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Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street following a downturn in China after that country announced new steps to cool down its booming housing market.
The Dow Jones industrial average lost 44 points to 14,045 shortly after the opening bell.
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It's challenge time once again over at the Tickled Pink blog and this week is all about using fabric on your card. You can cover your card with it, create flowers and bows with it, however you can think of getting it on there we want to see it! :)
Now in order to be eligible to win the prize you do have to use one of the many stamps from the Tickled Pink range. These include Lil Lolitas and Lads, Pink Pets and Cherries. Then once you have your card done just link it up over at the TP challenge blog... easy peasy!
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Ruf 1-Man Show
BJ did a job as a fill-in starter. If he, Diekman, Aumont and DeFratus can master the strike zone, look out. That would be a young, impressive and deep pen.
Offensively, Ruf has driven in all the Phillies runs in the last three games against the Nationals….a three-run double in Philly last week, a two-run triple on Monday and his first two-homer game on Tuesday.
The rest of the bats are limping to the finish line.
For the second time in club history, the Phillies will have 10 seasons of .500 or above, 1975-1984 and 2003-2012. Each of those spans produced five NL East division titles, two NL pennants and one World Series title.
Cliff closes out the season Wednesday afternoon. He'll be making his 30th start, is sixth in the league in strikeouts and ninth in ERA and he's going for just his seventh win. That pretty well symbolizes the Phillies season of disbelief.
Minor League Note
SS Roman Quinn has been named the third best prospect in the New York-Penn League by Baseball America.
In his first pro season, he led the league in runs (56); triples (11) and stolen bases (30). The 19-year-old is currently in Clearwater in the Florida Instructional League program.
Alumni Notes
Ryne Sandberg will be a special guest at the Hall of Fame's fifth annual Character and Courage Weekend on the October 5-7 weekend.
Sandberg will share his insights on the game, participate in a clinic for young athletes, and visit Cooperstown-area schools to talk to students about the Museum's new Be A Superior Example program.
For Alumni postseason memories, check out www.phillies.com/alumni.
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Researchers at the U.S. Air Force Academy have created a ball-shaped flash of plasma that closely resembles the near-mythical "ball lightning" reported for millennia.
It's estimated that only one in a million lightning strikes produces the ball lightning phenomenon, which makes it impossible to study in nature.
Though it's rare, ball lighting is so stunning that there are more than 10,000 written accounts of the bright, spherical lights in the sky which linger for seconds longer that a true lightning bolt. Here's one example of these lightning balls in nature:
A glowing orb of ball lightning was even rumoured to be what killed 18th Century scientist Georg Wilhelm Richmann. The glowing balls can range from a fraction of a centimeter to more than a foot in diameter. They are often misidentified as UFOs.
Nikola Tesla was the first person known to have recreated a ball lightning-like charge in the lab, in 1904. In the hundred years since then, only a few researchers have successfully repeated Tesla's accomplishment.
Producing ball lighting in the lab not only disproves UFO claims, but allows scientists to study its properties and get a better understanding of the conditions inside thunderstorms that produce it.
Russian scientists successfully made plasma balls in the lab in 2002 — catching the attention of Mike Lindsay, then a student at the U.S. Air Force Academy, who wondered if he could recreate and study the phenomenon.
"When I heard about these plasmas that were being created in Russia, that looked like ball plasma, a plasma that could live without a power source for seconds, that struck me as exciting," Lindsay told Business Insider.
Lindsay's team has recreated the previous experiments, while managing to extend the life of the ball by making adjustments to the mechanisms that create it.
To recreate the previous experiments, Lindsay and his research team filled a bucket with a salt solution, and then ran a long, tube-like electrode vertically from the bottom of the bucket to just above the surface.
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Measures reduce bycatch in longline fisheries; protect the insular population from extinction
Complying with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and two federal court orders, today NOAA Fisheries announced two actions to protect false killer whales in the Pacific Islands. False killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens), are members of the dolphin family and, though naturally uncommon, are found worldwide. As top predators, false killer whales play an important role in the biodiversity of the oceans by helping maintain balance within the ecosystem.
Rule to Reduce Bycatch under the Marine Mammal Protection Act
Under the MMPA, NOAA Fisheries is establishing measures to reduce incidental catch of two stocks of false killer whales in the Hawaii-based commercial longline fisheries. The MMPA requires the development of take reduction plans for certain marine mammal stocks where there is frequent or occasional bycatch of marine mammals in commercial fisheries. False killer whales in waters around Hawaii are incidentally caught in the Hawaii-based tuna and swordfish longline fisheries and have adapted to take bait and fish off longline fishing hooks, which can cause them to become hooked or entangled. Currently, the bycatch of two false killer whale stocks, the Hawaii Pelagic and Main Hawaiian Islands Insular stocks, exceed the allowable levels established by the MMPA.
"The steps NOAA Fisheries is taking today will help mitigate the impact on these populations of false killer whales from accidental bycatch by longline fishing," said Sam Rauch, NOAA's deputy assistant administrator for fisheries. "NOAA worked closely with fishermen and stakeholders to develop scientifically-based and common-sense solutions to reduce the unintended catch of these mammals. We look forward to continuing our conversations with fishermen and others on bycatch reduction efforts."
In 2010, NOAA Fisheries convened a take reduction team of government, conservation, academic, and industry stakeholders to develop recommendations to reduce false killer whale interactions in Hawaii's commercial longline fisheries.
After careful consideration of the team's recommendations, NOAA Fisheries published a proposed take reduction plan in 2011. NOAA Fisheries revised several aspects of the plan in response to public comments and additional analyses. The final plan requires the use of specific fishing hooks, implements closed fishing areas, and requires fishermen to receive training and certification in ways to release false killer whales that are incidentally caught. NOAA is under a court order to issue the final plan by November 30.
NOAA Fisheries will continue to partner with state agencies, conservation organizations, and the fishing industry to find ways to further reduce bycatch of false killer whales without unduly hampering fishing activities.
Complying with the Endangered Species Act and a court order to issue a final listing determination, NOAA Fisheries today is listing the Main Hawaiian Islands insular population of false killer whales as an endangered distinct population segment to protect it from possible extinction. The ESA defines an endangered species as "any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range."
