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- Harry Potter: "You know Voldemort's snake, Neville? He's got a huge snake... Calls it Nagini... It's got to be killed. Ron and Hermione know that, but just in case they — Just in case they're — busy — and you get the chance —"
- Neville Longbottom: "Kill the snake?"
- Harry Potter: "Kill the snake."
- — Harry arranges for Neville Longbottom to kill Nagini, Voldemort's final Horcrux.[src]
Nagini (d. 2 May, 1998) was a long, green female snake belonging to Lord Voldemort, with whom she had a special bond. She also became a Horcrux, after her master killed Bertha Jorkins in 1994. After Voldemort's initial downfall, he used Nagini's venom as one of the ingredients for a potion in order to regain strength, which eventually led to his rebirth. In 1995, she attacked Arthur Weasley, but he managed to survive. During the Second Wizarding War, she had to be destroyed in order for Voldemort to be finally defeated. Nagini was killed by Neville Longbottom with Godric Gryffindor's Sword in 1998, and was the last Horcrux to be destroyed.
Not much is known about Nagini's early life or when she was acquired by Voldemort. It is unknown whether Voldemort owned Nagini before his fall in 1981, or if he found her during his exile in Albania. However, it is stated that in the woods of Albania, the phantom-like form that was the remnants of Voldemort befriended many animals, yet only snakes could bear having him inhabit them, thus leading to the notion that Voldemort and Nagini's relationship commenced in Albania.
Rebirth of the Dark Lord
He used Nagini to help him regain strength and a basic physical form after living in a weak, spectral state, following his attempt to kill an infant Harry Potter, during which he was struck by his own rebounding Killing Curse. He had the servant who returned to him, Peter Pettigrew, milk her venom, and with it, create a potion that sustained him with a temporary body until he could regain his true form. Nagini further kept Voldemort alive after he turned her into a Horcrux, with the murder of Bertha Jorkins, in 1994; he was as attached to her as he can of any living creatures, and her underlining of his heritage to the legendary Salazar Slytherin only furthers her mystique to him. His habit of keeping her unusually close to him was what led Albus Dumbledore to suspect that she had become a Horcrux.
In the summer of 1994, Nagini, along with Voldemort and Pettigrew, sought shelter in the abandoned Riddle House until they can instigate the plan to recover capture Harry Potter. Nagini alerted Voldemort to the presence of an Frank Bryce, an old Muggle gardener who had worked for the late Riddle family, who was overhearing on a discussion between Pettigrew and Voldemort. Soon after Nagini slithered past Bryce and alerted Voldemort, the Dark Lord murdered the Muggle man.
Upon Voldemort's rebirth via the capture of Harry, Nagini was slithering around the Little Hangleton graveyard that the ceremony took place, and was promised that she can feed on the boy's corpse after her master killed him. She was deprived of this promise when Potter escaped.
Attack on Arthur Weasley
Nagini's venom seemed to delay blood clotting, and even dissolved stitches, causing the wounds to bleed profusely when the bandages were removed. Ultimately, an antidote to the poison was found and he was cured. The reason that Albus Dumbledore believed Harry saw the vision as if he was the snake was due to Harry's special connection to Voldemort, with Harry's witnessing the attack by virtue of the fact that Voldemort's mind "happened to be" in Nagini at the time. This is the first indication of Nagini and Voldemort's deeper connection, having the ability to share thoughts and connect with Harry.
Murder of Charity Burbage
- ""Dinner, Nagini," said Voldemort softly, and the great snake swayed and slithered from his shoulders onto the polished wood."
- —Nagini being fed with Charity Burbage[src]
In 1997, Nagini was present at the meeting at Malfoy Manor. When the Death Eaters were jeering at Charity Burbage and the Malfoy family's humiliation, because of a disgraceful marriage in the family, the great snake got agitated, disliking the noise, opening its mouth wide and hissing angrily but to deaf ears. Voldemort, stroking the angry snake, called for silence.
Near the end of the meeting, Voldemort's prisoner, Hogwarts Muggle Studies teacher, Charity Burbage, was murdered by the Dark Lord by means of the Killing Curse and fed to Nagini.
Later, when Thorfinn Rowle and Antonin Dolohov failed to capture Harry after the Luchino Caffe Duel, Voldemort offered them a choice in punishment: being further tortured by Draco Malfoy or to be killed and devoured by Nagini. The two apparently chose further torture, as both survived for the next battle.
Godric's Hollow
Nagini was later placed inside the corpse of Bathilda Bagshot by Voldemort's use of completely Dark magic and stationed in Godric's Hollow to wait for Harry. When Harry and Hermione Granger arrived there, she lured them into the late witch's home, signaled Voldemort due to the special connection the two of them share (Voldemort seems to have an unnecessary amount of control over the snake even for a Parselmouth), and then launched a surprise assault on Harry.
Because some snakes can sense heat and movement in a way humans cannot, Nagini was able to detect Harry and Hermione even when they were under the Cloak of Invisibility. Harry fought with Nagini, and the serpent bit him before coiling herself around Harry to hold him in place for Voldemort. However, Hermione came to Harry's assistance, using a Blasting Curse against the snake; the two then jumped out the window and disapparated just before Voldemort arrived. Later, on Potterwatch, Lee Jordan revealed that the remains of Bathilda's body had been found after being informed by the Order of the Phoenix.
Battle of Hogwarts and Death
After discovering that Harry was searching for his Horcruxes in 1998, Voldemort placed Nagini into a protective magical cage to prevent her from being killed. Voldemort told her that it was for her own good, though since he was trying to ensure his own immortality, it was primarily for his. From that point forward, Voldemort decided that it was no longer safe to send Nagini on any more missions.
Shortly before a one-hour armistice during the Battle of Hogwarts, Voldemort used his snake to murder Severus Snape in the Shrieking Shack by expanding the cage over and on top of him. Nagini proceeded to sink her fangs into Snape's neck, and when Voldemort pulled the protective cage off of Snape he fell to the ground with blood gushing from the wound in his neck.
When Harry was apparently killed by Voldemort, Nagini was released from the protective enchantment as he believed there to be no more threat to her life, and she was draped around Voldemort's shoulders during the Death Eaters' victory march back to Hogwarts.
- "The slash of the silver blade could not be heard over the roar of the oncoming crowd or the sounds of the clashing giants or of the stampeding centaurs, and yet it seemed to draw every eye. With a single stroke Neville sliced off the great snake's head, which spun high into the air, gleaming in the light flooding from the entrance hall, and Voldemort's mouth as open in a scream of fury that nobody could hear, and the snake's body thudded to the ground at his feet--"
- —Neville beheading Nagini.[src]
After Neville Longbottom openly defied Voldemort, Voldemort punished him by forcing the Sorting Hat on his head and setting it on fire. The Death Eaters are then attacked, and during the ensuing battle and Neville pulled Godric Gryffindor's Sword from the Hat (as Harry had done during the Skirmish in the Chamber of Secrets), and, swinging the blade in one upward stroke, beheaded Nagini, whose head spun high into the air as her body slumped onto the ground, while Voldemort screamed in rage.
