick inventions to complex builds like "The Lawn Mower", a mini car that's controlled via Bluetooth. The fun for me is being able to see what i can do with the small amount of memory that the ATTiny85 has available.
The ATTiny85 is a high-performance, very low-power, Atmel 8bit AVR microcontroller that 8KB ISP flash memory, 512Bytes of EEPROM, 512-Byte SRAM, as well as 6 I/O pins. In addition to that there are also 32 general purpose registers that the programmer can use for all kinds of tasks. There are internal and external interrups, a 4-channel 10-bit analog to digital converter, with operation at up to 20MHz between 2.5-5.5 volts.To sum that all up the ATTiny85 is a power house packed into a small profile about the size of a finger nail.
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My next project was a radical idea I had when I saw a class mate unveil his Arduino Mini based smart watch. It was a small and sleek smart watch that had a few neat functionalities like custom API, RTC, and a flash light. I liked the idea so much in fact that I decided to give it a go at making my own smart watch, but instead of using an Arduino I would use none other than the ATTiny85. So I got to brainstorming, I started asking what I wanted the watch to do, what kind of features it would have, and how to go about implementing those features such as
- Tell the time
- Tell the temperature
- Have Bluetooth Capabilities
- Receive data from phone
- Small enough to wear
- "Stylish"
What I was able to come up with after about 2 months of research and development, and some odd hours sitting in front of a computer programming, was this ugly duckling here. Without much of the development going into the "Style" of the device I was able to focus mostly on the practical aspects of the build and was able to fit it with as many sensors as I could come up with.
The Hardware
People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware." – Alan Kay
This quote has been very inspirational for me over the past few years, it has guided me during rough patches of development and help me innovate some aspects of my builds. Sometimes existing hardware is not enough to make an idea come through. This is specially true for most of the consumer electronics market, which needs to be constantly adapting and changing to stay on top. For this build the tiny watch consists of the following components, all of these components were foreign to me before this build.
- 0.96″ OLED display
- DS3231 RTC module
- DS3231 Built in temperature sensor
- On/Off Tactile Switch
- Navigation Switch
- 3.7V 650mAh LIPO Battery
- LIPO battery charging module
- HC006 Bluetooth Module
- Programing pins
- ATTiny85
The OLED
The 0.96" I2C OLED works great for this of project, as it does not consume a lot of power; it is very bright and bright, crispy, and small enough to be used for a wearable. The awesome thing is that because it uses the I2C bus protocol I only have to use two of the 5 available pins on the ATTiny85. Also because with I2C you can have many devices connected over the same pins I was able to also connect the DS3231 RTC module alongside the OLED (More on this later on). The OLED consumes about 0.04W of power during normal operation and used a wide range of supply voltage from 3.3V-5V DC which made it ideal as I did not have to do add more components to regulate the voltage.
The RTC Module
The original plan with time keeping was to have the time be sent via Bluetooth from the host phone. I would then convert the data from a single string to individual letters and number that would then be stored for computing. To keep the current time I would have to keep a counter going on at all times, adding to the obtained time from the phone. While this idea wasn't too far fetch I ended up buying three different RTC modules to test for the project.
The first one I tested was the DS1307 which is a bit less accurate than the DS3231 RTC but it also had a AT24C32 a memory chip with 32 Kilobytes of storage. This was great but I wanted something more accurate so I found the DS3231 RTC module that also had the same memory chip with 32 Kilobytes of storage. This was really exciting, I was thinking of all of the functionality I would be able to add to this device now that I had about 40 Kilobytes of total storage including the one from the ATTiny85.
In the end I decided against the two modules with the added storage space, not because they weren't good but because I felt like the final build would not be considered a legit ATTiny85 digital watch with all of that added storage. The defining reason why I chose the custom DS3231 module was because of its size, the custom DS3231 module is literally 4 times smaller than the DS1307 module.
This picture on the left shows a size comparison of the three modules. As you can see the custom module that made it onto the TinyWatch is significantly much smaller than the other two RTC modules on the right.
Navigation Switch
The three way switch I used for this build is really remarkable; it has one axis with left and right, and a middle click for selecting menu items. It was also thin enough to sit directly on the LIPO battery charger without causing any problems. Before I had this navigation switch however I was using three tactile switches, each had its own pin on the ATTiny85. This was not an issue as I was only testing the menu systems without any of the sensors attached. What I quickly realized was that I needed to decrease the amount of buttons I was using because I would not have enough pins to attach the Bluetooth, OLED, and RTC too.
After doing some research and banging my head against my desk for 2 days; I implemented a way to have as many buttons as I needed from only one pin on the microcontroller. While I was able to find ways of doing it online I needed a solution that would implement button denouncing in the mix as well, as I was getting way to many inputs from a single button click. The article I read online said that I could do this using different resistor values for each button, when a button is pressed the microcontroller reads the analog value of that resistor and decides what that value represents.
You can see how these inputs are configured on the left image above. Each output from the navigation switch has a different value resistor attached to it. Make sure that the difference in the values of the resistor is significant enough so that they ATTiny85 wont have problems detecting the right input. There is also a 100K pull up resistor attached to the three inputs coming from the navigation switch as well as 3.3V, this is so that we don't get any false readings when we aren't actually using the navigation switch.
LIPO battery and charger
The 3.7 V LIPO battery is soldered on to the output from the LIPO charger, the main power is also connected to both the battery and charger, so that if the battery is dead you can still use the watch when the power is connected to the charger. This charger has some neat features like automatic shut off once the battery is full, and LED notification for when the battery is fully charged.
The LIPO charger is hot glued onto the LIPO battery itself as well as the leads are soldered in place. When the battery is charging; the LED on the module glows Blue, once it reaches full capacity it changes to Red. Also notice that the display still works while the charging cable is connected. This device also has a long standby time as it does not draw a lot of power while it is being used, and because this is a 650mAh it can go a long time without charging.
Programming Pins
I wanted the TinyWatch to be re programmable so I added header pins to the side of the watch that are connected to gnd, vcc, pins 0, 1, 2, and 4 on the ATTiny85. There is a power switch on the device which has two functions. Firstly it turns the device On/Off, and secondly while the device is off the connection from the battery is disconnected from the rest of the component, allowing power only to come from the header pins thus. This prevents any interruptions from the different modules while the device is being programmed.
These are the programming pins on the left side of the device, from left to right they are ground, pins 10, 13, 12, 11, and vcc. These pin numbers are coming from the Arduino uno board, as it is what I used to program the ATTiny85.
TinyWatch Circuit Diagram
This is the circuit diagram and you can see all of the connections for all of the components. Notice how the Oled and the RTC module are both connected to the same pins. This is because they use the i2C bus to communicate.
What I learned
i2c is my friend.
The guys at DLNWare have a great explenation for the i2C bus, head over to their website here to read up on this protocol. I learned a lot from them. Basically in I2C you have a master and slave relationship between the microcontroller and the components. The microcontroller being the master, dishing out commands and receiving data, and the slaves being the components dishing out data. As they are all connected to the same lines you have to talk to them in the software through unique addresses that only the particular component you want to talk to can understand.