Main Hawaiian Islands insular false killer whales, which are found in and around the waters of Hawaii's eight main islands, face a number of threats, including their small population (estimated at only 151 individuals) and low genetic diversity, as well as hooking and entanglement in fisheries. Surveys conducted by several independent researchers indicate the population has been in decline for at least the past two decades. In taking this action, NOAA reviewed a range of factors, including the population's risk of going extinct based on its small numbers, threats facing the population, and current efforts to protect the population. NOAA is currently under a court order to issue the final listing determination by December 10.
"NOAA Fisheries used the best data and scientific information available to make this determination," continued Rauch. "Based on the whales' small population size, low genetic diversity, and other factors, it became clear to list the Main Hawaiian Islands insular population under the ESA to protect them for future generations and to protect biodiversity in our oceans."
NOAA Fisheries will continue to monitor the status of the Main Hawaiian Islands insular population of false killer whales through periodic surveys and assessments. NOAA Fisheries will also consider whether to propose designating critical habitat for the population, and will develop a recovery plan with actions to conserve the species. Finally, through the ESA consultation process, NOAA Fisheries will work with federal agencies to ensure that projects or activities that they fund, authorize, or carry out will not jeopardize the continued existence of the listed false killer whale population.
To read the ESA status review, MMPA stock assessment, and final ESA and MMPA actions, visit http://www.fpir.noaa.gov/PRD/prd_false_killer_whale.html
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Danger in the Air
When the passenger on an El Al plane sat down on his seat he did not feel at all unusual. But when he later had difficulty getting up he realized that his trousers were stuck on a piece of chewing gum.
A damaged suit and the agony experienced certainly entitled him to some compensation, and he sued for 1500 shekalim. The court sympathized with his problem but felt that 800 shekalim was enough.
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The air in the auditorium smelled faintly of burnt herbs. Josefina Lema Aguilar, a Kichwa elder from the mountains of Ecuador, lit a tiny sacred fire to bless last week's conference on "Seeking Balance: Indigenous Knowledge, Western Science and Climate Change."
Dressed in traditional garb from the Andes, Aguilar gave the event's opening prayer at the (now LEED-certified) National Museum of the American Indian in Washington.
"At home we would light a big fire, but here in this developed country, where we are more uptight, we are in an enclosed area, so don't worry, I will light only a little fire," Aguilar joked in Spanish (and through a translator). "It's the custom and tradition of all indigenous peoples to give thanks to Mother Earth, Mother Air, Mother Water and Father Sun for giving us life and having us as part of their family," she continued.
Josefina Lema Aguilar, a Kichwa elder from Ecuador, opens the Conversations with the Earth conference in Washington D.C. Photo courtesy Conversations with the Earth
And according to the delegates at the conference, representing more than a dozen Native cultures from around the world, the message is clear: Mother Earth is in trouble. But fortunately, many of the assembled elders were also quick to point out that there is much the Western world can learn from indigenous people to address some of the problems, and to more effectively deal with the impending changes.
Delegate Alejandro Argumedo, a Quechuan agronomist from Peru, said, "Living in fragile ecosystems, indigenous peoples are at the frontlines of climate change." Argumedo is the director of the Quechua-Aymara Association for Sustainable Livelihoods (ANDES), which works to protect indigenous knowledge and resources, as well as the founder of the Indigenous Peoples Biodiversity Network.
Argumedo argued that climate change is not just a global issue or a future issue, it is already having real impacts on local ecosystems and people, today. He added, "With our traditional knowledge, we are able to detect these changes, many of which are quite dramatic."
In fact, a major goal of Conversations with the Earth, one of the conference's co-sponsors, is documenting the effects of climate change as they are seen by indigenous people around the world.
Native Resilience
Brian Keane, the co-founder and director of the indigenous rights group Land is Life, said, "There are 370 million indigenous people today, in roughly 5,000 nations, and these people are tough as diamonds. They are where the hope lies for the future of this planet."
Keane explained that there is more biodiversity on indigenous lands then on all parks and zoos combined, and that Native knowledge of food crops passed down over the centuries "holds the keys to global food security." Keane said that once a culture disappears, the loss of knowledge and wisdom is incalculable.
"New technology will play a role, but the most important thing we can do is respect indigenous people, who will help maintain the ecological stability of the planet," said Keane.
Argumedo added, "Our vast heritage of biological and cultural diversity is intrinsically linked to our practices and way of life: it's holistic to our spirituality." He continued, "Practicing our traditional knowledge systems allows us to achieve what scientists call resilience to climate change."
As an example, Argumedo said indigenous people in the Andes have learned to adapt to changing climate from El Nino events. "We move our crops to different altitudes," he said. "Communities are not waiting for top-down responses. Livelihoods are being adapted in creative ways."
Jemimah Kerenge, a Maasai filmmaker from Kenya, stressed that her people have flourished off the land for millennia, and have learned to adapt to climate changes before. Still, she expressed concern that a recent drought has brought much hardship, and warned, "Many of us pastoralists hang on precariously."
Kerenge works with the Conversations with the Earth Project to train indigenous people to tell their own stories through video; examples of those stories were on display in the museum. Among the cultures represented, a common theme was pride expressed by Native peoples in their longstanding ability to adapt to change and survive in harsh environments. However, there was also a pervasive sense that recent climate change is faster and more perilous than anything that has been experienced in generations.
Merging Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science
In a hopeful moment, Sarah James, a Gwich'in leader from Arctic Alaska who won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize in 2002, said of indigenous people, "We aren't perfect and they [the Western world] aren't perfect. We have to take the good of both cultures and combine them."
In fact, collaboration between Native peoples and Western science has been rocky at best, and for centuries was marred by arrogant dismissiveness and blatant exploitation on the part of Westerners. Several delegates pointed out that it is difficult for members of their communities to trust Western scientists, when their elders remember that promises were broken, or their traditional knowledge and natural resources were plundered and patented.
"When scientists speak of reducing emissions and growing forests, these are solutions that use patents and intellectual property rights. There is not much support for proven local people's solutions, which is the basis of our resilience," Argumedo argued.
In a moment of frustration, an indigenous man from Panama told the crowd, "Scientists propose a lot of false solutions, such as, 'You guys keep this tree so we can continue to pollute more.'"
