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Eckhard Groll
William E. and Florence E. Perry Head of Mechanical Engineering, and Reilly Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
585 Purdue Mall
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088
Office: ME 2007A, HLAB 2032
- 02/94 "Doktor-Ingenieur" (Doctor of Engineering) in Mechanical Engineering, University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- 11/89 "Diplom-Ingenieur" (Diploma of Engineering) in Mechanical Engineering, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany
- 10/86 "Diplom-Vorprüfung" (Pre-Diploma of Engineering) in Mechanical Engineering, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Research Interests
- Thermal sciences as applied to HVAC&R systems and equipment
Research Area(s)
Awards and Recognitions
- 2011 ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer
- 2010-2011 ACE (American Council on Education) Fellow
- 2010 E. K. Campbell Award from ASHRAE in recognition of outstanding service and achievement in teaching and research in subjects relating to the industry and professions represented by ASHRAE.
- 2009-10 CIC-ALP Fellow (Committee on Institutional Collaboration Academic Leadership Program), Purdue University
- 2009 Faculty Advising Excellence Award, College of Engineering, Purdue University
- 2008 Inductee Book of Great Teachers, Purdue University
- 2007 Ruth and Joel Spira Award for outstanding contributions to the School of Mechanical Engineering for inspiring students and fostering excellence in commercial or defense product realization.
- 2007 Purdue University Faculty Scholar Award
- 2006 ASHRAE Fellow
- 2005 Fellow of Purdue's Teaching Academy
- 2005 Wilbur T. Pentzer Achievement and Leadership Award for outstanding contributions to the growth and well-being of the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) and the U.S. National Committee of the IIR.
- 2005 Charles B. Murphy Award for outstanding undergraduate teaching for meritorious and effective performance in the instruction of undergraduate students at Purdue University.
- 2004 Team Excellence Award in the Schools of Engineering at Purdue University for outstanding innovation and interdisciplinary teamwork in creating and developing the Global Engineering Alliance for Research and Education (GEARE)
- 2003-2005 B.F.S. Schaefer Outstanding Young Faculty Scholar Award from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University
- 2003 ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award
- Guest Professorship at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, from DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), January 1 to July 31, 2003
- 2002-2003 Senior Resource Faculty for Teacher for Tomorrow Award Program at Purdue University
- 2002 Solberg Award for best teacher in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University
- 1997 ASHRAE New Investigator Award
- Six-month International Scholarship at Texas A&M University from DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), 1988
Selected Publications
Bradshaw, C.R., Groll, E.A., and Garimella,S.V., "A Comprehensive Model of a Miniature-Scale Linear Compressor for Electronics Cooling," Int'l J. Refrigeration, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2011, pp. 63-72.
Bell, I.H., Groll, E.A., and Braun, J.E., "Performance of Vapor Compression Systems with Compressor Oil Flooding and Regeneration," Int'l J. Refrigeration, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2011, pp. 225-233.
Mathison, M.M., Braun, J.E., and Groll E.A., "Performance Limit for Economized Cycles with Continuous Refrigerant Injection," Int'l J. Refrigeration, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2011, pp. 234-242.
Bell, I.H., and Groll, E.A., "Air-side Particulate Fouling of Microchannel Heat Exchangers: Experimental Comparison of Air-Side Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer with Plate-Fin Heat Exchanger," J. Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 31, No. 5, 2011, pp. 742-749.
Palmiter, L., Kim, J.-H., Larson, B., Francisco, P.W., Groll, E.A., and Braun, J.E., "Measured effect of airflow and refrigerant charge on the seasonal performance of an air-source heat pump using R-410A," J. Energy and Buildings, Vol. 43, No. 7, 2011, pp. 1802-1810.
Shen, B., Braun, J.E., and Groll, E.A., "The Impact of Refrigerant Charge, Air Flow and Expansion Devices on the Measured Performance of an Air-Source Heat Pump," ASHRAE Transactions, June 2011.
Shen, B., Braun, J.E., and Groll, E.A., "Modeling Improvements for Air Source Heat Pumps," ASHRAE Transactions, June 2011.
Hengeveld, D.W., Braun, J.E., Groll, E.A. and Williams, A.D., "Optimal Placement of Electronic Components to Minimize Heat Flux Non-Uniformities," Journal of Spacecrafts and Rockets, Vol. 48, No. 4, 2011, pp. 556-563.
Hengeveld, D.W., Braun, J.E., Groll, E.A. and Williams, A.D., "Optimal Distribution of Electronic Components to Balance Environmental Fluxes," Journal of Spacecrafts and Rockets, Vol. 48, No. 4, 2011, pp. 694-697.
Leffler, R.A., Bradshaw, C.R., Groll, E.A., and Garimella, S.V., "Alternative Heat Rejection Methods for Power Plants," accepted by J. Applied Energy, October 2011.


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The flurry of activity before snowstorms
Because I am a flake, and have been perpetrating snow jobs my whole life, I appreciate the wonders of winter.
The two things I wonder most about winter are: Why do some people throw away their snow shovels every year and have to buy new ones? And why do these same people go to the supermarket when a snowstorm is forecast to buy bread and milk when they never eat and drink those things when it doesn't snow?
I got some insight before a recent snowstorm from Chris, who works at a nearby home improvement store.
"Do you have a snow blower?" he asked.
"Yes," I replied, "but it doesn't work. It did work until we had a blizzard a few years ago, then it conked out. When I had it tuned up the following year, we didn't have any snow. Last year it worked fine. Now it's on the fritz again."
"Do you have gas?" Chris asked.
"You're getting a little personal, don't you think?" I said.
"I mean, did you put fresh gas in your snow blower?" Chris clarified. "Stale gas left over from last year can cause it to stall. You have to mix the new gas with oil."
"Do you have a snow blower?" I inquired.
"No," Chris admitted. "I have a 2-year-old, and it was either buy a snow blower or pay for day care. So I bought a manual snow blower."
"What's that?" I asked.
"A shovel," Chris responded.
"How come, whenever it snows, people rush to a store like this to buy shovels?" I wondered. "Do they throw their snow shovels away at the end of winter and have to get new ones the following year?"
"I think they keep their shovels, but they put them in the shed and can't find them the next time it snows," Chris theorized. "The shovels move to the back of the shed and hide. Sometimes it happens in the garage. I think they have a union, and they have meetings where they decide how to outwit their owners and drive them crazy. The humans can't find the snow shovels, so they come here to buy new ones. It is," Chris added with a smile, "good for business."
At this moment, my wife, Sue, came by.
"There you are," she said to me. "I couldn't find him," Sue said to Chris. "He's always getting lost."
"I can't help you there," said Chris. "But husbands are often told to get lost, so we're just following orders."
"We should buy a snow shovel," said Sue.
"We already have one," I noted.
"Do you know where it is?" Chris asked me.
"Yes," I said. "It's in the garage. I wedged it against the door so it couldn't hide."
Sue said we should get a second shovel. Then she said we should hurry up because she had to go to the supermarket to pick up some groceries before the snow started to fall.
"I hope you don't mean bread and milk," I said.
"No," Sue said. "We already have them."
"Why," I asked Chris, "do some people always rush out to buy bread and milk before it snows? If you go to their houses on a nice summer day, you'll never find them sitting at the kitchen table, eating bread and drinking milk."
"I don't know," said Chris. "I would think that before it snows, you'd want to buy beer. Or at least hot chocolate."
"Thanks for your help," I said to Chris before we headed for the checkout counter.
"You're welcome," he replied. "Make sure you put your new shovel in a place where it can't get away. And don't get lost yourself. After all, you're the one who'll have to get rid of the snow."
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Kelly Clarkson Tries to Keep Jason Farol Out of Last Place With 'Whenever You Call' on 'Duets'
At the end of the first 'Duets' show, both of Kelly Clarkson's duet partners were both at the bottom of the scoreboard. Her young partner with a grown voice, Jason Farol, ended the night in a disappointing 8th place. Clarkson was sure she could help him do better this week.
The two chose to sing Mariah Carey and Brian McKnight's classic duet 'Whenever You Call.' Because the show is about the partners and not the superstars, we won't go on and on about how fabulous Clarkson sounded singing a Mariah song. She could sing the label of a box of granola beautifully. But she already won her competition show, so this isn't about her.
To keep Farol out of last place, Clarkson wanted to work on Farol's confidence. She felt that he can't let his voice shine if he's hiding in her shadow like he did last week. She said, "To get out of last position, he needs to not be nervous." And Farol stepped up to the plate. He had more stage presence and seemed to be enjoying himself more this week. It helps that when the two sing together, their voices blend in a smooth buttery goodness.
The judges seemed to be as pleased with Farol's performance as Clarkson and the audience were. They all said they could see an improvement in his confidence from last week. But they still didn't find a perfect performance. John Legend said it seemed like Farol was looking to Clarkson for approval while he was performing, instead of engaging the audience. He said, "You're not owning it yourself. You have to open up to the audience a little bit more and let us feel you."
Robin Thicke built on Legend's constructive criticism by telling Farol that when he stepped away from Clarkson as the song built, he exploded. He saw Farol's confidence build, but only when he let himself step out of Clarkson's powerful circle. Jennifer Nettles saw Farol's growth from last week and felt like when he hits the high notes it sounds really great. She went on to give him some tips for his next rehearsal, which she admitted jokingly may not be the best idea in a competition show. She said his upper body seems stiff and he should work on loosening up.
Farol is young and he's never performed for audiences like this. He admitted that he often hides his singing and isn't used to showing his stuff. It's obvious that Clarkson can hear a gorgeous voice muffled inside his shell and she's trying very hard to bring it out. She said she was frustrated because he's not using what he's got. Next week they start eliminating people. If he's going to use what he's got, he needs to start using it soon.
Watch Kelly Clarkson + Jason Farol Perform 'Whenever You Call'


