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Today is the 4th August, meaning that there are way too many days left of this month for my taste. Why you might ask? Well, I am counting the days until the man I adore will be in town again. Pathetic, isn't it?
But seriously, I did some work concerning my hitherto non-existing relationship with him and as it is, I may be getting a job in our Institute; that is if the Boss, the professor, agrees to this. The great thing is that it was not my idea but his. I had been searching for a reason to speak to him and during one of my beloved afternoon naps I got the idea to offer myself as a beta-reader for his work in English. Usually the scientific work in Germany is of course in German and anyone here could beta-read this, but I thought, since I study both History and British Studies would not I be perfect for this job? Because very few historians who work in the Department for the Middle Ages or the Ancient Empires know English well. He does, though (another reason why I like him, nothing is worse than someone speaking English with a broad German accent…) and well, too. He got his Ph. D. in an English speaking country (I won't say which one) but thankfully he does not copy the funny accent there.
So naturally he is able to write articles about his scientific work in English but thought my offer to beta-read it not ill-mannered or impolite. Considering our different positions here at university it was still somewhat risky to ask. Anyway, I am very happy I did and he was so delighted that someone had actually read his work (with obvious interest and enthusiasm) and had approached him to talk about it. Seems to me that not a lot of others ever did this, although the topics he works on are indeed important and I did not have to feign any bit of my interest.
Considering that until then I had been hardly able to talk to him this was a huge success, we talked about 5 minutes (alone) until we were disturbed by one of his colleagues who needed some misplaced key. He asked me to hand in my notes on the article I'd read by him and I reluctantly agreed. Reluctantly because remembering my position I played the humble one (I do admire his intelligence and knowledge though, so this came very naturally to me). However, he asked me two times more, always with a smile and I more than happily consented.
Next time I saw him was two weeks later, due to some holidays, during his visiting hours and I was freaking nervous. I had hoped my excitement and anxiety would lessen with each try to talk to him but it really doesn't. He makes me too giddy and does not even realise this!
At first, he did not remember the reason for my coming and I thought: "How embarrassing!" I reminded him and handed over the few sheets of paper. While he browsed I explained that I had corrected the work as if I had beta-read an essay of a fellow student; something we do now and then. In fact, it had taken me five minutes just to read the first sentence because I had kept blushing and hiding my face with my hands. To me reading his words was like getting to know his very own thoughts and I almost felt like trespassing on his privacy. Ridiculous, isn't it?!
Then, in one moment I am still hoping he won't notice how tense I am, in the next he tells me about this book they (the department) want to publish in English and that they are searching for someone to proof-read it; whether I could imagine myself working for them? Of, course I could! Now, the draw-back is, that the professor, as I already mentioned, has to agree and he has been out of town these last two semesters, so he is not really up to date concerning the number of students that work for his department nor whose contract might run out, etc etc. He also did just very recently get married and is somewhat … errr distracted. I really, really want this job! I would not only be able to spend some time with "the man I adore", I could also learn a lot and get to know all these very intelligent people. This might be helpful in finding a job later on!
In September the decision will be made whether I may work there or not. I have handed in no application, nothing. I was not asked for anything like this, because the whole plan is as up until now just an agreement between him and me. It still astonished me very much that he is doing this for me, although he hardly knows me. I mean, I must have made a very good impression on him so far!
Just one thing is annoying me a little, though. Whatever happens, he does never approach me first. Once, after an excursion we (some students and some professional historians) sat together in a café, we were even in an easy talking distance. He smiled, I smiled, our eyes met now and then, but for 2 and a half hour we never talked… well, I hope we'll get to that in due time.
Since then I had some other smaller chats with him. It's great, I can always ask him about his research or my may-be job… or better to say, I could. He's not in town and I can not even run into him in the supermarket or a café, not that I ever was so lucky. However, when I had the chances of being with him, the first moments were always horrible (because of my giddiness and inexperience and because he's sooo handsome). But when these are over, it is so much fun, he's fortunately very easy to talk to (good for me!), funny and delightfully charming even though I guess he is not trying to or oblivious to his own abilities.


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The Book of Judges has typically been treated either as a historical account of the conquest of Israel and the rise of the monarch, or as an ancient Israelite work of literary fiction. In this new approach, Brettler contends that Judges is essentially a political tract, which argues for the…
Paperback – 2001-08-23
Old Testament Readings
Combining insights from social and literary theory as well as traditional historical studies, Mark Brett argues that the first book of the Bible can be read as resistance literature.Placing the theological text firmly within its socio-political context, he shows that the editors of Genesis were…
Paperback – 2000-07-20
Old Testament Readings
Psalms examines the nature of the Psalms as a text in English, dealing specifically with the problem of translation and various aspects of the 'techniques' on reading, with relation to traditional approaches within Biblical studies and contemporary literary theory. Alastair Hunter also outlines a…
Paperback – 1999-07-22
Old Testament Readings
In this provocative study, Lester Grabbe presents a unique approach to Ezra-Nehemiah with the combination of a literary and historical approach. Lester Grabbe challenges commonly held assumptions about Joshua and Zerubbabel, the initial resettlement of land after the exile, the figure of Ezra and…
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Good, Bad, Ugly, and a Farmhouse
3 comments:
- Emily Foley said...
Both Dave and I had 5 siblings growing up so there's too many of us all over to get spoiled. My niece, the first grandchild, gets spoiled up the wazoo (as in my mom bought her a pottery barn crib when she had her baby kind of spoiled) and i find myself all jealous for my kids sake. So stupid. :)
Oh I wish we had a swim team here! It's the one "sport" my kids will do, swimming. Probably because it doesn't require clothes. Ha!
I've gotten rid of everything. I have no clothes! And I love it.
I am bummed for you about Maddy's school, and boy do I feel you on the middle school thing. Ugh.
Oh we're in the first week of summer and I'm really missing the free hours of school. I didn't really have free hours because of the baby but it was a LITTLE quieter and cleaner.
Always broke. We found a house in a neighborhood that we LOVE (right across the street from the bishop and another ward member that I love) over $100k less than other houses on the street because it hasn't been updated like the others...it's just perfect. So I called a lender, because it's MY HOUSE, and we have to have a $40,000 down payment because of our short sale. And we lived with my parents for 3 1/2 years to save the down payment for our condo, which we lost when we had to do a short sale. In essence, we will never NEVER buy a house and I have cried off and on about it for two weeks now. It's devastating to be broke and know there's no end in sight. To live in a trailer in Gallup and know this is my life. It's awful. I try so hard to look on the bright side but I'm having a really hard time with it.
Why am I so honest with you? You bring it out in me somehow.
The lady at church. I can't even imagine having to face her each week. I'm so so sorry. I wouldn't overcome it. I would spit in her drink.
Noah is a sleepwalker and pees on everything. We caught him the other night trying to pee into the drawer of the TV stand in the playroom! It makes me laugh every time, but only if we catch him and get him to the bathroom first. Oh the stories we'll have to tell when he gets married...
- June 5, 2015 at 6:58 PM
- luvnmy10 said...
I love this post. I might steal the idea next one I write. I like Emily's comments too, you're both so real and honest. You're awesome.
- June 13, 2015 at 9:39 AM
- Kelly said...
Loved your blog post! I will have to call and give you a blow by blow. Can you post about your harry potter thing?
- July 13, 2015 at 8:46 AM


text: Schematic of Daniel Nocera's personalized energy system. Credit: MIT News Office Daniel Nocera likes it when he is called a revolutionary. "Yes, sure I am!," he responded when a writer from the Nachricten aus der Chemie journal asked if "revolutionary" is an accurate description of him. To be sure, the journal probably anticipated this response,…Read More


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Published on May 19th, 2008
There is little denying that design data management (DDM) is considered a seriously boring topic. It's a topic that often causes engineers' eyes to glaze over and prompts them to reach for that next cup of coffee and another donut. This is not because DDM is unnecessary. On the contrary, it is an extremely valuable asset vital to the livelihood of many companies – especially those which utilize design teams comprised of a large number of engineers or teams located in geographically dispersed locations. However, because it is such a "given," DDM is all too often taken for granted.
By providing one platform that is integrated with all the major tools in the semiconductor design flow, a DDM system can facilitate collaboration and enable efficient management of design data and processes from concept to tape-out and beyond. DDM systems address many of the challenges confronting today's design teams, including: large, globally distributed teams; complex flows and multiple tools; and extremely large and complex data sets. Because of this, they are often used only for large projects with large design teams. What many companies and engineers fail to realize is that DDM can be just as valuable and indispensable a tool for small design teams working on small projects – even when the team members are located in the same building. This is exactly what one small Tektronix design team discovered when it undertook the development of a component in a special-purpose oscilloscope. It's a lesson that is generally applicable to the design community at large, no matter what the size of the team.