Physical appearance
Nagini was a large, green snake, roughly twelve feet long and as thick as a man's thigh. In the movies, she is portrayed as a reticulated python, despite the fact that pythons are non-venomous and do not even have fangs.
There is no known species of venomous snake matching Nagini's description; therefore, she is most likely a species of snake found only in the magical world. This would also account for her unusually high level of intelligence, far beyond that of a normal snake. Another possibility for her mismatching description is that she was heavily modified by Voldemort's dark magic, granting her such venomous aspect, as most of his other horcruxes and even his own body had been.
Personality and traits
Nagini was completely loyal to Lord Voldemort. While she remained aloof, if not malevolent, to most others, she obeyed Voldemort completely, and seemed to enjoy being close to him, as she often slithered up to his shoulders to receive his affection.
She was also shown to be very intelligent and was able to understand the concept of strategies and plans, as seen when she sets up a trap for Harry, due to her possessing a portion of Voldemort's soul. She was rather cunning and deceptive, and seems to have understood how humans behave.
Magical abilities and skills
- Combat skills: Nagini was extremely deadly in combat, just like her master. She was very fast, capable of striking her enemies with great dexterity and speed and was able to hold her own against wizards and witches on several occassions. Nagini was also strong and was able to hold Harry Potter in place when she attacked him in Godric's Hollow. If not for Hermione's Blasting Curse, Nagini's physical strength would have allowed her to hold Harry until Voldemort arrived.
- Venom: Nagini was a venomous snake and a single bite could result in a wound that was slow to heal (the extent to which this is due to her status as a Horcrux is unclear). Though her venom was not always fatal it made it difficult for wounds to close and Arthur Weasley's injuries continued to bleed long after Nagini bit him.
- Bond with Voldemort: Being one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, Nagini had a strong telepathic bond with her master and was capable of speaking to him over long distances. Voldemort could also possess Nagini at some circumstances.
- As a Horcrux: Nagini contained a fragment of Voldemort's soul.
Lord Voldemort
- "I think he is perhaps as fond of her as he can be of anything. He certainly likes to keep her close and has an unusual amount of control over her, even for a Parselmouth."
- —Albus Dumbledore on Voldemort's bond with Nagini.[src]
Voldemort had a special relationship with Nagini, as she was his pet and one of his Horcruxes. According to Dumbledore, Voldemort had strong feelings for Nagini that he had not for anyone else; she was the one living thing that he cared about. He was able to communicate with Nagini as a Parselmouth, and he turned her into a Horcrux in 1994, after murdering Bertha Jorkins, which accounted for the unusual amount of control he had over her. By 1997, and likely before then, he was able to communicate with her silently and across great distances, as she was able to signal to him when Harry Potter arrived at Godric's Hollow. This may have been due to her nature as a Horcrux, giving her a link to Voldemort like the one Harry possessed.
Voldemort was also able to possess Nagini, which he did in December 1995 during the Attack on Arthur Weasley. In 1994, Peter Pettigrew milked Nagini's venom to return Voldemort to a rudimentary body, and as a Horcrux, her very existence contributed to maintaining Voldemort's immortality. Voldemort usually sent her on missions, such as infiltrating the Ministry, or holding Harry Potter in Godric's Hollow. He allowed her to consume the corpses of those he killed as a reward, like that of Charity Burbage, though this also served as a way for him to dispose of bodies; he apologised to her when he could not feed Pettigrew to her, as Pettigrew's failure of keeping Crouch Sr. was rectified, therefore allowing him to escape death penalty and not become Nagini's meal. Unlike many of his subordinates, Voldemort did not punish Nagini for failures, as when she failed to retrieve the prophecy or let Potter escape from her grasp.
He stopped sending Nagini on missions after he realised Harry Potter knew about the existence of his Horcruxes and was tracking them down. Voldemort was enraged when Nagini was beheaded by Neville Longbottom with Godric Gryffindor's Sword and he attempted to kill Neville in retaliation. Nagini was the last destroyed Horcrux, and her death led to Voldemort's final defeat.
Death Eaters
- "More, Rowle, or shall we end it and feed you to Nagini?"
- —Voldemort offering his Death Eaters to suffer or become food.[src]
Nagini was aloof and indifferent to the Death Eaters as a whole, but sometimes could be irritated by them, as she hissed angrily at their loud laughter at the Malfoy family, to which none of them took notice until Voldemort ordered their silence for her sake. She allowed Peter Pettigrew to milk the venom out of her fangs in order for it to be used for their master, but otherwise would be glad to devour any Death Eaters her master permits, as a form of punishment for their failure; Pettigrew, Dolohov and Rowle were threatened to become Nagini's meal in lieu of torture. Because of this, many of the Death Eaters were terrified of Nagini for her deadly and ruthless behavior.
Nagini was frequently used by Voldemort to kill others, or to dispose of their dead bodies. In 1995, he promised Nagini that she could devour Harry Potter after he had killed him. However, she was denied this when Harry escaped from the graveyard shortly after the promise was made. It is likely that Frank Bryce met that intended fate, sometime in 1994. Voldemort threatened Pettigrew with being fed to Nagini if Bartemius Crouch Sr. was able to contact Albus Dumbledore about the plot behind the Triwizard Tournament. Nagini also attacked Arthur Weasley but he survived the bites after Harry had a vision on it and he was quickly aided. She's also known for disposing the body of Charity Burbage and killing Severus Snape.
- "Naga" is "snake" in Sanskrit and "Nagin" means "female snake" in Hindi and Urdu. A reference to Rudyard Kipling's cobra characters Nag and Nagaina[2] from the book Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is referred to as Nagini in some translations.
- A "Nagini" is also a half-woman, half-snake creature that is found in some Indian mythology (possibly a half-snake, half-woman creature called "Lamia").
Behind the scenes
- In Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix, she is likely portrayed as a Dumeril's Ground Boa, but in the last two films she is portrayed as a Reticulated Python (the longest real life snake species); both instances contradict the book's description of her as a venomous snake. However, it is possible she is a fictional species of venomous python within the film continuity. The filmmakers' intention was to model Nagini after a Burmese Python.[3]
- In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Albus Dumbledore believed that Nagini may have been made into a Horcrux through the murder of an "old muggle man", likely referring to Frank Bryce. However, J. K. Rowling said in an interview that the murder Voldemort used to make Nagini a Horcrux was Bertha Jorkins.