ADC are amazing
ADC (Analog to Digital Converter) are really cool to use in all kinds of projects specially in this one, as it allowed me to do something was would not have been possible without it. An analog to digital converter does exatly that converts an analog signal into a digital signal. In our case the analog signal was the voltage being produced when a button was pressed on the navigation switch. The voltage divider circuit made sure that we had a different voltage being read by the microcontroller, this allowed the internal ADC to distinguish between the signals and assign an individual action to each one. learn more about ADC's here.
I know it's a long post but I left many things out, if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask me.


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Saints Protection & Investigation
A private investigation business pulling together men from the CIA, FBI, ATF, DEA, Border Patrol, SEALs, and police, devoted to the missions that no one else wanted or could solve.
Cam Perez left his juvenile delinquent years behind to become an undercover detective and then accepted a job with Saints Protection & Investigations. When a friend's sister, a Red Cross nurse, was kidnapped, Cam eagerly stepped up to take on the rescue mission. The right man for the job, he was focused on what needed to be done - until he lay eyes on her. And then not only saving her life but winning her heart became the new mission.
Miriam Delaro had become discontent in her hospital job, so the chance to go to Mexico to work for the Red Cross when an earthquake struck was the perfect career change. Then she and three other nurses were kidnapped by a drug cartel who needed their services to aid the cartel's wounded. She tended the ill by day but at night prayed for a deliverer, wondering if escape was possible. Then he came, disguised as a lowly, wounded worker.
Their meeting was only the beginning. Having to escape the guards, travel by canoe in a storm, and cross miles of perilous Mexican cartel country to get to the ocean where the Saints could pick them up was their goal. Falling in love was their reward.
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Script by: Eric Powell
Illustrated by: Evan Dorkin
Dark Horse Comics
First thing: whiskey pinatas should be real.
I had to put that out there. But the Goon
And Franky don't get whacks 'til late. I'll deal.
Instead they find a carny, Brigadoon
It's called (it's crying for a sonnet, no?).
They're hunting a small freak who made them crash.
Meanwhile, this show is for the freaks, who go
All out to gawk at "normals" and a stash
Of "normal" pieces. What sells this for me
Is Franky's dialogue, and easter eggs
From Dorkin's pencils. You have got to see
Those for yourself, for this comic, it begs
Close scrutiny. The mayhem's off the scale!
And, of course, super-wrong, yes, without fail.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Rich Johnston's IRON MUSLIM #1
Script by Rich Johnston
Illustrated by Bryan Turner
Boom! Studios
Avengers parodies are all the rage!
Good thing I've seen the movies, though, for I
Eschew these comics. Still, I turn each page
And laugh anew. Al Stark is just this guy
In old Iraq, who has now to pretend
Fanaticism, all so he can make
His bombs and gadgets. Of course, he can bend
All to his will, can even go and take
A drone for parts to pimp his metal suit.
His backstory is funny but the tale
Of killing Lady Liberty's a hoot!
And speaking of the movies, one can't fail
To note a certain cynicism re
The exploitations on the screens we see.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Script by: Brian Clevinger
Illustrated by: Scott Wegna
Red 5 Comics
The pulp's gone airborne! Here we have jetpacks
Made out of surplus gear from World War Two,
An airship, dogfights, mystery attacks
All up there in the clear and filmy blue.
A sly allusion to the unmanned drones
The U.S. likes to send, may, too, appear
(Though I might be projecting). If your jones
Is for the skies, our Robo has you, fear
You not! Oh, and our foe is girls, whose flight
Seems to astonish Robo, though his awe
Is for their gear. And Hazel, Lauren might
Just steal your heart (or punch you in the jaw).
They salvage death machines, to keep them out
Of evil Axis hands (hint: not a kraut).
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Script by: Brandon Seifert
Illustrated by: Luka Ketner
Image Comics
How can such beauty be so freaking sick?
"The Patient from the Black Lagoon" is slabbed
(And gorgeous). Penny wants to do her trick
(She likes to eat those monsters) -- have I grabbed
Your fancy yet? Well, it's a Deep One, too!
Straight out of Lovecraft! Watch our Doctor get
All nerdy on the subject, crying "Ooh
His lungs are gone!" The chance for to dissect
A magic benthic dweller -- would you not
Geek out just like he did? Is it his fault
Things turn out badly? Poor wee Penny's got
So peckish... fetch some vampires from the vault!
Meanwhile, Cthulhu's tapeworms! History
Has ne'er been told so well, if you ask me.
Sonneteer's note: "Cthulu's Tapeworms" is totally my new all-purpose epithet and swear word.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Script by: Gary Phillips
Illustrated by: Marc Laming
Boom! Studios
The weight of dirty money is extreme;
To clean it takes all our man, Jeff, has got.
These densely inked and colored pages seem
As complex as the dense, absorbing plot.
The baseball metaphor is apt; our man
Is cerebral e'en for this kind of crook.
That's not to say your crime and action fan
Won't find what she is after in this book.
There's chases, punch-outs, one hellacious twist
And this is the first issue! So I'll say,
I'm glad (belatedly) that my pull list
Had this one on it. Oh, and by the way,
It looks fantastic! Darrin Moore, huzzah!
Those colors warm it up, fill me with awe.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Debris #1
Script by: Kurtis J. Wiebe
Illustrated by: Riley Rossimo
Image Comics
When Kurt & Riley make a comic, I,
For one cannot resist. This time the art
Is less impressionist than GREEN WAKE. Fly,
You cyber-chicken things! Be still my heart!
The jormungand are coming! They're the most
Apparent threat, but not the only ones.
Our hero, Maya, spears them in this post-
Apocalyptic world, but this tale runs
More subtle than the action might suggest.
The last tribe in the last town -- we have known
This story ere this comic, but the best
Tropes do appear a lot. What makes this pwn
In part, though, is the colors, glorious!
A Bechdel-passing heroine's a plus!
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Script by: Joshua Williamson
Illustrated by: Seth Damoose
Image Comics
Crap circles -- and that's not a typo -- in
Times Square! For just this reason if no more
This comic's gold! Its characters have been
Abductees many times, they claim. What for,
Just like the aliens, doth vary from
Account to mad account. What these folks want
Is more than just belief, though. They've succumbed
To alien addiction, and they flaunt
Their problems in crazed meetings, like A.A.
Cartooniness abounds. They've read their Chew,
These guys, and that's no bad thing, I would say,
But I'm not sure this premise, carried through
A series, has the story legs it needs.
The characters will tell, as this proceeds.
Monday, September 10, 2012
MYSTERY IN SPACE One-Shot
Written by: Duane Swierczynski, Andy Diggle, Ming Doyle, Anne Nocenti, Nnedi Okorafor, Steve Orlando, Robert Rodi, Kevin McCarthy and Mike Allred
Illustrated by: Ramon Bachs, David Gianfelice, Ming Doyle, Fred Harper, Michael Wm. Kaluta, Francesco Trifogli, Sebastian Flumara, Kyle Baker and Mike Allred
Vertigo Comics
Prosthetics envy! But wait: there's a twist!