Tektronix supplies test, measurement, and monitoring products, solutions, and services to a broad range of industries worldwide, including communications, computer, semiconductor, military/aerospace, consumer electronics, and education. With over 60 years of experience, the company successfully enables its customers to design, build, deploy, and manage next-generation global communications networks, computing, and advanced technologies. Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, Tektronix has operations in 19 countries worldwide.
In 2007, Tektronix set out to develop a small, very high-frequency analog component for a special-purpose instrument, the 70 GHz DSA8200 Digital Serial Analyzer Oscilloscope. The team assembled for this project included myself (the author), primarily an EDA engineer, and a single designer. I provided the project's process design kit (PDK), while the designer was responsible for both its schematic and layout. Both of us were located in the same Tektronix building, but occupied offices on different floors.
Prior to beginning the project, the Tektronix team was presented with the option to use a DDM solution. While initially we considered dismissing this suggestion, we ultimately opted to use the DDM solution. A number of considerations factored into that decision. On one hand, when we were initially deploying PDKs and starting projects on the Cadence platform, I questioned whether using the DDM solution was worth the extra overhead and administration that would be required. And, because the designer would need to learn the solution's nomenclature, we surmised that the solution would add an additional level of complexity into an already complex development environment.
There were other critical factors, though, that made the use of a DDM solution quite appealing. At the time, I was not dedicated to the project on a full time basis and therefore my time and resources were limited. Given these circumstances, we chose to use a DDM solution, specifically SOS via DFII from ClioSoft.
ClioSoft's SOS Design Data Collaboration Platform is the core design data management engine. The SOS platform allows geographically dispersed teams to work and collaborate on the same project just as easily as if the teams were located in the same room. In our case, we were geographically separated by just one floor! The SOS platform's key capabilities include design reuse, integrated issue tracking, global collaboration, release and derivative management, security, and version control.
The SOS platform provides a ready backup of previous file revisions and tracks file renames, deletes, and moves. Tags (symbolic names attached to revisions) enable the user to recreate labeled states at any time. Snapshots of the design also record milestones and exact configurations, including file revisions and directory structure, so that they can be recreated at any time.
ClioSoft has integrated this engine with popular IC flows. SOS via DFII is their "DM Adaptor" for the Cadence Virtuoso flow that we use in this and several other projects. The DDM capabilities are available just where you need them – within the Cadence Library Manager and Editors. Designers can work with libraries, cells, and views and the related collections of files are automatically versioned as composite design objects.
Once the Tektronix design team decided to use the SOS platform solution, the resulting design process was fairly straightforward. Design work on the high-frequency analog component was performed using the Cadence Virtuoso Custom IC design platform, in conjunction with SOS viaDFII. We were able to invoke data management features directly from the Virtuoso environment. This allowed me to remotely monitor the design from my desk and get continuous visibility into the designer's activities.
As the design progressed, SOS was used to checkpoint, or snapshot, the design. Version control enabled the designer to turn over circuits to me as issues arose. When the designer discovered a problem, I simply accessed the design at the point at which the error occurred and then proceeded to debug it from my desk. The designer was free to continue designing by simply working around the problem. Naturally, trying out various potential PDKs, across the projects, resulted in a fair amount of debugging. So this turned out to be an especially helpful function.
This particular IC is fabricated by a foundry that has a unique flow. Because a good portion of the data is merged at the foundry, only limited physical verification could be done on-site. Thus, once the design was complete, the foundry performed the final verification of the die following tape-out. Tektronix simply did not have enough of the data locally to perform the required full verification. Here again, the snapshot capability proved extremely valuable as some iteration was required to get the design to converge through the foundry.
With SOS, we were able to obtain a snapshot of each of the tape-outs and then continue working with the part. We were also able to take pieces of the design to use in a second variant of the part. As we would get something back from the foundry, we could then go back to the SOS snapshot and see exactly what the design looked like, matching any given silicon. Utilizing the SOS revision search order mechanism and tags, the engineer could easily jump back to a previous version of the design. The method worked extremely well. This part, as well as an additional variant of this component, was successfully deployed in to production.
As a result of this project, the Tektronix design team discovered that the ClioSoft SOS platform is able to play an extremely valuable role even in very small designs. If we had not used the solution on this small design, we would have been forced to make a lot of copies. This would have been the only way to affect the same range of functionality available with the SOS platform. Every time we wanted a snapshot of the design, the designer would have had to stop what he was doing, copy the database and store it for future use – a process that would have taken up valuable time and resources. And even then, I could never have been certain that, when a problem was discovered, I would be working on the actual copy of the design where the problem occurred.
With SOS, this was not a problem. Revision numbers and tags ensure that all members of the team always know exactly where the design is at any given point in time. This level of granularity is extremely helpful when debugging a design.
The Tektronix design team also discovered that one of their key concerns regarding DDM overhead and administration – the time it would take for the designer to learn the tool – was unfounded. It only took the designer about 15 minutes to learn the SOS nomenclature. The benefits associated with using the solution made any extra effort on our part worthwhile.
The key benefits that this design data management solution brought to the Tektronix design team included the following:
The use of a DDM solution for teams comprised of hundreds of seats has today become a commonly accepted and well understood practice. In contrast, small design teams have tended to shun DDM, associating it with significant overhead of use and administration. As demonstrated by the Tektronix design of a very small, high-frequency analog component, even small teams working on small designs can realize significant productivity benefits.
Grego Sanguinetti, Principle Engineer, Microelectronics, Central Engineering, Tektronix, Inc. was bitten by the EDA bug at UC Berkeley in the early 80s. In 1982, he joined the IC lab at Tektronix and went on to design the first integrated microwave IC design system. He worked on the all-bipolar SPARC and MIPS R6000 processors at Bipolar Integrated Technology; was the CAD manager at Lattice Semiconductor during the 90s; worked on embedded DRAM at Micron; and was the Director of Design Integration at Accelerant Networks. He rejoined Tektronix in 2003 and is the design flow project leader attached to the High Frequency Analog Design group.
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Technical Abstract: A workshop, sponsored by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, and hosted by the USDA/ARS North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station and Iowa State University, was held 29-31 August 1994. It convened scientists from several disciplines and specialists in cultural heritage conservation and in germplasm management. Participants, from the U. S. and Mexico, were affiliated with academia, industry, government, Native American tribal offices, and non-profit organizations. They identified areas of mutual interest, established long-term objectives, explored approaches and technologies to address those objectives, and proposed a research program that involves a step-wise, multi-disciplinary approach to the study of maize and human cultures.


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First and foremost, before I even share this information, you should know I am in no means a Quickbooks expert or an accounting guru. I am a small business owner who had zzzzero experience with accounting/Quickbooks, who wanted to use the power of Quickbooks for book-keeping purposes. This hack is a means of inputing sales into Quickbooks when your POS doesn't do it for you.
I chose to use a POS–point of sale– system other than the one offered by Quickbooks due to reviews I read stating that if you didn't have an accounting background that the system was more difficult to understand. While the benefit of using the Quickbooks POS is that it simultaneously integrates with your book-keeping, I found that the detailed sales information given by my software was worth it (or at least that is what I tell myself.) Any who, I had to figure out a way to input the information from my POS's reports into my Quickbooks for accounting purposes. When scouring the internet for advice, I came up short. I attended a SBA Quickbooks class, which I highly recommend you do as it was very very helpful and it was FREE!!! However when working with the instructor of the class on how to input my info, she was somewhat perturbed that I chose not to use the Quickbooks POS and didn't have much to offer when offering a solution to my problem of integrating my POS sales info into the QB model. So after gaining the understanding of debiting & crediting, the type of accounts and balancing my P&L, I came up with a solution that worked for me. My hope is that you'll be able to use this hack in a way that works for you:
Okay so first thing is first; setting up your accounts.
Quickbooks is nice enough to suggest accounts for you per types of businesses. This is nice however I am somewhat anal retentive and like to have more control than that. I selected other for my industry so that it wouldn't input accounts for me. I found it extremely useful to organize my accounts per my tax forms to make things easier on my accountant (cutting my accounting bill significantly.) I am a single member LLC so I file a Schedule C (Form 1040) Below is how I organized my accounts:
Like I said, anal retentive. I use sub-accounts so I can see exactly where my money is going when viewing my P&L. How you choose to organize your accounts is your prerogative, however the accounts you must have for this "hack" are:
- Cash Undeposited : Other Current Asset
- Undeposited Merch Services : Other Current Asset
- Inventory Asset : Other Current Asset
- E-Commerce Undeposited : Other Current Asset
- Cash Register : Other Current Asset
- Sold Goods : Income
- E-Commerce Sale : Income
- "Your Bank Name" : Bank
–If you do not have an E-commerce platform than just ignore those accounts.