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Michael Young files lawsuit against UH
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Michael Young, a member of Phi Slama Jama and director of basketball operations at the University of Houston, filed a lawsuit to have his employment contract with the school rescinded, his attorney said Friday.
In the lawsuit, filed this week in Harris County District Court, Young alleges UH asked him to "engage in the illegal act of accepting money without performing a service and to violate NCAA rules" in regards to a reassignment to a community service role within the athletic department.
Young claims in the lawsuit that he was told by UH deputy athletic director Darren Dunn that his contract would remain in effect as long as his son, Joseph, a sophomore guard and the Cougars' leading scorer last season, remained on the team.
The lawsuit asks for a declaratory judgment to void the contract.
"So that Michael will not be part of a fraud for one second," attorney Reginald McKamie said. "We want the contract rescinded from the outset so there is no doubt in anybody's mind that Michael has not engaged in any fraud of the NCAA rules or defrauding Texas taxpayers of any money."
School denies charges
UH refuted the accusations in a prepared statement released Friday afternoon.
"University practice is to not comment on pending litigation, however, the University is looking forward to vigorously defending its actions."
Michael, an UH employee for the last 16 years, said he believes NCAA rules were violated.
"Yes they have, because they wanted me to go home and sit down and take a payment for not doing any work," said Michael, who was inducted into the UH Athletics Hall of Honor in 2004 and has his No. 42 jersey retired at Hofheinz Pavilion. "I was told as long as my son is at the University of Houston the contract would be good."
During a meeting in late May, Michael said he was informed by head coach James Dickey that he no longer would be director of basketball operations - a position he held the past seven years - and would directly report to Dunn.
As part of the reassignment, Michael was told he would handle community service projects from home. He was then asked by Dunn to clean out his office of personal belongings and turn in keys to the university's Athletic Alumni Center and Hofheinz Pavilion by May 31, according to the lawsuit.
"It was clear Mr. Dunn did not want Mr. Young on campus and that he would be paid to sit at home," the lawsuit said.
Young signed the new one-year contract, which kept his base salary at $64,340, on May 30.
Shortly after signing the contract, Young "felt uneasy" about accepting a salary for a job he wasn't doing, according to the lawsuit. He refused the reassignment May 31, ending a more than two-decade relationship that included three trips to the Final Four as a player in the 1980s.
Refusing payments
Michael, who remains a UH employee, said he has not accepted any payment from the school since May 31, the end of his old contract.
"They sent me a check and I sent it back," Young said. "I don't know why they are still trying to hold me with some type of employment at the University of Houston, but we're going to find that out."
Subsequently, Joseph left the basketball program and announced June 28 he would transfer to Oregon. Michael said the circumstances surrounding his son's departure from UH will be part of a waiver petition to the NCAA for him to play immediately next season.
Young is also seeking $2,100 in attorney's fees and court costs.
"I tried to make the situation work," he said. "I've been involved there since I was kid. I tried to make the situation work, but there was no way it could obviously work."


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Mamma Mia! - Blackpool
Sophie's quest to discover the father she's never known brings her mother Donna face to face with three men from her distant romantic past on the eve of a wedding they'll never forget.
Mamma Mia! is the ultimate feelgood musical. Set on a Greek island paradise, its story of love, friendship and identity is cleverly told through the timeless songs of Swedish supergroup Abba.
This irresistibly upbeat show has thrilled audiences all over the world, and now the party continues in Blackpool's famous Opera House, in Britain's favourite holiday resort. It's the perfect place to catch this sunniest of musicals.
Show Information
Tuesday, 9th September 2014
Sunday, 14th September 2014
Venue Information
Blackpool Opera House
97 Church Street
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If you reached The Day in a planned HGA operation, be it Abramelin, Liber VIII, or otherwise, and "nothing happened", what would you do?
I'm assuming here that you've had some serious breakdown/reconstitution into Briatic consciousness during the process so you know something is happening, but the day comes and it's just not there?
Would you conclude it had failed and give up for a time? Or would you just go "I guess my HGA won't be kept to a timetable" and continue the daily practices until it happened?
This is assuming you don't get specific instructions from the Angel along the way, of course ... which, those of you more experienced than I, maybe you'll say "this couldn't happen the way you describe, because if you got any Briatic progress at all, you'd have been instructed." But in the Proserpinus record in Black Pearl, he speaks at the end of "performance anxiety". I guess I ask: What would you have done if The Day came and went?


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A Port Garrotte is a modern version of Port Tongs. The garrotte uses the same principle: a hot metal loop, placed around the neck of a bottle just beneath the cork, heats a narrow band of glass. A cold wet cloth is then placed around the neck to rapidly cool the glass and thereby crack the neck of the bottle.
This technique has been reliable on Port bottles, but many other wine bottles are not easily opened in this manner.
The Port Garrotte is a 20" loop of twisted steel cable with a wooden handle on each end and a metal ring holding the loop in formation.
- 1.25" diameter hardwood dowel rod (10" minimum length)
- 0.5" diameter dowel rod (2" minimum)
- 3/16" diameter uncoated twisted steel cable (20-22" length)
- Two aluminum steel cable crimps for 3/16" cable
- One uncoated steel ring (1.5" in diameter) or oval (2" long, 1" wide), ideally welded. If using an oval, it should not have an open join at an end.
Vice, Saw, Hand drill, .5" drill bit, .25" drill bit, Sand paper, Hammer, Anvil or striking plate, Wood glue,
Handle (do twice):
- Cut 5" from the 1.25" diameter dowel rod
- Bore out with a 0.5" bit, to a depth of 3.5"
- Turn over and bore out with a .25" bit, to a depth of 1.5" (or until the bore holes connect)
- Sand to desired smoothness
- Slide one end of the cable into the .25" hole on a handle, then slide on a crimp .5"-1" from that end.
- Flatten the crimp with a hammer until firm and not more than .5" wide. Hammer the handle-facing corners of the crimp flat, and fray the end of the cable by untwisting with a pair of pliers.
- Pull the cable into the handle until the fitting is snug and there is gap of at least 1" between the end of the cable and the end of the handle. TIP: If the crimp does not fit into the handle, use the .25" bit to widen the handle's hole, or hammer the fitting a little narrower, or use a small bolt to hammer the fitting into the handle. The cable is very difficult to cut, and cutting it should be a last resort.
- Slide the ring (or oval) over the exposed section of cable, then loop the cable back through the ring and into the .25" hole on the second handle.
- Slide a crimp onto the cable, .5"-1" from that end, then repeat steps 2 and 3.
- Cut two 1" lengths from a .5" dowel rod (shorter, if the end of the cable is not at least 1" deep within the handles). Apply wood glue to the inside of the handle, and insert the piece of dowel rod until flush. Allow to dry, then fill in gaps with extra wood glue (and allow to dry).
- Sand down the end of the handles.
- a bowl
- a bottle
- a gas range
- a towel
- a flashlight
- Remove the capsule and tax tag from the bottle. Using the flashlight, identify the location of the bottom of the cork.
- Place the bottle in a bowl.
- Wet the towel with ice-cold water.
- Heat the center 6" of the cable to glowing-red on the range. Put the cable just in the tips of the gas range's blue flames, the flames will turn orange above the garrotte if it's heating properly. Use the handles to curve and position the cable.
- Quickly remove the garrotte from the gas range and loop over the neck of the bottle, just below the cork. Pull the garrotte tight and hold for 20 seconds (until the glow fades).
- Remove the garrotte and place on a heat-resistant surface. Wrap the neck of the bottle with the cold cloth. A sharp cracking sound should be audible.
- Remove the cloth. If the neck of the bottle is not free, bend the neck slightly to free it.
- Filter the wine when decanting to ensure no glass shards fell into the bottle.