Rebellion 'gainst computer overlords!
Dilated space-time postpones lovers' trysts!
Sea-Honeymooners crushed out of their gourds!
Exotic fauna! Flying ranger chick!
Centaurs choose man-horse minds or horse-man bods!
Space junk removal becomes politics!
Mindblowing after-death trips: we are gods
(Or parts of one at least)! There's something for
Most any kind of sci-fi fan in here,
And ev'ry taste in art. Do I want more?
Not at the moment; glutted now, I fear,
Am I. But I'll say this: there are no duds.
I'd recommend to all of my buds.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Script by David Lapham
Illustrated by Rafael Ortiz
Avatar Press
The Dude abides; Dan takes that further yet.
He can't be hurt or bothered any way.
The beatings he can take? Worst those can get!
Like unto superheroes, one might say.
But Dan here likes it seedy, just wants slack,
And woe to those who bring him to the end
Of patience. Looks like Zappa, takes no flak,
Has learned how to make do with just one friend,
A toothbrush and some Melvins. Avatar,
You've got me hooked on wrong again, you sick
And lovely bastards. Comics crusty, far
Too smelly, violent and simply thick
With awesome. Lapham's got another hit.
And as for Ortiz, he is just the *spit*.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Stories by: Brian Clevinger
Art by Ryan Cody, Yuko Oda, Chris Houghton, John Broglia & Joshua Ross
Banana oil! Five stories in one book
All set in Robo's wacky world! My one
Complaint is that they're all too short, but look
One tale is Dr. Dinosaurs, more fun
Than I can here describe. It's fun to see
New illustrators, though I do miss Scott.
Amusing, too, to see one with Bruce Lee.
There's one as well which has no Robo plot,
"To Kill a Sparrow" -- spies in World War II
In Vichy France -- but there, of course, is room
For him to come in any time. Then you
Have one, uncolored, in which all goes boom
Aboard a wizard's rocket. But the best
By far is the velociraptor's jest.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Script by: Kurtis J. Wiebe
Illustrated by: Tyler Jenkins
Image Comics
French orphans caught in Calais: World War Two
Had many tragedies, but ne'er before
Could children fly away from Nazis! You
May find it strange, as I do, but there's more:
For Peter Pan's American, tracking down
A girl he once new long ago and lost.
She's somewhere in the Nazi-ridden town
And he shall find her at whate'er the cost!
No sign of Captain Hook as yet; we must
Be patient. All is drawn in pleasing style,
Though Peter's hair's distracting. Pixie dust?
I had anticipated this a while
And I am glad to see that it's as good
As I'd been hoping. More please, if you would!
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Hoax Hunters #0
Story by: Michael Moreci & Steve Seeley
Illustrated by: J.M. Ringuet
Image Comics
An astronaut who's made of crows? Okay...
Amuck in Russia? Well, of course, I mean
Where else would that thing be? Which is to say
Hoax Hunters has got my attention. Scene
By scene, we're taken through a world in which
Some TV hosts check claims, but what they do
For real is cover up -- a bait-and-switch --
Cry "hoax" on stuff that turns out to be true,
And clean it up. The characters are thin
As yet, but show potential. Men in Black
Meet Mythbusters! So for now, count me in.
The premise is too fun. So guys, don't slack
Keep up like this and I'll keep reading. Bring
The sasquatch on next, would ya? That's the thing.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Script by: Mike Mignola & John Arcudi
Illustrated by: James Harren
Dark Horse Comics
By far my favorite B.R.P.D.
Is Abe. An action hero of the deep,
On land he's not too shabby either. We
Could do worse than have this James Harren keep
On drawing him, all ropy muscle and
Cheekbones. This book is humorless, but that
Does not mean that it isn't fun. I've scanned
Less gorgeous gore and ichor. For all that
He's come to a deserted house to meet
An old occultist's son, it's no surprise
The story goes all Lovecrafty. 'Tis sweet,
But nothing new. No, Harren takes the prize
For making this an issue that I'd share.
So tell me, how'd those maggots get in there?
Friday, August 24, 2012
Script by: Brian Churilla
Illustrated by: Brian Churilla
Oni Press
Such fun it is to mess with people's minds!
And when there's profit in it, who'd resist
The chance to do it? Other recent finds
Have played upon this theme. But here's a twist
(There always is one): D.B. Cooper, famed
For hijacking a plane and jumping off
Worked for the CIA! They are not named
As yet, but it seems likely. Those who scoff
At such conspiracies perhaps should pass,
But if you did, you would be missing out
On dazzling art. This book is quite a gas!
That I've seen nothing yet I have no doubt;
Churilla gives good comic, ev'ry time.
I'm hypnotized and babbling through this rhyme.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Script by Evan Dorkin
Illustrated by Jill Thompson
Dark Horse Comics
Who doesn't crave some cuteness now and then?
Throw in some funny, and what could it be
But Beasts of Burden! This is one which, when
I read it, leaves me wanting more. Here three
Short stories of brave dogs and kittehs who
Fight evil are presented. They take on
A chicken-stealing goblin, then into
The past they go: a mastiff fights the spawn
Of rooster and reptile, a basilisk,
Blindfolded, yea, and following his nose!
Last undead sheep bring on a sense of risk
In one of our pup friends, force him to close
His eyes and take a rest. O Evan, Jill,
This book of yours is such a pretty thrill!
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Script by Mark Kidwell
Illustrated by Nate Van Dyke & Jay Fotos
Image Comics
A lone survivor deep within the bush
Has gone commando, but inside his head
Sound orders from the man who led the push.
This boy believes it's his fault sarge is dead,
But still a menace in the jungle. Jim
Is now a zombie seargent, but his gear
Defends another now. Just look at him!
This comic's long on gore, if not on fear,
And plenty coarse, befitting an insane
And violent premise. Now that it's a thing,
This zombie/Vietnam concoction, fain
It look as good as this, please, if a string
Of others must appear. A little bit
Is fine, but too much and I'll start to spit.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Script by Paul Cornell
Illustrated by Ryan Kelly
DC Vertigo
Oh lord, so much potential page by page!
To start with, our main character's a dame
I'd like to see in real life, in this age
Of politics and spite, unwanted fame
Looks promising (Ex Machina, but more!),
Her staff all fascinating, smart and bent --
Not one of them a type, not one a bore.
Well maybe one's a type, but we shall see.
She's governor right now, New Mexico,
Divorced, hispanic, and an abductee --
So is she running on her own? We know
She has been told that she belongs to them,
But is that so? This book seems like a gem.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Script by John Layman
Illustratoed by Rob Guillory
Image Comics
No more asemic writing in the sky,
But plenty in the writings, buildings, brains
Of members of a new cult? This is why
I keep on reading Chew: it e'er contains
Such craziness, rewards attention to
Its details (like the Kool Aid!), and yet still
Can balance story arcs with small tales. Who
The leader is, we learn: don't cross her will.
