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Fly free, little bird
The original Toki Tori was a very unassuming little Game Boy Color game that took the indie world by storm. Featuring an adorable little bird named Toki Tori on his quest to save his siblings, the puzzle-platforming gameplay was the perfect example of a solid portable adventure.
Fast forward to today, and Two Tribes is poised to replicate the formula on the Wii U and PC with Toki Tori 2. A few things have changed, some has stayed the same, yet one major indisputable fact remains: it's still too damn cute.
Toki Tori 2 (PC, Wii U [reviewed])
Developer: Two Tribes
Publisher: Two Tribes
Released: April 4, 2013 (Wii U), PC (TBA)
Toki Tori 2 takes an open-world stance, for the most part giving you free roam of its universe and its intricacies within. Gameplay is facilitated through an incredibly simple two-button approach -- whistling (tweeting?) and stomping are your only options. There's no jump, duck, peck -- anything like that.
You'll use these two moves to combat hazards, traverse gaps, and solve puzzles -- the latter of which have more variety than it seems at first glance. Like a well-oiled Rube Goldberg machine, puzzles will have numerous moving parts to them, all of which have to sequentially align before you reach your next task. Often times, these tasks involve an incredibly cute creature or two, which really pop with Toki Tori 2's gorgeous 720p visuals.
Almost immediately you'll start earning songs (magic, essentially), which can be used for various functions like restarting from a checkpoint if you're stuck, and so on. These tunes are all picked up seamlessly in-game from a songbird NPC, which is a really neat touch. All of your songs appear on your GamePad for quick reference without having to pause the game.
Eventually you'll unlock a camera that can be used to document and keep track of the game's creatures and objects via your GamePad, which is great for drawing you into the world a bit more. But truly, the songs and the camera are superfluous compared to your two main moves.
I'm in love with the theme of the world, as the whimsical music -- which often times reminds me of Rayman Legends -- compliments the Toki Tori universe perfectly, and gives a sense of relaxation in between some of the more formidable puzzles.
I'm thankful in many ways that everything is so minimal, in terms of teaching the player how to actually play the game. In other words, you'll get almost zero explicit instructions like "PRESS A TO JUMP" popping up on screen constantly annoying the hell out of you. In fact, I was actually taken aback when the game started and some goofy sidekick wasn't squawking for five minutes on how to play the game. It's very much like Fez in that regard, but without some of the more cryptic puzzles that you'll have to seek a guide for.
Of course, that minimalism can get in the way at times, as the game doesn't really do a good job of conveying where you are in the world without exiting a waypoint to double check, and sometimes, it's hard to really care about pressing on.
This is mostly due to the fact that having to repeat lengthy puzzles just to backtrack to an area that may have a new gate is incredibly frustrating. It's why games like Symphony of the Night give you such extreme powers as flight or double-jumps -- so you can skip over the areas you've already done a million times over.
For that matter, games of the Metroid and Castlevania pedigree often will give you cues to at least clue you in on the next area or concept -- which Toki Tori 2 doesn't really do a good job of doing, leading to more aimless wandering.
If you're looking for extras, there isn't a whole lot here, but Toki Tori 2 does have the ability to play out entirely on the GamePad. Remote play is incredibly intuitive and simple -- just press the "-" button on the GamePad or the on-screen prompt, and you're good to go. The GamePad's graphical output feel a little washed out compared to the vibrant visuals on-screen, but it's not unplayable or anything.
Sadly, there's no option to select from a batch of save files outside of the one tied to your profile. So if you get stuck, you can't quit to a prior save and keep your old adventure -- you're literally just stuck there until you figure it out.
No level editor at launch is also a massive bummer for anyone who heard rumblings of its inclusion and was excited to try it out on the touchscreen. According to the developer, it is coming in a future update -- but right now, it's missing in action. When I said the game was minimalistic, I also mean that in the broadest sense, in that some of it feels unfinished at times.
Although charming and admirable, Toki Tori 2 at times is almost too minimal. Puzzles never really reach maddeningly difficult levels until more than halfway in, but often times it's hard to feel inspired to move to the next area -- or bother discovering it -- if there's no real incentive for doing so outside of general completion.
With a bit more pizazz Toki Tori 2 would have been one of the best games on the Wii U eShop, but as it stands, just know you should go in with an open mind.
Toki Tori 2 reviewed by Chris Carter
Solid and definitely has an audience. There could be some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun.
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Jay-Z, the biggest name in the game, picked up three awards on the night, including Perfect Combo for his duet with Alicia Keys on "Empire State of Mind," CD of the year for "The Blueprint 3" and Best Live Performer, reports MTV.
Though Jigga was not in attendance, the night's other big winner, Queens-raised MC Nicki Minaj, loomed larger than life with her platinum blonde wig and hot pink fingernails. The brash newcomer and Lil Wayne charge also scored three awards: Rookie of the Year, People's Champ and Made You Look, an award that acknowledged her love for wild, Gaga-esque costumes.
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RPi Low-level peripherals
Hardware & Peripherals:
Hardware - detailed information about the Raspberry Pi boards.
Hardware History - guide to the Raspberry Pi models.
Low-level Peripherals - using the GPIO and other connectors.