When creating these accounts, in the tax drop down select <not tax related>
Okay so what does this mean? To account for deposits into your account you have to denote where they came from. Revolutionary right? Well to someone who had no experience with accounting it was somewhat confusing. So now that we've got the accounts lets make some $$$ and I'll explain the rest as we go along.
***I'd like to reiterate that I am not a Quickbooks expert and I only use a tenth of QB's potential, this is just how I found to make the software work with my needs.***
Creating a sale is relatively easy… I accept 2 forms of payment; cash & cc, (I've taken checks before but I just add them in with the cash) So if you take other forms like paypal or apple pay, you'd need me make another "Other Current Asset" account. In your POS (or if you just old school it) You need to know at the end of each day how much cash/cc will be deposited, separately. Most merchant services deposit funds the next day so when inputting your end of day sales you deposit the funds into your Undeposited Merch Service account to double-check that the right amount will be deposited/ you have entered the right amount that day… BALANCED Same goes for your cash, deposits will go into Cash Undeposits because I am certain that you are not depositing your cash into your bank account every night. This will allow you to check and double-check the information being entering is accurate and that the deposits are correct. Here are some visuals:
On the home screen click on Create Sales Receipts
Another window will pop up.
So for your first time you will have to make your customer & items and after you input it the first time, it will be saved into the system. When adding a customer just start typing the customer name and click "Quick Save". When adding an item, start typing item and then a prompt will pop up, click "Set Up". In "Type" drop down, select Service. In "Account" drop down, select Sold Goods (for Cash & CC items) and E-Commerce Sale (for E-Commerce Items)
You'll have 3 sales each day (less or more depending on how many types of payment you take) I like to keep things consistent and always have them in the same Sales No. order: Cash-1; CC-2; E-commerce-3. This helps because when I am inputting my sales, sometimes I forget to change where the money is being deposited to and if kept in the same order you'll realize that it wasn't changed for the prior sale. Make sure to be depositing to the right account
I do not denote tax when doing this. The money that will be deposited in your account will include your sales tax money so if you try and take it out prior, it will get all messed up. My POS tells me how much in sales tax I owe each qt so when the time comes to pay up to the state, I just write a check in that amount and then expense the item in my books.
Okay so you've created your sales for each day. If you look at your chart of accounts on your homepage you'll see that you have money that is owed to you that has not been input into your account yet. If you have done everything correctly it should look something like this:
So now you went to the bank and deposited your money and your merchant services deposited the money into your account. Next, you check your bank statement and start inputting all your deposits and withdraws. In your QB homepage click on Record Deposits.
Deposit them in order according to your statement but theses are how the should be deposited when the time comes:
After the money is deposited into your account, it will no longer be held in your undeposited accounts:
You should tailor this concept to fit your needs but I hope that it will help you backdoor the quickbooks need for their POS. Again, this is not the intended way to use Quickbooks but as a small business owner without an accounting background, I found this to work with my needs. If you have any questions or if I did not explain something well enough, reach out! I can also send you the Quickbooks template for starting an account 🙂 Hope you found this helpful!


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Lately Baby "G" has shown an interest in cooking. He locates a chair, pushes it over to the island, and climbs up on it to see how he can help.
The only problem with this is that he's obviously not old enough to know that he can get burned. I try to slide his chair over so he can't reach the stove, but still be nearby, but he gets really upset. Even if I give him a bowl and spoon and something to mix he knows the difference. Smart one, this boy.
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Jamilah to face STAR's Johnny, PBDS Baru's Rapelson in by-election
LUNDU: It is a three-cornered fight in the Tanjong Datu by-election involving Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Datin Patinggi Datuk Amar Jamilah Anu and candidates from State Reform Party Sarawak (STAR) JohnnyAput and Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru (PBDS Baru) Rapelson Richard Hamit after would be Independent candidate Asbor Abdullah was disqualified as he is a bankrupt.
Rapelson submitted his nomination forms at 9.05am, followed by Johnny at 9.06am and Asbor, 9.07am. Jamilah arrived at 9.10am.
Jamilah, 62, widow of the late Tanjong Datu assemblyman and former chief minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem, wore a black dress and white headscarf and a pair of dark glasses.
Escorted by a wall of relatives and BN supporters, she refused to have her pictures taken as she was still in the 130-day mourning period.
Jamilah, born and raised in Bau, possesses a Diploma in Secretarial Science from Mara Institute of Technology (UiTM) Sabah. She has two children from her 37-year marriage to Adenan. They are Aziza Jasmi, 33, and Azizul Annuar, 26.
She was the secretary to People's Volunteer Corps (Rela) Sarawak branch from 1976 to 1990. She is active in social and welfare works and among some of the posts she is currently holding are chairman of Association of Wives of State Ministers, Assistant Ministers and State Legislative Assembly Members (Sabati) and chairperson of Muslim Welfare Organisation Malaysia (Perkim) Samarahan Branch.
She is also the patron for many non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
Jamilah was not present when Returning Officer Hamsein Atar made the announcement at 10.17am, but her son Azizul was there to represent her.
Later Azizul told the media that his mother would not be involved in the campaigning.
"All the campaign activities will be represented by her children," he said.
Azizul said for the next two weeks of campaigning, he would be stationed in Tanjong Datu full time to participate in PBB campaign activities.
"The state BN had hoped for a walk-over but under the democratic practice, we respect others' decision to join the fray and let the voters decide on Feb 18," he said.
STAR candidate Johnny, 54, a Bidayuh who hails from Paon Rimu in Serian, is the party's chairman.
His manifesto focuses on the autonomy of Sarawak based on the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) which he claimed the late chief minister was too slow to pursue.
"We support his struggle but the pace is too slow. STAR advocates that the pace should be hastened so that we can regain our rights as equal partners in the federation," he said.
Johnny likened the slow pace of the state government's effort to fight for the state's autonomy to 'looking for a stone that has been thrown into the ocean'.
"In STAR, we believe that since we have found the stone, we should just expedite the whole process of devolution of power," said Johnny, who is an electrician by profession.
Rapelson, 31, a social activist from Siburan who is married with a child, said his main area of contention was the recognition of Native Customary Rights (NCR) land especially the 'Pemakai Menoa' and 'Pulau Galau', which have been ruled by the Federal Court recently as having no force of law.
"This is a great disadvantage for the native communities in Sarawak. As an activist, I want to pursue the matter and hopefully the state government will amend the present law with regards to NCR land so that we can get our rights back," said Rapelson, who is a political science graduate from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas).
Meanwhile, Asbor Abdullah, 67, was hoping to contest for the ninth time.
He said it was his hobby to take part in elections.
He had tried his luck in three parliamentary elections and five state elections.
Asbor, a former army corporal, said in all his election attempts, he only lost his deposits in the last state election when he faced BN candidate in Kuala Rajang. He was formerly with DAP before parting ways in 1995.
A Melanau who hails from Matu Daro, Asbor has three wives and nine children. His attempt this time, however, did not materialise and had to go home empty-handed.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi who is also BN deputy chairman, Chief Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg who is also state BN chairman, Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Aman and Santubong MP and BN director of operations Dato Sri Wan Junaidi Tunku Jaafar were among BN top leaders who turned up to support Jamilah yesterday.
The by-election is called following the passing of Adenan on Jan 11. A total of 9,771 eligible voters will cast their votes on Feb 18 to decide who will represent them in the State Legislative Assembly.
In the last state election held in May last year, Adenan defeated PKR candidate Jazolkipli Numan with a majority of 5,892 votes. He polled 6,360 votes against Jozolfipli's 468 votes.
Adenan had been Tanjong Datu assemblyman since 2006. Before that, he was a long-time elected representative of Muara Tuang.
He was also a one-term Sadong Jaya MP from 2004-2008.


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Kiekert Closure Systems Support CO2 Goals
Innovations constantly redefine the limits of what can be done. However, aside from the functional advancements, we as a leader of technology in automotive closure systems, particularly keep sustainability aspects in mind. This is how we make a tangible contribution to attaining the CO2 goals of our customers.
A lower vehicle weight means lower CO2 emissions! The employees in our development departments systematically strive toward environmentally safe product solutions. They focus on reducing the weight of Kiekert door latches and actuators, for example, with intelligent material selection and sustainable product design. In addition to that, production and logistics concepts that spare resources are also in focus. We also supply innovative closure and locking systems for modern mobility concepts such as electric vehicles.


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Centrelink has signed a deal with Novell to redevelop its security access management system (SAMS), with deployment expected to begin at the end of the year.
The project involves a complete replacement of the existing access management system and will be based on Novell's various eDirectory, identity management and audit products.
The project will be based on the Novell extend suite for the user interface and run on a combination of Linux and Solaris. The Nsure Identity Manager is being used for rule-based partitioning and to automate and integrate the identity information.
