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Studying the FALCON & the FALCON CT2b
(c) Rodolphe Czuba - JANVIER 99.
This page presents some of the technical ascpects of performance of a processor regarding bus and ram.
The basic system is a FALCON 030 equiped of a 16 MHz MOTOROLA MC68030 with a 16 bits bus.
On this system, the ram is divided in 2 banks of 16 bits, 2 MBytes each. This makes a total of 4 MBytes adressed in 32 bits only by the video chip (VIDEL).
The advantage of the 2 banks is the interleaving.
On the memory mapping point of view, accessing to an even WORD ($00, $04, $08, etc) is done on bank 0, accessing to an odd WORD ($02, $06, $0A, etc) is done on bank 1.
So the acces to sequential linear (in lots of cases), the processor acces to bank 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1 etc...
But why ?
To avoid the loss of cycle durring PRECHARGE TIME. This precrache time is the time necessary between 2 DRAM acces. So, for a 60 ns, this is 40 ns; one 16 MHz cyle is enought. The entire cycle of this RAM is 110 ns !
The F030 RAM is a 80 ns (complete cycle is 150 ns).
The question is why the FALCON has a 16 bit wide data bus. Here is the most probable answer :
To have a 32 bit wide DATA bus for the CPU and to keep same performances using interleaving, Atari would have to provide RAM configurations of 2 or 8 MBytes. 2 is not enought, and 8, at the time the machine was done, was too expensive.
The 030 of the FALCON accesses in 4 (16 MHz) cycles to a bank. A cycle is 62.5 ns long. This is 4 x 62.5 = 250 ns. This could be done with 80 ns ram.
The calcul of band width in the RAM is the folowing :
1 WORD / 4 clock cycles, so 0.5 octets / clock cycles.
So 0.5 x 16 000 000 = 8 MBytes/s.
What you can send to the RAM is one thing, but what the processor cant do with it is another.
In fact, to transfer between a RAM and a CPU, the CPU have to execute instructions. The most used is a MOVE.L that is 5 clock cycle. on a 030 (2 on a 040) and this of cource is faster to write. So, the 8 MBytes/s a only theory, the reality is a bit different :
On a 16 bit bus, a MOVE.L makes the processor de 2 output on the bus to read/write 2 WORDS. Hopefully, this type does not make delays between the 2 WORDS.
Moreover, you have to take care of the time of an acces to the RAM to feed the VIDEL. This can take from 4 up to 32% of the band width of the bus. This problem does not exist with FAST-Ram because this one is not used by video...
Let's see the case of the 640x480x2 color mode (1 bit per pixel) :
The number of bytes to transfer from RAM to the VIDEL (the COMBEL is adressing those) is (640x480)/8 = 38400. This represent 9600 LONG (acces to RAM in 32 bit mode).
The VIDEL recieved those LONGs by bursting 17 longs.
BURST is achieved in 3, 1, 1, [...] 1, 1 using FAST-PAGE mode of the 80 ns RAM.
So 9600/17 = 565 BURST (of 17 LONGs), this is 565x19 = 10735 cycles for an image.
For a second (60 image in a 60 Hz VGA mode), it's 10735x60 = 644100 cycles.
Durring this time, the CPU can't acces to the ST-RAM.
This represent 644,100/ 16,000,000 = 0.04, so 4% !
With the 25 MHz of the F030 bus when it has a CT1, the TC slowness is 20%, 10.2% in 16 color and 2.56% for the 2 color mode. We let you make the calcul for the 256 color mode, and discover a surprise...
To be sure of the calculs, read thoses remarks :
- The BURST mode of the 030 CACHEs are unusable with 16-Bit bus.
- This does not take of refresh cycles that occur every 15.6 µs that slow down the 030 (WAIT SATES). But it's on all system, and it does not influence the calculs a lot.
- The calcul is made aserting that we are accessing to the RAM lineary, so without the interleave of memory banks. If we access anywhere (lake every 4 bytes), we have to calcul once more (read this article in french for details).
- Making a distinction between reading and writing in RAM is interessant, because if the hardware is well made, it is possible to write faster that reading. You can notice it using NEMBENCH (5.3 / 6.4 on a normal F030 and 31.2/32.2 on a Falcon CT2).
- The band width of the bus is allso consumed by chips capable of being MASTER in stead of the CPU. On the Falon, 2 chips does it : the SDMA and the BLITTER.
The bigest techincal point of the CT2 is the 32 bit FAST-Ram. In fact, this RAM allow BURST durring the loading of caches of the 030.
A line in the cache is 16 bytes long (4 LONG), so this make 4 bus acces, but in a faster way.
The FAST-Ram controler is realy faster that the Falcon ST-Ram one.
- It allows sequential acces in five 50 MHz clock cycles in reading, and 4 in writing !
- Refresh cycles are 5 clock cycle long.
- It alows BURST !!! With a program in FAST-Ram, the CPU take 90% of his time to burst for it's cache.
In five 50 MHz cycle, the 030 take 4 LONGs (4 bytes) from FAST-Ram in the case of NON BURST (realy rare), so 4/(5+5) cycles for reading bus and 5 for executing MOVE.L = 0.4 bytes per cycle. So, at 50 MHz, this is 20 MBytes/s!
Let's talk about BURST :
The CPU bursts in most part of the time. The CT2 gets 5, 2, 2, 2 cycles at 50 MHz.
The calcul is the folowing :
16 bytes / (11 + 5 x 3) 50 MHz cycles,
so 16 bytes / 26 cycles = 0.6154 bytes/s
so 0.6154 x 50 000 000 = 30.77 MBytes/s !
This is 30.77/5.3 = 5.8 time faster than a stock Falcon. Is there any pepole that work without a CT2 ???
REMARQUE : The BLITTER is not usable on a CT2 because of it's incapacity of adressing a 32 bit adresse space, including FAST-Ram (you have to have NVDI).
This is the end of this analysis. Thanks for your attention.