Expansion Boards - GPIO plug-in boards providing additional functionality.
Screens - attaching a screen to the Raspberry Pi.
Cases - lots of nice cases to protect the Raspberry Pi.
Other Peripherals - all sorts of peripherals used with the Raspberry Pi.
General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
General Purpose Input/Output (a.k.a. GPIO) is a generic pin on a chip whose behavior (including whether it is an input or output pin) can be controlled (programmed) through software.
The Rpi allows peripherals and expansion boards (such as the upcoming Rpi Gertboard) to access the CPU by exposing the in and outputs.
For further general information about GPIOs, see:the wikipedia article.
The production Raspberry Pi board has a 26-pin 2.54mm (100mil)[1] expansion header, arranged in a 2x13 strip. They provide 8 GPIO pins plus access to I2C, SPI, UART), as well as +3V3, +5V and GND supply lines. Pin one is the pin in the first column and on the bottom row. [2]
GPIO voltage levels are 3v3 and are not 5v tolerant. There is no over-voltage protection on the board - the intention is that people interested in serious interfacing will use an external board with buffers, level conversion and analog I/O rather than soldering directly onto the main board.
On the production board, all the UART, SPI and I2C pins can be reconfigured as GPIO pins, to provide a total of 17 GPIO pins[3]. Each of their functions and full details of how to access are detailed in the chipset datasheet [4].
Each GPIO can interrupt, high/low/rise/fall/change.[5][6]
The availabile alternative functions and their corresponding pins are detailed below. These numbers are in reference to the chipset documentation and may not match the numbers exposed in linux. Only fully usable functions are detailed, for some alternative functions not all the necessary pins are available for the funtionality to be actually used.
The source and sink ability is configurable see GPIO Datasheet Addendum - GPIO Pads Control, particular attention should be applied to the note regarding SSO (Simultaneous Switching Outputs). To avoid interference driving currents should be kept as low as possible.
There is also some information on the Tutorial on Easy GPIO Hardware & Software.
Kernel boot messages go to the UART at 115200bps.
Header Pinout, top row:
|Pin Name
|Pin Function
|Hardware Notes
|General Notes
|Alternative Functions
|GPIO14-ALT5 is UART1_TXD, GPIO14
|GPIO15-ALT5 is UART1_RXD, GPIO15
|GPIO18-ALT5 is PWM0
Header Pinout, bottom row:
|Pin Name
|Pin Function
|Hardware Notes
|General Notes
|Alternative Functions
|1K8 pull up resistor
|1K8 pull up resistor
|GPIO04-ALT5 is ARM_TDI, GPIO4
|GPIO17_ALT3 is UART0_RTS
|Colour legend
|Do not connect
KiCad symbol: File:Conn-raspberry.lib
Pin 3 (SDA0) and Pin 5 (SCL0) are preset to be used as I2C interface. So there are 1K8 pulls up resistors on the board for these pins.[8]
Pin 12 supports PWM.
It is also possible to reconfigure GPIO connector pins P1-7, 15, 16, 18, 22 (chipset GPIOs 4 and 22 to 25) to provide an ARM JTAG interface.[9] However ARM_TMS isn't available on the GPIO connector (chipset pin 12 or 27 is needed). Chipset pin 27 is available on S5, the CSI camera interface however.
It is also possible to reconfigure GPIO connector pins P1-12 and 13 (chipset GPIO 18 and 21) to provide an I2S (hardware mod may be required[10]) or PCM interface.[11] However, PCM_FS and PCM_DIN (chipset pins 19 and 20) are needed for I2S or PCM.
A second I2C interface (GPIO02_ALT0 is SDA1 and GPIO03_ALT0 is SCL1) and two further GPIOs (GPIO05_ALT0 is GPCLK1, and GPIO27) are available on S5, the CSI camera interface.
A note about GPIO vs the schematic
You may notice that the GPIO connector as documented in the schematic does NOT match with what is on this wiki page. Do NOT update this wiki page. The pins which are marked as DNC should not be used in order to be compatible with possible future designs. The plan is that if a new design comes along and if the layout permits it we will connect additional GPIO pins to those DNC pins. (Gert's first vote is for GPIO 19 and 20, That gives us the second PWM, second SPI and I2S)
Referring to pins on the Expansion header
The header is referred to as "The GPIO Connector (P1)". To avoid nomenclature confusion between Broadcom signal names on the SoC and pin names on the expansion header, the following naming is highly recommended:
- The expansion header is referred to as "Expansion Header" or "GPIO Connector (P1)"
- Pins on the GPIO connector (P1) are referred to as P1-01, etc.
- Names GPIO0, GPIO1, GPIOx-ALTy, etc refer to the signal names on the SoC as enumerated in the Broadcom datasheet, where "x" matches BCM2835 number (without leading zero) and "y" is the alternate number column 0 to 5 on page 102-103 of the Broadcom document. For example, depending on what you are describing, use either "GPIO7" to refer to a row of the table, and "GPIO7-ALT0" would refer to a specific cell of the table.