Centrelink security and privacy manager Pat Fegan said the planned solution is to integrate product sets with the existing SAMS solution effectively with Novell.
Novell government manager, Costa Kapantais said Centrelink is integrating security systems in a vast and complex existing framework.
"We will be building on Centrelink's existing investments and maturity in identity management to enable the use of a next generation identity management solution throughout the agency in 2005," Kapantais said.
The current project involves using Novell eDirectory to manage identity with Nsure Audit for auditing framework.
A Novell spokesperson could not confirm how much the deal was worth, nor the length of the contract.
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New Meeting Location: Stony Hill FD
As discussed at May's meeting, Michael's at the Grove asked us for a significant increase in the rate for our monthly meetings. While there was some support to pay the increase many voices called for finding a new location. Member Peter Samardak, past President of the Stony Hill Volunteer Fire Department mentioned their hall is available free to non-profits. Steve Rudolf and I visited the space after our last meeting. It is modern, bright and perfect for our needs. The board voted overwhelmingly to move to this new space.
So, for this year we'll be meeting at the Stony Hill fire house located at 59 Stony Hill Road in Bethel, CT. In September we'll me meeting on Tuesday the 8th. In all future months we'll switch to our regular meeting date: the second Wednesday of the month.
Many thanks to Peter for coming through for the chapter and thanks to all of you for working with us in this transition.


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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
My dmx music flasher light controlling units
How do you control your concert sound and lighting systems. Having invested all that money in the projectors that are now attached to your trilite rig or ceiling above your house music electro dancefloor or stage curtains, how do you get them to do the things you have seen they are capable of at all these disco technology exhibitions shows? Which controller is going to be the best for you? First the bad news there is not a single golden wonder controller that is the answer to everyone's needs, because simply, everyone's needs are different. As every club differs so do the requirements of the lighting control systems It is basically a case of horses for courses, an individual controller may be the ideal solution for one application but hopeless for another. There are many very clever controllers on the market today, each with its own particular approach to the same basic question how can you interface best between man and machine? This is the basis of controlling your display rig, how to make your particular music to flash strobe effect lights do what you want them to when you want and in the way that you want. All this should be achieved in the easiest and least time consuming way, preferably without costing more than the theatrical lighting systems and without requiring a university degree to operate them.
First define your needs. If you only have basic requirements, obviously you only need a basic controller. That much is easy, but when you get to the more comprehensive lighting system with moving mirror scanners for example, you need to look closely at not only having an intelligent theatre lighting dimmer control system, but also an intelligent operator. A poor operator can make the most fabulous installation of dj strobe egg effects look like an equally fabulous waste of money, and yet conversely, a good operator can make a relatively simple installation look like a million dollars and a sellout of concert ticket sales for the next performance. There are a number of criteria that are most important within the specifications of disco and theatre spotlights controller system. First and foremost is the way in which the unit allows you to access your Martin Professional gobo roboscans. It should be as transparent as possible, and not get in the way of you making the intelligent lighting systems do what you want them to do. The functions of the controller should be simply discernable from the front panel, its controls and labeling and/or any small LCD display screen. Any messages displayed should lead you logically through the steps required for any operation.
Certainly many deejay equipment manufacturers invest much time and money in producing excellent operating manuals, but how often are these lost during the club installation or taken home to read by one operator and forgotten etc. The poor guy who follows often has to work it out for himself This philosophy of front panel and operational design has thankfully been followed by most UK companies, NJD lighting being a notable good example, but in the case of one well established manufacturer in, shall we say another country this is not the situation and an otherwise good controller is often not used to its full potential because many operators are either unaware of the functions available or have not found a way to access them.
One problem with computer controllers is the lack of standardised intelligent dmx USB interfacing terminology for the operating parameters. When is a scene a page or a group of sequences a song? For any operator of more than one controller it can quickly become a difficult tack to remember what we are calling a particular parameter today. The UK is still at the forefront of disco lighting control manufacture, although others are now fast catching up and producing some very elegant control systems. As you read through the following overview of major club lighting control manufacturers, bear in mind that this is a general look at a selection of my dmx lighting control systems and that some of the simplest can also be amongst the cleverest in the way that they allow the all important dj software interface between you and your flasher light controlling led par cans. There is still no automated substitute for a good light operator so the system that best allows him/her to do his/her job is the one for you.
My dmx music flasher light controlling units software system
One key to the future of smart systems lighting control would appear to be software. This has the obvious advantage of being updatable easily as new requirements and technology evolve. Cable Telephone / net Modem communication is now both easy and fast allowing update to be received almost anywhere virtually instantly. Computers are progressively becoming less expensive and more powerful and faster. A number of companies are already producing what are in reality computers in different boxes and with buttons rather than keyboards to access the functions. A discotheque is not really the most suitable environment for a keyboard or mouse but current software control systems can now interface readily via MIDI to more robust music keyboards or to Ethernet dmx lighting desks via 0>10 volt or dj lighting software digital protocols for example, thus providing a more suit¬able mode of access to their powerful facilities.
My dmx musicShow CAD
Show CAD is Designed by Mick Martin and Rowland Hughes of Axon Digital Design Ltd, the team that produced the renowned OSKA. Show CAD is an extremely versatile, powerful software program and slot in hard-ware card combination. The system runs on any normal PC under DOS and will output 1024 DMX channels as standard making it very cost effective for large lighting systems. Other interface cards are available for MIDI, SMPTE time coding, analog in and even dmx controller software files in for slaving to other systems. Two unique features are the libraries of waveform ramps for automatic creation of circular and other geometric movements of scanner mirrors, and the scanner specific templates for easy fixture programming
My dmx Martin Professional 3032 for imagescan and gobo roboscans effects
Martin's 3032 dose harness the muscle of the PC power software created by their development team for a simple to use graphical interface and the expansion card necessary to enable programming of all their products. If you prefer a more traditional interface, you can hook your favourite tactile controller to the 3032 and gain the best of both worlds. Once the hard part
(I.e. the programming) has been done on the 3032 a simple interface hooks up to the intelligent lighting board, meaning you need never touch the 3032 again. You simply allocate 15 channels of your desk to access any number of cues for channel numbers which can run into the thousands. This is done via a simple binary selection of the cue by number which even the most techno phobic can master quickly with a minimum of fuss. By combining faders you can then call on the cue number you want.
Status Cue (from High End Systems USA)
Falling uniquely between the previous category and the next, Lightwave Research's Status Cue combines the controls and features of traditional lighting desks while offering the performance of a dedicated moving light console. Status Cue is a control desk / interface and software package designed to run on a desktop PC under Microsoft Windows to control High End's Cyberlight, Intel abeam and Trackspot fixtures simultaneously. By using USITT DMX-512 protocol, Status Cue can also control other dmx daisy chain wiring compatible lighting fixtures. An interface card which slots into your computer contains most of the system intelligence and provides the cable link between the control desk and fixtures mentioned above. Every console operation can be preformed on the computer through the Status Cue dj software, with or without the console connected. This allows, for example, remote program editing from a portable PC. The control desk is well equipped with rotary pots, sliders, a trackball and groups of specific function buttons, 32 of which can have their functions assigned by the operator to avoid repetitive keystrokes and save valuable programming time. Another handy feature is the top of the desk which lifts to reveal copious storage space for your keyboard and mouse, disks, cigarettes and so on.
Described a little unkindly earlier as "computers in different boxes", these products are self contained control surfaces with integral microprocessor based electronics which offer complete programmability for a wide range of controlled lighting fixtures, particularly moving mirror scanners or intelligent lighting. Whilst still including sophisticated internal software, these controllers have all the front panel controls needed to access their functions as an integral part of the system, as opposed to the software systems above, which require additional interfaces. The range here is immense and the following is only an overview of some of the more popular units available.
Wholehog (distributed by AC Lighting)
Unfortunately not a system aimed at discotheque operation, this system has picked up awards across the boards at its first launch at PLASA 1992. With 6000 DMX channels, you would need a pretty substantial application to make use of the Wholehog cost effective Currently on tour with Phil Collins, Pink Floyd and Sting to name but three Wholehog is generally more appropriate for live / theatrical use. It is mentioned here because it was designed to be as transparent as possible an interface between operator and theatre staging lights. You do not need to adjust your thinking to the system, it is open to function as your creativity demands and all with a minimum of button pushes to do it.