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== New ION front-end ==
== New ION front-end ==
=== Mythbuntu 9.10 upgrade ===
=== Mythbuntu 9.10 upgrade ===
Revision as of 13:15, 12 December 2009
I was keeping track of where I was at with Myth on my home wiki, but then figured I might as well share it here!
- 1 My Setup
- 1.1 Backend
- 1.2 Frontend / Slave Backend
- 1.2.1 Hardware
- 1.2.2 Software
- 1.2.3 Configuration
- 1.3 New ION front-end
My Setup
MythBuntu 8.10 with separated front-end/backend
- Live TV/TV recording Free to air HD/SD (from Sydney, Australia)
- Multi-rec
- DTS/AC3 passthrough including 5,1 surround digital out
- MythMusic
- MythGallery
- MythVideo
- 2 x 500GB HDDs
- Intel S775 Core 2 Q6600 Quad-Core CPU
- Gigabyte S775 GA-G33M-S2 Motherboard
- DNTVLive LP Tuner
- PCI Hauppauge Nova-T-500 MCE(OEM) Dual DVBT tuner
- Ubuntu 8.10 64bit
- MythWeb on Jetty rather than apache including the WAP version on the BlackBerry!
- Shepherd XMLTV grabber
- NFS server for music/images
- DVICO used device id 17de:a8a6 for two distinct devices requiring different drivers. Need to set "options cx88xx card=19" in /etc/modprobe.d to force use of Conexant reference drivers. Fortunately the Hauppauge tuner is a USB device so we can override the autodetection rather than patch the v4l dvb drivers to override it.
Frontend / Slave Backend
- AMD S754 Athlon 64 3700+
- Gigabyte S754 GA-K8VM800M
- 1GB Ram
- 320GB Western Digital 7200rpm 8M Serial ATA HDD
Albatron FX5200LP 128M 8x Video Card with DVI output.
- Gigabyte FX5200 128M 8x Video Card with DVI output.
- DVICO FusionHDTV Hybrid Tuner
- DVICO FusionRemote MCE
- BenQ PE8700 DLP Projector
- Samsung LCD Television
- CambridgeAudio AV receiver
- MythBuntu 8.10 64bit
- Synergy to allow laptop to be the keyboard/mouse.
- cx88_dvb in /etc/modules (needs to start early to load properly, not sure why)
- autostart irexec to restart MythTV and switch xorg layout between the Projector and TV
Auto-start X Server
- disabled GDM in /etc/X11/default-display-manager
- Simple mingetty startup with a tty definition and a startx script in the console
- user .xsession linked to /usr/share/mythbuntu/session.sh so we get the same xfce startup.
# tty7 - mingetty for MythTv # # This service maintains a mingetty on tty7 from the point the system is # started until it is shut down again. start on runlevel 2 stop on runlevel 0 stop on runlevel 1 stop on runlevel 4 stop on runlevel 5 stop on runlevel 6 respawn exec /sbin/mingetty --autologin=<user> tty7
Appended to detect if we are on tty7, in which case we start-up X with an optional layout specified in ~/.mythrc
Note that when X is stopped we automatically logout and respawn
start-frontend() { MYTHRC="$HOME/.mythrc" if [ -r $MYTHRC ] ; then . $MYTHRC fi LAYOUT_SPEC= [ ! -z "$LAYOUT" ] && LAYOUT_SPEC="-layout $LAYOUT" startx -- $LAYOUT_SPEC -dpi 100 -logverbose 5 logout } tty | grep tty7 && start-frontend
For PE8700 Samsung LCD. See also the tips for the NVidiaProprietaryDriver
The FX5200 cards were the cause of my DVI problems on my projector. Apparently they freaks out a PCB component causing the EDID data to become corrupt. (the Gigabyte card lasted from Aug 2006 to Dec 2007. Fortunately the new nvidia driver allow you to use a CustomEDID to load the data from a file.
Option ExactModeTimingsDVI is also important for the projector.
Option "UseEDIDDpi" "false" or some equivalent control of DPI is important for the Samsung television otherwise you get really small fonts (fixed in 0.21)
There are two layouts, the default uses outputs via VGA to a Samsung LCD television, the second uses DVI to the PE8700 projector.
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Main" # PC VGA output to Samsung LCD television Screen 0 "LCD[0]" 0 0 Option "Xinerama" "off" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Projector" Screen 0 "Projector[0]" 0 0 Option "Xinerama" "off" EndSection Section "Module" Load "glx" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "FX5200[0]" Driver "nvidia" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Screen 0 Option "NvAGP" "3" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "LCD[0]" Device "FX5200[0]" Monitor "AnyMonitor" DefaultDepth 24 Option "UseEDIDDpi" "FALSE" #Computed DPI values not so good for TV display Option "UseDisplayDevice" "CRT" # VGA out SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1360x768" "800x600" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Projector[0]" Device "FX5200[0]" Monitor "AnyMonitor" Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP" Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP" # DVI out Option "CustomEDID" "DFP-0:/etc/X11/benq-c.bin" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x720" "800x600" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "AnyMonitor" Option "DPMS" Option "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "true" Option "RenderAccel" "true" EndSection
LIRC Remote Control
Standard mythbuntu setup with a few tweaks.
A mythbuntu xsession starts irexec before the window manager which is no good as we want to be able to logout of Xfce on a button press. We disable that with a non-empty ~/.noirexec file. We then use a desktop entry to start it.
Default chooser from mythbuntu did not find the usb device at /dev/usb/hiddev0, so need to edit this file explicitly.
#Chosen Remote Control REMOTE="DVICO_MCE" REMOTE_MODULES="" REMOTE_DRIVER="dvico" REMOTE_DEVICE="/dev/usb/hiddev0" REMOTE_LIRCD_CONF="/usr/share/lirc/dvico/lircd.conf.fusionHDTV" REMOTE_LIRCD_ARGS=""
[Desktop Entry] Name=IrExec daemone Comment=A daemon for lirc GenericName=irexec daemon Exec=irexec -d Type=Application
File is included into ~/.lircrc
## irexec # Bounce this tty begin button = power_onoff prog = irexec config = /home/ggardner/bin/ir_mythtv.sh & end #Bounce the tty, use the Projector layout. begin button = tv_onoff prog = irexec config = /home/ggardner/bin/ir_mythtv.sh --layout Projector & end
Optionally specify a layout, kills mythfrontend and logs out of the window manager, triggering a restart.
#!/bin/bash function log() { logger -t "mythtv" "$@" } parseopts() { LAYOUT= while [ ! -z "$1" ] do case "$1" in -l|--layout) LAYOUT="$2" log "Setting layout to $LAYOUT" shift;; *) break ;; esac shift done } GETOPT=$(getopt -l "layout:" -o "l:" -- "$@") if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then exit 1 fi eval parseopts $GETOPT log "Restarting mythtv" cat - << EOF > $HOME/.mythrc LAYOUT=$LAYOUT EOF #Logout of our current session pkill mythfrontend xfce4-session-logout
the .lircrc file (buttons as per the DVICO remote, which I think are now standard in the lirc distribution)
## irexec # Bounce this tty begin button = power_onoff prog = irexec config = /home/mythtv/bin/ir_mythtv.sh & end #Run myth-setup before running mythfrontend begin button = cpf prog = irexec config = /home/mythtv/bin/ir_mythtv.sh --setup & end #Bounce the tty, use the Projector layout. begin button = tv_onoff prog = irexec config = /home/mythtv/bin/ir_mythtv.sh --layout Projector & end
I use a set of ruby scripts so I can use lirc to switch between analog (TV speakers) and digital audio (AV receiver).
The remote's volup/down buttons are used to control the volume. In analog mode calls the amixer program, in digital/passthrough mode uses the serial port to change the volume directly on the receiver.
ALC650 onboard sound.
Could probably do better 48/44kHz switching on the analog output between music and video but if that is important we just go digital passthrough and let the receiver do the work.
In myth config, you can see that default sound device is ALSA:myth-video, the passthrough device is ALSA:myth-passthru, and mythmusic uses ALSA:myth-music
#First line comment pcm.myth-music { type plug slave.pcm "hw:0,0,3" } ctl.myth-music { type hw card 0 } pcm.myth-video { type plug slave.pcm "hw:0,0,3" } ctl.myth-video { type hw card 0 } pcm.myth-passthru { type copy slave.pcm = "spdif" } ctl.myth-passthru { type hw card 0 }
New ION front-end
Minimyth based
- ZOTAC ionitx-d-e board, 2G memory
- tiny, tiny case
- external DVD player
TODO - when I get it working
Mythbuntu 9.10 upgrade
Mythbuntu 8.10 upgrades
Not yet tested/configured
- HD playback
- DVD rip/playback
upgrade smooth
0.19.x fixes info
- MythTV 0.19.x fixes branch (had to move
/usr/lib/libdts.ato compile)
- Xine external DVD/video player
- XvMC ( with Bob de-interlacing for HD channels. Have to manually turn it off for SD stuff).