- When refering to signal names, you should modify the Broadcom name slightly to minimize confusion. The Broadcom SPI bus pin names are fine, such as "SPI0_*" and "SPI1_*", but they didn't do the same on the I2C and UART pins. Instead of using "SDA0" and "SCL0", you should use "I2C0_SDA" and "I2C0_SCL"; and instead of "TX" or "TXD" and "RX" or "RXD", you should use "UART0_TXD" and "UART0_RXD".
Power pins
Maximum permitted current draw from the 3v3 pin is 50mA.
Maximum permitted current draw from the 5v pin is the USB input current (usually 1A) minus any current draw from the rest of the board.[12]
- Model A: 1000mA - 500mA -> max power draw: 500mA
- Model B: 1000mA - 700mA -> max power draw: 300mA
GPIO hardware hacking
The complete list of chipset GPIO pins which are available on the GPIO connector is:
0, 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
As noted above, GPIO00 and 01 (SDA0 and SCL0) have 1K8 pull-up resistors to 3v3.
If 17 GPIOs aren't sufficient for your project, there are a few other signals potentially available, with varying levels of software and hardware (soldering iron) hackery skills:
GPIO02, 03, 05 and 27 are available on S5 (the CSI interface) when a camera peripheral is not connected to that socket, and are configured by default to provide the functions SDA1, SCL1, CAM_CLK and CAM_GPIO respectively. SDA1 and SCL1 have 1K6 pull-up resistors to 3v3.
GPIO06 is LAN_RUN and is available on pad 12 of the footprint for IC3 on the Model A. On Model B, it is in use for the Ethernet function.
There are a few other chipset GPIO pins accessible on the PCB but are in use:
GPIO16 drives status LED D5 (usually SD card access indicator) GPIO28-31 are used by the board ID and are connected to resistors R3 to R10. GPIO40 and 45 are used by analogue audio and support PWM. They connect to the analogue audio circuitry via R21 and R27 respectively. GPIO46 is HDMI hotplug detect (goes to pin 6 of IC1). GPIO47 to 53 are used by the SD card interface. In particular, GPIO47 is SD card detect (this would seem to be a good candidate for re-use). GPIO47 is connected to the SD card interface card detect switch; GPIO48 to 53 are connected to the SD card interface via resistors R45 to R50.
Driver support
The Foundation will not include a GPIO driver in the initial release, standard linux GPIO drivers should work with minimal modification.[13] The Foundation will not include an SPI driver in the initial release, we hope the community might write one.[14] The Foundation will not include an I2C driver in the initial release, we hope the community might provide one, standard linux I2C drivers should work with minimal modification.[15]
Code examples
GPIO Driving Example (C)
Gert van Loo & Dom, has provided some tested code which accesses the GPIO pins through direct GPIO register manipulation in C-code. (Thanks to Dom for doing the difficult work of finding and testing the mapping.) Example GPIO code:
// // How to access GPIO registers from C-code on the Raspberry-Pi // Example program // 15-January-2012 // Dom and Gert // // Access from ARM Running Linux #define BCM2708_PERI_BASE 0x20000000 #define GPIO_BASE (BCM2708_PERI_BASE + 0x200000) /* GPIO controller */ #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <dirent.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <assert.h> #include <sys/mman.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/stat.h> #include <unistd.h> #define PAGE_SIZE (4*1024) #define BLOCK_SIZE (4*1024) int mem_fd; char *gpio_mem, *gpio_map; char *spi0_mem, *spi0_map; // I/O access volatile unsigned *gpio; // GPIO setup macros. Always use INP_GPIO(x) before using OUT_GPIO(x) or SET_GPIO_ALT(x,y) #define INP_GPIO(g) *(gpio+((g)/10)) &= ~(7<<(((g)%10)*3)) #define OUT_GPIO(g) *(gpio+((g)/10)) |= (1<<(((g)%10)*3)) #define SET_GPIO_ALT(g,a) *(gpio+(((g)/10))) |= (((a)<=3?(a)+4:(a)==4?3:2)<<(((g)%10)*3)) #define GPIO_SET *(gpio+7) // sets bits which are 1 ignores bits which are 0 #define GPIO_CLR *(gpio+10) // clears bits which are 1 ignores bits which are 0 void setup_io(); int main(int argc, char **argv) { int g,rep; // Set up gpi pointer for direct register access setup_io(); // Switch GPIO 7..11 to output mode /************************************************************************\ * You are about to change the GPIO settings of your computer. * * Mess this up and it will stop working! * * It might be a good idea to 'sync' before running this program * * so at least you still have your code changes written to the SD-card! * \************************************************************************/ // Set GPIO pins 7-11 to output for (g=7; g<=11; g++) { INP_GPIO(g); // must use INP_GPIO before we can use OUT_GPIO OUT_GPIO(g); } for (rep=0; rep<10; rep++) { for (g=7; g<=11; g++) { GPIO_SET = 1<<g; sleep(1); } for (g=7; g<=11; g++) { GPIO_CLR = 1<<g; sleep(1); } } return 0; } // main // // Set up a memory regions to access GPIO // void setup_io() { /* open /dev/mem */ if ((mem_fd = open("/dev/mem", O_RDWR|O_SYNC) ) < 0) { printf("can't open /dev/mem \n"); exit (-1); } /* mmap GPIO */ // Allocate MAP block if ((gpio_mem = malloc(BLOCK_SIZE + (PAGE_SIZE-1))) == NULL) { printf("allocation error \n"); exit (-1); } // Make sure pointer is on 4K boundary if ((unsigned long)gpio_mem % PAGE_SIZE) gpio_mem += PAGE_SIZE - ((unsigned long)gpio_mem % PAGE_SIZE); // Now map it gpio_map = (unsigned char *)mmap( (caddr_t)gpio_mem, BLOCK_SIZE, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED|MAP_FIXED, mem_fd, GPIO_BASE ); if ((long)gpio_map < 0) { printf("mmap error %d\n", (int)gpio_map); exit (-1); } // Always use volatile pointer! gpio = (volatile unsigned *)gpio_map; } // setup_io
GPIO Pull Up/Pull Down Register Example
// enable pull-up on GPIO24&25 GPIO_PULL = 2; short_wait(); // clock on GPIO 24 & 25 (bit 24 & 25 set) GPIO_PULLCLK0 = 0x03000000; short_wait(); GPIO_PULL = 0; GPIO_PULLCLK0 = 0;
GPIO Driving Example (Python)
This uses the Python module available at http://pypi.python.org/pypi/RPi.GPIO
- Disclaimer: Untested !