Still, there is some evidence of successful partnerships between indigenous groups and Western scientists and conservationists. Sarah James has been heralded by the environmental community for her work in blocking drilling of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. John Parrotta, a scientist with the U.S. Forest Service, pointed out that Australia has found success with a program that pays and outfits Aboriginal people to manage their lands the traditional way. Their work includes traditional controlled burns, which take away the fuel that otherwise leads to out-of-control wildfires, and which help renew the ecosystem.
Nancy Maynard, a NASA scientist who studies climate change in the Arctic, explained how she has been working with indigenous Sami reindeer herders. "Our goal is to combine satellite technology with knowledge of the herders, to see if we can co-produce something," she explained.
As one example, Maynard pointed out that the Sami language includes clues to specific microclimate conditions in the far north that Western scientists had otherwise overlooked. "I like the term indigenuity, which is indigenous plus ingenuity," Maynard said.
For his part, Argumedo said, "Bridges with Western science are necessary but must be done with awareness of indigenous knowledge." He pointed out that he has been working with the Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Assessment (IPCCA), the United Nations and others to help understand the ways indigenous people have been adapting to their changing environments, and to help them meet new challenges with local methods and resources.
Igor Krupnik, an ecologist and anthropologist from the Smithsonian, said indigenous people and Western scientists can best work together by first learning to understand each other's ways of looking at knowledge. "Be at the table early, and treat each other with respect," he said.
A Passionate Plea for Action
Underlying the conference was a sense of how serious the threat of climate change is becoming, and how many indigenous people are unfairly caught in its whirlwind. Argumedo said, "Indigenous peoples have contributed the least to climate change and they are facing the most severe threats due to their direct relationship with natural systems and historic and ongoing discrimination."
At 16 years old, the youngest delegate was also among the most heartfelt. Diaguidili De Leon, a Kuna from Panama, said, "Climate change is affecting the whole world, but most severely affecting indigenous peoples, but white people don't seem to notice."
Tearing up, De Leon said it is her generation that is going to inherit a troubled planet. "So listen to us. In my community everything is dying, because it's too hot. Indigenous peoples' voices are very powerful, but we hope you will understand our message."
Ngenge Sasa, from the island of Manus off Papua New Guinea, warned that his people's culture is under assault, since they are being forced to relocate to the mainland. Rising sea level has inundated their gardens and washed away their beaches.
Pamela Anne Hakongak Gross, a young Inuk woman from northern Canada, said, "We are seeing detrimental changes to our home, our ice, our snow, our animals, our people." She also said her community may have to move farther inland, if sea level keeps rising.
Christiana Saiti Louwa, a leader of the El-Molo people of northern Kenya, summed it up when she said, "We indigenous people would like to remind everyone else that we only have one planet. Climate talks have gone on and on, but we view them as largely money-driven, not life driven."
The conference was jointly hosted by Conversations with the Earth, the Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Assessment (IPCCA), the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and United Nations University's Traditional Knowledge Initiative. It was supported by the Christensen Fund. Check out Conversations with the Earth on Twitter and Facebook.
Brian Clark Howard is a writer and editor with NationalGeographic.com. He was formerly an editor at The Daily Green and E/The Environmental Magazine and has contributed to many publications, including TheAtlantic.com, FastCompany.com, MailOnline.com, PopularMechanics.com, Yahoo!, MSN and elsewhere. His latest book, with Kevin Shea, is Build Your Own Small Wind Power System.


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The Gunners ended a poor campaign on a high last season, finishing strongly to secure fourth place ahead of Tottenham and with it another shot at the Champions League. Giroud believes if Arsene Wenger's men can hit the ground running in August they will be able to take the challenge to the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea.
"If we start better than we did this season, I know that we will compete for the title next year because we are used to playing together now and have improved as a team," Giroud told the Arsenal magazine. "We have also improved as individuals throughout the season, especially the newcomers like Santi (Cazorla), Lukas (Podolski) and me."
Giroud joined Arsenal from Montpellier last summer and took some time to settle in before going on to become a focal point of the attack, finishing the season with 17 goals.
The 26-year-old feels next season can be even better on a personal level, and he added: "It was not easy at all. It was a massive challenge. I hope that as early as my second season, I can play week in week out and keep scoring regularly because it's key for a striker."
Giroud, who missed three of the Gunners' final four matches after his red card at Fulham, added: "I have scored fewer compared to last season in Montpellier but the ratio, minutes played to goals scored, is good.
"I scored 17 goals in all competitions and gave 10 assists which, for a first season in England, is good. I am happy with the stats. However, you can always do better and I know I can do better and there is a lot of room for improvement. That is why I am already looking forward to next season."
Arsenal are determined to strengthen over the summer, with additional funds of some £70million available to the manager.
France Under-21 forward Yaya Sanogo is set to arrive on a free from Auxerre, with the Gunners also tracking several high-calibre reinforcements both from the Premier League and across Europe. There are also set to be wage savings next season with the confirmed departures of Andrey Arshavin, Denilson and Sebastien Squillaci.
Other surplus players like strikers Nicklas Bendtner, Marouane Chamakh and Park Chu-young are all also expected to leave before the squad head out to Asia for a pre-season tour.
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We are an online team that works to achieve measurable results through our campaign-style approach to modern grassroots communications.
TweetLounge - is our latest social media offering. It's a tool to aggregate the conversation on Twitter around a client's specific brand by pulling in all tweets using a particular hashtag. It includes a leaderboard to rank top Twitterers using our hashtag, a "featured tweet", and a backend to allow moderation of all tweets.
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Our brand's name, "TweetLounge" is inspired by the famous modern architect Eero Saarinen and his concept of *Conversation Pits* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eero_Saarinen
We're looking for a logo that can help explain this concept, graphically and tie it to Twitter.
Examples of conversation pits:
Also, we're deploying a mobile version of our tool and we'd like a logo variation that shows this. A "mobile lounge" if you will. See here:
Grassroots activists. Bloggers and social media influencers. Political campaign and non-profit staffers. Digital communicators.
If they're online and talking about politics, they're our people.
The logo must be web friendly and clear and understandable at small sizes.
A design that somehow incorporates the idea of a "conversation pit" in either a concrete or abstract manner is highly desirable.