Avolites Rolacue Pearl
This is the latest addition to Avolite's extended family of moving light consoles. With dmx 512 channels, 450 memories, 30 pages, 60 high quality channels faders and 15 simultaneously active playbacks the Rolacue. Channels can be allocated as Highest Takes Precedence or Latest Takes Precedence. Using a disk based personality system also found on Avolites' Diamond and Sapphire control desks, patching of moving lights and colour changers is as simple as patching theatre dimmers. Programming is also easy with Preset Focus buttons giving instant access to positions, colours, gobos, and even intensity without having to touch a wheel or fader. Avolites Three Dimensional Intelligent Tracking System, allowing follow spot type operation of a number of instruments which will track each other. This is especially powerful when sequence programming, as one instrument can be positioned and others requested to point at the same position .The HTP channels facility means that replaying memories and chases with dimmers as well as instrument control channels produces the results you would expect. Recording of memories, chases and sequences is identical to the Sapphire allowing you to load directly from a Sapphire show disc. Memories, chases and sequences can also be linked to appear on different pages.
Enigma Micro (ALS)
Regular readers of our club reviews may well have noticed that the Enigma Micro is specified frequently in British clubs. The standard package includes a well protected control surface, computer interface and VGA colour monitor. Although freely expandable, the Enigma will control as standard 16 moving lights plus 512 channels of other lighting. Dedicated packages are available for Coemar, Clay Paky, Martin and High End luminaries and will communicate with them in their own digital protocols, thus avoiding the need for USB to DMX converters in the case of the latter two. The control surface incorporates a 32 way assignable touch panel. Assisting easy function access is user configurable software and existing owners are able to easily update earlier models. As is the current trend with software system control architecture, scan head moving lights are considered as fixtures and not just a group of channels, making programming significantly faster and the selection of individual projectors for over riding or modifying during operation much simpler. A number of additional options make the Enigma Micro an extremely versatile system adaptable to a wide range of applications.
It has always been ALS policy to design out obsolescence and to achieve this software and hardware developments are available as retrofits which means that a complete refurbishment of a lighting scheme merely requires an upgrade to the Enigma dmx interface control system to access all the latest features. Early Enigma and Micro keyboard panels can be modified to provide the additional switch dimming inputs which are now standard. Processors can also be upgraded to current specification along with the latest self configurable software.
The very latest version has a 2000 channel control capability expandable to 6000. This system comes as standard with two super VGA colour screens and features the brand new software graphics display package personalized for specific control of all the aforementioned "Big four" products. This highly refined software still adheres to the original design concept of fast access to preset programmes and master sequences via a user friendly control panel board.
Size power and price make this unit highly competitive
NJD Merlin
The arrival of the NJD Merlin at PLASA caused a stir at Earl's Court London town, and as reported in last month's cover story, a number of radical improvements have been introduced since then which should see the new controller take the market by storm. With 256 DMX output channels, 1280 scenes, 64 programs, 16 sliders, 72 touch pads and a joystick, the Merlin's size power and price make it highly competitive. Even more encouraging is the extent to which access and ease of use have been taken into account throughout the design process. All sliders are user assignable and any channel or group of channels can be assigned to the x or y axis of the joystick. Add to this a new NJD electronics innovation, "Sound Animation Programming", a memory card for storage of all scenes and programs plus a dot matrix display showing everything from channel brightness to scene and program names and you'll have some idea of the Merlin's capabilities. The NJD light controlling units also have a huge range of no less than 38 traditional controllers, power packs and interfaces. This is quit a few steps down the road from the range of switers
Pulsar Masterpiece
The Masterpiece has been virtually the industry standard in the UK discotheque industry for many a year now, as data heads who read our Tec spec pages will be well aware of. Available in 48 and 108 channel versions, the Masterpiece was really the first of the current generation of multi capability controllers. The 108 version features 70 touch pads, 25 sliders, and a joystick alongside a four digit display and 108 LEDs. Outputs are Pulsar's own digital protocol PMX and simultaneously standard dmx 512 controller with the first 36 channels also output as 0 to 10 volts analog. Memory can be backed up or programming transferred from one Masterpiece to another via credit card sized "smart cards". Not only is the Masterpiece frequently specified for discotheques, it is also versatile enough to be used in a whole range of applications, also used by the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC for Top of the Pops theatrical rigging and the ministry of sound club. An excellent manual and training video is backed up by a series of training seminars at Pulsar's Cambridge headquarters which are available to existing and potential users alike. These seminars target specific applications in one or two day formats. Generous souls that they are, Pulsar have also recently released a free software upgrade for the Masterpiece. The latest software for the Pulsar Masterpiece 48 is version 1.85, while the latest for the 108 is version 2.0. This provides additional features for scene and scene chase fade times, while joystick velocity allows you to use scans as Follow Spots. Keyboard Action now gives you the possibility of 54 keyboards rather than just 18. Even the earliest Masterpiece can be upgraded simply by exchanging the EPROM. Now with there newest version the pulsar masterpiece 216
Pulsar's Masterpiece 108 is one of the most popular controllers on the market today
Celco Aviator
Available in five different models with between 1024 and 2048 DMX channels the Aviator will appear at first, to the uninitiated, to be a standard rock desk in application although probably the sexiest looking desk on the road today. Having said that, it must be stressed that Celco have rewritten the book on how desks operate with the Aviator bearing little resemblance to traditional consoles. Again access is the key and moving lights and colour scrollers etc are easy to handle. Celco, in conjunction with Penny and Giles, have developed a new "soft" type of fader for fully digital operation which allowed a large increase in the number of channels without an increase in console size. These faders are belt driven optical encoders that give the flat linear travel of a conventional fader allowing the operator to scroll through a much larger number of channels than there are faders. The Aviator is now making inroads into the discotheque market in the UK and abroad. Although it is an incredibly powerful advanced desk it is relatively easy to use if you can suss out how to store channels in a cue you should be able to work out how to programme all the functions.
"Probably the sexiest looking desk on the road"
Light Processor Integrator
With a long history of manufacturing controllers for a wide variety of dedicated functions, dmx music Light Processor have used their wealth of experience to produce the Integrator, a controller that combines all the functions of numerous smaller units into, as its name suggests, an integrated single multi capability theatrical lighting control system. The Integrator has 256 DMX channel outputs accessible from a grand total of 288 push buttons and touch pads all of which are user programmable so that any output can be assigned to any button or pad. The control of moving lights is simplified by the inclusion of preprogrammed DMX channel assignments for most of the popular moving mirror projectors on the market treating the projectors as fixtures rather than groups of channels. Programming back up is by memory card but the Integrator can also run directly from the memory card without loading its contents into the controller's memory effectively doubling the storage capability of the system. Output is displayed on a matrix of 256 LEDs which simulate the activity of each of the Integrator's output channels.
Disco Italy SGM Regia
Having traded since 1977, SGM are a well established and much respected manufacturer of pinpoint lighting control units Foremost in their range of lighting control products is the Regia, available in models from 8 channel through to the most advanced 256 or 256 / 36 Regia lights at the top of the range Both the 256 and the 256 / 36 have 240 channels and are based on the same architecture the only difference being the number of registers (16 on the latter and 20 on the 256) Both can control 144 dimming channels and 96 scanner channels (6-8 channels for each scanner) The Regia works by organizing all data into four distinct type of libraries a Frame library (containing 200 frames), a Program library containing 20 programs, a Chase library with 20 chases and a Psyco library which stores 20 Psyco settings Dimming channels (no 1 -144) are controlled via Frame, Psyco and Chase Scanner channels (numbered 145 - 240) are controlled by Programs) The Regia also has intelligent light dmx 512 protocol, SGM 256 and RS232 outputs as well as soft patching, working and permanent memory storage facilities Each register fade up time and fade down time can be red programmed using the Rise and Fall commands as can button functions using On/ Off, Flash and Fader, Flash or Fader, Step Pause, Selector and Kill All these features combine to make the Regia a flexible reliable and easy to use control series ideal for most theatrical scenery and rock group applications.
SGM professionaldmx lighting control consoles stand out for their advanced technology, reliability, ease of use and excellent performance. The most suitable lighting control console for every need (live entertainment, club use, theatre application, etc.) can be chosen with the certainty of having made a good choice, as they're manufactured by one of leading companies in entertainment electronics. The SGM range of dmx protocol lighting control consoles consist of:
• REGIA 256/36:240 CHANNELS, 36 PRESETS, DMX 512, RS 232 and SGM 256 outputs.
• REGIA 256:240 CHANNELS, DMX 512, RS 232 and SGM 256 outputs.
• REGIA 24:24 CHANNELS with 24 PRESETS, my dmx interface channel 512 and SGM 256 outputs.
• REGIA 12:12 CHANNELS with12 PRESETS, DMX 512 and SGM 256 outputs.
• REGIA 8:8 CHANNELS, 12 PRESETS, 0/10 V and SGM 256 outputs.
The ideal theatrical backdrops complement for SGM lighting control consoles are the compact, rack-mounting modular power packs, available in the following models:
• P 610/D, single phase/three phase, six 10A channels, inductive and resistive loads, 0/10V, my dmx control 512, RS 232 and SGM 256 inputs.