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO # set up the GPIO channels - channel 0 (input) and channel 1 (output) GPIO.setup(0, GPIO.IN) GPIO.setup(1, GPIO.OUT) # input from channel 0 - note that input_value will be a boolean input_value = GPIO.input(0) # output True to channel 1. NB you can use '1', 1 or anything that evaluates to True/False GPIO.output(1, True)
GPIO Driving Example (Shell script)
- Disclaimer: Untested !
#!/bin/sh # GPIO numbers should be from this list # 0, 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 # set up GPIO 4 and set to output echo "4" > /sys/class/gpio/export echo "out" > /sys/class/gpio/gpio4/direction # set up GPIO 7 and set to input echo "7" > /sys/class/gpio/export echo "in" > /sys/class/gpio/gpio7/direction # write output echo "1" > /sys/class/gpio/gpio4/value # read from input cat /sys/class/gpio/gpio7/value # clean up echo "4" > /sys/class/gpio/unexport echo "7" > /sys/class/gpio/unexport
On the production board, we bring out the MIPI CSI-2 interface to a 15-way flat flex connector
is Sony sub-LVDS same as MIPI CSI-2? Sony IMX020 5Mbip module is available for $5-7 (SE K850i replacement camera).
Looks like Nokia N95 uses CSI-2 5Mpix camera module with autofocus. ~$15 replacement part.
On the production board, we bring out the DSI interface to a 15-way flat flex connector.
HDMI-CEC (Consumer Electronics Control for HDMI) is supported by hardware but some driver work will be needed and currently isn't exposed into Linux userland. Eben notes that he has seen CEC demos on the Broadcom SoC they are using.
For more information about HDMI-CEC and what you could do with it on the Raspberry Pi please see the CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) over HDMI article.
- ↑ http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/features-and-requests/easy-gpio-hardware-software/page-3/#p31907
- ↑ http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/384
- ↑ http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/384
- ↑ http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/BCM2835-ARM-Peripherals.pdf
- ↑ http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/384#comment-5217
- ↑ http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/BCM2835-ARM-Peripherals.pdf
- ↑ http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/projects-and-collaboration-general/gpio-header-pinout-clarification/page-2
- ↑ http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/features-and-requests/easy-gpio-hardware-software/page-6/#p56480
- ↑ http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum?mingleforumaction=viewtopic&t=1288.1
- ↑ Forum:Sad about removal of I2S. Why was this change made?
- ↑ http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum?mingleforumaction=viewtopic&t=1288.2
- ↑ http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum?mingleforumaction=viewtopic&t=1536#postid-21841
- ↑ http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum?mingleforumaction=viewtopic&t=1278.0
- ↑ http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum?mingleforumaction=viewtopic&t=1278.0
- ↑ http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum?mingleforumaction=viewtopic&t=1202


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Nurse shark, Carpet shark, Cat shark, Dogfish, Sand shark, Shark, short-tail nurse shark
During the day the nurse shark is a sluggish animal, spending most of its time resting on sandy bottoms, or in crevices in rocks and coral reefs. Often several nurse sharks may congregate when resting, sometimes even piling on top of one another (2). At night however, the nurse shark actively roams the sea bottom and reef for prey. It feeds on bottom invertebrates such as spiny lobsters, shrimps, crabs, sea urchins, squid and octopi (2). It is also feeds on fish, its nocturnal nature enabling it to prey on resting fish that would be too active during the day to capture (2). The nurse shark's small mouth and large pharynx enable it to feed by a unique suction method, effectively making the nurse shark the 'hoover' of the ocean floor. By cupping its mouth over a hole or crevice and expanding its throat, it creates a vacuum that sucks prey out of their hiding (4). This suction-feeding is also useful for extracting snails from their shells (2), and it will dig in sand to root out prey sensed by its fleshy barbels (2). The nurse shark is one of few sharks in which courtship behaviour is relatively well known (4). The male swims alongside the female, grabs one of the pectoral fins in his mouth, rolls her over and they mate (4). A large number of males will often try to mate with a single female, and females often bear numerous bite-scars and bruises received during mating attempts. It is therefore not surprising that females frequently try to avoid males by swimming in very shallow water, where they can bury their pectoral fins in the sand (5). Nurse sharks are ovoviviparous (2), a method of reproduction whereby the young develop inside a weakly-formed egg shell within the mother, receiving nourishment from their yolk sac, for five to six months (2). The females move to shallow seagrass beds and coral reefs to give birth to 20 to 30 pups in late spring and summer (2). Like many sharks the nurse shark is slow growing, with males not reaching maturity until 10 to 15 years of age, and females 15 to 20 years (2).