It should also tie into Twitter and make it clear that TweetLounge is about talking, on Twitter.
The design should not look cartoonish, nor should it look cold and sterile.
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(Gray News) – The folks who oversee the SAT scores plan to assign an "adversity score" to every student who takes the test as a measure of their skills for getting into college.
The idea is to capture the social and economic background of each student as schools evaluate them for admission.
The notion of an adversity score began as a research study by the College Board in 2016 and was followed by a pilot program in 2018.
The Wall Street Journal reports the program will be expanded to 150 schools in the fall with plans to grow it further the following year.
The adversity score is calculated by using 15 factors in three overlapping categories – neighborhood environment, high school environment and family environment.
The numbers consider things like the crime rate and poverty levels from the student's high school and neighborhood.
The students won't be given their adversity scores, but college admissions officers will see the numbers when reviewing their applications.
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New guidelines issued by the federal government require health plans to cover many preventive services for women with no additional cost.
The Affordable Care Act requires health plans to include preventive services with no cost-sharing (ie. deductibles, copays, etc.). The guidelines issued yesterday describe the specific preventive services for women that apply. They include:
Screening for gestational diabetes
Human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing for women 30 years and older
Sexually-transmitted infection counseling
HIV screening and counseling
FDA-approved contraception methods and counseling
Breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling
Domestic violence screening and counseling
Here's a chart showing the specific preventive service, a description of the service, and frequency (ie. whether the coverage is annual or for a specific occurrence.)


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99-cent app available for iPhones, Androids
ORLANDO, Fla. – Mirror, mirror on the ... app?
A new app that claims to rate the ugliness of individuals after scanning their faces has created a controversy.
The Ugly Meter app, developed by two Arizona men, scans the user's face and rates his or her attractiveness.
The program rates ugliness based on facial features, such as the size of a nose or the distance between someone's eyes.
"How you do your hair and whether you have a beard or not, those things don't matter," said Ugly Meter creator Jo Overline. "This is facial structure, so, unfortunately, there's nothing you can do about it. You are what you are."
Critics say the app is offensive and inappropriate, but the creators say the app is meant to be fun and it shouldn't be taken seriously.
The regular version of the app costs 99 cents, while an upgraded version is $5.
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The app is available for iPhones and Androids.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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• Poll: Samsung Galaxy S II ad; offensive or fair play? – This Samsung ad pokes fun at those who line up for iPhones, and it's pretty funny. But it also hammers home the fact that, um, no one lines up Samsung phones . . .
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• Malls track shoppers' cell phones on Black Friday – Two shopping centers are experimenting with recording the unique ID number assigned to a phone, and following shoppers to determine aggregate movement around the mall. No phone numbers or personal identifiers are used. Don't like it? Turn off your phone.
• Apple's Black Friday 2011 deals revealed: discounts on iPad, iPod, iMac, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and accessories – As usual, Apple's discounts aren't steep, but on some high-priced items they're better than in previous years.
• Production starts for iPad 3 QXGA display: Analyst – An analyst says three vendors have begun building the next, high-resolution screen for the next iPad.
• Kinect for Windows – Building the Future – Microsoft's motion-controlled Kinect hardware is coming to the Windows platform, enabling close-up applications that are controlled by gestures. I think you can pretty much expect to see this baked into Windows 8.
• Amazon will take over Android app distribution – If the Kindle Fire takes off, most Android tablet app developers will write code for it, essentially ceding to Amazon control of the tablet app market. Marco Arment, creator of Instapaper, argues it won't be long before this extends to Android in general. Also Amazon Could Sell 12 Million Fires in 2012
• CONFIRMED: Samsung Galaxy Nexus U.S. Launch Is In December – It is expected to be available on Verizon.
• More spring cleaning out of season – Google finally puts Wave out of its misery, along with Knol and other non-starter products.
• Know Your Meme's Casually Pepper Spray Everything Cop – There are now more than 900 images of the "Casually Pepper Spray Everything Cop" blasting famous and historic figures on the Know Your Meme site. Also 'Anonymous' hackers target pepper-spraying UC Davis police officer
• Exclusive: Lenovo also working on a 5-inch Android tablet, because pockets need love too and UGH Lenovo 5-Inch Tablet Why EW Gross Die DIE IN HELL
• More smartphones now sold in China than in U.S. – According to research by Strategy Analytics.
• BlackBerry PlayBook Native Email, Contacts and Calendar Screenshots and Details – The app won't be available until February.
• Nokia puts on a smile: U.K. sales are 'excellent' but Nokia's Microsoft Phones May Not Get Traction, Analyst Says and Nokia Siemens to Cut 23 Percent of Work Force
• Who's on the Line? Increasingly, Caller ID Is Duped – You can't always trust the ID in Caller ID.


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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan is suspending phone coverage in many cities this weekend, an important one in the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, after a series of bomb attacks on Shi'ites triggered by mobile phones.
Hardline Sunnis have threatened more attacks as the Shi'ite mourning month of Muharram comes to a climax. More than a dozen people have already been killed this week attending Muharram processions.
"All the blasts that occurred in the last 15 days were mobile phone-based," Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters on Friday.
A suicide bomber killed himself and wounded two police officers near a Shi'ite procession in the northwestern city of Lakki Marwat on Friday.
Intelligence information indicates more attacks have been planned for the coming days in the capital city of Islamabad, Karachi and Quetta. Mobile phone service will be suspended for hours in the three cities and dozens of others over the weekend.
In Karachi, more than 5,000 police are expected to patrol the streets during Muharram events over the next two days, with hundreds more on alert.
"The army is on standby. If any untoward incident occurs, we will call them, if need be," Malik said.
Muharram marks the anniversary of the Battle of Karbala, where the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad and his family members were killed.
Pakistani intelligence officials say extremist groups led by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi have intensified their bombings and shootings of Shi'ites in the hope of triggering conflict that would pave the way for a Sunni theocracy in U.S.-allied Pakistan.
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Realms of Pendria--God Fall
Character Creation (Updated 4-12-17)
We will be using White Box:FMAG rules with the following changes.
Character Generation—roll 3d6, eight times, arrange six rolls in any order for stats, keep one roll for starting money (in silver pieces), and discard one roll.