- Nagini is killed by Neville using Gryffindor's Sword, which is an object that can destroy Horcruxes due to the fact that it had been impregnated with Basilisk venom in 1993. It is unknown if living Horcruxes can be destroyed by anything that cannot destroy an inanimate Horcrux; however, it is likely, because the Horcrux inside Harry was destroyed by Voldemort using the Killing Curse. Nevertheless, it is still possible that living Horcruxes cannot be destroyed by anything that would not destroy an inanimate Horcrux considering that the Killing Curse is a one-of-a-kind unblockable instant death spell. As a living container of a piece of Lord Voldemort's soul, it is unknown what would happen if she could die naturally.
- The killing of Nagini is very representative of the houses Gryffindor and Slytherin. The sword was originally Godric Gryffindor's, and Nagini is a snake, Salazar Slytherin's symbol, owned by a descendent of the Slytherin line.
- Nagini and the Basilisk are both giant snakes who serve Voldemort, and both are killed with Gryffindor's Sword, when someone pulls the sword out of the Sorting Hat. Also both their deaths contributed to Voldemort becoming mortal (as the Basilisk fangs were used to destroy two Horcruxes, and the venom absorbed by Godric Gryffindor's Sword allowed the destruction of three more). Also, the Basilisk is related to the first appearance of a Horcrux in the series, while Nagini was the last Horcrux.
- Nagini was usually sent on missions on Voldemort's behalf, making her rather vulnerable, which is against the general purpose of a Horcrux: To protect the portion of the soul. She shares this trait with the diary Horcrux. However, it may be that Voldemort was sure no one had discovered his Horcrux secrets and, as only a few things can destroy Horcruxes, he was fairly sure Nagini and the diary would be safe. However, it could have been that the primary purpose of creating these two items was not so much to provide for Voldemort's immortality, but rather to use the other properties of a horcrux to create unique weapons. Dumbledore believed this to be the case for the diary.
- There was a rumour that Nagini was the snake Harry released from the zoo in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. This was proven false, as Nagini is some type of viper while the snake in the zoo was a boa constrictor. Furthermore, the snake was given a male voice in the film, while Nagini is female.
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Nagini is a normal-sized snake. In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, she is considerably larger. In real life terms, this was so she could be more like a formidable boss battle, but in-universe, this could be due to her being a Horcrux.
- Nagini's portrayed death was changed in the film just like her master's: in the novel, both of their corpses fell onto the floor when they received their respective deathblows; in the film, both of them disintegrate into nothingness instead.
Differences between book and film
In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Nagini was not protected by the magical orb, but instead by what appears to be an invisible force field that deflects all spells cast at her. This allowed her to participate in the final duel, as opposed to dying before it began, where she attempted to strike Harry from the back while Voldemort dueled him from the front. Ultimately, she was fighting against Hermione and Ron, both of whom tried to stab her with a Basilisk fang, before Neville decapitated her. Upon her death, she vanished into black smoke, as opposed to simply dying and falling onto the ground in the novel. Why her body perished is not known, and she was the only Horcrux to disappear in such manner; all the others did not disappear, but instead leave behind fragmented pieces, except the Diadem when Ron kicked the remnants into the oncoming Fiendfyre. Also, Nagini was killed while Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort were duelling, when in the book, Neville Longbottom killed Nagini while Voldemort and his Death Eaters were standing outside the Entrance Hall.
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) (Appears in vision(s))
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Appears in vision(s))
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Appears in vision(s))
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
- Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book
- LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Harry Potter LEGO Sets
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If you have built the largest supercomputer in the world, which the Japanese government has (once again) done with the 10.5 petaflops K supercomputer, the one thing you can't do is have it sitting there being idle.
So Fujitsu, which built the K machine, has been making the rounds of the Japanese universities and is peddling PrimeHPC FX10 supers, which actually have twice the number-crunching oomph per server node, to get techies coding apps on local (and generally smaller) machines that will then be let loose to run at scale on K.
The K super installed last year at the Rikagaku Kenkyusho (Riken) research lab in Kobe, Japan, is the most powerful computer on the planet.
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The Japanese government could upgrade the K super, of course, but it is highly unlikely it has the funds to do so. The original budget for K, when it was a combined vector-scalar machine, was $1.2bn; it is not clear how much the K as delivered cost, but it was no doubt many hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Just up the road from Riken, Kobe University has bought a baby K system for its new Graduate School of System Informatics, which was just established in April 2010, and to make use of the collaborative agreement between the university and Riken that was inked on May 15 that will give researchers at Kobe University access to the K super.
In a sense, the 96-node PrimeHPC FX10 super that Kobe University is acquiring from Fujitsu is akin to a workstation for researchers to create code upon, which they will then dispatch to the monster K machine.
This baby K+ cluster will have two Fujitsu Eternus DX80 storage arrays with a total of 120TB of capacity as well as 40 Fujitsu Esprimo K552/D desktop workstations to act as consoles for the super.
This 96-node FX10 machine has a peak theoretical performance of 20 teraflops doing double-precision math, which used to sound like a lot but doesn't these days given that a Tesla M2090 GPU coprocessor from Nvidia can give you 665 gigaflops. But the programming model on K and a ceepie-geepie hybrid are radically different, so you can't exactly code on one and port to the other.
In April, the "Oakleaf-FX" supercomputer based on the PrimeHPC FX10 iron and Tofu interconnect, was fired up at the University of Tokyo's Super Computing Division/Information Technology Center.
Delivering 1.13 petaflops of oomph, this machine has 50 racks holding 4,800 server nodes. By any modern measure, this is a very large super in its own right, but again, the main purpose is to develop codes that can scale across the much larger K machine.
It would be interesting to see the Japanese government sprinkle funding for seed FX10 machines around its major universities to drive more computing on the K super.
If enough science could be done on K, it might be possible – and politically expedient – to upgrade the K machine with more powerful Sparc64-IXfx processors and a Tofu interconnect stretched to many tens or even perhaps hundreds of petaflops. If there is such a plan, neither Fujitsu nor the Japanese government have hinted at it.
My country, right or wrong
Given the nationalistic nature of supercomputing, is that the K super and its FX10 commercialized machines is unlikely to garner much attraction outside Japan.
China is building its own MIPS and Sparc supers based on its own CPU designs, the United States has Cray, Silicon Graphics, IBM, and now Nvidia to support (as well as Advanced Micro Devices and Intel on the processor side), and Europe already has a hodge-podge of machines and architectures in its largest supers. It will be very hard, but not impossible, for Fujitsu to sell FX10 machines of any size in North America or Europe.