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Several weeks ago I was cogitating, contemplating, reflecting, and generally ruminating on "this and that" when I happened to think out loud (well, in a column) as to how many microcontrollers I might come into close contact with in a typical day.
I'm not talking only about microcontrollers in equipment that I directly interface with, such as the microwave oven and my cell phone and suchlike, but also all of the little rascals that are embedded in the various systems that surround me – lighting, air conditioning, my truck, and so forth.
Some time ago – I can't really remember when, but let's say 15 years – I remember reading that the average person comes into contact with – or is affected by – around 20 or 30 microcontrollers with which he or she comes in close proximity each day.
But 15 years is an eternity when you think how fast things are moving. As one simple example, it was almost exactly 15 years ago (give or take a couple of days) as I pen these words that the first publically-shared picture via a cell phone took place.
On June 11, 1997, Philippe Kahn used his "home-grown" system involving wireless software and a camera integrated into his cell phone to share pictures from the maternity ward where his daughter Sophie was born. He wirelessly transmitted his cell phone pictures to more than 2,000 family, friends, and associates around the world.
The world's first commercial offering of a camera and video cell phone came in 1999 in thre form of the VP-210 from a Japanese company called Kyrocera. Since this was originally intended, for face-to-face communication, the lens is located on the front of the phone. Due to the fact that the controls were also on the front of the phone, it was hard for users to capture any images except of themselves (grin).
In the early 2000s – about 10 years ago at the time of this writing – cell phones with cameras were pretty darned expensive. Also the picture resolution and quality sucked. I remember telling my colleagues that all I wanted from my cell phone was the ability to make and receive calls. I had no idea about the possibilities inherent in things like iPhones and Android phones with MP3 players and GPS and ...
But we digress... my original musings prompted one reader to email me saying the following:
The question you ask is one I have been actively asking the non-techie people in my circle. The subject is brought up by me usually when I'm asked what is a microprocessor and what does it do? (My friends know that I use with them a lot).
Talk about a leading question... I say show me your phone, and they comply but are puzzled. I then ask to see their iPod (if any) and then their car keys.
Then I give them a rough guess as to how many microprocessors they have in hand or have control over.
They get the cell phone and iPod readily enough, but are shocked when I go through all the systems in the car that employ microcontrollers.
As for the quantity of microcontrollers in my life, I started counting each item around me in my daily activities. After only allowing for one MCU per device (I was not about to tear down everything to count them) I stopped at 45 because I was losing track of what was counted already.
It was my turn to be shocked.
So, what do you think? How many processors in the form of microprocessors, microcontrollers, and digital signal processors to we come into close contact with each day? Let's include both stand-alone devices and also hard processor cores in other devices; so, in the case of a System-on-Chip that might contain multiple processors in a smart phone, for example, let's count all of these processors individually.
In the case of cars, I'm not an expert here, but I would love to know the range of processors one might expect to find in typical modern low-end, mid-range, high-end, and luxury vehicles.
So, what say you? Can you add anything to this conversation?


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I just noticed a post over on WFMU's Beware of the Blog about Peter Fonda's second directorial work, Idaho Transfer, which I've had a copy of for some time and should really sit down to watch, but I noticed this link to some statements the former counter culture actor made in Cannes earlier in May:
"I'm training my grandchildren to use long-range rifles," said the actor, 71. "For what purpose? Well, I'm not going to say the words 'Barack Obama', but …"
I also noticed that the an auto Google search term for "peter fonda obama traitor" comes up! Some more context on his words:
At the Cannes film festival in France Peter Fonda lambasted US President Barack Obama calling him a traitor for his handling of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
"I sent an email to President Obama saying, 'You are a f***ing traitor,' using those words… 'You're a traitor, you allowed foreign boots on our soil telling our military – in this case the coastguard – what they can and could not do, and telling us, the citizens of the United States, what we could or could not do'," he said, reported AFP.
The actor was in Cannes for the premiere of "The Big Fix" when he verbally attacked the US President. Fonda is a known environmentalist and the documentary "The Big Fix" follows him as he attempts to gain access to Louisiana beaches to assess the impact of the BP oil spill.
Also on Fonda's target list was BP itself. He called BP "a bunch of Brits – I thought we kicked them out a long time ago. They tried to get back in in 1812, but they didn't make it."
What is with these actors who were pillars of the counter culture movement in the sixties and seventies and their transformation into gun toting conservatives? I guess Heston and Fonda had more in common than they realized.