Player may adjust the Prime Requisite by using ability scores at a one for one point adjustment. This can only improve the Prime Requisite and no other score may drop below 9.
Reminder--in White Box, ability scores of 15 or higher grant a +1 bonus and scores of 6 or less -1 penalty.
Hopeless Characters—there is no such thing as a hopeless character. Some of my favorite characters had serious flaws! I suggest you play the character for awhile and try it out. If you still want to roll another, then we can do that.
Hit points—maximum hit points for 1st level characters. For higher levels, players get one roll when attaining each new level but any 1's are re-rolled.
Social Class Use this table to get some background on your character.
Social Class Table
Also check out the House Rules thread for information about Contacts and also Character Class Subtables
Any character class is fair game. If you have any other ideas, let me know.
All character races are allowed. The setting will begin in a predominately human populated town, but it is in the player's hands to determine where it goes from there.
I will have some ideas and suggestions for background, and this can be done one on one.
Post your character in the Character thread for this game. I will give a bonus of 100 XP for adding a suitable picture of your character...an extra 50 XP if the image comes from artwork done earlier than 100 years ago.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A man accused of lying to prey upon people's generosity is most likely back to his old tricks
30-year-old Gary Thompson was arrested and charged with begging and theft, but was released and he told us he wasn't going to stop. Police say he pretended he had mental disabilities in order to get handouts.
After telling you about Gary Thompson, a man who admits to scamming people every day, many viewers asked us wondered why he isn't still in jail. Lexington police say theft by deception and begging charges typically come with a short jail sentence and small fines.
30-year-old, Gary Thompson says he makes a living by people feeling sorry for him and giving him money at several Lexington shopping centers.
He fessed up to our cameras on Monday about pretending to have a mental disability, which he does not have.
He told us he's never had a real job but used to have money, from a settlement after his guardian sued Honda after he was involved in an accident on a motorcycle in Garrad County . We checked with the Garrad County courthouse, and found that Thompson received 30,000 in 1994.
He says when that money ran out, he started panhandling. While he says he won't stop what he is doing, now that his scam is public he may have to tweek his act.
"I mean people give people in wheelchairs money that are handicap, I'll just not act retarded anymore and get their money and I'll be normal. I am normal. It just helps to be mentally handicapped," Thompson said.
There were numerous comments on our Facebook Page after we aired this story. Many people frustrated that he isn't locked up. Police tell us they have to actually catch him in the act of begging, or deceiving people before they can make an arrest. Police expect to get more calls about Thompson now that many people know what he is doing.
Thompson tells us he went to college at Western and studied speech pathology which lead him to panhandling.


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Many of you will have heard the story of my father's 'Do Good Money'. This was money he set aside and periodically loaned to a hard-working person in need of help. When Dad passed away, my sisters and I decided to continue his tradition.
On the user-friendly Web site of Kiva, a non-profit organisation working with microfinance institutions around the world, we choose a borrower to support with a loan of just $25. Similar loans by other lenders are combined until the required total is reached. In this way we enable people without access to traditional banks to expand their businesses, support and educate their children, save for the future and raise themselves out of poverty. My sisters and I have now made over 40 loans. As the money is repaid (often in monthly instalments) we could withdraw it, but we always lend it to someone else. A small sum that is loaned over and over again helps more people than a one-time donation.
Some of my family and friends do not like transferring money via the Internet. To avoid that problem, one of my cousins posted me a cheque for $100 and asked me to make loans on her behalf. I chose these four borrowers:
Gulchehra (Tajikistan)
Gulchehra has four children, and her husband is a taxi driver in the Russian Federation. Since 2004 Gulchehra has been making gold embroidered capes for brides. She does this at home and sells the capes at a market. She asked for a loan to repair her house, specifically to buy plastic windows, doors and fibreboard. (This made me realise how lucky I am to have a house with windows!)
Bordados Mazahuas group (Mexico)
The group consists of three women and one man who business is agriculture. They needed a loan to buy chickens and sheep. One of the women, Doña Soledad, is a 59-year-old widow whose profits are used to buy food, shoes and clothing for herself and her daughter. The other members of the group are Olivia and Juliana who raise chickens and Don Mario who has sheep.
Mujeres Emprendedoras group (Paraguay)
This group has 22 members, all women. One member of the group, Alana, applied for a loan to invest in her tailoring business. She wanted to buy more fabric, buttons, glue, zippers and other materials so she could fill her current orders.
Mirador De Yahuarcocha group (Ecuador)
This group consists of five entrepreneurial women with the same goal, which is to move forward with their business and improve their quality of life. The group's president, Paola, lives with her parents. She and her co-workers make shirts of Indian fabric. Her loan was used to buy an industrial sewing machine to increase productivity. Paola dreams of having a large workshop and employing people who need a job.
You can help!
At any given time there are thousands of individuals and groups listed on Kiva. Please join me in making a difference through small loans (not handouts). You can choose a borrower from Kiva's Web site - or if you don't want to make payments via the Internet, follow my cousin's example and send me a cheque for any amount you chose (it can be less than $25) and ask me to put it towards a loan on your behalf. When I do so, I will send you a link to the borrower's profile so you can follow their progress.


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Police have arrested a 51-year-old mom from East Hampton, Conn., accused of giving her daughter multiple margaritas, to the point where she became sick, during dinner last month.
Middletown police responded 200 Main St. at 7:21 p.m. on Feb. 27 to investigate a report of an intoxicated female and found a 14-year-old girl who appeared to be drunk and her mother, Joann Goulet LePage, 51, of East Hampton, police said.
As police spoke with the mom and daughter, the teen said her mother gave her several alcoholic beverages as they were having meals, police said.
Police said a witness also reported seeing Joann giving the teen several margaritas, police said.
The teen was transported to Middlesex Hospital for treatment.
LePage was charged with risk of injury to a child because of the girl's age and medical condition.
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Luke Russert Strongly Denies Water Is Wet
In your undeserved Tuesday media column: Luke Russert speaks unconvincingly, sports columnists issue predictions unwisely, NYT ad revenue descends gently, and a PR guy threatens a journalist. Jokingly!