The K's position as the world biggest supercomputer may not last so long, in any case. Coming down the line are the "Titan" and "Blue Waters" hybrid CPU-GPU machines being built by Cray due online this fall at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Illinois, respectively. IBM's "Sequoia" BlueGene/Q massively parallel PowerPC A2 super is fired up at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory sometime before the end of the year. ®
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Suso Monastery
Yuso Monastery in San Millán de la Cogolla
Exterior of the Yuso Monastery
Would you like to get to know the birthplace of the Spanish language? This is San Millán de la Cogolla, declared a World Heritage site for artistic, literary and, of course, linguistic reasons. If you visit this unique place you will feel its great transcendence seeping from its very walls. Discover the place where the first words of a language now shared by more than 400 million people were forged.
In the north of Spain, in La Rioja region, you will find the birthplace of the Spanish language. In a beautiful valley, sheltered by woods and mountains, a mere 42 kilometres from Logroño, lies San Millán de la Cogolla. The monasteries of Yuso and Suso stand serene and majestic, almost as though aware of their great importance. Between these walls the first words in the romance language we now know as Spanish were written, the so-called Glosas Emilianenses. Furthermore, the first known poet of Spanish literature, Gonzalo de Berceo wrote his verses here. Submerge yourself in this unique place: no other language having the relevance and extension of Spanish can be associated with such a specific place.
In the Middle Ages the monasteries became centres for culture. Moralising religious and profane books were copied and illustrated on their desks. It was in the XI century, in the monastery of Suso, when the copiers began to find that the texts in Latin were difficult to understand and they began to write clarifying sentences in the margins in the popular language used by the common people, the romance language. The first of these annotations are known as the Glosas Emilianenses. Besides its historic value, there are other reasons for visiting the monastery, not least being its architecture. It was built in the VI century by the mountainside where the hermits lived in caves. It is built in three different styles, Visigoth, Mozarabic and Romanesque and its anarchic and labyrinthine structure is fascinating.
A little way away, slightly lower down in the valley, you will find the treasures of the Yuso monastery, which was founded in XI century. The library, conserved as it was at the end of XVIII century, houses priceless volumes and books. You will likewise be astonished by the gold, ivory and precious stones used to make the urn which houses the relics of San Millán.
Set in a unique landscape, come and see this cultural centre and focal point for human understanding. Let yourself be taken in by the grandeur of the town of San Millán de la Cogolla and its symbolic and historic legacy.
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"Driving back from Astoria to St. Albans, I'd wonder why we couldn't do that?" Ikema said.
Therefore, after growing frustrated with a far commute, he and his friends approached the principal of I.S. 192 on 204th Street about using the gym for basketball.
She liked the idea and assisted with getting the proper permits. They began playing in September 2012 and hold games Monday through Thursday from 9-11 p.m. for men 16 and up with a $5 fee. Word of mouth spread, and people from throughout the borough began to participate.
Eventually, Ikema and his friends decided to appeal to women and started yoga and Zumba classes. They found certified instructors, and although attendance isn't as high as basketball, it has been a success.
"We started realizing that we could do more as the public started asking for more," Ikema said. "My intent at that time was never to do a community center."
In 2013, they were officially recognized as the Hollis Avenue Community Center, and a surge in participation has led Ikema and his friends to strive to provide even more for the community.
In April, they are partnering with Hollis Presbyterian to launch a computer literacy program at the church, and would also like to offer GED and job training programs, a daycare, and a Saturday enrichment program for children.
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Since I rashly launched this weblog two years ago today, it seemed like an appropriate moment to launch the site's latest feature: Readers Journal Essays contributed by readers like you.
I owe the inspiration and concept to erudite reader Protagoras, who anticipated the high quality and wide variety of reader commentaries and essays which have already sprouted over on the Readers Journal. Just click on the "Readers Journal" logo to your right to enter the Journal's main page. From there, you can access the week's commentaries (shorter, informal comments) and the first essays.
I invite you to submit either format of commentary, with the request that you avoid the sort of rude attack-language which degrades the public discourse, and any cut-and-paste of work printed elsewhere. Partisan politics and pornography (is that a redundancy?) are well-covered elsewhere on the Web so there's no point in wasting mindshare on those topics--though political analysis is welcome.
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Before the opening night performance even began, The Bank of America Theatre was graced by two very special guests, the first of which was Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, who was closely followed by country music superstar and multi- Grammy winner Dolly Parton. When he presented her with a certificate naming January 19, Dolly's birthday, 'Dolly Parton Day'! the audience was clearly thrilled to be in the presence of such an iconic star, expressing this by singing her 'Happy Birthday' as a giant cake was wheeled onto the stage! It was a great way to start off the show and definitely set the tone for the evening. I knew I was in for a one of a kind show!
The musical was written by Parton years ago, and was even turned into a film in 1980, but now a fresh cast brings Dolly's characters to life as the overworked, underpaid middle class citizens we can all identify with. Award winning director and choreographer Jeff Calhoun directs this new cast, including stars like Dee Hotty (Mamma Mia, Me and My Girl) as Violet, the single mother and under appreciated employee trying to make her way up the corporate ladder, Mamie Parris (Ragtime, Legally Blonde The Musical) as Judy, a newly divorced rookie whose just trying to find herself, and Dianna Degarmo (Hairspray, American Idol Season 3 Runner Up) as Doralee, a characters loosely based on Dolly herself, a spunky southern belle who's out to prove that there's more to her than a knockout figure and blonde locks.
The story of 9-5 is that of three very colorful and very determined leading ladies. Sympathetic to her seemingly hopeless state, veteran employee Violet decides to take Judy under her wing. From how to work the fax machine to whom she should avoid in ladies room run-ins, Violet shows her the ropes. One of these women Just is instructed to steer clear of is Doralee, who has been falsely rumored to be sleeping with their creepy and underhanded boss, Franklin Hart Junior (Joseph Mahowald, Mulan). Despite their differences, Violet, Judy and Doralee bond over their disdain for Hart and formulate an evil plan that is sure to get hid of him for good, turning the office over to them.
However, in the midst of their what they anticipate to be the perfect scheme, things go terribly awry and an office wide fiasco unfolds!
Memories of your first day on the job are sure to conjure in opening numbers, '9-5' and 'Around Here', you'll laugh along with the girls as they fantasize about doing away with Hart in songs like ' I Just Might' and Judy's ballad, 'Get Out, Stay Out' will tug at your heartstrings.
Have something to look forward to at the end of your workday and don't pass up this limited time opportunity to spend the night with what is sure to be a nation-wide Broadway hit!
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Consider $S^k \subset R^{k+1} $. Sample $N$ points by say uniform distribution. (Example k=120, N=2^24, i.e. N>>k ).