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Have you ever eaten fiddlehead? Fiddleheads are the furled shoots of certain varieties of young ferns, and according to Wikipedia, fiddlehead is part of the traditional diet in northern France, in parts of Asia, and among Native Americans. They are not cultivated, so they're only available seasonally. And that season is… early spring!
Some delicious-looking fiddlehead recipes:
Fiddlehead and Gruyere Tart
Pickled Fiddlehead
Pickling seems like a great option for extending the life of fiddleheads, since they don't keep well at all. Crunchy, pickle-y, yum!
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Stumble Into Indonesia's Unseen Places
Submitted by indohoyindohoy on 30 March 2011 • Itinerary
October 2011
You might be pretty damn bored of us slash me for writing about Kupang. I can't help it! I get stranded a lot in this small southern city because of work. And as a member of indohoy, you can't expect me to just sit tight during these boring days of waiting. I would definitely be up and about, looking for new places to see. Trust me, most of the time, it's not for our beloved site, it really is about me looking for a new scene that can inspire me to see even more.. muhahaha *evil laugh. And this time, we raise our hats for Lonely Planet, the ultimate travel guide in Indonesia. I followed their recommendation to see Air Cina, and man, I wonder how they ever find such places.
I only had half a day of certainty that I wasn't leaving the town. Unfortunately I got a stinky helmet, and a driver that happened to have… umm… some skin diseases on his neck. Somebody did not scrub well! Good thing he was wearing this Virgin Mary necklace to keep me distracted. But… there was absolutely no one else, and I refused to waste any more time. I eventually learned that he was really nice, considering he was willing to ask around for the beach that we were looking for.
As soon as you know it, we were on the road that lead to Tablolong beach. If you happen to read our entry about Tablolong , you might remember that we put up a picture on how dry the area was. Well, it is the opposite this time since the wet season came in a little early. Everything was green! You wouldn't guess that this area had an 8 month dry season. So, twas a very pleasant ride. And thank goodness, there was no rain.
Since the season is getting relatively colder, the asphalt is a source of warmness. So by this season, it's not the mafias that ruled the roads, it's the goats. But maybe they are the street mafias 😀 Mind your speed just in case there happen to be a goat lying across the street, cos if you break 'em goats, you're paying!
Of course we got lost! We took a wrong turn somewhere leading to a bad road to a village, which we do not know the name of. Of course we had to ask a gazilion people for direction! It sure wasn't on the Lonely Planet guide. They only mention that it was down near Tablolong. Of course we were bound on this small track, when considering the condition of the rocks on the road, I guess not a lot of people pass here. And for sure we doubted, after all of that, d'ya think we got it right?
Air Cina
Yes I got it right. This off-the-beaten track eventually lead in to a road that was swamped with water, and we had to make a small turn to take the path that a few people had made to avoid. We then followed what ever path was left, and was hypnotized by the sound of the crashing waves in the distance. And Voila!
May I present to you Air Cina (read: a-eer-Chee-na) beach. It was a wide stretch of white semi fine sand with clear blue water. For a second, it could be the perfect beach.
Nope, I got the time wrong! Since I got here in October, the beginning of the wet season or the west winds, it wasn't the best time to enjoy the beach. The wind was so strong you could see the anemometer of hair that I have. It was so hard to stand facing opposite the wind and I kept of eating my hair as if I had an appetite for it. This wind also caused the strong waves, and not the good kind for surfing. The waves were all over the place and damn messy. It was also crashing in into every rock it can reach, even in the distance you could see each nook having its share of waves. This is how bad the west wind can be, let it be noted for travelers during the wet season/west winds.
But I can see how this beach would be beautiful and desirable during the dry season or east winds. You could imagine such a long stretch of sand with blue oceans just as Tablolong. I'm definitely coming back in the right time!
I have to hand it to you, following Lonely Planet's recommended area was tricky. Having said that, those guys at the LP HQ are some pretty bad ass travelers, considering they found this beauty. We are fans, LP!
PS: direction wise, you really need to ask the locals once you passed the Oenesu turn. The turn to Air Cina is just beside an elementary school, but kinda forgot what it's called.
Maliana Hotel
While my office weirdly likes to use the Maya Hotel to put their employees in for the night, I suggested them to put me in Maliana. It was a bit concerning when knowing it was cheaper, I would think that the service would be worse than Maya, or what my boss would consider the mental hospital, cos it really does look like one. But since it was LP's pick, I had to give it a whirl.
The Maliana setting was wonderful. Each room had a set of chairs and a table up front, and also a hanging rack for your small laundry. They can also help you with your laundry.
It had a nice spacious bedroom. Although I'm not so sure about their bedroom setting, being both the bed and the TV are facing the same wall thus you would wonder how to snooze out while watching TV, it's clean and comfortable.
The bathroom is surprisingly big, you can do any victory dance in it. I mean really! It was like a 3 x 4 m room to take a bath in. Now, I wonder why it was designed as so. Hmm….
But the icing on the cake was the morning coffee/tea with cake and the afternoon ones too. The Maliana hotel provides you with different cakes every morning and evening and really tasty ones too. I understand why the hotel is LP's pick, cause it's certainly mine!