- Here is dictionary definition of "nepotism" Luke Russert, defending his own existence as an NBC reporter: ""The news media is a results-oriented business. I don't think a company like NBC would pay me if I wasn't qualified and wasn't able to produce on this level." He goes on to say, "Blah blah blah blah patent rationalizations." Luke, try this: "I'm very lucky to be here and I promise to make the most of this amazing opportunity."
- "After Monday night, the Jets will be in first place by themselves." "Why Jets Will Beat Patriots Tonight." "The Day the Patriots Empire Began to Crumble." There's no reason why sports columnists shouldn't be held accountable for their shit sometimes.
- The New York Times says print ad revenue will decline 4% in the fourth quarter, and digital ad sales will rise 10%. This is considered an improved rate of worsening.
- After the Baltimore Sun's Jay Hancock wrote something that Abbott Laboratories' VP of marketing David Pacitti didn't like, Pacitti emailed a colleague, "Someone needs to take this writer outside and kick his ass! Do I need to send in the Philly mob?" Haha, kidding, Jay! Don't make a big deal about it. We know how to shut you up—by waiting outside your house in the morning, grabbing you, throwing you into the back of a car, taking you to a dirty warehouse, and breaking your fingers one by one until you promise never, ever to write anything about us again. Haha, kidding.
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See other types of restaurants & cuisines in Milwaukee, including area Al fresco (outdoor) dining and Japanese.
In nearby Brookfield, take a look at a number of other restaurants, including Outback Steakhouse and Bravo Cucina Italiana.
Don't forget to check out the many restaurants located in and around Waukesha, WI and Cudahy, WI.
Mocha - A Coffee Bistro · Rip Tide · Buca di Beppo · Swig · Pieces of Eight Restaurant · Balkan's Family Restaurant · Polaris Revolving Restaurant · Ted's Ice Cream & Restaurant · Ho Ho Chinese Restaurant · East Garden Chinese Restaurant · China Palace Restaurant · Jalapeno Loco Mexican Restaurant · Tres Hermanos Restaurant · Capri Pizza Restaurant · Fortune Restaurant · Pitch's Lounge & Restaurant · Fourth Base · The Knick · Benihana · Trocadero · Burrito Bueno · Brew City Barbeque · The King and I · Sol Fire · Pasta Tree


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Thursday, 10 April 2008
50k with 9 week old Bois
It's not the simplest thing to prepare for and run an ultramarathon 9 weeks after the birth of The Bois. But my strategy was as follows:
Run 12 miles with or without baby jogger every other day.
Alternating days run 3 5ks as fast as I can on the treadmill and then swim or elliptical. Of course this was made much easier by the 2 free hours of childcare at the YMCA.
Last week, we got in 4 days of running at 7000 feet in Utah. Who knows if that will help or not. From what I've read, peak EPO level is reached after two to three days altitude exposure and the effect lasts 10-15 days.
I've never been a big one for tapering, but today and tomorrow (two days before the race) I'm just running a 5k, then spinning then swimming.
The plan for the race is to start out fairly quickly and take a nice long break midway where my mom will be waiting with The Bois. I'll breastfeed or pump, eat some snacks, drink something. Then I'll continue, probably not as quickly and making more stops the second half. Provided it's not freezing pouring rain, it should be a lot of fun.
SR bought some yak trax, but I have decided not to wear them if it is at all muddy (thanks to the advice of a friend).
I'm looking forward to seeing one of my blogging friends there, too! I think you know who you are!
I am feeling a bit of pressure from SR to go for the female win or at least the youngest age group win. I love the competition of a run, but hate the pressure, probably because I've never really been that fast. And seeing as I've never run an ultra before and have only run one marathon AND I've only gotten in one long run (18 miles) because of babysitter time constraints, I'm not planning on anything spectacular. Maybe one day.
Time for The Bois and I to head to my dentist appointment.
Running Song of the Day: Ridder Lykke! By Rocazino
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- 11 April 2008 at 01:28
- Olga said...
I did think for a minute to go for a specific time, but I agree - on a first try and especially with breastfeeding stop you might want just enjoy it and see for yourself - you'll be able to set future goals easier. I hope you love it, you seem to be the kind of a person:) I hope SR would go after fast boys and shows his speed and determination with great results (I won't bet on anything still). When it's slippery - try and put the whole foot down, not just the toes.
Don't forget to eat and drink, even if cold, and take salt. Smile as you can always! Have fun!
- 12 April 2008 at 02:30
- Lisa said...
Olga sounds like a veteran! You are all such fantastic athletes! I hope for the best for you in this Ultra. I bet the Bois will be pampered by Grandma, and both of them will love it! Run Well, to the three of you!!!!
- 13 April 2008 at 13:58
- H said...
Hi! Thanks for your blog! I came looking for running during pregnancy.
I'm doing less than you, but it's nice to know that some are able to keep it up past 7 months - that's the furthest any of my friends have and I'm at 25 weeks now.
I did 15-20 hours a week pre-pregnancy and during pregnancy am down to 6-10 hours of much less intense activity with my doctor's blessing and encouragement... Nothing compared to yours, but still enough that a few people give me a hard time. (It's like - hello? Don't you think my doctor and I know better what's okay for my body than you?)
I think I get less of a hard time than I might though because I'm having *no* problem gaining weight. In fact, I've gained too much (mainly first trimester when I couldn't exercise, but still; and have been gaining normally since.) Every study I have found says it's not the activity that causes the problems that in the past was associated with it, it's inadequate weight gain/food intake...
Anyways, was nice to run across your blog. Thanks for putting it out there!
- 13 April 2008 at 16:30
- Olga said...
I hope you're ok and had your plans changed and goals adjusted, but not an injury or sickness or anything else. Will be waitng to read it when you're ready to write:)
- 14 April 2008 at 22:30
- Olga said...
Oops, found ya:) Welcome to the U-Family!!! Great job!
- 14 April 2008 at 22:39


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CHICAGO -- Debra Siena has been promoted to president of Proactive Partners, a division of Chicago-based TCA Holdings LLC, which owns and operates Midtown Athletic Clubs.
Proactive Partners manages fitness centers and provides health and wellness initiatives for companies across the United States. Siena's responsibilities as president include setting strategy and vision for the company, overseeing operations to insure quality and service as well as new business development.