We hope that you understood and that you will start to calculate band width yourselves.


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My god! there is not much help on the subject… There are plenty of outlets catering to this need, but no real DIY solution. Seems that the music industry needs you to be rich before you are famous… So I thought I would share my R&D into project CD, this way if I have any fellow souls trying to do this, they can benefit from my research, my successes and my failures (hopefully not too many of them).
Here is the brief I am laying out at this stage:
Project CD's aim to to create a small production facility for promotional CD's.
- The finished product shall consist of a printed label CD, in a plastic wallet, with a printed insert.
- The printing should allow for a logo, a QR code, website address, and CD information to be printed on the front of the CD.
- The insert will contain a standardized press release including logos and full web addresses, QR codes and any other information on 1 side of A4 that is folded and placed into the wallet with the CD.
- The CD should be able to be played in a standard CD player without special modification.
- all information must be able to be edited at the facility, if not all assets editable at the facility.
- The facility should be able to produce CD's at a sufficient rate, that for 30 mins of production time, it makes enough full promotional units for a small event.
- The facility should be operational by one person, with sufficient technical expertise to use a computer, using basic UI's (no hard coding).
- The facility must be able to use a large range of file types that can be editable into what goes on the CD's.
- The facility must be sustainable from a running cost perspective, and must be equal or less cost to a service offering a 100 CD promotional package with a printed CD, Data loading, Insert making, with design service.
- The quality of the finished product must be of good quality.
- the utmost must be done to reduce failure rates of CD's, and have consistent and well defined images on printed materials.
- The facility must be able to test CD's before declared good to use.
- Be able to work offline
That's what I am aiming for.
The goals of the project are as follows:
- Identify the physical and technoligical needs of the project
- Build a working prototype
- Test prototype to see if it meets production standards as outlined, using output, quality and cost as success factors.
- Assess results, make improvements for MRK II design on the basis of success factors. Review production techniques and apply them to Mrk II layout and design.
So 1st point, design a prototype.
Rather than go through the rigmarole of my reasoning and such, lets just get to bear bones. Items I need to make it and what I have:
- A computer (my old uni laptop should suffice, should have enough life left in her)
- a number of CD drives (USB ones, around 5 to start)
- Powered USB hub (with as many slots as possible)
- A Printer (got to have one around somewhere…)
- Plastic wallets
- CD printing paper
- Regular paper
- Templates for printing
- various programs for editing, printing & CD burning.
I have a few Ideas that I need to look at, some old resources I need to dig up and remember where I put… some modifications that I need to look into and some other small prototypes that I need to test. I will be documenting it all on here. I'll be segmenting the project into sections after the collection phase.
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Front Desk Bell boy
• Receive guests in a professional and friendly manner, exceeding guest expectation from arrival through to departure• Maintain effective communication with all related departments to ensure smooth service delivery• Maintain an up to date knowledge of the hotel and local services• Ensure that the guest luggage is carried from arrival point to room and from room to departure point on check out• Handle all messages, mail and packages for guests and employees, ensuring they are delivered at the appropriate time in a professional manner• Deliver guest messages and other deliveries immediately without delay in a professional manner• Ensure concierge desk and store room is clean tidy and well organized.
The ideal candidate will be customer driven with a courteous, helpful, proactive and 'switched on' personality and a dynamic and approachable character. You must be physically fit, passionate and with a positive attitude, while possessing following additional competencies:
• Understanding the Job• Taking Responsibility• Recognizing Differences• Customer Focus• Adaptability• Teamwork• Knowledge of base English and Russian language
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Telling Like It is!Advocating for better services, and for better pay for those who provide these services.
n October 12,2001 NAMI Bucks County held its MIAW Rally & candlelight Vigil at the Bucks County Courthouses in Doylestown, PA.A series of speakers, artists and musician's entertained the community that gathered at the court yard adjunct to the county courthouse. Music /entertainment was provided by the Delaine Brothers( see picture on left) members of Artist in Recovery, a Philadelphia based consumer survivors support group. And later more music was provided by the local rock group Band Tair.NAMI Bucks County presented its Media Award to the Bucks County Courier Times for its 7 week series entitled " Kids in Crisis" Click Here to read it. http://www.phillyburbs.com/couriertimes/kidsincrisis. The Award was presented by NAMI Member Debbie Moritz.Other day long events included a 50/50 raffle.A mime performance, that included two dramatic acts about mental illness, and about drug abuse.As the evening drew to a close, the program ended with the lighting of the candles for the customary Candlelight vigil.Event planners hoped to bring community awareness to mental illness and to the crisis of finding quality community care. Those staff who provide direct services to the mental health community receive one of the lowest starting salaries of any class of human service workers in the state.This impacts on the quality of staff, and ultimately to the quality of services and treatment they provide.It is this issue that energized members of this affiliate to volunteer to stage this successfully rally~The End
NAMI Bucks County meets from September through June at St Marys medical center- Outpatient care facility, 2nd Floor, Meeting room #4, Langhorne -Newtown Road( Route 413 ). Usually held on the 3rd Thursday of the Month.


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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
What Really Worries Me About A 'Fair Tax' In Illinois...
It isn't fundamentally that I am going to pay more in state income taxes, I have long resigned myself to the idea that the temporary increase is not temporary and my property taxes will continue to rise and that odds are the income tax rate is going to go up at some point in the near future...
What worries me and why I would vote against it if it comes up on the ballot is that it would be the Illinois legislature that would approve the rates and the brackets. The same folks who have grossly underfunded pensions and spent like 'drunken sailors' would be given the ability to raise taxes on only some people. To be blunt, I don't think they can be trusted with that responsibility. I can easily see where higher income brackets are taxed at a significantly higher rate than lower incomes because it will be easy politically.
Also don't kid yourself, this is about increasing (and making it easier to do so) state income, pure and simple and as this state has shown time and time again it does not use increasing revenues to address it's unpaid bills or fund it's pensions, it uses it to do new stuff.