A room will cost you IDR 100,000 for a room with a fan, and IDR 170,000 for a room with AC and TV (as shown above)
Maliana Hotel
Jl. Sumatera no. 35 – Kupang
Phone: +62 – (0380) – 821879
And may I add that it's located not far from the Senggol Night Market, it's only a walk away! So you would never go hungry at night. Especially considering this market opens up until about 11 pm.
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Proton and fluorine diffusivity and ionic conductivity of 2-fluoropyridinium triflate (2-FPTf) and proton and fluorine diffusivity, ionic conductivity, and viscosity of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (TFMSA) monohydrate have been measured over a wide range of temperatures. Diffusivities were measured using the pulsed-gradient spin-echo (PGSE) technique on a 300 MHz NMR spectrometer. Conductivities were measured using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) on standard equipment and viscosities were determined using a Cannon-Ubbelohde viscometer. For 2-FPTF, the diffusivity of mobile protons increased from 1.84+/-0.06 x 10(-11) m2/s at 55 degC to 1.64+/-0.05 x 10(-10) m2/s at 115 degC while the diffusivity of 2-fluoropyridine fluorines increased from …
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Check out this 2008 Acura TL – a very nice styling change was achieved with the awesome Acura TL DRL and the ultra blue LED interior lights. Beauty is subjective, but for what it's worth, I think this Acura TL is a great looking car. Granted, most models look tragically similar, but I bet you'll never mistake this midsize entry-level luxury sport sedan with anything else in traffic.
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First let me say I am so thankful that I remain busy and have tons to do… hence the sporadic nature of my Posts. I wish I were more consistent—I strive for at least one a week. But I gotta make hay while the sun shines.
That being said, one of the reasons I started this blog is to critique and ferret out video documentaries on the net for my friends and other intellectually curious that maybe "normal" people wouldn't necessarily see. So I comb Video Google ( instead of YouTube, because they have full length videos ) and watch / listen to them while I work. Read the rest of this entry »


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This webspace is titled Truthful Kindness, so "about" should be both about ME specifically … and about this blogspace specifically.
But that is way too much to put on one page, so gonna need to forward you.
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Remember, Links are on colored text, NOT the pictures.
"About Me" is now here >> https://truthfulkindness.com/about/about-me/
About my Blog – Welcome to the MailRoom >> https://truthfulkindness.com/about/about-blog-mailroom/
Dementia Symptom Perspectives
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Secretary, "Dementia Mentors" at https://www.dementiamentors.org/;
Expert Panelist, "Dementia Chats" at https://alzheimersspeaks.com/dementia-chats-webinar;
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Partner, "Dementia Action Alliance" in USA at https://daanow.org/ ;
Contributing Author, "Dementia-Friendly Worship" at https://www.amazon.com/Dementia-Friendly-Worship-Multifaith-Chaplains-Communities/dp/1785926659/;
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- March 2014 Project Roadmap
- February 2014 Project Reboot
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- ORG (OWASP Report Generator)
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- OWASP .NET Active Projects
- OWASP .Net Project Roadmap
- OWASP .NET Research
- OWASP .NET Vulnerability Research
- OWASP FOSBBWAS (code name Beretta)
- OWASP O2 Platform/Microsoft/ActiveX
- OWASP O2 Platform/WIKI/Using O2 on: HacmeBank
- OWASP SiteGenerator
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Morning everyone.
We hope you are enjoying the Out of the Hat Creations Christmas Challenges as much are we are. This is our third week of the challenges. Haven't they gone quickly!
This week we are asking you to make a Christmas decoration. This can be a decoration for the table, door, wall or Christmas tree. Anything you would like really. Lots of scope for this one. Whether your project is traditional or quirky in style we would love to see them.
I raided my scrap box for bits and pieces to make this. You know all those little pieces that you keep just in case. I did have 3 large leaves but the one fell out with the iron!!! They were a bit creased so "no brains" here thought ironing them would be a good idea!! lol! If you have got old crinkled leaves pop a bit of copier paper over them before you iron them!
I used a piece of chicken wire (yep, this is in my stash) for the base. I rolled a small piece up and then shaped it into a ring. I then wrapped a piece of wadding around it. If you have not got wadding any old fabric will do… old blanket or towelling fabric. Anything really.
I cut some strips of the neutral coloured fabric and then just wrapped it around and around until the wadded was covered. I just added a few stiches here and there to secure it. I then added the old pearl necklace, lace and gold cord and secured them in the same way.
Tip: If you have not got scraps of fabric to use, old trousers work really well for this because you can get 8 to 12 long strips from one pair. Old jeans or woolen trousers look really nice.
I made the flower from fabric from some shirts I bought from the charity shop. It is really hard to buy fabric where I live. I cut used a dinner plate and a side plate as a circle template. I drew on the fabric and cut the circles out. I then turned the edges over about 8 mm all the way around, ran a running stich around the turned over edges and pulled the thread tight. I secured the wooden bead in the centre of the smaller flower and then attached this to the larger flower. I tacked on the leaves to the wreath with needle and thread and then attached the flower using hot glue.
This didn't quite turn out exactly as I pictured it but I hope you like it anyway.
This is a wreath a made soo many years ago but thought I would add the photo to this post. Sorry about the quality of the photo. This was just made up with things in the Christmas decoration box. The dried artichokes and walnuts are from the garden.