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Ponygirl Curtis, leader of the guild "The Outsiders," has invited all players on the Butcherblock Server to a Frostfell Celebration!
On Sunday, December 16th, 2012, the guild The Outsiders will be hosting a Frostfell event at their T2 Guild Hall in North Freeport! The event will begin at 12:00 pm Pacific* and will feature giveaways, door prizes, dueling contests, a scavenger hunt, and much more! If you're on the Butcherblock Server, be sure to stop by and join in the Frostfell fun!
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Poll: Ron Paul Strongest Against Obama In Head To Head Matchup
Also named most truthful GOP candidate in separate study
Steve Watson
GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul is leading the incumbent president in a hypothetical matchup, according to a newly released poll from respected pollster Rasmussen.
Paul scores 43% over 41% for Obama in the poll, with 10% saying they would vote for some other option, a figure that includes 17% of Republicans.
Paul also picks up 15% of the vote from self-identified liberals, according to Rasmussen.
Mitt Romney is the only other candidate to lead Obama in the poll, scoring 45% to Obama's 43%. Paul polls the strongest, however, given that he drives the president's numbers down further than Romney.
A hypothetical Paul nomination also drives the undecided voters up significantly.
Senator Rick Santorum trails the president nationally by two percentage points, 45% to 43%. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich trails even further behind when pitted against Obama, with a ten point deficit, 49% to 39%.
Paul has regularly emerged as the strongest contender in other polls when matched head to head with Obama. This is the first time, however, that he has done so in a Rasmussen poll.
The poll shows a significant drop in approval ratings for Obama, who has seen a recent bounce in the polls throughout the first two months of the year.
Forty-two percent (42%) now Strongly Disapprove of the way that Obama is performing as president. His overall approval rating is down six points since mid February, according to Rasmussen.
In a separate study by The Houston Chronicle, Ron Paul was named the most truthful of the GOP contenders.
Ron Paul "had 58 percent accuracy from 33 statements that were evaluated on their honesty and truth." The Chronicle's 'Texas on the Potomac' blog explained. "Paul's true and mostly true categories were the most plentiful, tied with seven statements in each." the report continued.
The Chronicle used fact checking site PolitiFact to analyze statements from each of the candidates and assign accuracy values.
Ron Paul was also found to have had the lowest percentage of 'half truths', according to the study, with 18 percent. Newt Gingrich was found to be the most untruthful candidate, with just 42 accuracy points.


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Today we enabled updates for Firefox for Android on Armv6 and symbols.
I had previously announce that we enabled these builds for when developers committed changes for Firefox. Today we're announcing that you would also get updates every day.
NOTE: Be warned that these builds have not got full attention from developers as the armv7 builds do. I don't even know what is the right place to file bugs/issues for it.
You can download it and test it in here:
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Judges revoke the ruling of "forced abortion"
A woman won an appeal against a court ruling that would have seen her mentally ill daughter forced to abort.
A decision taken last week authorizes specialists to terminate the pregnancy.
Three judges of the Court of Appeal in London supported the appeal and overturned the previous decision.
Lord Just McComby, Lady Jordan King and Lord Justin Peter Jackson will explain later.
The judges were told that the daughter of a woman in her 20s, pregnant in the 22nd week, had a mental age for a child aged between six and nine years.
It also has a "severe" learning disorder and mood disorder.
"Huge decision"
At a hearing in the protection court last week, the heads of a hospital in charge of caring for pregnant women asked Mrs. Jeffs Levin to let doctors end the pregnancy.
Three specialists - the obstetrician and two psychiatrists - said they thought termination was the best option.
Said that there was a risk to the mental health of pregnant women if the pregnancy continued and feared that their behavior could be dangerous to the child.
But her mother - who was against abortion - said she could take care of the child.
A social worker who worked with a pregnant woman living in the London area said she should give birth, as did the lawyers they represent.
But Ms. Geoffen Levin judged that ending balance was the best option.
She must make a "huge" decision based on what is in the best interest of the pregnant woman.
At Monday's hearing, lawyers John McKindrick and Kew argued. Victoria Butler-Cole, that the verdict was a mistake.
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The former attorney of "Jersey Shore" star Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino says he withdrew from the reality TV personality's tax fraud case because the 34-year-old failed to pay for his services.
The Asbury Park Press reports Sorrentino's trial was delayed and the Manalapan Township resident was given until Oct. 14 to resolve the issue.
Attorney Richard Sapinski says he entered into a fee agreement with Sorrentino for representation in his federal tax-evasion case, but that he never received payment.
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Sapinksi said "there is no reasonable expectation" that Sorrentino can cover the bill.
Sapinski's request to withdraw from the case was approved last month.
Sorrentino and his brother, Marc, both pleaded not guilty to charges that they failed to pay all of the taxes due on $8.9 million in income.