Meanwhile our Tony's former mentor's own
Is diabolical, just like the man
Whom we find going nuts again, alone
And tripping on some case-blood. There's a man
Whom we can fear: a cyborg gourmand. Yet,
Whatever did he see? I cannot bet.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Script by David Hine
Illustrated by Shaky Kane
Image Comics
A tarot bubblegum card deck depicts
Cutscenes from yet another zombie tale.
Like '68, this one-shot gets its kicks
From setting it in Vietnam. The stale
Is quite intended; Hines and Kane have seized
The pulpy homage ground. Last time I liked
It better for the story arc, diseased
And trippy as it was. But now it's spiked
With too much digging in my ribs. The art
Is still a gas, but I really miss Steve,
His costume and the Men in Black. The cart
Is leading all the horses, I believe
This time around. Don't get me wrong' it's fun,
Just not as good as other stuff they've done.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Script by: China Mieville
Illustrated by: Mateus Santolouco
DC Comics
When China writes, Baroque grotesquerie
Is sure to manifest. I do not know
The series this reboots, but here I see
He's well-matched with an artist! I could go
Quite mad just looking at these layouts. Here
We have Boy Chimney, spindly-limbed, verbose
And crazy; later, robbing all of cheer,
An emo hero, Captain Lachrymose!
Your tears just make him strong! Ideas abound
As this phone booth transforms its users and
Mieville's warped constructions come to life.
The story's thin so far, but my demand
Is whetted nonetheless. A hero's strife
Is not my thing, but sometimes a girl must
Let prejudice be ground into the dust.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Written & Illustrated by Matt Kindt
Dark Horse Originals
An idea just as creepy as it sounds
But kept here to the edges, shadows, bent
Around our vision's corners, out of bounds
A sometime bureau called Mind Management
Is probably behind Miss Meru's tale
Of chasing down survivors of a flight
Struck by amnesia, one missing male
By name of Henry Lyme, he who just might
Be a rogue agent of that agency
Manipulating thoughts, perceptions, and
Reality. I'm so on board to see
Where all this goes, my brains have turned to sand.
Just tell me when the next one's out. I'll buy.
Matt Kindt has dazzled me. Yes, he's my guy.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Casanova: Avaritia I
Script by Matt Fraction
Art by Gabriel Ba
Marvel Icon
God damn it, I think I just went insane.
I feel that way each time I enter this
Deranging journey through brane after brane.
Will Casanova kill or will he kiss
The woman in the buggy/carplane seat?
And will he ever manage to repair
The damage caused by his abduction? Neat!
Insanity? O brother, can you spare
A neuron? Because mine have all blown out.
One page has sixteen universes. Yes.
Collect them all, then pause, and then just shout
"O Fraction, Ba, this is one great hot mess!"
"When did all this turn out to be my fault?"
I'm glad I have this crazy for my vault.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Revival #1
Revival #1
Script by Tim Seely
Illustrated by Mike Norton
Image Comics
Farm noir, they say? So what's that even mean?
I'll tell you what. It's creepy on a scale
Both intimate and cosmic. There's a scene
Wherein a zombie grandma turns to flail
And kills with just a scythe sweep, doesn't care
Because her teeth keep growing back and she
Must yank them out, because she cannot bear
To be without her dentures. Which means we
Have not seen zombie horror quite like this.
The undead all remember, can still speak
And feel unholy. Meanwhile their small town
Is quarantined (but gorgeous!). Where it's weak
Is exposition dialogue. I frown
On this unsubtlety in what should be
The greatest zombie comic we may see.
Rich Johnston's CAPTAIN AMERICAN IDOL #1
Rich Johnston's Captain American Idol #1
Script by Rich Johnston
Illustrated by Chris Haley
Boom! Studios
I've never watched the show or read the books
This comic skewers, but that matters not.
In broad, cartoonish art that really looks
Just right for looniness like this, it's got
A gimmicky and foolish charm. We start
With Steve, stars in his eyes, skinny and small,
Obeying prompts of patriotic heart
To join the USO and give his all
In World War II. He first must be a hit
On radio reality, though, so
He's put on Gordon Ramsay's wicked spit
(Don't ask) in preparation for the show.
He kills it, but then for his grand encore
Must rescue all the soldiers he sang for?
Monday, August 13, 2012
Frankenstein, Alive, Alive! #1
Script by Steve Niles
Illustrated by Bernie Wrightson
IDW Comics
O Wrightson! More than anyone, you bring
Belief this Monster's made from dead men's flesh.
A noseless face, a tireless pace, this thing
Indicts all his creators now afresh
From his place in a circus sideshow, as
He flashes back to life after the man
Who made him quite disowned him. No one has
A conscience who creates, it seems, no plan,
Then frightened by autonomy, and yet:
Just look into those heavy-lidded eyes.
The years have brought compassion, I would bet,
As I'd expect when scripted by Steve Niles.
Whatever. I just I want to know how he
Survived volcano's fires to bring me glee!
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By the end of 2013, there is set to be a national plan of action for rare diseases in every European member state, following an initiative and the recommendation of the EU. In this context, the MedUni is cooperating closely with the national coordination centre for rare diseases, which was set up in January 2011 at Gesundheit Österreich GmbH and which acts, amongst other things, as an information hub for clinicians, scientists, sufferers and their relatives.
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reclaiming space
Hi, lm just wondering if there are any good tutorials on reclaiming hard drive space.
basically lve only got like 22GB left and lve looked into all the usual suspects like checking on programs l can uninstall, disabling hobernate, moving the pagefile and disk cleanup/ccleaner. but lm unable to find much else l could uninstall so lm wondering if there are any more tweaks l could do.
l have heard l could tweak the winsxs folder but l dont think l should touch it without opinions of those with more knowledge than l have as l dont want to mess anything up.
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I wouldn't mess with winsxs.
You can use a program like WinDirStat - Windows Directory Statistics
It can help find where large amounts of space is being used.
If you store your User Data (documents, videos, music, pictures, etc.) on the C partition, you could move that data to a different HD/partition.
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thanks gregrocker, managed to reclaim 2gb by removing service pack backups, but l guess there isnt a whole lot more l can do.. just wish l had money for a bigger SSD 60gb doesnt seem to be enough any more :/
heres to hoping santa brings me one for christmas lol.
thanks as well david, l had already used windirstat most of my space seems to be used in the windows folder.. over 80% seems to be linked winsxs, tho l did read up a little about the folder and the general consensus was pretty much as you said along with a few ppl saying other things.
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Another way is to offload User folders to a HD, which doesn't compromise SSD speed all that much.
The easiest way is to gradually move your active User folders to the HD using this method: User Folders - Change Default Location.
You can wait to move each one until you need the space it takes up, this way trying the method out first to compare speed or performance changes.