After joining TCA Holdings in 1986, Siena was promoted to manager of a small fitness center in downtown Chicago. From there, she added regional responsibilities, initially for other small clubs and eventually over multiple small and large clubs, including clubs in Atlanta and Montreal. Siena has been involved in the start-up or takeover of every fitness club in Proactive Partners' current portfolio since 1989.
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Siena has been a featured speaker at numerous industry shows, including the Club Industry and International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) shows. Siena served on the IHRSA Board of Directors from 2003 to 2007 and currently co-chairs the Worksite Wellness Committee for Building a Healthier Chicago.


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New from Rasmussen, it's the second poll in as many days showing Romney up two points in NH. Of the last eight polls taken in the state, he leads in four, is tied in two more, trails by a single point in another, and the last is an outlier. (Rasmussen's last poll of NH, taken eight days ago, had Obama up by a point.) Why should you care about that? Simple: If Ohio doesn't pan out for Mitt, his lone remaining path to the presidency may well be hitting an exacta with New Hampshire and Wisconsin. If he wins Florida, Virginia, and Colorado, all of which are big but necessary ifs, that'll put him at 257 in RCP's electoral vote model. He can then get to 270 either with Ohio (18) or with NH + WI (14). I'm thinking those two states are a bit likelier to turn red than, say, Iowa or Nevada, not only because of the current RCP poll averages but because of the GOP ticket's regional ties to them. (Romney not only governed the state next door, he has a vacation home in New Hampshire.) Besides, Iowa and Nevada each have only six EVs, so the most they can do for him without winning Wisconsin, New Hampshire, or Ohio is clinch a dreaded 269-269 tie. But then, the odds of Mitt winning IA and NV (or PA or MI) while losing the other three seem astronomical. So Ohio remains Plan A, but Wisconsin and New Hampshire are Plan B. He's on track, narrowly, in the latter state, but there hasn't been a new poll of Wisconsin since Sunday. Maybe tomorrow? Until then, this intriguing tidbit will have to do:
Hearing Priorities USA is going back into Wisconsin after previously cancelling most of their buys there…
— Peter Hamby (@PeterHambyCNN) October 24, 2012
Priorities USA is, of course, Obama's Super PAC. Team O is talking verrrry tough to Mark Halperin ("I was struck by the expression of near certainty that their candidate would be re-elected"), but Josh Kraushaar makes a nice point about the battleground states. One thing they have in common is that they're not in O's demographic sweet spot:
The one hole in that argument is their own acknowledgment of where they're running strongest — the five-state firewall of OH, IA, NH, NV and WI. With the notable exception of NV, these are heavily-white states and skew older. These aren't the states where their base coalition; it's where they're running competitively enough with white voters (particularly working-class women). And implicity, they acknowledge they're not ahead (they're tied, presumably) in the states with the highest youth/minority vote combo: VA, NC and CO.
So if the GOTV operation is firing on all cylinders in a state like VA but the race is even, one would imagine he's struggling with white voters. And in order to win those firewall states, he has to overperform his natl average with those same white voters.
Via John McCormack of the Standard, the early voting totals among O's base in Virginia are apparently lagging:
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Huge drop-offs in Richmond, Arlington & C'ville indicative of understandable (yet troubling for Ds) decline in Af-Am, yuppie & college vote
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Per RCP's EV projections, if Obama holds on in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Iowa, and Nevada, he's at 249 and needs to find 21 votes between Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, and Colorado. Virginia has the second-most EVs in that list behind Ohio, so if he loses them both, he'll have to win all three of the others to clinch. Not impossible, but if the bigger battleground states are tilting away from him, it'd be some trick if he figured out a way to reverse that momentum in the smaller ones and pile up enough of them to eke over the finish line.
Update: Just as I'm writing this, Time is out with a new poll of Ohio showing Obama up by five. However:
CNN/Time Ohio poll has Obama up 5, 49-44. Sample is D+9. It was D+5 in 08, D+1 in 2010… wow.
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New programs to lock in low rates
Just as high corn, soybean and wheat prices are not forever, cheap money isn't either. Rates have been at bargainbasement levels for so long that it almost feels that way, though. If you haven't yet locked in longterm rates everywhere you can, now might be the time.
Commercial banks allow producers to lock in operating lines through a real estate line of credit loan offered by Farmer Mac. This lets farmers borrow against their real estate collateral for an operating loan, which can be used for inputs, consolidating debt and other purposes. "The line can revolve without a renewal free for five or 10 years at a variable rate and can convert to a fixed-rate term loan at any time," says Patrick Kerrigan, Farmer Mac's director of business development. However, banks do not offer a fixed rate for traditional revolving operating loans. For instance, if a collateral-based line of credit operating loan is for $1 million, it does not revert to $1 million the following year if a farmer pays it off.
Farmer Mac offers a variety of other products that bankers can use, at lower interest rates. For example, its variable-rate loan for good borrowers is less than 2.75%, and a 15-year fixed rate for real estate is 3.5% to 4.5%, depending on loan quality and terms.
"Our lenders and their producers can hardly believe these rates," Kerrigan says. Because the yield on U.S. Treasuries is at a historic low, less than 1%, Farmer Mac is able to pass these rates—through commercial banks—to farmers.
"Once rates turn, it will be hard to react quickly enough. They could jump to 7% or 8% very fast."
Jeff Wolfgram, senior vice president of First Dakota National Bank, says the line of credit provides flexibility for borrowers as they pay interest on the amount of funds that is borrowed. There is no limitation on what the funds can be used for and customers can pay the loan down or off at any time without incurring any type of penalty.
Upside Risk. "I don't know how interest rates can go any lower," Wolfgram says. "The risk is all on the upside. While rates are so low, why not take advantage of that? Once rates turn, it will be hard to react quickly enough. They could jump to 7% or 8% very fast."
"Our assumption is that interest rates will stay pretty flat for the next 12 to 18 months," says Doug Stark, president and CEO of Farm Credit Services of America. "Beyond that is anyone's guess. I don't have a crystal ball." Like Farmer Mac, the Farm Credit System has a variety of lending programs, depending on customer needs and qualifications.