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Epic took more than 20 suggestions for experience bonuses in a Valentine's event and Cliff Bleszinski and Rod Fergusson chose three. Epic's Valentine's Day "date" with Gears of War 2 will run between Feb. 8 and Feb. 14.
For at least three days in that span (and maybe the whole week; they haven't decided yet), Gears of War 2 will offer the following XP bonuses:
• Revives are double points in all game types
• Wingman is double normal XP (4x XP)
• Horde is double XP
I'd advise checking back at the Epic forum thread for final details on when it starts and ends, but it sounds like it'll be quite the romantic experience.
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In a fight over paying for Social Security, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and his allies took on The Washington Post this week as part of a running battle against Washington insiders' drive for deficit cutting. The emerging political consensus, essentially supported by the White House, favors cutting spending over creating jobs or helping the unemployed, two million of whom have lost benefits so far because of the Senate's delay in passing an extension.
Even as the White House and Democratic leaders nominally support extending unemployment benefits, the conventional wisdom they share about the menace of deficits undercuts their ability to rally political support for the needed spending to create jobs or aid the unemployed. This consensus of most Washington elites can have deadly consequences: near-permanent unemployment or underemployment for millions, while the joblessness epidemic is fueling a sharp increase in calls to suicide hotlines, AOL News reports.
This latest skirmish over the deficit isn't as arcane or removed from the lives of working people as it might appear at first. It involves a snarky Ruth Marcus column in The Washington Post that took Richard Trumka to task for favoring increasing taxes on the rich and opposing raising the retirement age to qualify for Social Security—an essential, if meager, lifeline in tough economic times.
As the AFL-CIO Now blog observes:
Here's a great way to save some Social Security money. Let more folks die before they can get a check. Cold? Maybe. But pretty darn effective according to Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus.
Marcus seems to have taken offense at AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's objection to raising the retirement age and his call for the better-off among us to pay the Social Security tax on all their income, just like the rest of us do.
This is all part of a growing indifference to the unemployed, led by the Republicans but also enabled by the White House and some Democratic leaders. The Huffington Post compares the emerging view of the White House political team—over the objection of some economists—to the anti-scientific know-nothingism of the Bush administration:
Today, a new band of Mayberry Machiavellis has gained control, counseling President Obama to ignore the advice of his economic team and press forward with deficit reduction ahead of job creation.
Senior White House adviser David Axelrod told the New York Times recently that "it's my job to report what the public mood is." The public mood, said Axelrod, is anti-spending and anti-deficit and so the smart politics is to alleviate those concerns. "I've made the point that as a matter of policy and a matter of politics that we need to focus on this, and the president certainly agrees with that," said Axelrod of the deficit hawkery that the administration has engaged in over the last several months.
It's an odd political strategy because Axelrod knows that if it succeeds, it will be both bad policy and bad politics. He said as much when asked about the pressure from economic advisers to focus on stimulus and job creation. "I'm very much allied with the economic group, because even as a political matter it would be very shortsighted to take steps that would send us backward," he said.
But the Mayberries have already taken those steps: by using the bully pulpit to highlight deficit fears, by proposing an across-the-board spending freeze, by creating a commission to reduce the deficit and stacking it with hawks, by making it clear to progressive allies that the White House political team believes a deficit-reduction focus is important for the midterm elections.
What's just as troubling is the way this self-destructive political perspective has gained so much ground so fast. Now, liberal economist Brad DeLong flatly declares in a new column that the pro-spending Keynesians among economists have lost, Paul Krugman and a few outliers notwithstanding. DeLong not only illustrates how the pro-spending forces have lost, but offers some potential reasons—some of it due to the current political weakness of the labor movement compared to Big Business.
DeLong observes, citing the President's claim on Friday that the economy is "headed in the right direction":
The employment-to-population ratio has been flat since November. Over the past six months--since the downturn ended--the U.S. economy has not been recovering from its near-depression, and not been putting a greater and greater portion of its potential labor force to work. Rather, it has been bumping along the bottom. There is a big difference between the economy getting "better" and the economy "no longer getting worse rapidly."
The president's calm rhetorical pose is not helpful to policy-making. As Ezra Klein writes, "the White House's broad approach... is to emphasize how much improvement there is, rather than how much needs to be done. That makes political sense." But it also "makes it difficult for the White House to run around with its hair on fire about how bad things are and how necessary it is that Congress doesn't abandon the labor market in order to pretend to care about the deficit."
Premature declarations of victory are especially worrisome because the Congress is only one of the many centers of power in the global economy that have decided too much has already been done to boost global demand, and that the next policy moves must serve the opposite goals of austerity, retrenchment, and contraction. From the German and British governments to the U.S. Federal Reserve, and from all 50 U.S. states to the European Central Bank, economists seeking additional stimulus have lost the argument. Those of us who believe that double-digit unemployment, accompanied by less-than-single-digit inflation and record lows for nominal long-term government bond rates, signals a crisis of confidence not in the government but in the banking system and the private sector find that we have no policy traction.
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The upshot of these economic trends is a crisis that sees counselors fielding calls from desperate people out of work as their benefits disappear—and few jobs are available, with five applicants for every one job.
As AOL News reports:
In one of the darkest tallies of the nation's still-sputtering recession, experts say financial desperation has played a significant role in increased calls to suicide-prevention hot lines -- and likely has led to increased suicide rates.
While government statistics on suicides often lag by two or three years, experts say the easier-to-track calls to hot lines have grown significantly. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which operates 24-hour crisis help lines around the country, reported an increase of 18 percent from January to May this year. The rates have fluctuated wildly, from 13,424 in January 2007 to a peak of 59,500 two months ago.
Dr. John Draper, director of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, said it's hard to tell whether the increased pace reflects more people needing help, or whether it's the effects of media attention on the problem and increased outreach by crisis counselors. But Draper has no doubt the need is there.
AOL highlights some recent examples of the hard times ratcheting up the stress on those already vulnerable to mental illness and suicide:
- An armed man facing foreclosure in Chattanooga, Tenn., who called police early July 1 threatening suicide. Authorities said that after officers arrived, the man talked with them from the porch of his house and then burst down the steps waving his gun while screaming, "Suicide by cop!" He died in a hail of bullets.
- A husband and father in Anaheim, Calif., facing foreclosure and a mountain of credit card debt, last month shot and killed his wife, critically wounded their 3-year-old son, shot at but missed their 5-year-old son and then killed himself, police said.
For those running out of options, such extreme acts are fortunately quite rare, but the pain afflicting families today is widespread. So the policy-making fights among economists and Washington politicians over the direction of our government's approach to joblessness have had all too clear an impact. Why are the advocates for more spending for the unemployed well on their way to losing?
DeLong pinpoints a few key potential factors:
The situation is grim. So why isn't everybody running around with their hair on fire?
Why aren't there irresistible political demands for more government action to steer us toward a better economic recovery --or at least to hedge against a double-dip in what seems likely to be called not a "recession" but a "depression" when historians get around to writing about it?
I have my theories:
• widening wealth inequality and an upgrading of the class position of reporters and pundits, who are no longer ink-stained wretches immersed in mainstream America;
• the collapse of union power, which ensures that nobody who sees real workers on a daily basis sits at the table when the deals are made;
• increasing job security for the powerful in Washington, aided by the growth of the lobbying apparatus that envelops the mixed-economy government;
• the collapse of professional integrity among the Washington press corps, which no longer dares to call balls and strikes as it sees them, preferring to say only that the Democrats say it was a strike and the Republicans say it was a ball, and that opinions on the shape of the earth differ.
How would the political world in Washington be different if there were a truly powerful labor movement fueled by greatly expanded organizing, millions of new members, and genuine union rights through, say, an Employee Free Choice Act?
In addition, if labor wasn't facing plummeting private sector union membership and a 60 percent drop in union elections, would this political apathy in Washington over the unemployed be so great?
I doubt it.