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But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Acts 1:8 KJV
If ever our country needed people of power, filled with the love of God, and with sound, well disciplined minds, it is now. In fact, every nation needs these Spirit-filled people to lead, minister to, and instruct them in the ways of God so they can live in the peace of God that passes all understanding.
Seek, embrace, and manifest the power of the Holy Spirit. He is sent to empower you to witness the glory of God manifest to a world so desperately in need of it.
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Christopher Armstead
You good people out there continue to confuse Hollywood studio executives to no end. So I catch this movie '12 rounds' directed by noted action director Renny Harlin and starring WWE strongman John Cena and it wasn't all that bad. Completely ridiculous perhaps and certainly nothing I'd define as good, but still passable action entertainment and yet you people avoid this thing in the theaters like it has the cooties. Then I go to the critics screening of 'Fast and Furious' which quite honestly is really no better than this movie as it too has plenty action, a pumped up star with a huge head attached to his shoulders and has a story that is even more nonsensical than '12 Rounds' and you fine people make that movie a record breaker to the tune of over 70 millions dollars over a three day period. What in the hell? Why has '12 Rounds' failed so miserably while 'Fast and Furious' is breaking records? Is Vin Diesel worth 70 million dollars over John Cena? The public certainly didn't think that in the case of 'Babylon A.D.'. If you have the answer to this question and why people go see what they see, then you have a multi-million dollar future as movie executive waiting for you. For real.
'12 Rounds' starts with us meeting super asshole FBI Agent George Aiken (Steve Harris) on a stakeout attempting to bring down his arch nemesis, international Irish Terrorist Miles Jackson (Aidan Gillen). Right off the bat let me tell you Aiden Gillen has gotta be one of the worst main villains in an action movie that I've seen in recent history. He seems more like a rogue butler than an international terrorist and then there was his fluctuating accent. At first I'm thinking that 'whoa, dude is really struggling to maintain that Irish accent' considering how it fluctuated from like sentence to sentence, then I find out that Mr. Gillen is actually Irish, thus I guess he was struggling to suppress that accent. I guess. I don't know. I don't even know if he was supposed to be Irish in this movie truth be told.
Anyway, the stakeout goes all to hell, the terrorist gets away and this terrorist and his girlfriend Erika (Taylor Cole) would've made a clean break out of New Orleans if by pure dumb luck Police officer Danny Fisher and his wise-cracking African American partner Hank (Brian J. White) hadn't stumbled across the terrorist making his getaway which results in thrilling chase, Fisher on foot and the terrorist in a BMW, with the terrorist getting run down by this cat on foot (?) and his girl tragically going head up with a GMC Yukon. The Yukon won, the terrorist swears vengeance.
A year later on the strength of that collar Danny and Hank are detectives and Danny is loving his live-in girlfriend Molly (Ashley Scott), despite their occasional issues. What Danny doesn't know is that Miles has busted out the joint and is now back in New Orleans with revenge on his mind. He's done blowed up my man's car, blowed up his house, blowed up his plumber and has snatched his girl. Take my girl man, but do you have any idea how hard it is to find a decent plumber? So Miles has crafted a game for Danny to play in which Danny has to run through series of twelve death defying events, each increasing in difficulty. Each time he succeeds the game goes on to the next round but should he fail… Molly gets it bad. But is it simple revenge or is something else at stake here?
I think I remember this concept from an old Starsky and Hutch episode in which the blonde one… Hutch maybe? Had to race across town from phone booth to phone booth in an allotted amount of time to keep somebody from blowing up Starsky – his lover. I'm convinced those two were doing each other. That's not all that this WWE production borrows liberally from as this movie doesn't have an original, fresh or uniquely presented bone it its 100 minute body. Speed, Die-Hard, Commando, Lethal Weapon… '12 Rounds' is virtual homage to the 80's action movie with a veteran 80's action movie director pulling the strings. But this doesn't mean that '12 Rounds' is bad movie, just a well worn one.
The problems with the movie are vast with one being that the main villain sucks as we have observed earlier, as the rounds go on the labyrinthine list of events that have to occur to make these situations work become more and more unbelievable, and mind you we've already suspended belief as much as we could to this point. If I'm not mistaken, even though they told us that Molly worked at a hospital I don't think they told us what she did at this hospital which is pretty key to the whole crux of the story and piles on liberally to the loads of implausibility that we are already dealing with in this flick.
However like we said with 'Fast and Furious' which is even dumber than this movie, if you watch it on a big screen with great sound it's still fun to look at. The action rarely slows down, though the movie is still stupid enough to allow you to question it while we're in the middle of these glorious action scenes, John Cena might not be Robert DeNiro but he is big, athletic, has a huge square head and has 'action hero' written all over him. Things blow up, cars crash, bullets fly, elevators plummet, and people die. Though nobody really seems to care about the dead people for the most part.
Why people have avoided this exercise in explosive nonsense and have flocked to that other exercise in explosive nonsense is beyond me but in my worthless opinion one really isn't much better than the other, but both are fairly glorious time wasters. However one is probably going get a sequel and the other will die a horrible Wal-Mart bargain bin DVD death. Lord only knows why this is the case.


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|Lesson 4- Dynamic content
If you're not yet scared off by all the differences in syntax and functionality between DHTML in NS 4 and IE 4, you're ready to learn how to make content on your page dynamic, or change on demand!
Dynamic content in NS 4
Changing content in NS 4 involves- you guessed it- the layer tag. All layers are treated by the NS browser as a separate entity from the rest of the page, with their own document object (which in turn contains other objects supported by document). This is very important to understand, since the fact that layers contains another document object is what makes it possible to create dynamic content in NS. I'll first construct a basic layer, then show how to change the contents inside of it:
<layer id="alayer" width=100% height=30></layer>
Ready to access the document object of the above layer? Here's the required syntax:
So, knowing this piece of information, I can write a script that changes the contents of the layer every 3 seconds. Look at how its done:


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So last night, I was sitting on my couch, staring at my ugly lamp.