Consider Voronoi cell around each point.
How many neighbours would a cell have ? I mean neigbours are the cells which have non empty intersection. "How many" means average over distribution. (Clearly it is less than N, but what is it behaviour ? N/C, sqrt(N) or what ?)
Actually I more interested not about the sphere but about the cube: take unit cube $[-1, 1]^k$. And take randomly some number $N$ of its vertexes. The same questions.
As I tried to explain in this MO quest these problems are related to decoding noise signal. This question can be translated in this language as follows - if there chance to do some "preprocessing" such that it would significantly reduce decoding complexity. I mean in the answer is much smaller than N, then yes, otherwise, not.


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Google+ is not what it once was.
The social-networking site that go off to such a bang and immediately forced Facebook to make long overdue changes to its privacy controls, appears to have lost some of its fizzle.
The service was initially an invite only social network when Google first launched it earlier this year.
Traffic to Google+ spike 1,200 percent in a 24 hour period and it quickly attracted 10 million users in its first two weeks on the market.
But a new study by web analytic firm Chitika says traffic to the site is down by 60 percent.
The firm says Google+ has a real Facebook problem in terms of old habits die hard.
It suggests that all is not lost for Google and its social media endeavors though. The study says that Google can continue to draw traffic back and compete with Facebook by being ahead when it comes innovation.
Much of Google+'s early attraction was its exclusive invite only moniker and some of its features -- such as Hangouts and Circles -- that Facebook didn't have.
Facebook has since adopted some of those features, introducing its own version of Circles.
Google+ Sees 60% Traffic Dip
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Kid Fish event is this Saturday
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- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
The fourth annual Kid Fish will be Saturday, March 29 at the Jordan's Blueberry Farm in southern Franklin County from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. About 100 kids have preregistered for the event.
More than 200 are expected before Saturday, according to Constable Randy Green, event coordinator. For more information about this free event, see the March 27 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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- 2. Defending Old Glory - AZ Sen. John Kavanagh Wants Stealing Flag To Be a Felony
Arizona Republican Senator John Kavanagh (LD23) will be introducing a bill during the upcoming Legislative Session that will make stealing the American flag a Class 6 felony. In the following Fox News interview, Sen. Kavanagh explains that currently, stealing the flag is only a misdemeanor theft, akin to stealing a pack of gum from a convenience store. When someone steals a flag from someone's yard, they aren't just stealing something that doesn't belong to them. Not only is the flag a venerated object, but also, when someone displays the American flag, they are exercising their Constitutionally-guaranteed First Amendment freedom of expression. They might be displaying the flag to express patriotism, mourning someone's death, or as a protest. This is an important right.Click here to read more
- 3. Charity Donation Ideas - 2016
As 2016 draws to a close, you have likely received many requests for donations. There are many worthy charities and organizations, including your local church! Gilbert Watch has some favorites for your consideration.Click here to read more
- 4. Stop the National Popular Vote Compact in Arizona
"Democracy" has a nice ring to it: One Person, One Vote. However, that's exactly what the Founders did not want: Majority (aka Mob) Rule. When Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, "A Republic, if you can keep it." Ours is a Constitutional Republic, but only if we, the people, care enough to participate in keeping it.
Our presidents are chosen through a combination of a popular vote and the Electoral College that represents the states. Each state's entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation: one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for Senators. This keeps a handful of the most populous states from dominating all the other states. For example, Donald Trump won the popular vote in Arizona. Thus, the Republican party's 11 Electors will vote for president. Had Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, Arizona's 11 Democrat Electors would be voting for president. (In contrast, California has 55 Electors.) See below for two short videos: Do you Understand the Electoral College? and The Popular Vote vs the Electoral College.
Unfortunately, there is a movement across America that is gaining traction called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. It would distort the procedures of the Electoral College. It would usher in the very "democracy" that the Founders did not want. It is unconstitutional.Click here to read more
- 5. Pearl Harbor plus 75 Years
On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, an attack planned by Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese Marshal Admiral and commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II, was carried out to demobilize the US Navy. See Pearl Harbor plus 75 Years.
You probably have family members in their 80s and older who remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they got the news: "We've just been attacked!" Some memories fade quickly. But not this one.
My mother remembers. She and my father had been married for less than a year. He was a sergeant in the Army Air Corp stationed at Chanute Field in Rantoul, Illinois. "It was a Sunday," she told me. They were visiting his parents on their farm in down state Illinois that day. My father and grand-father were driving around the countryside looking at the land, which is what farmers often did and probably still do, after church on a Sunday. They heard the news on the car radio. "It was a '40 Ford," Mom said. They returned immediately to tell my mother and grand-mother. "It was a total shock," remembers my mother. "It was scary." She and my dad returned quickly to their home. "From that moment on, he had to be in uniform until the end of the war."
The next spring, he shipped out to Seymour Johnson Air Field in North Carolina. Mom remembers that the base had been quickly constructed, using trees from the forest where the base was located. It was still being constructed when they arrived. She recalls that it was a training base for mechanics and pilots. My mother remembers that, throughout the war, she rarely saw pictures or got much word of what was happening. "We didn't have television." Mostly, she saw newsreels in the local theater. My father was eventually sent to India. "It took thirty days for him to get there. The ship had to zigzag across the ocean, to stay clear of submarines. He didn't know where he was going until he got there."
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese killed 2402 Americans, destroyed 188 planes and damaged 159. They sunk 4 battleships and damaged another 4. "The Pearl Harbor attack spurred America into World War II, leading ultimately to Allied victory over the Japanese in the East and Nazis and other Axis powers in the West. And the country promised never to forget this day of infamy." See Unforgettable photos from the Pearl Harbor Attack, 72 years ago today.
One of the battleships that was sunk was the USS Arizona. See photos below.Click here to read more
- 6. Gilbert Watch Primary Voting Recommendations: August 30, 2016
As you complete your Primary ballot, please consider the following candidates for offices all the way from United States Senate to Town Council. Time hasn't allowed for the vetting of every office throughout the state. The suggestions you see here are based on voting patterns, leadership, and commitment to constitutional, conservative ideals.Click here to read more
- 7. Sen. Ted Cruz Endorses Andy Biggs in Race to Replace Rep. Salmon
Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday endorsed state Senate President Andy Biggs to succeed retiring Rep. Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.).
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- 8. Andy Biggs: True Constitutional Conservative for Congress
Senator Andy Biggs is a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Congressional District 5. As demonstrated during his tenure in the Arizona Senate, Andy Biggs knows more about the U.S. Constitution, the Founders' lives, Founding documents and letters, and historical books than 98% of the entire House and Senate in Washington, DC. Certainly more than the current President. Certainly more than anyone running against him.