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- FA Cup round-up
Oldham & Leeds shock Reds & Spurs; Chelsea escape
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Liverpool crashed out against lowly Oldham Athletic on a day of surprises in the FA Cup, as Leeds knocked Tottenham out with a 2-1 win at Elland Road thanks to a beautifully crafted goal from Ross McCormack as Chelsea required a late goal from Fernando Torres to force a replay with Brentford draw.
Brendan Rodgers' hopes of domestic cup success in his first season at Liverpool came to an end as the Reds were beaten 3-2 by League One side Oldham in front of a packed crowd at Boundary Park.
A shock was on the cards as early as three minutes into the match, after Matt Smith got the run on Sebastian Coates to power a header past Brad Jones. Luis Suarez equalised 15 minutes late following a fine run and shot - but before half-time Oldham had retaken the lead, Smith again on hand to tap home after Jones had made a horrendous mistake in spilling a straightforward low cross.
Just three minutes after the break it was 3-1, as on-loan Manchester City youngster Reece Wabara rose highest in the box to plant a strong header into the net.
Reds midfielder Joe Allen then reduced the deficit to one with ten minutes remaining but, despite dominating possession and rampaging forward in the six minutes of additional time, the Premier League visitors were unable to get out of jail and force a replay - as Paul Dickov's men were left to celebrate a miraculous victory.
FA Cup holders Chelsea fought back from a goal down, twice, at Griffin Park meaning that despite Brentford's dominance they face a trip to Stamford Bridge if they are to reach the next round.
Oscar and Fernando Torres scored two excellent goals for Chelsea in reply to Marcello Trotta's opener and Harry Forrester's penalty.
The League One side outplayed the European champions in the first half with Trotta's effort coming just as it drew to a close. His volleyed goal stemmed from a parried save by Blues goalkeeper Ross Turnbull off a Forrester strike.
Wonderful penalty-box trickery from Oscar and a flick with the outside of his right boot levelled things up only for a penalty to be awarded to Brentford when Tom Adeyemi went down as Turnbull advanced. Forrester's penalty was an exemplary shot to the bottom left corner as he faced the goal.
But Torres came to the rescue for the Premier League team with seven minutes of the 90 remaining. His reaction shot from the edge of the area curled into the top-right corner and saved his side's blushes.
Leeds added Tottenham to their list of cup scalps and the upset looked on from the 15th-minute when Luke Varney scored a goal from nothing. It had been all Spurs for the first quarter of an hour but a punt forward granted the 30-year-old space to take the ball on and knock it past Brad Friedel.
The hosts continued brightly in the second half and on 50 minutes El-Hadji Diouf released McCormack with a chip over Spurs' high defensive line. The forward's pace was not enough to allow him a clear shot on goal so he turned inside and unleashed a bending shot around Friedel.
Clint Dempsey got one back for Spurs eight minutes later with a brave header into the far corner. But it was the Championship side who looked most likely of striking next and a gilt-edged opportunity fell to McCormack in a similar set-up to his goal. This time he took the shot first time but the 41-year-old Friedel was up to the task.
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Recent rains have increased fire ant activity in the region. While there is no way to rid a location of fire ants permanently, there are many products available for managing them. Options include drenches, granules and baits. Drenches and granules give the quickest results, but baits provide the most effective control in the long run.
Recent rains have increased fire ant activity in the region. While there is no way to rid a location of fire ants permanently, there are many products available for managing them. Options include drenches, granules and baits. Drenches and granules give the quickest results, but baits provide the most effective control in the long run.
Ant control products
Drench, granule, and bait fire ant control products are available with organic as well as synthetic active ingredients, though products containing organic ingredients are more difficult to find. Most fire ant control products are labeled to use in lawns, with fewer products labeled for vegetable gardens. Check product labeling before use to make sure the product you have can be applied where you need it and for safety information regarding people, pets, and wildlife.
Drenches are mixed with water and poured onto a mound. They provide quick knock down of the mound but rarely kill all of the ants and new mounds usually pop up in the treated area within a few days. Drenches are useful when a mound needs to be quickly neutralized, but not for treating a large area. Most drench products contain synthetic insecticides like bifenthrin or permethrin. The Safer brand of products offers an organic drench with the active ingredient D-limonene, but this may be difficult to find locally.
Granules are sprinkled around a mound or broadcast over the yard. Ants are killed when they come in contact with the pesticide. Granules usually do a better job of killing more ants than drenches but rarely get them all. Most granular products contain either bifenthrin, permethrin, or a similar synthetic insecticide.
Baits are best
Baits are insecticides designed to fool pests into thinking they are food. When applied correctly, baits are the most effective, long lasting, and environmentally friendly method of fire ant control available. Baits can be applied around individual ant mounds or broadcast over a large area. Broadcasting is recommended when there are more than five mounds visible per quarter acre or over 20 mounds per acre. When applied correctly, broadcasted baits only need to be put out once or twice a year to provide excellent control of fire ants.
Baits should be applied when fire ants are actively foraging for food. During summer, ants forage most prolifically in the cooler hours of early morning and late evening. For best results apply baits in the morning after the dew has dried on a day when rain or irrigation is not expected for at least 24 hours. Always use fresh baits since the soybean oil used in baits can spoil over time. Read the label directions of any product you are thinking about using to find out what rate it should be applied and how it should be spread.
The most commonly available bait contains the synthetic insecticide hydramethylnon and is sold as Amdro Fire Ant Bait. If you prefer to use organic products, look for baits that contain spinosad as the active ingredient. Brand names of baits that contain spinosad include Ferti-lome Come and Get It, Green Light Fire Ant Control with Conserve, and Safer Fire Ant Bait. All of these products begin killing ants within a few weeks of application, though their full effectiveness is not realized for several weeks.
Some newer products, like Amdro Fire Strike and Extinguish Plus, contain both the synthetic insecticide hydramethylnon, as well as an insect growth regulator. Insect growth regulators work differently than chemical insecticides, by preventing insects from developing rather than killing them immediately.
Insect growth regulators, which include (S)-methoprene and abamectin, are extremely safe and are one of the few types of ant control products that can be used in agricultural lands, including vegetable gardens and pastures. They are very effective in the long term, but take three to four months to reduce ant populations. Since brand names change constantly, be sure to check the active ingredient listings before you purchase any pesticide to make sure you are getting the product you want.
Please Note: Any recommendations of brand names or listing of commercial products in this article are included solely as a convenience to the reader and do not imply endorsement by NC Cooperative Extension nor discrimination against similar products. Before applying any chemical, always obtain current information about its use and read the product label carefully.
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To find out more about managing fire ants visit extension.org/fire_ants or contact your local Extension office. Visit ces.ncsu.edu to locate your local Extension office or post your questions to be answered online through the �Ask an Expert� link.
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There are two hours left to buy this vintage motorcycle helmet with "Super Jew" graphics both left and right. If you are a Heeb who likes to hoon, it should be perfect for you.
The bidding is at $36. Someone please buy this.
(Hat tip to Bradley Price!)
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Contact Combat
Krav Maga, (Hebrew for "hand-to-hand combat." Krav meaning "combat" and Maga meaning "contact" or "touch"), is the official self defense system of the Israeli Defense Forces, and has been taught to hundreds of law enforcement agencies and thousands of civilians in the United States.
Krav Maga is a simple, effective self defense system that emphasizes instinctive movements, simultaneous defensive and offensive maneuvers, and aggression. No katas, no rituals, just real self-defense for real people. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krav_Maga)
"Contact Combat" is a clothing line looking to bring promotion, awareness and advancement of Krav Maga in general through intense, eye-catching clothing for training and street wear. We want to get noticed.
General Krav Maga (hebrew trans: Contact Combat) practitioners and self-defense enthusiasts.
- Males 18-40 generally interested in MMA, fighting, military, etc
- Women 25-40 generally interested in self-defense, confidence, prevention
Krav Maga isn't a well know martial art so most people hear about it through word of mouth, advertising.
There are a few notable Krav Maga associations; Krav Maga Worldwide, International Krav Maga Federation, Krav Maga Alliance. We're looking to create a line of generic shirts that could be worn regardless of school affiliation.
Intense, aggressive, confident, eye-catching clothing for Krav Maga training and street wear.
Goal of shirt:
Feel of shirt:
Police, Military
Inspirations from other brands & styles:
-- RVCA http://www.mmawarehouse.com/RVCA-MM…/32969.htm
-- Ranger Up http://www.mmawarehouse.com/Ranger-…/31833.htm
-- Tapout http://www.mmawarehouse.com/tapout-…s/8572.htm
-- Triumph United http://www.mmawarehouse.com/Triumph…s/3848.htm
-- FORM Athletics http://www.mmawarehouse.com/FORM-At…/47409.htm
-- Dethrone Royalty http://www.mmawarehouse.com/dethron…/60658.htm
Elements may include any of the following:
"Krav Maga" (in english or hebrew קרב מגע)
"Self-defense, Fighting, Fitness"
"Contact Combat"
Krav Maga School Logo (attached, with or without text, liberty to modify)
Flags (USA or Israel)
Designs can be as simple or intricate as you want. Front or Back or Both. over-size, over-seam designs are OK. Color palette is open.
Shirts will be worn as work out shirts as well as general street t-shirts. The sky's the limit.
We are planning on guaranteeing the contest as long as it can qualify and will be submitting multiple contests for the same project requirements.