It looks like this.
Pretty basic.
Pretty boring.
Pretty much a great fit for a bachelor pad.
I started looking around the ol' apartment and was realizing something.
I have a LOT of bachelor pad things!
I have a coffee table and end tables from the 70's.
I have a yucky plasticy, used to be white, dining room table from the 80's. (With matching chairs)
I have a big screen tv.
Tons of video games AND video game paraphernalia.
But I sure don't have much on the very pretty, very homey, very decorative side.
Now, I scrapbook. I craft. I like to make really pretty things, but I also have a husband who really hates to shop.
And also hates when I shop.
He also hates it when I say things like, "Man, I would LOVE to get a new table. A wooden one. A really gorgeous dining room table with really beautiful matching chairs."
That's about the time he starts hyperventilating.
I am combing two of his worst fears.
And spending money.
So over the years I've just learned to deal with it, and be happy with our college dorm, miss matching furniture, and just not look at things in our apartment too closely.
Then I realized.
If this beautiful woman can re-do her house on no budget. Mostly for free. Than I can do a few things around this place to make me feel like it's more of a home and less of Cuinn's place where Aislynn and I live too.
Sidebar: I have to say a quick something. I do have a couple things that are very nice here. Please don't think it's all junk. I'm just feeling a little pretty things deprived right now. Especially since a few of my girly friends have MUCH more beautifully decorated houses.
SO back to my very basic lamp.
I decided to jazz it up a bit.
Make it a little more light fixture than yucky floor lamp.
So I grabbed my glue.
I grabbed my coffee filters.
And turned my boring old lamp into.....
I am so ridiculously proud of myself!
And it only cost my 97 cents!!
I didn't have enough coffee filters, and Cuinn was getting mad that I was using all the coffee filters so I had to run to Giant Tiger to get some more. Coffee is a hot item in the house. Well, for Cuinn. I don't drink the stuff, I just make pretty crafts with his filters.
It was super easy to do too!!
Do you remember when you used to make flowers out of tissue paper in elementary school? Y'know, with the tissue papers squares, white glue and the end of a pencil? They looked something like this:
Well, it's the same basic idea. Just with much bigger pieces of paper and a much larger pencil.
I actually used my nail polish, because the bottom of it was the perfect big circle for it, and it was also on the coffee table and handy. But I think you could use a big, magic marker? Or maybe...umm...uhhh....small shampoo bottle? Whatever you have on hand.
I wish I had taken photo's during the process, but I wasn't sure how it would turn out, and if it was a flop I was planning on hiding the evidence and pretending I never did it.
In true perfectionist fashion.
Ha ha.
I am in love with my new lamp!!
Cuinn only complained because it is pretty poofy and girly, but that's ok.
He's a boy.
He doesn't like poof.
He likes basic.
Hence the first picture of the lamp and why he bought it.
Anyway, this lamp makeover has me inspired to start doing some projects around the house.
On the cheap.
Because I have shown myself that I can do it. So. If any of my lovely readers have any suggestions or tips or DIY projects you've done and loved, by all means TELL ME!!! So I can then steal the idea!!
Don't worry, I'll give credit where credit is due, but let's share our crafting idea's together!!
Now, go get decorating!!! Make that space of yours..well...YOURS!!


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Raising the bar for graphic design
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Dak Prescott Remains No. 1 on NFLPA Top 50 Player Sales List
– NFLPA Top 50 Player Sales List is the only verified rankings of all officially licensed NFL player products and merchandise, sold by 70+ NFLPA licensees–
– Highlights: Prescott holds top spot for second straight quarter; Philadelphia Eagles QB Carson Wentz vaults into top five; Seven players make leap from 2017 Rising 50; Rookies continue to reign, with six cracking Top 50, headlined by Houston Texans QB Deshaun Watson–
WASHINGTON (January 29, 2018) –
Last February, Dak Prescott debuted on the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) Top 50 Player Sales list at No. 8. One year later, the Dallas Cowboys QB has claimed the top spot for the second-straight quarter. The list is based on total sales of all officially licensed NFL player-identified merchandise, tracking year-to-date results from March 1-November 30, 2017 – the first list of the year that includes sales during the regular season.
Prescott's continued climb up the Top 50 in the span of a calendar year puts him in rarified air among the game's top sellers. He is the third quarterback to top the NFLPA's quarterly Top 50 Player Sales List more than once, joining New England Patriots QB Tom Brady and Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson. Prescott is also the third player to hold the top spot in back-to-back quarters, joining Wilson and Cowboys teammate, WR Dez Bryant.
Along with Prescott, teammate Ezekiel Elliott is among the top sellers. The Cowboys RB is No. 2 overall, a spot he has now held for three consecutive quarters. In fact, the Dallas duo has now occupied two of the top three spots on the last four lists.
Brady continues his domination at or near the top of the sales list, checking in at No. 3. This is his eleventh placement in the top three of the NFLPA Top 50 Player Sales List since its inception in 2014, and he has never ranked outside of the top nine spots. The only newcomer in the top five is Philadelphia Eagles QB Carson Wentz, who made the leap to No. 4 from No.10 on the second quarter list. Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is No. 5.
Two more QBs found their way inside the top 10 -- Wilson at No. 8 and Derek Carr of the Oakland Raiders at No. 9 -- while a trio of playmakers rounded out the top 10: New York Giants WR Odell Beckham Jr. (No. 6), Pittsburgh Steelers WR Antonio Brown (No. 7), and Raiders RB Marshawn Lynch (No. 10).
"I've only been in the league for two years now, but I'm constantly blown away by the support I receive in Philadephia, and elsewhere as well," Wentz said. "To be among the best-selling players in football is such a cool honor, even for someone still starting out in their career."