More importantly, Senator Biggs respects the Constitution and his Oath to uphold it. One group of supporters that appreciates Senator Biggs' knowledge of the U.S. Constitution and his ability to educate other legislators and his own constituents about its enumerated powers are the leaders of Arizona's Anti-Common Core battle.Click here to read more
- 10. Outing Ray Strauss, the Phony Conservative Running Against Rep. Paul Gosar in AZ-4
Did you receive the FALSE flyer paid for by Right Way Super-PAC stating that Paul Gosar (CD4) voted against funding for our military and their families? I suggest you read this article titled Outing Ray Strauss, the Phony Conservative Running Against Rep. Paul Gosar in AZ-4. In my own experience, Rep. Gosar is one of the most Conservative, Constitutional, pro-military representatives in Congress. Ray Strauss is the opposite. "Rep. Gosar's reputation as a fighter for the conservative agenda has left him as one of the few reliable full spectrum conservatives in the House."
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It requires a breathtaking level of deceit to attempt to run to the right of limited government constitutional conservative Congressman Paul Gosar and attack him as an "insider."
But with the help of a shadowy lobbyist-funded PAC – Right Way PAC – which was founded by K Street insider Daniel Flynn, that is exactly what Gosar's challenger Ray Strauss is trying to do.
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USN-2290-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
17 July 2014
linux vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Software Description
- linux - Linux kernel
Sasha Levin reported a flaw in the Linux kernel's point-to-point protocol (PPP) when used with the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP). A local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2014-4943)
Salva Peiró discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's media- device driver. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2014-1739)
A bounds check error was discovered in the socket filter subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted BPF instructions. (CVE-2014-3144)
A remainder calculation error was discovered in the socket filter subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted BPF instructions. (CVE-2014-3145)
A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's handling of hugetlb entries. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial service (memory corruption or system crash). (CVE-2014-3940)
Don Bailey and Ludvig Strigeus discovered an integer overflow in the Linux kernel's implementation of the LZ4 decompression algorithm, when used by code not complying with API limitations. An attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly other unspecified impact. (CVE-2014-4611)
Tuomas Räsänen reported the Linux kernel on certain Intel processors does not properly initialize random seeds for network operations, causing TCP sequence numbers, TCP and UDP port numbers and IP ID values to be predictable. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to spoof or disrupt IP communication. (CVE-2014-7284)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic - 3.13.0-32.57
- linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic-lpae - 3.13.0-32.57
- linux-image-3.13.0-32-lowlatency - 3.13.0-32.57
- linux-image-3.13.0-32-powerpc-e500 - 3.13.0-32.57
- linux-image-3.13.0-32-powerpc-e500mc - 3.13.0-32.57
- linux-image-3.13.0-32-powerpc-smp - 3.13.0-32.57
- linux-image-3.13.0-32-powerpc64-emb - 3.13.0-32.57
- linux-image-3.13.0-32-powerpc64-smp - 3.13.0-32.57
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.
ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. If you use linux-restricted-modules, you have to update that package as well to get modules which work with the new kernel version. Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic, linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform this as well.


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4" Pot. Triple Love 'NN'
Shipping for this plant is $8. Each additional is only $2/ea!
Bulbs so fat you'll think they are going to explode
We are sure you will be 100% happy with this plant. If you are not happy we will do whatever it takes to make sure you are!
By now, you realize that I sell some pretty cool stuff. not teenie seedlings and divisions. this is stuff that you WANT in your collection and don't want to wait for it to look cool. Always new stuff, always happy customers, always fun at Machiela's Orchids!
If your plant is described as in bud or bloom, please know that we will do our best to get the flower to you intact. We, of course cannot guarantee live flowers on delivery. That would be impossible! Your best bet is to assume you are buying an orchid PLANT..... not a flower. That way, no one will be disappointed. I personally hand pick the best plants to offer up to the community for you to enjoy. Check my feedback & see. I have been an orchid seller since 1998.
Machiela's Orchids is proud of a history of growing and selling healthy plants. Our goal is to satisfy you! If you are not satisfied, we are not satisfied. Simply email us and we will do everything possible to make you happy. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours for resolution.
Shipping:$8 USPS PriorityWE COMBINE SHIPPING!!!! Each additional plant is one $2 to ship! Orchid supplies can be combined too! As me for a quote.
I try to make my shipping charges as close to actual as possible. Email me when you are ready to check out and I will give you an invoice for the total. I do not use heat packs, they can cause more damage than not. Email me if you would like more information.
Wondering how to care for your new orchids?
Check out our Care Sheets!


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massmentors necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 69 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
The Lawrence Mentoring Consortium
The Lawrence Mentoring Consortium (LMC) is a five member collaboration of non-profits providing youth mentoring programs to the Greater Lawrence area. Right now there are over 1,000 kids in Lawrence in mentoring relationships, but there are still a significant number of kids on wait lists for mentors. The goal of LMC is to work collectively in Lawrence to promote mentoring and make more quality matches between adults and the hundreds of children on wait lists in the city.
The logo should speak to a wide audience of people. The goal is to create awareness among business, media, and community members in the greater Lawrence (Massachusetts) area. The target audience is 18+ and is focused on:
Adults interested in becoming a mentor
business, community, media leaders interested in collaborating with consortium to help raise awareness and recruit more adult mentors.
We are looking for a logo to represent a collaboration of youth mentoring organizations in Lawrence Massachusetts.
1. The design should somehow reflect the Lawrence Massachusetts community and the idea of an adult mentoring a child.
2. Would like logo to depict youth in a way that speaks to both potential volunteers, but also businesses and corporations that may want to support the consortium in a variety of ways.
3. If possible, The logo should incorporate the url: http://www.massmentors.org/lawrence
4. Open to different colors
5. Need print file and web file formats
For information on Lawrence community, http://www.ci.lawrence.ma.us/Pages/index
Below is one pager with more description on consortium and one pager with links to each individual member of the consortium's website. This should give an idea of the individual logos the organizations use.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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Information is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed.
While the information and figures are believed to be reliable, the providing broker cannot guarantee their accuracy. Property is subject to sale or withdrawl from the market at any time. Purchasers should verify all information.
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The Central Connecticut swimming & diving team bested Wagner 184.5 to 113.5 in dual-meet action on Saturday. The Blue Devils came away with wins in 13 of the 16 events. Wagner hosted the dual-meet which took place in Staten Island, NY.
Senior Alex Czaplicki, sophomore Kristina Gulia, junior Katie Lang, and sophomore Helene Neuhaus set the tempo for the Blue Devils in the 400 yard medley relay winning the event in a time of 24.59.