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K-EDGE started their endeavors with Kristin Armstrong's Chain Catcher at the 2008 Olympics (Gold individual time trial in 2008 and 2012), and they have since added more catchers and camera mounts. Their latest product is an aluminum bike computer mount for Garmin's Edge series, and the anodized jewelry is an impressive piece of CNC weaponry.
The three-piece CNC machined 6061 T6 aluminum mount is meant for the Garmin Edge 800, 500, and 200 GPS bike computers. The mount offers a stable and secure attachment, and enhances viewing with a more forward placement from the handlebars. I have used the K-EDGE GO BIG camera mounts for a very long time, and can attest to their high build quality, robustness, and solid platform they provide. This mount carries on those same qualities and craftsmanship. The mount fits 31.8 diameter handlebars, weighs 30 grams, has a lifetime guarantee, comes in Black, Gunmetal and Red, and retails for $49.99.
The mount is comprised of a two-piece handlebar clamp and an extendable arm. The arm has a recessed slot, which mates with the tab on the lower portion of the clamp, and it offers a wobble free and secure connection when it's fastened down.
Measured Spec:
- Weight – 30.3 grams
The mount was simple to install, and you just snug it up against the right side of the stem, and tighten down its two clamp bolts. The extendable arm can be adjusted as desired, either forward or rearward, although you'll need to leave it farther out for the 800 series due to its larger size. After a brief ride, you can fine-tune the viewing angle by loosening the clamp and rotating it on the bars, and altering it dependent on your personal taste, and bike and body geometry. The bike computer clips in like it does on Garmin's normal mount, just insert it 90 degrees off axis and give a good strong twist to put it into position (it's a snug fit). The first few times I used it a few tiny flakes of the plastic on the computer's back tab came off due to the sharpness of the mount's interface, but nothing additional has torn off since then. Once installed, the computer is very secure and stable, and I never noticed any extraneous vibrations while riding. When you need to touch the computer's screen, there isn't any give, no matter how hard you push on it, again reinforcing the incredible stability of the mount's platform. I really liked the setup of the system, with the computer below the top of the handlebars and centered and out in-front of the stem, as it gave a more spacious and ergonomic viewpoint. I found it a lot easier to read the screen while riding, even in bright light conditions.


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4180-B A Tipp Cowlesville TIPPCITY OH
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I'm currently learning the very fundamentals of C++ from the perspective of a game programmer. I use the "Beginning C++ Through Game Programming, Third Edition" book (from Michael Dawson) for this. I like this book very much and it's not so dry like some other books and tutorials I found on the internet. My question is now, what book should I read once I'm done with this one? I noticed that Michael Dawson hasn't wrote a more advanced game programming book which can be used after the one I'm studying now, so I'm looking for some good suggestions.
Another note is that this book only focuses on simple DOS games, so there are no visuals or sound effects whatsoever. I'm not very familiar with it yet, but I understand that OpenGL is an universal code (?) that can be used to incorporate visuals and sound effects in C++ programs, which will be compatible on Windows, Mac and Linux. This is something that, as far as I know, DirectX does not. What would be a good place to start learning about OpenGL or am I going too far ahead of myself and do I first need to focus on something else? I would like some advice.
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July 16, 2014
Through a partnership with the Achemenet Project in Paris, France, the Oriental Institute will provide online access to new images and documentation of the most significant parts of its Achaemenid period (550-330 BC) object collections. The objects, many of which come from the Oriental Institute's 1930s excavations at Persepolis, Iran, include seals and sealings, reliefs and sculpture, amulets, tableware, and ornaments. This is the primary goal of the Oriental Institute's participation in the Achemenet Project, made possible through a grant from the Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute and matching support from the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.


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Network Takes a Page Out of FOX's Playbook With Special Preview Episode of Wilfred
Scheduled to Run Across Multiple Platforms to Promote Season 2 Premiere Launch
Special Preview Episode To Launch on Video-on-Demand and Online on Thursday, June 14, and Air on FX on Thursday, June 21 at 10:30 PM E/P
Season 2 of Wilfred Premieres with an All-New Episode on June 28 at Its Regular Time Period of Thursdays at 10:00 PM E/P
LOS ANGELES, June 7, 2012 - Taking a page out of its sister network FOX's playbook for Glee and New Girl, FX will offer viewers a Special Preview Episode of its hit comedy series Wilfred for viewing across multiple platforms over a two-week period beginning on Thursday, June 14 in advance of the series' official season two premiere launch on Thursday, June 28.
On Thursday, June 14, the never-before-seen Special Preview Episode will roll out on Video-on-Demand through the network's cable, satellite and telco distribution partners, and also will begin running that day online on HULU and Yahoo! TV, as well as FXnetworks.com and the Wilfred Facebook page. The final exhibition will be on FX on Thursday, June 21 at 10:30 PM E/P. In the Special Preview Episode, "Progress," which features guest star Robin Williams, "Ryan" (Elijah Wood) realizes the consequences of not having "Wilfred" (Jason Gann) in his life (Written by David Zuckerman; Directed by Randall Einhorn). The Special Preview Episode will be preceded by an encore run of Wilfred's Season 1finale at 10:00 PM E/P.
Then on June 28, Wilfred moves to its regularly scheduled time period of Thursdays at 10:00 PM with its official Season 2 premiere and the all-new episode, "Letting Go." In the episode, Wilfred refuses to help Ryan with his problems as a result of his belief that their relationship is one-sided due to Ryan's selfishness (Written by Reed Agnew & Eli Jorné; Directed by Randall Einhorn).
"We've seen the success FOX had previewing Glee and New Girl with this type of initiative and we felt this was a perfect opportunity to execute a similar strategy for Wilfred," said FX President and General Manager John Landgraf. "Wilfred enjoyed the most successful first season of any comedy ever on FX and the time is right to capitalize on that success and hopefully grow our audience. This is a special treat for fans of the show to get a jump start ahead of the season two premiere."
In addition to the exposure of the Special Preview Episode, the complete first season of Wilfred will be available on VOD on June 14 and is available on DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, June 19.
Starring Elijah Wood and Jason Gann, Season 1 of Wilfred ranks as FX's most-watched freshman comedy launch in the network's history among Total Viewers (2.22 million), Adults18-49 (1.56 million), Men 18-49 (981,000), Women 18-49 (581,000), Adults 18-34 (932,000), Women 18-34 (326,000), Adults 25-54 (1.33 million), Men 25-54 (825,000), and Women 25-54 (503,000).
Wilfred is a half-hour, live-action comedy about Ryan (Wood), a young man struggling unsuccessfully to make his way in the world until he forms a unique friendship with Wilfred (Gann) his neighbor's canine pet. While everyone else sees Wilfred as just a dog, Ryan sees a crude and somewhat surly, yet irrepressibly brave and honest Australian bloke in a cheap dog suit. While leading him through a series of comedic and existential adventures, Wilfred the dog shows Ryan the man how to overcome his fears and joyfully embrace the unpredictability and insanity of the world around him. The series co-stars Fiona Gubelmann and Dorian Brown. Wilfred is based on the critically-acclaimed Australian series of the same title and was adapted for FX by David Zuckerman (Family Guy, American Dad, King of the Hill). Zuckerman also serves as executive producer along with Jason Gann, Rich Frank and Jeff Kwatinetz of Prospect Park, Randall Einhorn, and Joe Connor and Ken Connor of Renegade, producers of the Australian version of the series. Einhorn also serves as director. Wilfred is produced by FX Productions. The Australian version of Wilfred was written by Jason Gann and Adam Zwar, directed by Tony Rogers and produced by Jen Livingston.
Thursday, June 28 marks FX's biggest night of comedy ever with the launch of two new and two returning comedy series. The night kicks off with two episodes of the new comedy Anger Management, starring Charlie Sheen at 9:00 and 9:30 PM E/P, followed by Wilfred at 10:00 PM, the award-winning Louie at 10:30 PM, and the new latenight series Brand X with Russell Brand at 11:00 PM E/P.
About FX
FX is the flagship general entertainment basic cable network from Fox. Launched in June of 1994, FX is carried in more than 98 million homes. The diverse schedule includes a growing roster of critically acclaimed and award-winning hit dramas series including Sons of Anarchy, Justified and American Horror Story, and acclaimed hit comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The League, Louie, Archer and Wilfred. Upcoming comedies include Brand X with Russell Brand, Anger Management, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, and Legit. The network's library of acquired box-office hit movies is unmatched by any ad-supported television network. FX's other offerings include the acquired hit series Two and a Half Men and How I Met Your Mother, and live sports with college football and the UFC. For more information about FX, visit our web site at www.FXnetworks.com.
About FX Productions
FX Productions co-produces the award-winning hit drama series Sons of Anarchy, and critically acclaimed hit drama series Justified. FXP produces the critically acclaimed hit comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The League, Louie, Wilfred, Archer, Brand X with Russell Brand, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, and Legit.
Source: The Nielsen Company, Live+7 (000s)