The Steelers were the most represented team on the Sales List, with six players ranked. In addition to Brown (No. 7), QB Ben Roethlisberger (No. 18), OT Alejandro Villanueva (No. 23), RB Le'Veon Bell (No. 24), LB T.J. Watt (No. 43), and RB James Conner (No. 45) represented Pittsburgh. Villanueva, the former U.S. Army captain, is just the second offensive lineman to land on the Top 50 Player Sales List, joining Joe Thomas of the Cleveland Browns.
Five Raiders players ranked in the top 50, including Carr (No. 9), Lynch (No. 10), DE Khalil Mack (No. 15), WR Amari Cooper (No. 22), and LB NaVorro Bowman (No. 48). Four Cowboys placed following Prescott (No. 1) and Elliott (No. 2) – WR Bryant (No. 11) and TE Jason Witten (No. 14).
Quarterbacks once again led position players, with 17 in the top 50. Wide receivers accounted for 13 spots, while running backs took up eight slots, and tight ends earned three, along with one offensive lineman. On the defensive side, eight players made the list, with Denver Broncos LB Von Miller again the highest-ranked defensive player at No. 13. Houston Texans DE J.J. Watt came in at No. 16.
The 2017 rookie class registered strong player retail sales through its first season. Six rookies earned spots on the NFLPA Top 50 Player Sales List, led by Texans QB Deshaun Watson (No. 21) and Chicago Bears QB Mitch Trubisky (No. 31). Panthers RB Christian McCaffrey (No. 34), Steelers LB T.J. Watt (No. 43), Conner (No. 45), and Kansas City Chiefs RB Kareem Hunt (No. 50) were the others.
With the exception of Hunt, all of those players were also highlighted in last May's 2017 Rising 50 List as potential breakout stars, in addition to Chiefs TE Travis Kelce (No. 41) and Eagles RB Jay Ajayi (No. 49).
The Top 50 Player Sales List is released quarterly by the NFLPA, via its licensing and marketing arm, NFL Players Inc., and is based on overall sales of all NFL player licensed products and merchandise via online and traditional retail outlets as reported by more than 70 NFLPA licensees, including Fanatics, Nike, Outerstuff, 500 Level, Forever Collectibles, Funko, Fathead, Hallmark, McFarlane Toys, FBF Originals, Wincraft and more. Licensed product categories include men's, women's and youth game jerseys as well as T-shirts, wall decals, figurines, vinyl collectibles, bobbleheads, plush dolls, drinkware, socks, holiday ornaments and novelties, among others.
In conjunction with the Top 50 Player Sales rankings, NFL Playes Inc. announced a new licensing agreement with Sprayground, a backpack and accessories brand that has established a cult following.
Highlights from the NFLPA Top 50 Player Sales List:
- Dak Prescott led all players in jersey sales, followed by Carson Wentz, and Ezekiel Elliott. Additionally, Prescott sold the most women's jerseys.
- Wincraft sold more novelty items featuring Prescott than the rest of the top five players combined (J.J. Watt, Ezekiel Elliott, Tom Brady, and Aaron Rodgers). Travis Kelce made the top 10 in Wincraft sales for the first time, coming in at No. 8.
- Ezekiel Elliott sold the most holiday ornaments by Boelter Brands leading into the 2017 holiday season, and led bobblehead sales by Forever Collectibles.
- Tom Brady had the most sales of customized hats by Lids.
- Brady, Beckham Jr. and Russell Wilson continue to be popular with kids, as they rounded out the top three for children's apparel sales by Outerstuff.
- Brady and Beckham Jr. were top sellers in Fathead wall decals. Seven rookies ranked in the top 50 for Fathead sales, with Watson leading the way.
- Brady, Antonio Brown and Aaron Rodgers sold the most Funko vinyl figures.
- Brady was the top-seller of socks by Freaker. Rounding out the top five were Odell Beckham Jr., Prescott, Brown and Rob Gronkowski.
- Pets First apparel and accessories for dogs were led by Brady.
- Wentz sold the most framed images and collectibles memorabilia products for Photo File.
- Brady led collegiate jersey sales by Nike with his University of Michigan jersey, while University of Alabama products Julio Jones and Amari Cooper, entered the top 5 for the first time at No. 3 and 4, respectively.
- Larry Fitzgerald still ranks sixth among collectible figures sold by McFarlane Toys.
Top 50 Player Sales Report YTD (March 1- November 30, 2017)
1. Dak Prescott, QB, Dallas Cowboys
2. Ezekiel Elliott, RB, Dallas Cowboys
3. Tom Brady, QB, New England Patriots
4. Carson Wentz, QB, Philadelphia Eagles
5. Aaron Rodgers, QB, Green Bay Packers
6. Odell Beckham Jr., WR, New York Giants
7. Antonio Brown, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers
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Each year we baptise many children and a few teenagers and adults.
A Christening is a very special moment, when family and friends can come together to mark this moment of thanksgiving, of commitment.
At St Chad's we usually hold a special service at 11 am on the first Sunday in the month.
During a christening your child will be baptized with water. It's the start of an amazing journey of faith for your child and a special day for all your friends and family.
Follow the links to find answers to your questions and to explore all that a christening means, not just on the day but long afterwards.
Your child is precious to you and precious to God. You want the very best for them, and so does God. You want them to make right choices in life, for themselves and for others.
A christening is just the beginning of this and so much more.
Over the years to come, it's a journey you'll share together with your child by:
Being there for your child to talk to about the bigger questions of life – questions about hope, faith and love.
Praying for your child through the ups and downs of their faith journey.
Showing them practically how to make those good choices in life.
Helping them to learn more about their Christian faith, through their church and in other ways.
So it's a commitment to start as you mean to go on.
Please come and see us on a Sunday to find out more, or call the Vicar. He'll be pleased to help
More information from the excellent Christenings web site.