By any measure, rates are at historic lows. As of the third quarter 2012, short-term operating loans averaged 6.01% in the states served by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, with intermediate loans at 5.82% and real estate loans at 5.55%. To illustrate how much credit has diminished as a farm cost, rates for all three types of loans were almost 8% in 2002 and about 12% in 1989. For a $1 million loan, the difference in interest between those two rates is $60,000. While no one is suggesting rates are going back to 12% anytime soon, it illustrates the risk you take by not locking in every rate you can.
"If you are a farmer with a real estate loan, I would fix the rate," advises Jeff Swanhorst, chief credit officer of AgriBank in St. Paul, Minn. "There are a lot of risks farmers take, and not fixing interest rates is one of them." In his view, using floating rates when they could be fixed is an unnecessary risk.
Even so, Swanhorst agrees that rates are likely to continue in record-low territory for 2013 at the very least and possibly for the next couple of years. "At some point they will turn," he says.
While some lenders are tightening lending standards, Swanhorst maintains that Farm Credit is not. "We've always had fairly high standards. It protects us."
One way it does so is on farmland loans. If a piece of ground sells for $13,000, Farm Credit may loan only up to $6,000 of that, he says. Right now, loan quality is extremely high, eclipsed only, and just barely, by 2004, 2005 and 2007. "We continue to see improvement," Swanhorst adds.
Credit Picture Gets Even Brighter
As of Oct. 1, the average interest rate for agricultural operating loans was 5.21%, compared to 4.86% for real estate loans, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's latest banker survey. Both were new record lows for Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. Illinois had the lowest rates, while Wisconsin had the highest. According to survey responses, more collateral was required by 7% of the banks, while less collateral was required by just 2% of the banks.
Looking forward, bankers expect ag credit conditions to improve outside of Wisconsin. Bankers predict forced sales or liquidations to edge down in the next three to six months across the district, except in Michigan and Wisconsin. In addition, bankers expect loan repayments to increase into 2013, a positive indication of the financial health of most borrowers.


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You can't use an analog device, like an FSR, to generate an input that wakes the Arduino. A digital device, yes.
Exactly how depends on a number of factors. Generating a RISING, FALLING, or LOW interrupt all can be done, depending on how the switch is wired. Which type(s) of interrupt wake the Arduino is the question.
#include <avr/interrupt.h>#include <avr/power.h>#include <avr/sleep.h>#include <avr/io.h>//void setup(void){DDRD &= B00000011; // set Arduino pins 2 to 7 as inputs, leaves 0 & 1 (RX & TX) as isDDRB = B00000000; // set pins 8 to 13 as inputsPORTD |= B11111100; // enable pullups on pins 2 to 7PORTB |= B11111111; // enable pullups on pins 8 to 13pinMode(13,OUTPUT); // set pin 13 as an output so we can use LED to monitordigitalWrite(13,HIGH); // turn pin 13 LED on}//void loop(void){// Stay awake for 1 second, then sleep.// LED turns off when sleeping, then back on upon wake.delay(100);sleepNow();}//void sleepNow(void){/* Now is the time to set the sleep mode. In the Atmega8 datasheet* http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod ... oc2486.pdf on page 35* there is a list of sleep modes which explains which clocks and* wake up sources are available in which sleep modus.** In the avr/sleep.h file, the call names of these sleep modus are to be found:** The 5 different modes are:* SLEEP_MODE_IDLE -the least power savings* SLEEP_MODE_ADC* SLEEP_MODE_PWR_SAVE* SLEEP_MODE_STANDBY* SLEEP_MODE_PWR_DOWN -the most power savings** the power reduction management <avr/power.h> is described in* http://www.nongnu.org/avr-libc/user-man ... power.html*/// Set pin 2 as interrupt and attach handler:attachInterrupt(0, pinInterrupt, LOW);delay(100);//// Choose our preferred sleep mode:set_sleep_mode(SLEEP_MODE_IDLE);//// Set sleep enable (SE) bit:sleep_enable();power_adc_disable();power_spi_disable();power_timer0_disable();power_timer1_disable();power_timer2_disable();power_twi_disable();//// Put the device to sleep:digitalWrite(13,LOW); // turn LED off to indicate sleepsleep_mode();//// Upon waking up, sketch continues from this point.sleep_disable();digitalWrite(13,HIGH); // turn LED on to indicate awake}//void pinInterrupt(void){detachInterrupt(0);}
... could you take a look at it ...
// Stay awake for 1 second, then sleep.// LED turns off when sleeping, then back on upon wake.delay(100);
Code: [Select]// Stay awake for 1 second, then sleep.// LED turns off when sleeping, then back on upon wake.delay(100);One second is 1000 mS not 100.
I posted my code as you said.
Stuff about sleep:http://gammon.com.au/powerAnd interrupts:http://gammon.com.au/interruptsQuote... could you take a look at it ...Can you use the auto-format tool to indent things please?Next time please post your code inside code tags. Select the code and hit the # button above the posting area.
#include <avr/interrupt.h>#include <avr/power.h>#include <avr/sleep.h>#include <avr/io.h>const byte LED = 9; void wake (){ // cancel sleep as a precaution sleep_disable();} // end of wakevoid setup () { digitalWrite (2, HIGH); // enable pull-up } // end of setupvoid loop () { pinMode (LED, OUTPUT); digitalWrite (LED, HIGH); delay (50); digitalWrite (LED, LOW); delay (50); pinMode (LED, INPUT); // disable ADC ADCSRA = 0; // turn off various modules PRR = 0xFF; set_sleep_mode (SLEEP_MODE_IDLE); sleep_enable(); // will be called when pin D2 goes low attachInterrupt (0, wake, LOW); // turn off brown-out enable in software MCUCR = _BV (BODS) | _BV (BODSE); MCUCR = _BV (BODS); sleep_cpu (); // must do this as the pin will probably stay low for a while detachInterrupt (0); } // end of loop
Please could you take a look at the code and see if i m doing it correct way.
Isn't an FSR a force sensitive resistor? Which is an analog device? Interrupts only work on digital changes (eg. high to low) so I wouldn't think an FSR is suitable, unless you hook it up to a comparator before the interrupt pin.QuotePlease could you take a look at the code and see if i m doing it correct way. Try it and see ...