Winning the 1,000 yard freestyle was sophomore Kasey Chilton who touched the wall at 10:37.87. Neuhaus claimed the 50 yard freestyle (25.13) and the 100 yard backstroke (1:00.12). Lang earned the first place seat in the 200 yard butterfly (2:10.86) and the 100 yard butterfly (1:00.42). Junior Allison Rasile won the 200 yard backstroke in a time of 2:08.66. Gulia took the 200 yard breaststroke touching the wall at 2:25.72. Junior Taylor Friedmann dominated the 500 yard freestyle capping the victory with a time of 5:11.60. Czaplicki also claimed a win in the 200 yard IM (2:10.87).
Doing the work on the boards for the Blue Devils was senior Madison Vestergaard who won the 1m diving event with a mark of 239.92. Her second victory of the day came in the 3m diving event as she dominated with a score of 230.62.
Central returns to action on February 22nd through the 25th competing in the Northeast Conference Championships at MIT in Boston, MA.


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Missouri (MO) 55 Plus Homes Communities
There are many small towns in Missouri perfect for retirement living. Also many 55+ retirement communities near metro areas and livable small towns throughout MO. Poplur towns are:Columbia, Ballwin, Jefferson City (JC), Ashland, Hollister, Joplin, Jackson, Kirksville, Kansas City, MO, Kansas City, Springfield, St. Joseph, Reeds Spring, St. Louis, Sedalia Southern Missouri and Central Missouri.
Best Small Towns in Missouri
Midwest living is at its finest in the state of Missouri, which offers some of the best small towns in the country.The communities are picturesque, historic and offer extensive recreational opportunities.Missouri is full of secluded suburbs that sit on the outskirts of major cities and provide a livability factor like no other.
Below are some of the best small towns in Missouri recognized for their economic diversity, livability and design.
1. Ballwin
In this small town of just over 30,000 residents and located in the heart of St. Louis County, visitors will find a short commute to the major cities, two highly acclaimed school districts and very low crime rates.A large recreational park is situated among the center of the town and offers tennis and volleyball courts, two ponds, a pavilion, walking paths and a children's playground.
2. Lake St. Louis
The beautiful and picturesque town of Lake St. Louis was originally established as a private resort village in the late 1960s and today offers a wide selection of golf courses, tennis courts and swimming pools.The community of 14,300 residents is located approximately 35 miles from St. Louis and features two private lakes and a National Equestrian Center.Just one town over is a major General Motors plant that offers substantial jobs for residents of Lake St. Louis.
3. Liberty
With just 29,000 residents, the town of Liberty offers a short commute to some of the state's best telecom, engineering and scientific jobs in the state.The school district in Liberty is ranked as one of the highest in Missouri and residents have moved from all over the state just to enroll their children.Overlooking Liberty is the beautiful campus of William Jewell College that sits on a picturesque hilltop and provides cultural events for the community's residents.Arts and entertainment are a huge draw for this community.
4. Webster Groves
Known as one of the best small towns in Missouri, Webster Groves offers green neighborhoods that boast large oak tree lined streets.The small community of 22,200 residents sits just two miles outside of the St. Louis city limits and provides affordable housing and easy commutes for both young and older families.The public schools are competitive and the town offers plenty of economic diversity.The town is friendly, hospitable and beautifully landscaped.
5. Hannibal
While Hannibal may not be the most highly recognized small town in Missouri, it is certainly one that should not be missed.Hannibal is the hometown of Mark Twain and sits, as it should, along the Mississippi River.There are a number of tours associated with Mark Twain and his home.There are also riverboat rides, a visit to Tom Sawyer's cave and a variety of Twain shows to enjoy for the entire family.
6. Saint Genevieve
The town of Ste. Genevieve is as picturesque as its name sounds, with amazing French Colonial design and architecture throughout.The town is one of the oldest communities situated west of the Mississippi River.The community offers small but well-received festivals annually.
7. O'Fallon MO is senior friendly.
8. Texas County Missouri
Texas County Missouri is Missouri's largest county by area. Remarkable Ozarks country living with most modern amenities. Texas County MO's population is 26,008. About 13% of persons age 65 or older were living alone. Predominant Southern Baptist and conservative.
14525 Clayton Rd
Ballwin, MO 63011
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Inside the FujiFilm FinePix s9000
I was approached by Adam Ferriss, a Los Angeles based artist (check out his tumblr!), about some tips and tricks for circuit bending digital cameras. His work with algorithmic image processing produces images that bear a striking resemblance to those produced by my prepared digital cameras. The photography lab he runs at a college in LA was downsizing their inventory and getting rid of some antiquated FujiFilm FinePix s9000 cameras, and rather than throw them out, Adam decided to hang on to the lot and experiment with circuit bending them.
These things are beasts: fixed zoom point and shoot cameras with the look and feel of a DLSR but without any of the manual controls and flexibility. No wonder they were getting rid of these things!
In exchange for a couple of the less functional cameras, I agreed to help Adam by documenting my deconstruction process. Bonus for you since, now I'm publishing the documentation for public consumption.
Disclaimer: If you're going to attempt to prepare/modify/circuit bend/disassemble any electronic device, be aware that you are placing yourself at risk of serious injury or death from electric shock; electronic devices may be irreversibly damaged or destroyed (for what it's worth, it goes without saying that all warranties will be void); if any loss of property or injury occurs, it will be solely your responsibility.
Getting Started:
Before opening up the camera, there are a few items we need to have on hand.
- Precision Screwdrivers
- Spare batteries or external power supply (the s9000 uses a 5V supply or 4x AA batteries)
- A bag or containers to place screws and other bits in
- A note book and camera for documenting
- Anti-static wrist band
You'll also need to do the following to prepare your camera.
- Remove batteries
- Remove the memory card(s)
- Put on and ground the anti static wristband
Now we can begin.
Removing the Screws:
Remove all exterior screws. Like all devices, there are screws in places you wouldn't think to look. Start with the bottoms, then move to the sides, open all compartments and look for those hidden ones.
Once these are out of the way, you should be able to remove the assembly with the shutter release button and the power and other operation mode switches. Be careful not to pull too hard, like I did, and pull the ribbon connector out of its socket. Fortunately, mine didn't tear, but you may not be so lucky!
There are still a few screws to be removed before you can open the back panel of the camera. Both of these were revealed by removing the shutter release assembly. One is right next to the strap loop, and the other is just below the flash assembly.
With these two screws out of the way, you should be able to gently coax the back panel off until you encounter some resistance from a couple of pairs of wires. The red and black wires running from the hot shoe attach to a board on the main body via a connector. There's a speaker on two black wires that attaches to another part of the circuit board via a similar connector. Disconnect these two and the back panel should open like an oven door.