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The Essay: This essay will examine the question, "What is new Media?" in order to define what New Media is. The major ideas, authors, and works that will be examined are Marshall McLuhan's "Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man" (1964); Vin Crosbie's "What is new media?" (1998); and Sherry Turkle's "The Second Self: Computers and … Continue reading "What Is New Media?" Essay
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Video Project
So, a film project in a games design course. May sound odd, except that making videos is likely to become important as a way of presenting our work, suck as using the skills we gain to make show-reels, vlogs, or demonstration videos. For our first project in this video section, we were given a brief … Continue reading Video Project
The Global Market
Key points of British Gamers There has been a significant shift in trends in the video game world away from the stereotype of the geekish male gamer (those who played MUD at the inception of the industry), towards a more widespread and eclectic industry. 70% of British people now play video games on a regular … Continue reading The Global Market
Casual Games
What is Play? Now, before I talk about casual games, it would probably be a good idea to talk about some terms that center around games. The first one I'll talk about is play. You do have to play games after all. Play Wales, an organisation which works to promote children's rights to play and … Continue reading Casual Games
The Medium is the Message
Who is Marshall McLuhan? Marshall McLuhan was born in Canada on July 21st 1911. He was a student first at the University of Manitoba, and then at Cambridge University. Initially, he earned a B.A. (1932) and M.A. (1934) at Manitoba, before proceeding to complete a B.A. (1936), M.A.(1939), and Ph.D (1942) at Cambridge. He went … Continue reading The Medium is the Message
The importance of Media and Communication
New Media So, New Media. Media created using the technology of our time. As I write this, in 2015, we create images using software like Adobe's Photoshop and Illustrator, edit 3D models using Google SketchUp and Autodesk 3Ds Max, and browse through masses of internet webpages using Google and Bing. I'd like to think that … Continue reading The importance of Media and Communication
Meow… An Introduction to CATS
Awwwwww, CATS... No, not those kinds of CATS CATS, sounds like a lovely, furry, cuddly subject where it will love you more the longer that you hold it in your lap and scratch behind its ears... It's not. CATS actually stands for "Critical and Analytical Studies". During CATS lessons, the idea is to strip down … Continue reading Meow… An Introduction to CATS


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Thank you Paula for your lovely mention on Knitting Pipeline Podcast.
Paula hosts a wonderful knitting podcast I look forward to each week. In this episode she features guest host - Meghan from Stitch it! podcast.
She generously referred a listener to my blog for advice on managing uncompleted projects.
For process posts explaining my process look at these earlier blog entries.
Project Management - Knitting style
Getting Usable data This one has instructions on downloading projects from Ravelry into Excel
Confessions of a WIPaholic


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- Homework should be done in math journals using the KARS format. Below you can see a picture of how to set this up for your child at home.
- KARS (Key Information- underline this is the problem, Answer Starter, Representation- model of how they solved it, and Solve- actual number work).
- Math homework is checked everyday in Class DOJO, starting today. If homework is not in journal and in class, it is marker as No Homework.
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The Homecoming is one of Nobel laureate Harold Pinter's most compelling and critically acclaimed plays. Disturbing, enigmatic, and darkly comic, it has been staged continually since its 1965 debut. Pinter's own words in 1970 when accepting the German Shakespeare Prize in Hamburg point to the play's mix of simple language and plot with utterly inscrutable characters: "I can sum up none of my plays. I can describe none of them, except to say: That is what happened. That is what they said. That is what they did."
On the surface, the plot—if it could even be called that—is simplistic; the eldest son of a family living in North London returns to his home country for a visit while touring Europe, having moved to America some years earlier to pursue his education and his career. He brings with him his wife, who sparks old tensions among the family concerning the behavior of the now-deceased matriarch. The stage is thus set for the characters to play out their fantasies and reenact their memories, all in a style that becomes increasingly sexual, blatant, and confrontational.
It is no accident that Harold Pinter is often hailed as one of the masters of the style called the Theater of the Absurd, and The Homecoming fits neatly into such a category. With Pinter, it is not so much the premises of the play (there are no animal transformations going on) that are absurd as it is the characters' dialogue and their behavior; it is more the human reaction that ventures into the absurd rather than the external action itself. In The Homecoming, the premise of a father, his two sons, and his brother living together is completely natural, as is the return of his second son to see his family as part of his trip to Europe. However, the sexually charged nature of the stories that the characters relate, and the visiting wife's open advances towards the other sons and her renunciation of her family in favor of a life as a prostitute, are anything but commonplace.
The Homecoming is also cited as one of the later plays that fall under the umbrella of Pinter's style dubbed "Comedy of Menace." A pun on the classic style Comedy of Manners, the term Comedy of Menace refers to plays that create humor through insult, vulgarity, and a complete lack of propriety. Whereas in the Comedy of Manners the customs and manners of the day are parodied or create humorous messes that the main characters must sort out, in the Comedy of Menace all notion of following social norms is thrown out of the window. This can be seen in the open way in which the characters in The Homecoming discuss sex and violence, with family members outlining a prostitution contract for the visiting son's wife in his presence.
When asked what his plays were about, Pinter once declared that they were about "the weasel under the cocktail cabinet." This statement helps us understand Pinter's often absurdist style, but it also suggests that the actual plots of many of his early plays are secondary in importance to the themes that they display. His plays The Homecoming and The Birthday Party are two works that focus on the nature of the family, zeroing in on the duplicity inherent in many of the relationships between parents and their children, between siblings, or between husband and wife. While many American playwrights of the 20th century, such as Tennessee Williams, used realism as a tool to portrays explosive themes, Pinter instead gains focus through an absurdist lens. While this sacrifices some of the believability of the play, it allows him to convey his message to the audience more directly and poignantly.
Pinter composed the play in 1964, taking only six weeks to complete it in the Sussex coastal town of Worthing. The Homecoming premiered in London's Aldwych Theatre on June 3rd, 1965, staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Peter Hall directed it and Pinter's wife Vivien Merchant played Ruth; Ian Holm played Lenny.