I can't wait to see what you make.
Happy Crafting, Tat tar for now!
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Most kids dream of having a superpower, but we've never heard of any who actually had one. Until now. One 12-year-old boy claims to be magnetised and can zap games consoles and PCs.
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Although he styled himself 'Magneto Man', Joe Falciatano from New York appears to be generating a big static electrical charge - no one knows why - and has already hit the headlines for his ability to crash his school's computers just by touching them.
All the school could do was place a grounding pad beneath one the PCs, which was then connected to an anti-static wrist strap worn by the boy.
However, Joe's problems didn't end in the classroom. Whenever he tried to play games on his Xbox, the controller for which is wired to the console, the unit froze. Luckily for Joe, his parents upgraded him to an Xbox 360, which comes with a wireless controller. This has stopped the problem. However, Joe does have to sit on the other side of the room to play it, so perhaps a 50in LCD is in order?
Although Joe's parents claim the lad's problems with magnetism have been going on for years, the boy has hit the headlines suspiciously close to the release of the Jack Black comedy Be Kind, Rewind. In the film, Black becomes magnetised and wipes all the video cassettes in a local rental shop, but with funnier consequences than Joe experienced...


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Katie and Caroline
The press was warned not to approach or try to chat up living history icon Caroline Kennedy when she came to town to receive the 2005 Emily Couric Women's Leadership Award. But NBC's Katie Couric was as bubbly and accessible as she is on the Today show, which she left early April 13 to be present for the presentation in her sister's memory.
"I'll do anything you want," Couric told the assembled media, instructing local photographers that paparazzi usually shoot from left to right. And even when reminded by her handlers that she was late for the luncheon, the NBC star gave one more sound bite, wincing, "CBS?"
As for her ever-perky grin: "I have that fake TV smile," she said candidly. "I have to do it every day."
Western Albemarle High School senior Carla Rood was the 2005 winner of the $5,000 scholarship, named to honor the popular state legislator who died of pancreatic cancer in 2001.
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Katie Couric and Caroline Kennedy hang with scholarship finalists.
Katie Couric came to commemorate her late sister, Emily.


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Amanda Todd's recent suicide highlights the perils of social media, embraced by a gung-ho generation of young people ill equipped to deal with its excesses.
Now, governments are scrambling to address a problem contributing to the suicides of an alarming number of youngsters.
Some even post their suicide notes on the Internet.
"I'm outski," wrote Tylor General, a 15-year-old victim of bullying, before hanging himself in Ohsweken, Ont. in 2010.
"I have a hard time leaving this world," laments a suicide note written in 2011 by 15-year-old Marjorie Raymond of Ste. Anne des Monts, Que., who couldn't stand being bullied any longer. "But I think it will be for a better world."
And of course Todd, the 15-year-old troubled teen from Coquitlam, before taking her own life posted a nine-minute video documenting her situation.
"I have nobody. I need someone."
She knew how to post a video to the Internet, but didn't know how to cope with the web's capabilities.
Todd, in Grade 7, had flashed her breasts on a webcam at the urging of a cyberstalker who later disseminated the image to her family and friends.
The bullying issue highlighted by Todd's death became the focus Monday of an NDP-inspired debate in the House of Commons urging the creation of a comprehensive national strategy to address bullying, including cyberbullying.
It's difficult to know how big the problem is. Most studies suggest bullying is deployed as an instrument for social advancement. But often cyberbullying seems to have a sexual element to it.
Vancouver Centre Liberal MP Hedy Fry is promoting a private member's bill to update the Criminal Code so that cyberbullying would become a criminal offence.
Bullying, in its various forms, has contributing to a situation in which suicide is the second-leading cause of death for those aged 10-19, after car crashes; 29 B.C. teens, aged 15 to 19, killed themselves in 2010.
Research from the Public Health Agency of Canada released last June reveals 20 per cent of young Canadians report being bullied, a number that in fact hasn't changed much since the 1970s.
That said, internationally, Canada ranks poorly on bullying, says PREVNet (Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence), a Kingston-based group of researchers who study the phenomenon.
"Canada needs a national initiative on bullying ... we are in a dismal position on the international stage."
PREVNet points to World Health Organization research, albeit a decade old, that scrutinizes bullying among 13-year-olds.
It found nearly 12 per cent of Canadian boys and 19.4 per cent of girls were bullied — compared to just 4.6 per cent of boys and 9.4 per cent of girls bullied in Scotland, and 2.3 per cent of boys and 5.1 per cent of girls in Sweden.
Of course, such numbers don't break out percentages that are cyberbullied — a category of harassment that, anecdotally at least, appears to be on the rise.
The truth is, young people have been allowed to embrace holus-bolus an unrestricted, unregulated social media without having the social skills needed to deal with it.
Web devices are put into the hands of three-year-olds.
I've heard teens loudly conveying the most intimate details of their lives into their smartphones, on public transit vehicles.
Parents allow youngsters unfettered time on computers within the confines of their bedrooms.
The Internet has crept up on us, mostly welcomed for its positive influences, which are many. But parents, educators and politicians need to developing strategies to mitigate the dangers of this innovation.
They are many, including harassment and exploitation of those who are among the most vulnerable in our society.


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