• P 810/D, single phase/three phase, eight 10A channels, inductive and resistive loads, 0/10 V, my dmx channels 512, RS 232 and SGM 256 inputs.
The range of controllers here is even more immense than the previous section and space allows only a brief overview of some of the products from some of the more established manufacturers. To cover the topic properly would probably take up the next three issues of DM. These controllers are of the single dedicated task variety and most, though by no means all are designed for moving light control system.
Zero 88 Sirius
The Zero 88 Sirius first saw the beginning of its days in Germany at the Frankfurt Musik Messe in the spring of 1988. By the end of the first day Zero 88 had sold over 70 pieces (not bad considering they were £1000 each) and by the end of the 6 day fair, the first 3 months of production had been pre sold. The success continued and the first year's production sold out within 3 months. Zero 88 had obviously caught a tiger by the tail. This initial honeymoon is long over of course, and since then many club system manufacturers have begot "sons of Sirius" and in some cases have improved on the original spec, but seven years on it is still one of Zero 88's bestselling products.
Zero 88 have a wide range of dj controllers suitable for a whole host of applications. Since the year dot, they have always had a "Light master" in their range. Indeed, way back in the mists of time, the company was sometimes known as "Lightmaster". The Lightmaster XL and XLS are particularly suitable for the nightclub industry, using a very different philosophy of operation to the Sirius range. These two latest recipients of the Lightmaster mantle memorize from the sub masters (12 or 24) to pages of memory (9 in all), and these are then recalled on the submasters. A particular point of interest on the XLS is the unique 24 channel auxiliary control section which is particularly useful for scrollers.
Ryger Electronics
Ryger specialise in the intelligent control of stage lighting systems for the discotheque industry and have been manufacturing lighting controllers for over multiple years. Altogether Ryger makes many different dmx music flasher light controlling units ranging from what must surely be the world's smallest 0-10 volt units - the Micro Series to fully programmable systems like the PX12 and the DC I000 They have been particularly active on the lighting control front recently, having released 4 new controllers in the past year alone. The Challenger is an easy to use pre programmed controller dedicated for use with Ryger's Challenger / Discovery range of intelligent lighting fixtures. The Pro Lite Touch Chaser is a professional four channel chaser incorporating sound to light, 32 patterns with auto pattern, manual override and maintenance free touch controlled dimmer for each channel. M2A is an alternative to Ryger's popular MIDI to music flasher light controller that gives 8 0-10v logic outputs controlled from a keyboard or sequencer. Finally, the DC1000 offers fully programmable control of Ryger's Challenger / Discovery concert lighting systems range. Features included in the advanced design of the DC 1000 or "Discovery" controller range from full editing and easy to use operation procedures to 16 individually controllable channels and a keyboard expansion port which will allow owners to keep abreast of future developments.
To round off all the above it is necessary to state once again that this is a brief look at what is huge intelligent lighting software my dmx interface topic. There are many more stage equipment manufacturers than it has been possible to cover here, all with excellent products. If you are at SIB this year, you'll find a host of controllers from almost as many staging led par cans and scanning effect manufacturers on show, companies like Anytronics with their cost effective range, MA concert lighting Technology with their excellent Scan Commander and SGM with the popular Regia 256. Most of the companies mentioned here have much more to their range of controllers than we have been able to review and all will be more than happy to demonstrate their products. Nothing beats getting your hands on a theater stage controller to really get the feel of it and how it works, and That's what exhibitions are all about happy hunting for your pc dmx controller and theatrical lighting dimmers.
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Saturday, March 6, 2010
Demon pulsar dj strobes
The Demon powerful Strobe has been designed to provide a disco dazzling effect utilizing a powerful xenon gas filled 1 .5kW linear tube 375 Joules per flash at 4 flashes per second. The light energy is concentrated by means of a parabolic reflector dish mirror making the light illumination output stunning to see.
Its housing state of the art PCB digital electronics circuitry allowing you the lighting remote control options of both analogue and digital inputs, in conjunction with three flexible local systems controlling functions that are provided in this demon pulsar dj strobe lighting potentiometer speed adjustment, trigger coil fire rate and tubes brightness settings controls. There are some Diagnostic LED indicators displaying information on the units power and data input feeds.
The pulsar dj strobesare robustly made to transmit high power strobe dj lighting for entertainment club industries. It features a powerful gas xenon tube, the Joules per flash light energy emitted is sharply focused with a linear cylindrical parabolic light reflector mirror trough. Because of these Demon units powerful optical output, the pulsar dj strobes are equipped with heat reduction fan cooling. The fan speed rotation is automatically controlled by the pulsar software module. These software controlling facilities decrease the background noise and the fans reduce the dust and dirt thus reducing the electronic service repair frequency time.
The Demon Strobe is the largest addition to a legendary pulsar dj strobes family array. Pulsar offers an extensive range of different flashing strobe dj lights and controllers, including the Monster, Jumbo and Super Maxi.
This great combination of heavy wait power xenon tube bulb together with computer software control makes the Demon pulsar dj strobes the ideal choice for pumping club venues in today's demanding flashing strobe lighting markets requirements.
Demon powerful 1.5Kw 375 Joules disco strobe tube.
Remote lighting control system digital PMX or DMX and analogue.
Push button dip switch decimal digital start address selection controllers.
Three input channels remotely controlling the settings intensity, Trigger coil and flash frequency with the control pots built on the back panel.
Power supply On/Off double pole circuit breaker and light-emitting-diode LED strobe power indicator.
PMX, DMX lighting and Data Error digital input indicator LED's.
Fixture bracketing that allow trilite gantry truss and floor standing.
The disco Demon pulsar dj strobes are used to transmit a spectacular climax to model lightshows with distinctive freezing of motion. The lighting strobes feature three changeable coloured filter gels Cyan, mellow Yellow and Magenta color if they are applied in twos then six colours can be reproduced.
The variable speed frequency range of dj Pulsar Strobes is from one flash every two seconds 0.5Hz to sixteen flashes per sec 16Hz. A safety warning its not good to run your flash strobe frequency at 7 Hz this is the most dangerous frequency for setting off epileptic fits.
There is a inch jack socket provided on all units allowing an interface connection from a Pattern Chaser disco light controller dmx systems which provides a logic signal 10V pulse. A tripod stand could be utilized for theatrical drama stage lighting hire or dance floor mounting applications and it also has 'key holes' for bracket wall mounting and for over head light gantries trilite trussing clamps.
This glass dj Pulsar flash xenon tubes are chosen because for their long life span and typically keeps the fire burning for about five million flashes that's 100 hours at warp ten 16 Hz. The space age metal high performance mirror reflector dish is made of secondary infusions batch anodised coating super-pure aluminium providing a strong robust, highly reflective surface dish. The aluminium reflectors shape is parabolic which projects a clean focused beam illumination of light. The pulsar dj strobes have a patented circuitry that doubles the joules energy per flash (measured in joules or watt/seconds) when the frequency is halved thus keeping the xenon flash tube running at its rated lighting energy wattage. This means that at slower operating speeds the range of pulsar dj strobes can provide an even grater devastating disco effect.
This is the ultimate compact unit in the intelligent lighting range the Super-Maxi egg Strobe. The metal cabinet housing holds the specially designed silver large parabolic reflector dish and the mini strobe light accommodates an input for remote operating control plug socket for a pulsar Rainbow strobe or other equivalent suitable disco dmx lighting controllers.
The Jumbo Strobe is 3 times as powerful as Super/Maxi with 15 Joules per flash at 4 flashes per second 4Hz this unit is a professional lighting operator's choice for the best golden equipment light and sound hire jobs. The jolly giant in its series featuring a dramatically increased light output and is ideal for theatrical stage use. Countless live performers at do gra dance music club and lounge discos all over the party entertaining world employ these pulsar dj strobes as part of their music concerts live act and especially using a combined lighting system Rainbow Strobe controller unit that doles out to a top show band music performance more than justifies their fame and popularity.
The Monster Strobe has three times as power blasting output than the jumbo with 45 Joules per flash at 4 flashes per second. The light rigging blockbuster pulsar dj Monster also utilizes the patented pulsar circuitry to produce an absolutely stunning light effect on the dance floor. If your after a cool clubbers powerful disco strobe light, look no further - this is it!
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I.S. Video Series
We followed four seniors from four different disciplines on their I.S. journey:
- Kesang Chungyalpa, a political science major from Gangtok Sikkim, India
- Anthony Dominguez, a history major from Avon Lake, Ohio
- Jackie Komos, a theatre major from Macedonia, Ohio
- Matthew Miller, a chemistry major from Kingston, Jamaica
Here are their stories.


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A protest in Dallas, Texas, turned violent when several snipers fatally shot five officers and injured at least seven others on Thursday, July 7th.