London reviews of the play, barring a few that viciously complained about its putative lack of plot, were mixed. One English critic took up an audience member's claim that the characters "behaved like animals" while Ronald Bryden commended the style but said there was only flavor and entertainment. On the other hand, in 1972 Merrick Garland wrote for the Harvard Crimson, "The Homecoming is dedicated to curing those play-goers who play 'What's your interpretation?' after every performance they see. Within its two acts, Harold Pinter has laid a series of booby-traps and land mines designed to destroy the categorizers, rationalizers and explainers in every audience. The Homecoming is Pinter's declaration of war on our tendency to assume that we know what is real and what is unreal, and on our smug assurance that we can analyze why people act as they do." In 1973 the Los Angeles Times critic called it "by any interpretation a scintillating piece of work." Notable Pinter critic John Lahr lauded the play thusly: "The Homecoming's territorial free-for-all is waged with a rhetorical panache that is almost Jacobean in its richness and its ferocity. Its vulgar verbal impasto created a stage sound that was entirely new. Pinter, according to David Hare, 'cleaned the gutters of the English language.' 'He kicked the whole thing down,' David Mamet said."
The original Broadway staging took place in 1967 at the Music Box and won four Tony Awards, including Best Play. Despite these wins, it also had mostly lukewarm or negative feedback in America when it debuted. A film version was released in 1973, and included most of the original 1965 Royal Shakespeare Company cast.
Over time, Pinter and his plays have indisputably entered the canon. They are critically acclaimed, frequently performed, and revered amongst academics, playgoers, and students.
There have been many revivals of the play, the most notable being 2008's 40th Anniversary Broadway revival. Ian McShane starred as Max, garnering many accolades. The revival was nominated for a Tony Award.


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Where She Went
Where She Went
Gayle Forman's IF I STAY was a sensation when it was published in 2009. Striking a chord with readers and reviewers alike, it was the kind of powerful, gut-wrenching novel that deeply affected everyone who was fortunate enough to open its pages. Simultaneously a painful meditation on grief and loss and an optimistic love letter to life itself, IF I STAY was told from the point of view of Mia, a young woman who has barely survived the devastating car accident that claimed the lives of her parents and brother. Although her body was locked in a coma, Mia's mind and spirit were very much awake, as she simultaneously mourned and remembered her family and absorbed the pleas of her loved ones who begged her to stay alive.
One of those friends was Adam, Mia's boyfriend who, in WHERE SHE WENT, gets a chance to narrate his own story, to tell the reader what happened after Mia decided to listen to his exhortations and stay alive. In part, at least, for him. In the three years since Mia's accident, things have changed for all of them, not least for Adam himself, who became an overnight sensation, the lead singer and songwriter of a phenomenally successful band, boyfriend of a beautiful actress, recognized on the street by countless passersby.
Ironically, what fueled all those angry, despondent lyrics that made Adam's band, Shooting Star, an overnight sensation was Mia herself, the fact that shortly after she emerged from rehab after her accident, she left Portland, Oregon, for a new life at Juilliard in New York City. She never looked back, or visited home; she simply left Adam to deal with his demons himself. Now, in the course of one night, Adam has the opportunity to find her again. But does she even want to be found?
"I think of all the voices that clatter around in my head," Adam thinks to himself, "voices that I'm pretty sure are just some older, or younger, or just better versions of me. There have been times --- when things have been really bleak --- that I've tried to summon her, to have her answer me back, but it never works. I just get me. If I want her voice, I have to rely on memories. At least I have plenty of those." Memories --- of the time before Mia's accident as well as the days and weeks directly after --- form much of Adam's narrative, looking backward even as he tries to reconnect with a future he almost, but not quite, had let go of.
If IF I STAY was a gut punch of a book, WHERE SHE WENT is more of a slow burn, the kind of ache you get after a hundred sit-ups or a 10-mile run. Adam and Mia are both older and wiser, jaded in their way, but unable or unwilling to leave behind who they were before. Again, Forman tells a powerful tale of grief, guilt and starting over, even as she crafts a compelling, deeply romantic love story that will keep readers guessing --- and cringing, sighing and hoping --- until the very last page.
Reviewed by Norah Piehl on April 5, 2011
Where She Went
- Publication Date: April 17, 2012
- Genres: Fiction, Young Adult 14+
- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Speak


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Members of Relationships Australia Tasmania Board
Mary Bent, President
Mary Bent has been on the Board of Relationships Australia Tasmania since 2011 and President since 2014.
Mary is a Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, has a Bachelor of Arts, and postgraduate qualifications in librarianship and health economics. She was Deputy Secretary in the Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services, until her retirement from full-time work in 2009. During her time as Deputy Secretary, Mary had responsibility for the management of State community health and mental health services, in Tasmania.
Mary has served on the Council of Bond University in Queensland and on the Board of Partners in Health, within the University of Tasmania. She has also had considerable involvement in the governance of community-based not-for-profit organisations, serving on the Board of Primary Health Tasmania and as Chair of the Tasmanian Libraries Advisory Board. In January 2011, Mary was awarded the Public Service Medal as part of the Australian Honours System, in recognition of the role she played in advancing public health services in Tasmania.
Kristian Falconer, Secretary
Emma Lovibond, Treasurer
Wendy Key, Vice President
Kim Barker, Southern Representative
Kim is currently the Public Guardian. Earlier in her career, Kim worked as a rehabilitation consultant, counsellor and mediator.
Prior to taking on the role of Public Guardian, she was a long-term member of several tribunals, including the Guardianship and the Administration Board, the Mental Health Tribunal, the Social Security Appeals Tribunal and the Medical Board of Australia (Tasmania). Kim was also a long-term Director of the Motor Accidents Insurance Board and for many years chaired the Tasmanian Traineeship and Apprenticeship Committee.
Rick Marton, Northern Representative
Ella Dixon, General Representative
Ella joined the Board of Relationships Australia Tasmania in 2013 and took on the role of Secretary in 2015. In 2017, Ella was appointed to the second Vice Chair position.