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|16 Sep 2013
l only have little over 100meg on my desktop. l stored my old desktop on another drive and l seem to clutter it allot less since lol, that being said l assume that the whole user folder and everything in it would move to where ever l put it? it would free up 2gb
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I think I'd move the Desktop last since the speed with which the Desktop icons render may depend somewhat on the SSD speed. So focus first on Documents, Pictures, Music, Downloads, etc.
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l dont actually use those folders.. the AppData folder pretty much has 99% of the space (2.4GB) taken up by my profile in it. in fact between AppData and Desktop the space used is 99% and 0.7% with the exception of the 0.1% in My Docs, but theres nothing stored in there that l care about.
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I see. If at all possible I'd try to learn to sort your files into the User folders so they don't all have to open on the Desktop which slows Win7 starting. It takes some reorientation to think of the Desktop as for files you are actually working on at the time, then file them away. This is the same reason why some people keep a messy desk. Not saying who, just sayin
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l guess its useful my old desktop is on another hard drive then
only thing l have on mine now is a few program icons and maybe several text files with random important stuff in them lol, boot time wise lve kept a pretty consistent 20/30secs since installing the ssd the only thing that lets it down is the fact l wish l had waited for one over 100gb.
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Environmental learning has become increasingly important for students as newly created green jobs are expected to grow at a faster rate than other areas of the economy. More companies are looking to hire individuals with knowledge of environmental issues, and students are taking advantage of green programs at colleges to become more attractive to hiring companies.
As the number of green jobs rises, many schools are finding ways to introduce environmental courses in their curriculum to meet the demands of students and employers. The number of green college programs continues to increase each year, with schools offering undergraduate students the opportunity to minor or major in an environmental-focused program, as well as graduate students numerous graduate and doctoral programs.
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- University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Natural Resources and Environment
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wow look at yur dates mine was today!
Which is why you shouldn't necro.
Hurry with the posting man! :)
The instructable is done and will be released when Trauts finishes building it and tells me about any problems. It should be out within 48 hours from now.
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Los Angeles, California (PressExposure) July 15, 2009 -- WoW Gold Pig has just announced the finalists to the Name the Twitter Pig contest at http://wowgoldpig.blogspot.com. With a prize of 500,000 World of Warcraft Gold (WoW Gold), the promotion was held on popular social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. Thirty (30) entries were chosen by a panel of WoWGoldPig.com judges for their wit and uniqueness. The winner of 500,000 WoW Gold prize will be determined by the online poll in which users will vote for their favorite Twitter Pig name.
âIt was very difficult to choose between the top thirty entries because there were so many creative and funny names,â says Nick Gardner, WoWGoldPig.com marketing executive. âThe response has been overwhelming. This proves how powerful social networkingâs reach is even within the gaming community. We figured that we could up the contestâs fun factor by involving everyone in determining the winner.â
The contest has been a huge success and WoW Gold Pig continues to participate and give back to the community through promotions that resonate with what the company is all about; creativity and fun. To vote and view the results of the on-going poll for Name the Twitter Pig, visit the WoW Gold Pig blog at http://wowgoldpig.blogspot.com.


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SHEFFIELD Wednesday fans today urged fellow supporters to get behind new manager Dave Jones to help the club kick on.
Owls fans and celebrity supporters made the rallying call after the former Cardiff boss was appointed as Gary Megson's successor.
Most were still stunned at the sudden departure of Megson on Wednesday.
Brightside and Hillsborough MP David Blunkett was one of those who thanked Megson and wished him well.
But he added: "Equally, Dave Jones will need all of our support if in the remaining games of the season we are to get ourselves out of this division and start the climb back to the Premier League.
"I hope players and the fans will provide the kind of commitment we saw, ironically, in Gary's last game against Sheffield United."
John Hemmingham, leader of the Kop Band which play at Hillsborough, called on fans to back Jones.
He said: "I think we've just got to get behind him and Sheffield Wednesday supporters will get behind him because he's done nothing wrong, all he's done is take a cracking job in football."
John McClure, lead singer of Reverend and The Makers, said: "If Dave Jones can galvanize the club and get us up I think the Megson decision will have been positive but if he doesn't it's going to be a bad decision.
"So Mandaric has put his neck on the line."
Some fans said it had been the wrong time to change - others were waiting to see the results before making a verdict.
Machinist Andy Walker, 38, of Stannington, said: "All Dave Jones has got to do is take us up and the fans will be happy."


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Upcoming Training Workshops
The demand for secular ceremonies is growing fast so this is the perfect time to build your skills and get certified. Here are our upcoming training sessions.
Center for Inquiry – Michigan
May 13, 2017
Center for Inquiry Michigan Offices
3777 44th Street, SE Grand Rapids, MI 49512
Workshop Fee – $75 (does not include meals)
Certification Fee – $49 per year (to be paid later)
Registration deadline: Saturday, May 6, 11:59 PM
CFI–Michigan is currently in the process of challenging the discriminatory nature of the Michigan Marriage Statute MCL 551.7, which only allows "Ordained Ministers of the Gospel" and a very limited set of Civic Officials to solemnize marriages. CFI-Michigan is seeking to persuade the State of Michigan to amend the statute to permit secular celebrants to solemnize weddings. If such a legislative solution proves unattainable, CFI is prepared to bring a law suit to achieve that goal.
For more information about the CFI Secular Celebrant Program,
contact Reba Boyd Wooden.


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Hollywood Now: Chris Pine, Rachel Weisz & Ari Graynor, Plus So Many Babies!By Gerri Miller
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How My Hindu Husband Became the Favorite Jewish Grandchild
I'd been dating the man who'd eventually become my husband for about a year when my grandmother sat me down for a heart-to-heart.
"I saw Aishwarya Rai on Oprah last week. You know, the Dollywood [she meant Bollywood] actress? Stunning girl!" Then came the truth bomb: "She told Oprah that your boyfriend already has a bride arranged for him back in India. At some point, he's going to leave you high-and-dry, marry the girl his parents chose, and move back into their house."
I was pretty sure Aishwarya Rai hadn't been discussing my love life with Oprah. And while my future husband didn't actually have a clandestine bride arranged in India, he also wasn't the Jewish doctor to whom my grandmother had married me off in her fantasies.
"He seems very nice," she said of the love of my life. "But that's just how they do things."
They. She'd never met an Indian person before and, on some level, I was touched by her urge to protect me, even if it was born of her own frustrating, dated brand of xenophobia.
My boyfriend and I were born at the same hospital, raised in the same town and attended the same schools. From an objective eye, we weren't some sort of star-crossed pair. Still, he wasn't white and he wasn't Jewish, and for all the many things we had in common, those two facts seemed like insurmountable differences to her. At least at first.
In the years before our engagement, I ran interference, often dispelling bizarre myths about Hinduism and Indian traditions.
"Jess. Your grandfather printed out an article from the computer. It said that Hindus have 300 million gods and that they worship monkeys. Monkeys."
"Jess. I just watched a program about women in India. If you marry him, you'll have to get a dot tattooed on your forehead. A tattoo. On your face."