The protest was in regards to recent fatal shooting of black men by police. The most recent shoots were in the suburban St. Paul, Minnesota, and Baton Rouge, Louisana. According to Dallas Police Chief David Brown on Friday, three people are in custody. A fourth person was firing shots at authorities in a parking garage. According to a CNN report, that suspect was identified as 25-year-old Micah Xavier Johnson who is from Mesquite, Texas.
According to Brown, Johnson was not cooperative. Police took Johnson down with an explosive delivered via robot, and he died. According to what Brown said, Johnson said he was angry about police shooting black men and that he wanted white people dead. Still, according to Brown, there is not a known motivation for the attacks at this time.
The shots began firing at about 8:45 p.m. There were hundreds of people at the protest. According to Brown, the snipers were firing shots "ambush style". According to Brown, it looked as if the shooters were planing to harm and kill a large amount of police officers. Brown said that the shooters had "triangulated" the area of the protest. He also said the shooters had to have information about how they would go about shooting the police officers. At this time, authorities do not know if any of the protesters played a part in the shootings.
According to a spokesman, four of the officers who were killed worked for the Dallas Police Department. The other officer, 43-year-old Brent Thompson, was a Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer. According to the agency in a statement, Thompson was the first officer to be killed in the line of duty since the agency's police department was formed in 1989. The names of the other officers who lost their lives have not yet been released. According to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Texas flags will be lowered to half-staff from Friday, July 8th, to Tuesday, July 12th, in honor of the Dallas police officers who lost their lives in the shootings.
According to Mayor Mike Rawlings, one person who was not a police officer was injured in the shootings. Prior the the shootings, protesters could be seen marching in a video. The protesters were about a half mile away from City Hall when the shots were fired. After the shots were fired, the crowd separated.
Helicopters were used to find the suspects, and officers armed with automatic rifles were searching for the suspects as well. The areas police searched included businesses, restaurants, residential apartments, hotels, and other downtown areas. According to Brown, a woman who was located in the parking garage where the standoff took place has been taken into custody. Also according to Brown, a traffic stop resulted in two other suspects being taken into custody.
As of early Friday, Brown could not say for certain that all suspects were located. According to Rawlings, the investigation is ongoing and that it remains "an active crime scene". Rawlings said that a map would be posted online showing areas people should stay away from on Friday. According to spokeswoman Allison Mahan, the FBI's Dallas division is assisting authorities in the area.
Abbott released the following statement in regards to the shootings, "Our thoughts and prayers are with the Dallas law enforcement community and the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) officers killed and injured this evening. I've spoken to Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw and have directed him to offer whatever assistance the City of Dallas needs at this time. In times like this we must remember – and emphasize – the importance of uniting as Americans."
President Obama said the following during a press conference,
"I spoke this morning with Mayor Rawlings of Dallas to convey the deepest condolences to the American people and that the Federal Government will provide whatever assistance Dallas may need as it deal with this tremendous tragedy.
We still don't know all the facts. What we do know is that there's been a vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement. Police in Dallas were on duty, doing their job, keeping people safe during a peaceful protest. These law enforcement officers were targeted, and nearly a dozen officers were shot, five were killed. Other officers and at least one civilian were wounded. Some are in serious conditions and we are praying for their recovery.
As I told Mayor Rawlings, and I believe that I speak for every single American when I say, that we are horrified over these events and that we stand united with people and the police department in Dallas.
According to police there are multiple suspects. We will learn more undoubtedly about their twisted motivations, but let's be clear, there is no possible justification for these kinds of attacks. Grave violence against law enforcement. The FBI is already in touch with the Dallas police; anyone involved in these senseless murders will be held fully accountable. Justice will be done.
I will have more say about this when the facts become more clear. For now, let me just say that, even as yesterday I spoke about are need to be concerned as all Americans about racial disparities in our criminal justice system. I also said yesterday that our police have an extraordinarily difficult job and the vast majority of them do their job in outstanding fashion. I also indicated the degree in which we need to be supportive of those officers who do their job each and every day. Protecting us and protecting our communities. Today is a wrenching reminder of the sacrifices that they make for us. We also know that when people are armed with powerful weapons, it unfortunately make attacks like these more deadly and more tragic and in the days ahead consider those realities as well.
In the meantime, today, our focus is on the victims and their families. They are heartbroken and the entire city of Dallas is grieving. Police across America, which is a tight-knit family, feels this loss to their core and we're grieving with them.
I ask Americans to say a prayer for these officers and their families. Keep them in your thoughts, and as a nation, let's remember to express our profound gratitude to our men and women, not just today but every day."
The Dallas protest was not the only one to be held on Thursday evening. There were other protests as well. The protests came after Philando Castile was fatally shot by a Minnesota police officer while he was in a vehicle. A woman and a child were also in the vehicle. Video footage that showed the incident after the shooting was streamed live on Facebook. A day prior to Castile's death, another man was shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A cellphone video captured Alton Sterling being shot after two white police officers pinned him to the ground.
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Hard Work,But Worth It
1 year on......
you will find accounts and journals of emotional journeys and learning
experiences made by adoptees and their Wiccaweys collies.
It is now
a year since Midge came into our lives, so I thought I had let you all
know how he has been doing. In Sept 2004 our old cat Moll finally gave up and went to pastures new
– aged 18. The house felt empty and I had already been promised
I could have a dog when Moll died. I am sure the cat knew this from day
1 by the way she looked at me!
By Tuesday
12th April we were the owner of a Wiccaweys Collie.
is what he looked like a few days after we got him – note those
devil eyes!
For a while we thought he was deaf – he responded to no commands, no amount of calling would get his attention, he just ran up and down until he had worn a trench in the lawn. He would run until he was exhausted and fell to sleep. Walks were very difficult. He was scared of the outside world, he kept his face to the wall when out of the garden and was afraid if there was no fence or wall in front of him – he had rarely ever been out before! Gradually this improved and after about 2 weeks he looked forward to his walks. He was also lead shy and hated to see the lead; he was scared of it. My wife ( who knows about these things) said his behaviour was similar to autistic children – unable to make relationships, no eye contact, had obsessive routines, had to keep doing things over and over for stimulation.
House training took some time with many accidents not helped by what we later found was inflammatory bowel disorder – he would pooh 6 or 7 times each day and could not put on weight. Coming down to a pooh covered dog lying in his crate was not nice.
The first thing we changed was his name; Nemo had to go. We tried many names over the first few weeks then one day I said "Midge" and he looked at me for the first time as if to say "So you finally got it right!" From then on things were much easier.
He gradually
calmed down over about two months but was still mad when off his lead
– running up and down, up and down until he worked himself into
a frenzy; we even had to keep him on a lead in the garden. Taking him
for long walks helped a little, but he still carried on running up and
down until he dropped when he got home.
After about 6 weeks from getting him he could be let off to chase his ball or to do obedience tricks outside as long as there were no dogs or people around. He was a problem near other people especially children (and still is to an extent) he LOVES them and desperately wants to be fussed.
In June he discovered swimming by falling into a nearby lake – he got out, to my relief – and then got straight in again and now swims whenever there is water deep enough regardless of the weather.
At about
10 months old his collie genes came out. He would dash, lie flat watching
me intently and dash to another place and do the same. I followed this
up with instructions to dash right or left, come in or go away and; hey
presto! a new game started which is still his favourite. He follows his
instructions up to 200 – 300 metres away by whistle or voice commands.
Sorry about the camera shake - freezing day and tiny camera.
When doing
this nothing breaks his concentration. Other dogs try to play with him,
but he won't play while "working". I really think he
should have been a sheepdog - he would have been so happy but I wanted
He now walks off the lead at heel really well most of the time. He still likes people but will only go and see then if given "permission" and then he is well behaved.
he has a few.
He has been everywhere with us on holiday – which he loves if only he did not have to travel in the car to get there. He is an excellent camping companion – he snores and farts much less than my Mountaineering Club friends (not hard). We did put him in the local kennels once – and that was once enough. The kennels have a good reputation, but Midge was too distressed and simply ran up and down barking 24hrs a day and lost about 2 kilos in weight in a few days. When I went to pick him up he crawled towards me on his belly – he obviously thought he had done something wrong to be deserted. So no more kennels!
Regrets? Only one – I wish we could have had him as a puppy and enjoyed him as a youngster as well.
He is great fun, extremely faithful – always wants to be by me, I nickname him Velcro dog - he sticks close by. He is by my feet as I write this. I must admit I have put the time into getting to know Midge, keeping him interested and making him think. If you do that with a collie you will get a great dog, if not you will get the loony that came to us over a year ago.
I have
learned that collies are not easy dogs, they need time and attention to
get the best from both of you.
am glad I made the call to Paul that day and thankful to Paul and Sarah
for letting us have Midge.