Currently, the CEO of the Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) in Northern Tasmania, Ella's background has been working in and on the fringes of Government. Ella has completed a Masters in Regional Development Policy at the University of Tasmania, a Diploma of Entrepreneurial Management and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Prior to her current position as CEO at the MRC, Ella spent eight years as Regional Manager in the Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPAC) in a community development role. Ella is a strong advocate for women's economic, social and civic participation and has been involved in programs such as the Tasmanian Honour Roll for Women, International Women's Day, and the Women's Register/Women on Boards (governance for not-for-profits). She has extensive networks in Tasmania and particularly strong connections with the Northern and North West communities.
Ella is a director of the national peak body, Refugee Council Australia, as well as a number of working groups in an advisory capacity, relating to resettlement, health, education, employment and skills, and development, for the former refugees and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Sarah Dawkins, General Representative
Sarah Dawkins joined the Board in February 2018. Sarah is a lecturer at the Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmanian (UTAS), where she teaches in organisational behaviour and leadership. Sarah is also a registered clinical psychologist and clinical supervisor and applies her training and experience in mental health, to her research projects and teaching.
Sarah's primary research interests focus on mental health and well-being in the workplace, and the interface between work and family. Sarah is also co-leader of the UTAS Work Health and Wellbeing Network - a collective of academics and practitioners who share a common interest in how experiences of our workplaces and jobs are connected with our health and social wellbeing.
Prior to commencing her career in academia, Sarah worked as a clinical psychologist for several years, including with Relationships Australia (Tasmania), between 2006-2007.


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Thursday, November 05, 2009
Stutz Art Space Preview: Sight/ Insight: Artists & Places of Inspiration
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Sight/ Insight will be at the Stutz Art Space from November 6-25, 2009. The show incorporates a variety of styles ranging from abstract slashes of paint, abstract quilted fabric, exaggerated recognizable forms, jewelry, and paintings and photographs that display clearly recognizable subjects. The artwork is juxtaposed leading the viewer to flow back and forth between the styles creating a dialogue amongst this diverse set of visual ideas. It is a conversation between eleven different artists, with different modes of visually communication, and different perspectives on the same subject.
The curator, Carol L Myers, chose artists whose work fit the theme of 'inspired places'. Carol herself has lately focused on drawings. She states that her "vocabulary is natural form, but inspired place happens between pencil and paper." She finds that drawing is a form of praying. I was attracted to one of her quilted painting pieces entitled, Boardwalk. The painting in the work gives the piece a sense of space and light. On top of the painting, sewn rectangular shapes overlap and break up the space, while the process of sewing the material draws the fabric and adds slight texture.
Artists in the show:
Susan Brewer
Lydia Burris
Leigh Dunnington-Jones
Karen Land
Colleen Lauter
Susan Mauck
Carol L Myers
Kate Oberreich
Jerry Points
Ginny Taylor Rosner
Martha Vaught
Julia Zollman Wickes
Visit RachelSteely.com for reflections on a few individual works from Sight/Insight .
Join the conversation about inspired places starting this coming First Friday, November 6th.


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Rumors Swirling That Miranda Lambert Was Unfaithful
You knew it was only a matter of time until the rumor mill would get going. And since it's been less than a day since Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton announced their divorce, here you go.
Multiple sources have told TMZ that Blake filed for divorce because he believed Miranda was unfaithful not once but twice.
Blake apparently heard rumors that Miranda had hooked up with fellow country singer Chris Young. Now, Chris did open up for Miranda a few years ago and the two were spotted together from time to time.
However, according to these "sources", it was not Chris but another guy who was the catalyst for the divorce. Blake filed for divorce two weeks ago because he received certain information about Miranda and this other guy and that elevated things in Blake's head from rumor to fact.
Even though the couple released a statement that the split was amicable, Blake has been upset over the last few weeks and told Miranda to get her animals off his Oklahoma ranch by Monday.


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- Biography: M. Dionysius Rogers joined OTO in 1992, and has served the organization in local, national and international offices. Currently a member of Aum. Ha. Lodge and Ouarda Chapter, he is a Certified Initiator Trainer in MMM, and an active EGC Bishop providing training to clergy and instruction to laity. He is a scholar of religion who has made presentations on esoteric and occult topics at academic conferences in Europe and the USA regularly since 2004, and he is a charter member of Academia Ordo Templi Orientis. He has also been a presenter at every NOTOCON since its inauguration in 1995.
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State Senator Collins: "We won't leave our wounded behind†as economy recovers
Collins responds to Gov. Quinn's State of the State Address yesterday
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-Chicago 16th) issued the following statement after Governor Pat Quinn's State of the State address yesterday:
I was encouraged by the focus on extending a helping hand to those who bore the brunt of the recession and are not reaping the rewards of the recovery. I am resolved that as Illinois moves forward from this time of crisis, we will not leave our wounded behind.
That's why I stand with the governor and many of my colleagues in support of increasing the minimum wage this year. As Pres. Obama leads the charge for a higher federal minimum wage to ensure the fair treatment of workers in all states, here in Illinois we are motivated by the core belief he expressed last night: that a man or woman working a full-time job should not have to live in poverty.
Doubling the Earned Income Tax Credit, focusing on job creation and extending access to early childhood education will likewise help break the cycle of poverty for families especially hard-hit by the housing crisis and recession. I look forward to working hard this year to enact policies that bring recovery and promise to the neighborhoods of my district and throughout the state.


text: 30 November 2016 - No Comments! YOU ARE THE CANVAS SELECTED IN PARIS You Are The Canvas is selected at the Courts Devant Film Festival in Paris from the 29th November until the 6th of December. The film is part of a special Belgian screening called "A fond les Belges" on Sunday 4th of December. Check out the program Published by: Jean-Paul Frenay in Narrative Facebook Share on Facebook Twitter Share on Twitter Google+ Share on Google+