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2016, Africa University, African Journal of Intellectual Property, AJIP, ARIPO, BW Kahari Legal Practitioners, Cairo University, China, contributing authors, contributing reviewers, Copyright Society of Malawi, December, Dr. Marisella Ouma, Dr. Reem Raslan, Dr. Tshimanga Kongolo, Egypt, Inaugural, inaugural issue, Institute of Peace Leadership and Governance, IPLG, Issue, Kenya, Kenya Copyright Board, Ministry of Trade Industry and Investment, Mr. Desmond Oriakhogba, Mr. Emmanuel Sackey, Mr. Jacob Holland, Mr. Kayode Ibrahim Adam, Mr. Mornicliff Mudzvatangi, Mr. Victor Nzomo, Mrs. Brenda Kahari, Mrs. Dora Makwinja, Ms. Glenda Mutasa, Nigeria, OCTA, Prof. Amos Saurombe, Prof. Anthony Kakooza, Prof. Maponga, Prof. Olugbenga Ajani Olatunji, Prof. Tom Ogada, SIPI Law Associates, Strathmore University, Switzerland, Uganda. Dr. Edwini Kessie, University of Benin, University of Ilorin, University of South Africa, University of Zimbabwe, Vanuatu, WIPO, Xiamen University, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Office
On the 9th of December 2016, African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) celebrated 40 years in existence. As many may know, ARIPO is an Intergovernmental Organization established under the Lusaka Agreement on 9 December 1976 to pool resources of its African Member States in Intellectual Property (IP) and establishes common services and co-ordination of laws and activities in IP matters. One of the highlights of the celebrations was the launch of inaugural issue of the African Journal of Intellectual Property (AJIP), a collaborative project with the Africa University's Institute of Peace, Leadership and Governance (IPLG).


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A Baby Yankee Hates the Big Yankees
This isn't going to be a long entry, to begin. This particular exchange happened tonight, I found it amusing, and I figured I would write a small blog about it–just to let everyone know what happened.
Tonight I was working at Dutchess Stadium, home of the Hudson Valley Renegades. I blogged earlier in the summer about the internship opportunity they afforded me.
The 'Gades were hosting the Staten Island Yankees , the short season Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, in a doubleheader.
At one point in the night I went with my buddy Dan Burckhard (A.K.A. "Crash"… it's his nickname. Long story) to open up a gate behind the opposing bullpen for an on-the-field activity in between innings.
We wound up getting a chance to speak with some of the relief pitchers on the Staten Island Yankees. One of them looked right at me and then asked me a strange question.
"Do you have a gun? I'd like to shoot myself now."
"No," I responded. "I'm guessing you want to go home?"
He laughed and said, "Yes. We've been here for way too long."
No argument from me. I wanted to leave, too.
He continued, "Can you get me a beer?"
I laughed and said, "If I could I definitely would. And I would have a drink with you, since technically you are a Yankee and I am a huge Yankee fan."
Here's when it happened.
"I F-(expletive) HATE the Yankees," he said.
"But…you play for them," I responded.
"Yeah, but not by choice," he said.
Wow. I laughed pretty hard when he said that. A player on a team of baby Yankees hates the adult Yankees. I just found it rather ironic and it was quite interesting to me.
It made for good conversation, at least.
When I got home I looked him up. His name is Michael Recchia from Crestwood, Illinois. Maybe he's a White Sox fan? Or maybe he likes losing. He could be a Cubs fan.
And if you were wondering, the Renegades beat the Yanks 2-1 in the first game and crushed them 15-1 in game two of the twin bill.


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World+Dog wants a touchscreen phone, survey results from market watcher Canalys suggest, but vendors still have work to do to prevent users going back to buttons.
According to Canalys' figures, 38 per cent of some 3000 mobile phone users questioned in the UK, France and Germany said their next phone will have a finger-oriented touchscreen user interface.
Add in the 16 per cent of respondents who said they want a stylus-operated touchscreen device next, and the total jumps to more than half of people surveyed.
Clearly, touchscreens are in and, as Canalys found, they have across-the-board appeal, being favoured almost as much by the old as the young, by women as men. Demand is at pretty much the same level in all the three countries included in the survey, and touchscreen phones are as likely to be wanted by pay-as-you-go customers as those folk on contracts.
But for all the buzz surrounding touchscreen phones - much of it from the iPhone - the technology is disappointing too many people. Apple and one or two others may be getting it right, but that doesn't mean consumers who have tried rival products and disliked them will stick with the technology but try a different vendor.
A surprising 53 per cent of folk who already own a touchscreen phone said they won't be buying one next time round. Apple and HTC both had much larger numbers of users who who said they will remain loyal to touchscreen technology, Canalys noted, though we wonder whether that's more to do with brand preference than favouring touchscreens, especially in Apple's case.
Other vendors who have offered touchscreen phones fared less well. For example, fewer than a third of Sony Ericsson touchcreen owners said their next phone would use the same kind of UI. Fortunately, for SE, Nokia, RIM and co, they have plenty of button-based phones for these folk to turn to.
Those who favour a stylus were among those folk surveyed who were least likely to go to a finger-oriented touchscreen UI.
"This is another example of how strongly current user experience sets future expectations," said Pete Cunningham, a senior Canalys analyst. "It's likely that many of those users perceive moving from stylus to finger as a loss of precision that would degrade usability, hence the underlying resistance.
Within this group, there was notably less resistance to change from current HTC and Samsung owners. Both Samsung and HTC have put their own finger-driven UI on top of Windows Mobile, and the survey responses suggests they may be more successful in persuading punters to stow their stylii for good. ®
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Shelley Sanderson necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 214 diseños de 42 diseñadores freelance.
Edge Information Management Solutions (Edge IMS or Edge for the logo)
We specialize in consulting, development and implementation of custom database software and Sage accounting software solutions for small to medium sized businesses. Our focus is weighted on the people in these businesses -- what they need to get an edge and get their job done with excellence. We downplay the tech talk with clients and focus on the business results required.
We are currently setting up the company and need a logo asap to launch our visual marketing identity.
Entrepreneurs - small to medium sized businesses.
This logo will be used on our website, business cards, marketing materials and proposals/letterhead. It would be great if the design had a visual element that could be pulled out for use as our favicon in the future.
The logo should contain the text "EDGE" or "EDGE IMS". Upper case, lower case, or a mix. Our preference would be to include the IMS if we can meet our wish list below.
We've done a bit of playing around with an 'e' with a circle around it (a play on the @ symbol) as part of the logo but can't get the pizzazz we want on our own. We're definitely not set on that idea though and want to get some real creative minds on the job.
- Clean & simple
- Eye catching
- Recognizable
- Memorable
- Inviting
- Inspiring
The sky's the limit, Go nuts!
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