Super, super false (and racist.)
Without being too pushy, I tried to create opportunities for her to see us together, to help her understand why our relationship worked, despite what she believed to be deal-breaking differences.
And here's where the story gets surprising: during our visits, I watched my grandmother and my husband form an extraordinary bond.
As it turned out, they shared a mutual appreciation for beautiful things—art, music, even fashion—and were able to talk about everything from Matisse to Mozart to Alexander McQueen. It didn't hurt that my guy had developed a masterful knack for conversational Yiddish, having grown up in a predominantly Jewish suburb—and could confidently describe an ugly dress as a schmatte or flowery piece of music as schmaltz. He literally and figuratively spoke her language.
Before the wedding, we invited her to visit our apartment. It was kind of a big deal. She entered tentatively, taking in all the unmarried, interfaith sin around her. Then she stopped in front of a painting by an emerging Indian artist that my husband had acquired before we started dating; a painting that I had made a lot of noise about hating, for no good reason. She gasped.
"The colors. The lines. It's so…sensual!" I burst out laughing, not because my grandmother had said the word "sensual" (which was definitely hilarious), but because she had simultaneously validated my husband's taste in art and solidified their unexpected connection.
Over the years, my husband asked her about gallery openings in the '70s and Coney Island in the 40's. She clipped articles for him about contemporary art exhibits and Indian actors in Hollywood. They also shared one key interest—me—and to her delight, she'd finally found an audience for her outsized stories about my childhood. To anyone else, she would have been bragging, but between them, she was simply affirming his good taste.
My husband was attentive to her in ways that grandchildren who've had the luxury of time with a grandparent too often are not. And ultimately this was what made her change her mind and deem him a mensch of the highest order.
From birth, my grandmother and I had a special relationship. My status as the favorite grandchild was an open family secret. But by the time she passed, we all agreed that my husband had become the apple of her eye—we even joked about their rocky start.
Friends and strangers alike often ask about the challenges my husband and I faced marrying outside our cultures. They assume that that our parents presented the biggest roadblocks. They didn't. Not by a long shot. The older generation—my grandmother in particular—held longer, more entrenched views on the importance of marrying within one's community, and thus they had a much steeper hill to climb to reach a point of acceptance.
There's that word: acceptance. Too often, we use it to describe some sort of blissful, interfaith end-game. In my experience, it's just the cost of entry. It's what we need from the people we care about to maintain the status quo in our relationships. But beyond that threshold genuine love, messy and strong, is what we really crave. And that love can grow in unlikely, even inhospitable places.
That love grew for my grandmother as she got to know my husband, and I was more than happy to relinquish the title of favorite grandchild when she discovered it.
This article was reprinted with permission from Kveller.com, a fast-growing, award-winning website for parents raising Jewish and interfaith kids. Follow Kveller on Facebook and sign up for their newsletters here.
Jessica Melwani is a freelance writer and editor. A recent suburban transplant, she lives outside New York City with her husband and their two awesome, ridiculous boys. When she isn't in the car overcoming her fear of highways and left turns, you can find her binge-watching British crime dramas or sometimes even blogging.
The Interfaith-Humanist-Vegan Passover Seder: A Mouthful in Many Ways
By Jared David Berezin
When our eyes begin to burn and tear up my wife and I look at each other and laugh. That's when we know the horseradish is ready. We also bake our own homemade matzah, and the unleavened flat bread resembles pita or injera (Ethiopian bread). Preparing Passover-friendly food from scratch and arranging the seder table is a ritual my wife and I enjoy as much as the seder itself.
For many people, Passover is a journey that begins well before the first cup of wine (or grape juice). Some have been to dozens of seders in the past. Indeed, some of our seder guests may have attended a different seder (or two!) earlier in the week, while others have never been to a seder before. Regardless of a person's experience or faith, everyone comes to the table with conscious and unconscious expectations, desires and concerns.
Ever since I can remember, Passover has always been my favorite holiday. As a restless kid, I could attend the Passover "service" (our family's seder) without dressing up and going to synagogue, which also meant not having to sit still for an hour. My grandparents would host our family seder, and as they grew older my mother and aunt assumed the responsibility. Our family seders were always quick, predictable and familiar. I loved being surrounded by family, food and singing. As a teenager I'd just bring my guitar; it was always nice being able to simply arrive and have everything already prepared and laid out on the table.
Hosting Our Own Inclusive Seder
In my twenties, I became more curious about Judaism, particularly its intellectual and social justice elements. A few years later I met the love of my life who was raised Christian and has developed a dislike of all organized religion. Amidst my growing curiosity of Judaism and my love for my girlfriend (now my wife), I began to dream of more inclusive and meaningful Jewish moments and celebrations. I wondered what it would be like to host our own seder, one that could be welcoming for our friends of various faiths and (dis)comfort levels when it comes to religious activities.
Initially, I tried to formulate a highly-strategic seder and haggadah that would satisfy the needs of every person who might happen to join us—from Conservative Jews to Buddhists to atheists. I soon realized that although it's important to be aware of one's audience, I found myself drowning out my own individual spiritual beliefs and values. The early drafts were too distant from my vision of an inclusive experience; I had to accept that if I wanted to try new things, my guests and I would simply have to wander through the newness together. Fortunately, the story of Passover centers on faith and risk.
When in Doubt, Look About
When I worked in marketing years ago a colleague would often say, "When in doubt, look about." I searched online and read through all of the haggadot I could find, along with any Passover-related information on InterfaithFamily.com and other websites. I wanted to learn how others approach the holiday, along with any stories and songs that I hadn't heard before.
I also reached out to several friends to hear about their seder experiences, as well as my dear friend, Rabbi Lev Baesh, a longtime champion of interfaith marriage and inclusiveness, who is a consultant with InterfaithFamily. My wife and I had performed music the year prior at a seder led by Lev. He interpreted the Passover story in many different ways—social, political, economic and psychological—and helped me understand how themes from an ancient tale can become relevant and inspire urgency among people of different faiths and backgrounds.
Our Interfaith-Humanist-Vegan Seder Experiment
What emerged from my research and spiritual searching was a heightened awareness of my own values, questions and priorities. The result was the creation of an imperfect and ever-changing Interfaith-Humanist-Vegan seder that my wife and I have hosted for the past four years. Most of the guests at our seder tend to be interfaith couples with one Jewish partner as well as couples and friends of other faiths. Every year we invite at least one person who has never attended a seder before.
Our accompanying interfaith-humanist-vegan haggadah, which I also revise each year, includes original writing as well as a patchwork of borrowed text, images and songs. The introductory pages of the haggadah recount the Passover story, and explore questions such as "Why Celebrate if the Story Isn't True?" and "Why a Vegan Passover Seder?" These questions, and others in the haggadah, offer a way of inviting everyone to explore and question the Passover rituals and their purpose in our lives in new ways. Rather than dump my ideas and beliefs on my friends, I try my best to steer conversations and lead rituals that allow me to learn from them, and all of us to learn from each other. For example, rather than declare what the various items on the seder plate signify, our haggadah asks: "What do you think the items on the seder plate represent? How might they connect with oppression, slavery and freedom?" These open-ended questions for which there are no "correct" answers allow guests of all faiths to contribute their perspective and enhance everyone else's understanding.