Now that we've partially disassembled the camera, and exposed some nice looking innards, we need to figure out if it still works. You can either use the AA batteries or a 5V power supply with a 4.0mm x 1.7mm connector. I used to do a lot of testing for Voltaic Systems and have one of their solar rechargeable V60 batteries around for powering my small electronics projects. Make sure that the main ribbon connectors from the back panel and the shutter release assembly are in place (the speaker and hot shoe wires don't matter), then power up your camera and turn it on. (hint: check that the battery and memory card doors are closed!)
What's Inside: Poking About
Now that we have the camera partially disassembled and still working, we can have a look at some of the components inside to see where a good place to start bending would be. Upon first glance, you'll notice that all the parts are SUPER tiny smd. This is quite a let down, but exactly what you can expect with more contemporary devices. In fact, if you're opening up cameras released today, you'll probably find that most all the connections on the integrated circuits are actually underneath the chips and not via pins as with older style ICs!
So what can we mess with? There's an Analog Devices chip (AD9996) that I can't seem to locate the datasheet for. There's something similar to it, the AD9995, which is a 12-bit CCD signal processor. You'll notice too that there's a thick connector with lots of contacts. This is the CCD connection (go figure it's so close to the signal processor).
I actually went a few steps further in deconstructing this camera and found that further disassembling made the system unstable. So, for now, you shouldn't have to take the camera apart any further to tweek its brains.
How do I mess with it?
Since the pins and connections on this board are so tiny, I am hesitant to solder anything to it. One technique I always go to first is using a saliva moistened finger to poke the sensitive parts and see if anything happens. For capturing, you have two choices: movie or still. You can set the quality settings however you like. If you haven't already inserted a memory card, now would be a good time.
Other strategies for altering the image is to use a small probe to short circuit adjacent pins on the CCD connector. I found that the right hand side of the connector worked best, and that the series of little smd ICs to the left of the AD9996 gave similar results. When I get in there with a soldering iron to draw out some of those points, I'll be starting with the ICs and using very fine magnet wire.
So here are a few preliminary images.
I'll be sharing more of my findings on my year-long glitch-a-day project,Year of the Glitch.
DCP Series Update
Just uploaded 100+ new images to the DCP Series. This series is still well underway and is branching out into other cameras. Updates to the Olympus PIC series will be ready soon.
Be sure to check out the new additions to the Glitch Textiles project as well. There are currently nine blankets in the collection so far, each featuring a pattern woven directly from an image generated with the prepared cameras of the DCP Series and Year of the Glitch project.


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A 19-year-old Buffalo man accused of dousing a Jack Russell terrier puppy with lighter fluid and setting him on fire in October pleaded guilty Monday to felony aggravated cruelty to animals.
But Adell Ziegler denied lighting the puppy, since named Phoenix, on fire.
"My co-defendant lit the dog on fire, and I was present," Ziegler told State Supreme Court Justice Russell P. Buscaglia.
Ziegler admitted to acting in concert with Diondre L. Brown, 17, the partner in the puppy-burning incident, so Ziegler is criminally liable for whatever Brown did.
Brown, who has claimed he acted as a lookout while Ziegler lit the puppy on fire, has already pleaded guilty to felony animal cruelty.
Ziegler pleaded guilty to the highest charge for which he could have been convicted had he gone to trial, said Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III.
Ziegler faces a maximum two-year prison sentence and $5,000 fine when sentenced June 14. Restitution for the care and treatment of the puppy also may be part of his sentence, the judge said, adding that Ziegler was not offered a sentencing commitment.
Ziegler's defense lawyer, E. Earl Key, advised against the plea. "From a legal standpoint, it doesn't make sense," he said.
Key said he has told his client to expect the maximum sentence "with no benefit whatsoever."
Before the plea, prosecutors Kristen A. St. Mary and Matthew A. Albert had prepared for a June 3 bench trial in which they planned to prosecute Ziegler for setting the puppy on fire.
Phoenix continues to recover from first-, second- and third-degree burns to more than half of his body.
Since the incident, Ziegler has admitted his actions to several family members and friends and boasted this case has made him famous, Sedita said. Ziegler was a parole violator at the time of his arrest in the animal-cruelty case, and he is expected to remain in custody on the parole charge through October.
Sedita credited the work of Dr. Rebecca Wagner and the staff at Buffalo Small Animal Hospital for taking care of the horrifically burned puppy.
"Because of the efforts of veterinary professionals like Dr. Wagner, the life of a helpless puppy was saved," Sedita said in a news release. "Because of the efforts of law enforcement professionals like Ms. St. Mary, a demented and remorseless animal abuser was prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
Assemblyman Sean Ryan has sponsored legislation that would toughen penalties against those who are convicted of aggravated animal cruelty.
In the Phoenix case, "the defendant, who pleaded guilty to a horrific act of animal cruelty, will only face a maximum of two years in prison and a $5,000 fine," Ryan said. "If enacted, Phoenix's Law would double penalties and, in addition, those convicted of aggravated animal cruelty would have to undergo psychiatric evaluation and treatment at their own expense."
Many experts see a link between cruelty to animals and a propensity for future violence toward people, Ryan said.
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Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. ~ Stephen King
Start with the smell of burnt toast. Or look for a pair of missing earrings. Try falling out of love. Or waiting for an interview for a job you desperately want ( or one you never thought you'd have to get). Start with a line from a song or a classic movie. Look at a snapshot from a family album. Or a photo from the newspaper.
These are all prompts I have used in creative writing workshops to help writers tap into the creative well that is available to every artist. We typically use the first twenty to thirty minutes of each session to just write, write, write. The prompt is merely a suggestion a jumping off point which can be used or eschewed in favor of an image or idea rumbling around in a writer's head. The premise: uncensored, uninhabited writing can open the creative passageway often blocked by the raging self-doubt of that pesky inner critic who always seems to tag along for the ride.
After we finish writing, folks can share or pass ( I'm the only one who never passes; I think as the facilitator it is incumbent upon me to share). No one offers criticism. How can we? We know the work can't be very good; it is after all, a very raw, rough draft. People can, however, mention a particular image that stood out, if they are so inclined.
The surprising thing: many of the images, turns of phrase, characters, are often vivid or amusing or touching. Some even serve as starting points for stories and poems, scripts and even books. You'd be amazed at what your inner artist can do when s/he is left to play without fear of recriminations, without that pounding "It's no good," "No one will care," "No one will ever publish this."
These exercises give you permission to try, to play, to experiment. And once you dip into that creative well, you're apt to dip in again and again.
Is something burning? It may be your desire to connect or re-connect with your inner artist. Or it may just be your breakfast. Either way, it's time to get started.
Cheers and onward