'phone call came unexpectedly from Paul. "We think we've
found a dog for you …….."
the questions came to an end, except for one. "Can we meet him
we went to meet Trigger – and let's not forget Paul and Sarah
either – with my first impression of Paul being of a guy hanging
out of the window of Flossie the Collie Ambulance, waving furiously
as Sarah guided us to Wiccaweys.
As soon as Sarah and Paul said you can adopt him; he became Tigger. With his apt colouring and just knowing that he was going to live up to a reputation of being bouncy and fun, he just was Tigger.
A quiet drive home, with me keeping an eye on Tigger to check he was OK as he sat in the boot of the car. But, I think that was the last peace we had – and certainly the last time we felt we drew breath for quite a few weeks.
The first mistake we made was to take Tigger into the back garden where we let him off his lead to explore. To say he ran around the garden is an understatement. Round and round and round he tore, leaping anything in his path, going backwards and forwards and resisting any efforts to either catch him or persuade him to slow down. I was already fretting that he would injure himself and I'd be having to confess all to Wiccaweys.
Eventually, the steam ran out and the house was entered. Things did not improve. The house was an alien land which had to be climbed over, mouthed, picked up, moved, and run away from.
Sarah had said "give us a ring in a few days and let us know how things are going". A few days ………. I reckon I was on the 'phone within the hour! That was when we found out Tigger had had his jaw broken at some point, and once again my heart went out to our little man. and I was even more determined to let Tigger learn "not everyone's bad".
Tigger just did not run out of steam. We seemed to have a dog who
never slept – well, maybe for a couple of hours when we weren't
looking. He wouldn't eat – and then proceeded to guard
his food bowl with great ferocity, snarling and with a real dangerous
glint in his eye. We could not leave him alone in a room for fear
of him hurting himself as he threw himself over the furniture, using
chairs as springboards and tables as walkways and picked up, chewed
or mouthed everything he could then reach. It truly seemed as if the
only things still in the same place in the house were the ceiling
Taking Tigger out into the big, wide world was another challenge. It was absolutely obvious he had never really been on a lead. He did not so much go forwards as sideways, backwards, round, up – however before long this was replaced by the rescue collie tug. Yet life outside was scary too. Forget ghost trains, a walk down a street which contained a street lamp, temporary road sign, cyclist, any sort of vehicle, moving or stationery, piece of rubbish – you name it, was so scary for him. Nor could Tigger cope with walking over bridges, of which there are many in our village – just nice safe bridges over diddy little streams – he would just lie down and refuse to budge. And as for people ……. oh no. We didn't do people at all.
So we had people outside the house to contend with, and even worse, friends and family who visited the house. We had to "book" visitors in – who would then spend hours (literally) having their eardrums dented, while Tigger explained to them at length just how much they worried him from as far away as possible.
Yet he still had love to give, and would quietly pad over to you and lean up against you, and there was just this glimmer for us that things would get better. One morning I woke up very early, and opened my eyes to find two big brown eyes gazing back at me, as Tigger sat quietly, resting his chin on the edge of bed, seemingly watching over me. Quite moving.
he just loved looking out on the world. If he could look out of a
vehicle window, or sit on the windowsill, or stand with his paws on
the bedroom windowsill looking out (something which he seemed to spend
all night doing when he wasn't systematically removing the wallpaper
for us) he was most contented.
days however were filled with watching Tigger. What had he climbed
on, and where was his mouth. Sleep had been scarce, meals were cobbled
together in haste, items that had been removed from his mouth at some
point were scattered on top of anywhere we had managed to put them
at the time, and we just could not do anything or get anything done.
Maybe the time we spent away helped, or maybe talking through so many things helped us to give off a calmer feel to Tigger, because things in the next week began to improve. Graham rang me at work one afternoon. "Tigger's in the garden – off his lead". The shriek of "what" from my end of the 'phone must have been heard by everyone in the office – yet it seemed he was trotting around the garden quite calmly. OK, so this didn't continue all the time, but it was no longer necessary for us to stand outside with him every time he wanted to go outside.
I started sitting on a stool outside the house, with Tigger sat by my side, so he could get used to people walking past. Eventually I was able to move to sitting in the village, so Tigger could just watch whilst people and cars went by.
was slow, and sometimes difficult to see, patience was needed and
yet when you look back, you know how far Tigger has come. Tigger learnt
that bridges were not going to eat him – and learnt that playing
in the stream afterwards was great fun. Food guarding improved slightly
– and a change in feed to something he enjoyed more seemed to
improve not only his hyperactivity, but his tendency to guard too
– after all, what point is there in guarding an empty bowl!
Tigger now eats a completely natural raw diet.
We sat Tigger in our camper van on the drive one day – he liked it – especially sitting on the front seat viewing the world. So we took him down to the local woods, parked up, made lunch, took him for a walk – all the things we would do if were away. Tigger thought this was fine – so that meant we could take him away for weekends to new places – and he was off into a new world of walks, fun, doggy friends and adventures.
were still a problem. They were scary. Walks were always fraught as
we could have to pass someone. Walks in busy areas were extremely
difficult, but we kept trying. Tigger obviously felt that people were
deliberately leaping out of doorways at him, and appeared when he
least expected him. And then they wanted to touch him, which was far
too much.
Yet he has a real zest for life, enjoys fun and action and games – and the chance to act out his puppy hood, two years after he should have been enjoying it. And anyone who says a dog doesn't smile, I totally disagree with – Tigger's eyes light up, and his mouth drops open into a big huge smile and he laughs at life.
Whichever of us is home first is greeted warmly as Tigger comes out of his crate. The second person home is greeted with the sight of Tigger standing up to or lying on the windowsill in the living room or bedroom, waiting for you to come home – and by the time you are through the gate, he is there to welcome you. And you just know that the decision to bring him home was the right one. These days if you are really lucky, he will come and lie on your knee, and maybe just check that your paws are clean enough for him.
So it is a year today since Tigger joined us here. And as a special tribute to an Irish boy, we have given him an official birthday on St George's Day – so today he is officially 2.
So thanks to Aisling and all at Limerick Animal Welfare for rescuing our wonderful boy in Ireland and letting him come over to England.
And thanks to Paddy, Tigger's trainer. Sarah certainly helped us to choose well when she suggested we contact Paddy, who has given us so much time over and above our lessons, to answer our questions and send us detailed e-mails suggesting ways we can work with Tigger.
However, we would not have had Tigger here today without the incredible support we have received from Sarah and Paul. Time after time we rang them for advice and sent them e-mails with questions. Every time they came back to us and helped us and talked us through countless problems, and we know we have taken hours and hours of their time – and they have taught us so much this year.
the "but" that Paul had to mention to us when he first
spoke to us about Tigger?
For all those who work so hard for Wiccaweys and other Rescues, I am sure that life must bring you much heartbreak, frustration and sadness, and perhaps a sense of inadequacy that this is so much to be done, with never enough time, people or resources to succeed in doing it all.
time things seem bleak, just remember Tigger, who is just one success
story, and a testimony to all your hard work. Tigger has brought real
joy, happiness and love into our lives. Tigger's a wonderful, special
boy who truly lives up to the nickname he has here - "Sunshine".
- 1 year on.
Tess made progress. We experimented with places to leave her when
we were out and eventually cracked the barking problem. She learnt
to lay down and go to sleep occassionally and started to enjoy her
walks. She even started looking for a fuss occassionally.
has completely gotten over her separation anxiety now and will happily
be at home alone without issue. She is still nervous of people she
doesn't know, but she'll go up to them for a treat and you can see
- 1 year on, and at his 1st Flyball tournament.
To say Harley (aka Charlie) has been a challenge is certainly an understatement. I would imagine that his previous owners had no idea of the breed, and he certainly would have ruled the roost in their home. Being a cocky little devil, he challenged my bossy little collie bitch, who immediately put him in his place. That was his first lesson.
was an adrenalin junkie. He would rush to the window, squeal, bark
and belt around like a looney. He wound himself up into a frenzy chasing
shadows, birds and anything that moved.
I took him to all the agility and flyball shows last summer and he was a swine. He barked, lunged at passing dogs (no malice just excitement) pulled me over - he is so strong, and generally behaved like the dog from hell. He escaped from the caravan, and was running amok in the ring. He chases anything that moves and won't come when called. I felt that he was not bonding with me and was still doing his own thing. He started flyball training a few months ago and this helped with his recall.
All this went on for quite a while and being one who will not give up, I persevered. Within the last 2 mnths he has taken a huge leap forward. He is listening to me, has stopped trying to be boss and has turned into a cuddle monster. I still only let him off lead in certain areas as he chases wildlife, but he will return to me a lot quicker. His behaviour has imroved a great deal, although there are still one or two things left to work on.
pictures are from Harley's first starters tournement at Carlton Towers.
He ran like a trooper and controlled his excitement. I was so proud
of him and walked around with a big grin on my face all day.


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