An Incomplete Haggadah
I think the best conversations and learning occur when people are present and looking at one another. When a haggadah has all the information we need, everyone is looking down at their booklets for hours. In contrast, our haggadah is intentionally sparse and incomplete. Before the start of the seder I ask each of our friends, individually, if they'd like to read a short excerpt of text that I provide. The readings include writings from intellectuals, feminists, rabbis, writers, activists and philosophers of all faiths, and I "schedule" them to read at different points in the seder. It's fun to pick out certain readings that relate in some way to each of my friends. As the seder progresses and friends share the words on their respective slip of paper, we all in a way become pages in a "haggadah," and together we make the seder complete.
Add Music!
Music adds a fantastic quality to any evening, and it's a huge part of our seder. At the very beginning of the meal, rather than jump right into the Passover story, we all sing a song together. The first year we sang David Crosby's "Music Is Love." It's easy since the repeated lyric is almost a chant: "Everyone's sayin' that music is love, everyone's sayin' it's love." My wife and I scatter percussive shakers, drums and a couple acoustic guitars around the room for folks to play, and of course, everyone brings their voices.
In addition to familiar seder songs, such as the African-American Spiritual "Go Down Moses" and Dayenu, there are a host of secular songs that touch upon various Passover themes: slavery, oppression, freedom and of course the need to continually ask questions of ourselves and our world. And on the "night of questions," I can't help but want to sing Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind," a song with questions in every verse.
Thinking About Hosting Your Own (Alternative) Seder?
For those who want to embark on your own journey of hosting a seder (or any holiday) in a new way, keep in mind that certain aspects of your alternative rituals and ideas may stir strong reactions (positive or negative) among some of your guests. Inspiration can look and sound different for each of us.
As I was planning my first seder, I remembered Rabbi Lev Baesh's sage words: "Just remember that Moses had lots of whining to deal with in the story." Humor is critical! I've laughed at myself many times during our seders, particularly when I'm taking myself too seriously, and laughter creates more laughter and openness. Dig into both the rich traditions of the past and present. Experiment. Do what feels right, and see what happens.
These types of homegrown celebrations take effort on our part, otherwise they wouldn't exist. I think that's part of the magic and meaningfulness: the effort, creativity, and time it takes to create a relevant and inclusive Jewish experience. My favorite moments during our seder are when I find myself wandering through the desert behind my guests who have taken the conversation in new directions.
A piece of logistical advice: A seder can be held any evening during Passover. Scheduling ours toward the end of the holiday week allows us to join my family's traditional first or second night seder, and our Jewish guests can do the same. Beyond avoiding scheduling conflicts, setting an atypical seder date sets the stage for something new and different, and prepares your guests for a different kind of seder experience.
If you decide to create your own kind of seder, it's important to remember that if you're inspired and engaged, those around you will want to participate and be inspired too. Togetherness, making connections, and generating meaning is really what it's all about. And remember, whatever happens, there's always next year!
For more information about Passover and the seder, check out our Guide to Passover for Interfaith Families


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Ioannis Zisis explores how the use of our online social networking platforms are transforming the political landscape.
More and more representatives at local, national and international level interact with citizens through Social Network platforms (SNs) like Facebook and Twitter. Whether politicians have succumbed into this communicational trend or if they facilitated it is not of great importance. What matters is that more and more of these interactions extend to issues of legislative behaviour and policy formulation, while only a few years back the political/legislative agenda was safeguarded within layers of partisan control. What for politicians started as a popular marketing activity, has now developed into an unavoidable trend, with consequences for their role within democratic functioning.
British MPs and MEPs exhibit an increasing engagement with their voters via Twitter, linked to an ever growing demand for responsiveness and accountability within an expanding framework of euroscepticism. Networking with constituents, image promotion, activity advertising or campaigning initiatives give their place to justification of political decisions, discussion of future legislative behaviour and direct policy suggestions on issues like trade relations, social security, pensions, health legislation, the relationship with the EU etc.
These interactions also take place outside campaigning/electoral time-frames and quite often they result to a form of commitment from representatives to act in a specific manner. As Twitter ratings demonstrate, this new kind of e-deliberation is rapidly expanding in volume and magnitude.
Apart from a zest to externalise their political passions, likes, dislikes, claims or preferences, voters try to interfere with policy making in order to feel once again included into the chain of political decision making. Casting a vote every five years does not seem to be enough for a growing portion of citizens experiencing a political reality that is far from what they are promised during political campaigns. Thus they even interact online with representatives from constituencies other than their own.
The concept of a 'virtual constituency' is now emerging, where citizens can interact with representatives online regardless of their location or regional interests. In the case of MEPs this is even more apparent as MEPs have a dispersed presence between their constituencies and the European Parliament headquarters, thus a greater geographical and communicational gap to bridge.
However, certain arguments arise to contradict the embracing character of e-deliberation in Twitter. The first relates to the characteristics of e-deliberation. How can you express arguments and deliberate comprehensively and efficiently within a short 140character space? Is this deliberation taking place with the actual representatives or delegated assistants who may express their own views obscuring the quality of communication?
There is also the case of equality and representativeness of the deliberating citizens. If all citizens are equal and e-deliberation is only for the IT-literate and the networked, then is this a rather exclusive privilege for the few rather than the many? If so then why representatives engage into it?
These questions take us to the second argument related to the value of e-deliberation. What is the incentive for representatives to deliberate online? Is it that they want to demonstrate an online presence which enhances their personalised political brand? How much does this distort the process? Are they trying to 'educate' citizens from an elite position thus manipulating their preferences? Eventually, does e-deliberation have an actual impact on representatives' actions and can this be practically identified within their partisan or legislative behaviour? Is it enough to justify citizens' involvement in this process?
Answering all these questions is an issue of debate and ongoing research but regardless of the findings there is an initial vital conclusion. We have irrevocably entered an era of unmediated online interactions, which challenge the democratic potentiality of the internet, producing implications for political participation.
In a contemporary transparent world of hi-tech communications, the issue of an IT-supported citizen involvement in the definition of policies, inevitably emerges as a potential means to strengthen democracy and reshape traditional representational practices.


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There is a very cool little online business popping up in Houston that all of you chic friends need to know about. This week, our darling friends Sarah Gruber and Heather Wright are launching Mulberry Muse, a Houston-based retail and consignment fashion site that is a win-win for both consumers and small fashion boutiques alike.
For those of us that can never have enough Chanel draping our boudoirs, Mulberry Muse will provide you with a shopping experience full of all the designer pieces you adore, at deeply discounted prices.
So where do these pretty little items come from?
Their collection of apparel, jewelry, shoes, and accessories are curated from numerous upscale boutiques, as well as their Black Tie Service consignors across the US. Their "Black Tie" service gives all of you fabulous fashionable ladies the opportunity to turn your unwanted luxury pieces into cash or credit on-site. Not a Houstonian? No worries, you can always ship your selections to them for a full appraisal.
For the boutique owners in the crowd, this is a brilliant way to recoup costs associated with overstock items you no longer need, that still deserve to find a happy stylish home.
You can also visit mulberrymuse.com for professional styling tips, fashion features, and interviews with trendsetters and influencial peeps across the county.
For more information on Mulberry Muse or to inquire about consignment opportunities, upcoming tour dates or boutique buyouts, visitwww.mulberrymuse.com or email at: firstname.lastname@example.com .


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(Reuters) - Network equipment maker Ciena Corp CIEN.O posted a higher-than-expected quarterly loss and forecast fourth-quarter revenue below estimates as customers delayed orders, sending its shares down 12 percent in premarket trading.
Ciena's soft outlook dragged down shares of other network gear companies, days after Cisco System Inc's (CSCO.O) surprise dividend hike came as a relief to investors in a sector hit by slowing technology spending.
A faltering U.S. recovery and weakness in Europe has hurt network equipment makers as their biggest customers, telecom service providers, cut spending and delay purchase of new equipment.
"We are experiencing the effects of ongoing macroeconomic challenges and slower than expected roll-outs of new design wins," CEO Gary Smith said on Thursday.
Europe continued to be the company's weakest market and had deteriorated during the third quarter, Smith said on a conference call with analysts.
He added that though North America had held steady, customers were exercising more caution.
Ciena, which makes optical switches used by telecom carriers such as AT&T Inc (T.N) and Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) to manage load on their networks, had said earlier this year it expected business to improve in the later half of 2012.
Net loss narrowed to $29.8 million, or 30 cents per share, in the third quarter, from $31.5 million, or 33 cents per share, a year earlier.
Excluding items, the company posted a loss of 4 cents per share, compared with analysts' expectation of a 2 cents per share loss, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Revenue rose 9 percent to $474.1 million, in line with estimates, but gross margin slipped about 4 percentage points.
The company forecast fourth-quarter revenue between $455 million and $480 million.
Analysts expected revenue of $499.7 million.
Shares of the company, which closed at $16.72 on the Nasdaq on Wednesday, fell to $14.84 in trading before the bell. Juniper Networks Inc (JNPR.N) shares fell 2 percent, while Cisco (CSCO.O) was down about 1 percent in premarket trading.
Reporting by Sayantani Ghosh in Bangalore; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty


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Familiarizing Yourself with the Browser
When you first launch your web browser, usually by double-clicking on the icon on your desktop a predefined web page appears. This page is referred to as your home page or start page. With Firefox for instance, you may be taken to Google's home page or to a page selected by your Internet service provider.
The Address Bar
This is the address of where you currently are on the web. You can also type the address or URL of a website you want to visit, for example by typing in www.ebay.com and pressing Enter or Return you would be taken to the shopping site eBay, or by typing in www.myspace.com and pressing Enter or Return you would be taken to MySpace.
By clicking the small triangle to the right of the Location box, you will get a drop-down list of the most recent websites you've visited. To revisit a site, just click on the address.
The Toolbar
The row of buttons at the top of your browser, known as the toolbar, help you travel through and make the most of your experience on the web. We will use the toolbar for Internet Explorer as an example to show the different functions.
Refresh or Reload button (in this example the green arrows) does just that, loads the web page again. Why would you want to do this? Sometimes all of the elements of a web page haven't loaded the first time, because the file transfer was interrupted. Or if you're viewing a web page that is updated frequently, as may be the case with news, sports scores or financial data, in order to get the most current information you need to refresh the page.
Should you need to stop a page from loading, perhaps because it is taking too long, the Stop button (in this example the red x) stops the browser from loading the current page.
Search Bar
The Search bar is an easy way to conduct a search from whatever page you are currently on, so you would not need to go to a search website such as Google or Yahoo! or Windows Bing as in this example. You would type in your 'keyword' and press enter or return or the magnifying glass, as is the example here, and it will take you to a webpage with your search results. The arrow will allow you to customize your search such as changing which search engine you use to narrowing the search to the page you're on.
Search Bar
The Search bar is an easy way to conduct a search from whatever page you are currently on, so you would not need to go to a search website such as Google or Yahoo! or Windows Bing as in this example. You would type in your 'keyword' and press enter or return or the magnifying glass, as is the example here, and it will take you to a webpage with your search results. The arrow will allow you to customize your search such as changing which search engine you use to narrowing the search to the page you're on.
The Status Bar
At the bottom of your web browser you'll find the status bar. You can watch the progress of web page transactions, such as the address of the site you are contacting, whether the host computer has been contacted and the size and number of the files to be downloaded.
The Back and Forward Buttons
The Back button (the arrow pointing to the left) returns you to the previous web page you've visited. The Forward button (the arrow pointing to the right) returns you to the page you just came from.
The Home Button
Home takes you to whichever homepage you've chosen. (If you haven't selected one, it will return you to the default homepage, usually the Microsoft or Google website.) Print lets you make a hard copy of the current page loaded in your browser. Page gives you options for the page your viewing such as saving it to your computer, sending it by email and more. We'll skip Tools and RSS for now as they go beyond the basics and aren't necessary at this point.
The Menu Bar
This row of words starting with "File" and ending with "Help" is known as the menu bar. These may vary some depending on which browser you're in but these offer a selection of things you can do with a web page, such as saving it to your computer or increasing the size of the text on a page. Many of the choices are the same as the buttons on the toolbar, so don't try to learn everything now. Click once on a word to access the drop-down menu, then click on the selection you want to make.
Favorites and Tabs
Favorites or Bookmarks let you save the addresses of websites you want revisit. In this example you would press the star plus green addition sign to add whatever page you are currently on to your favorites list, which can be accessed by clicking on the star on the left.
When you have multiple web pages open at once, each one is displayed on a separate tab. These tabs make it easy for you to switch between open websites. Quick Tabs provides a miniature visual view (called a thumbnail) of all your open tabs. This makes it easier to find the webpage that you want to view.
The Scroll Bar
The vertical bar to the right of the browser lets you scroll down and up a web page. You can do this by placing your arrow pointer on the up or down arrows and holding down your left mouse key. You can also place the pointer on the slider control, hold down the left mouse key and drag the slider. Your mouse may also have a scrolling wheel as an alternative way of navigating a long page. If a web page is too wide to fit your screen, a horizontal scroll bar will appear just above the status bar.
Choosing a Browser
A web browser is how you're able access the World Wide Web. It takes the code computers use to speak with each other and transforms it into graphics and text you or I can read. Today there are several browsers to choose from and while Microsoft Internet Explorer may be the commonly used there are several other good options. It's just a matter of preference. An easy way to tell which browser you're currently using is by looking for the logo in the top left corner.
Here are popular browsers you can download for free: