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Hey all. I'm kinda stuck on the first scenario in the Researching Spook Central campaign. I can't seem to get a strategy to work. Does anyone have any thoughts on it?
Hey all. I'm kinda stuck on the first scenario in the Researching Spook Central campaign. I can't seem to get a strategy to work. Does anyone have any thoughts on it?
That one starts with Sandman, right? We found that we had to focus on him first. If we closed a single gate (tried this twice), we just ended up spending way to much time keeping out of LoS of the closed gates, and getting put to sleep way too often.
I'm actually talking about the scenario with Zuul and Vinz Clortho.
Blah, sorry, I was thinking Sedgewick. I have not done Spook Central yet.
I think it's best to just make a thread for each scenario and we can discuss it there.
See my Sandman thread.
I think the problem lies in the movement of the terror dogs and the goal of your team moving them apart faster than they move toward one another. This seems ridiculously difficult due to the mechanics of terror dog motion, not so much from a strategy standpoint as a simple probability issue.
Every time you hit them (50% of the time), they move toward/away from you (and if you're positioned correctly, away from one another), which is great. When you miss, however, they move both in a random direction and then toward one another. Ignoring the fact that the random direction can help or hinder you, this means that you're roughly holding them in place if you hit as often as you miss (likely given 50% of the time and most abilities not unlocked yet).
Unfortunately, they also move toward one another at the end of every turn cycle (sometimes twice depending on die roll) AND every time you miss when trying to close a gate, so you really need to hit several times without missing to break even. On top of that, your goal is actually to get them near the gates, so you have to actually gain ground to pull them into gate range.
All of this has to happen when the Ghostbusters are at starting level 1, haven't unlocked additional actions, and have to split the team over two ends of the map. Given you're essentially flipping coins at this low level to hit and things only get worse if you end up next to the dogs, I have to assume we missed something in our interpretation of how this scenario works.
My friends and I got frustrated with the scenario and stopped trying after flailing with it for a very long time. Did we miss a movement clarification or errata or something?
There IS a clarification document, but not an errata document. It was part of one of the Kickstarter updates. It's similar to the clarification of the Ghostbuster Special abilities in the rulebook, but it covers all the Kickstarter Exclusive 'busters and all the ghosts.
I just checked it and it only says that if there is more than one Zuul (or Vinz Clortho) on the map, they move toward the other Zuul (or Vinz Clortho). Nothing more than that.
I have not played through this scenario yet, so I can't comment on strategy for it. In April I should have a chance to play a bunch more of the game, so we will probably get to this campaign then.
Last edited by ItchyAaron; 03-07-2016 at 05:39 AM. Reason: clarity
We have not yet beat it, but we have gotten close. Here is the strategy we are working with, assuming we are reading the rules right.
The idea is to lock Zuul into the box she starts by. This relies on a lot of luck for the first round, but is easy to reset if things do not work out.
Round 1.
-Player 1 starts on the shortest route to Zuul, exiting the car after the second move. Should put them pretty much next to the librarian.
-Player 2 continues on the rout to Zuul. After using both moves on the car, they exit they vehicle.
-Player 3 drives the car closer to Zuul. They remain in the car.
-Player 4 completes the trip on their first action, uses a maneuver to get out of the car, and then closes the gate on their second action. As a note, they should make sure the car itself is not adjacent to the box Zuul will hopefully be trapped in.
-As the round ends, Zuul will pop out and all gates will open. there is a 3 in 8 chance Zuul will appear inside the orange box and be unable to exit, as Zuul is stopped by obstacles. Vinz begins his trip around the board.
Next few rounds.
-Player 1 will be the first to encounter Vinz, and should set up to keep pushing Vinz into the grass areas with the other gates.
-Player 2 will be moving up to support and head off Vinz should Player 1 roll badly.
-Player 3 will be driving the car back to help Player 1 and 2 move Vinz.
-It may help to shoot the Librarian, just so movement and line of sight is not restricted. She is in the center of where most of the rest of the game takes place. Depends on what gate she ends up at as to how effective shooting her is.
-Player 4 hangs out and deals with any other ghosts around the Zuul gate.
At this point, once you can push Vinz next to a gate, close it. Then Player 4 gets two chances at the Zuul gate to win the scenario.
This strategy is as close to winning as we have got. It is still pretty heavily luck based. If Zuul does not get trapped in the box right away, the strategy falls apart. If Vinz gets by the other three players, it is pretty much over.
Other notes - If player 4 is adjacent to the orange box at the end of round 1, they will likely be adjacent to Zuul. This is why they should not park the car adjacent to the box. While they cannot use actions, they can use a maneuver to get in the car, and can then act. If this is the case, you may want to have Player 3 get out of the car Round 2, and have them hang out to close the gate at the very end while Player 4 drives back to support pushing back Vinz.
It is of course possible we have read something wrong or missed something, but if not this seems like our best chance. It results in a lot of false starts, since Round 1 has to end a specific way, and it also means going into scenario 2 with almost no XP, but you do what you gotta do with a scenario like this.
If this works for someone else, or if you see something wrong or have a better idea, please share. Thanks!
* Do Terror Dogs work like ghosts? Can they move through solid objects? When they run into a Ghostbuster, do they move through them? Do they "push" the ghostbuster? Is the ghostbusters slimed when pushed by a terror dog?
* In this scenario, if the terror dogs work like solid objects, is the game still over if they are adjacent to each other with a red line between them and they technically can't reach each other? What about an orange line?
* Can the dogs get sucked into the two gates that are blocked by an orange line if they are adjacent to it?


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MLB WORLD SERIES: TIGERS v GIANTS
October 26, 2012
Bruce Bochy
Ryan Vogelsong
DETROIT, MICHIGAN: Workout Day
Q.  Bruce, you all faced Sanchez earlier this year and last year, and he had a shutout last season. What have you seen from him? He's a little bit different build than some of the other Detroit stars, not as tall as so forth?
BRUCE BOCHY: He's been tough on us. He's got good stuff, he's got a good fastball and secondary pitches. He'll throw any pitch at any time. He throws quality strikes, and like I said, we've had our tough times against him. He's a good pitcher. He's a really good pitcher, and like most teams have when they're playing in postseason. We know we have our work cut out when we're facing him because he's been hard on us.
Q. As a lifelong National League guy, is it meaningful to you that the National League is going for its third straight World Series title? And do you think these players have this kind of league pride that you probably did back in your playing days?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, sure. I think when you represent the National League, you want to do well. You want to make the League proud. But also if you're a National League fan, you're going to do all you can to win. In fact, at the All‑Star Game I mentioned that last year, or two years ago. It's about pride, too, and you go out there and always do the best that you can, but always being in the National League, I've always been a National League fan, sure. It's nice to see us start to balance things out, because the American League had their way against us for quite a while.
Q. Who do you plan on using in that designated hitter role?
BRUCE BOCHY: Right now I'd say Hector Sanchez. That's the way I'm leaning. I could change my mind tonight, but to be honest, that's how I'm thinking right now. He's a switch‑hitter, and he's had a pretty good year with the bat when he's been out there. He's my DH right now.
Q. Ryan, the cold, I know we probably make a much bigger deal about it than you guys do, but what challenges does it pose to you in particular, whatever it may be? And also, the redemption factor, it seems to be a theme with the starting rotation. Everybody has got a story, and so far everyone has been thriving in the last series or two.
RYAN VOGELSONG: Well, the cold weather, obviously it's going we're going to have to deal with. But it's the World Series. You can't be worried about how cold it is. I threw a game in Chicago last year where it was 34 degrees, and it was raining and sleeting, and I threw the ball pretty well that night. I don't suspect that cold weather is going to be much of an issue. If I am thinking about how cold it is, it means I'm not thinking about what I'm doing on the mound.
We've gone through spurts this whole season where we've thrown the ball like this as a staff. We obviously had our downtime there in the middle of September and at the end of August, and we're just all kind of hitting our stride here at the same time. It's up to me and Matt now to keep it going over here in Detroit.
Q. Bruce, as somebody who knows and understands the journey that Ryan has taken to get to this point, and the adversity he's faced along the way, what's it been like to watch him respond in the postseason pressure like this?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, I've said so many times about Ryan is how impressive his perseverance has been through everything. But also the way he's handled a lot of things thrown at him, making the All‑Star team, and being a guy that we were hoping would step up. As all players, pitchers have their hiccups, he did in September, but he came out of that and he's throwing the ball well.
We had a much‑needed win, and he came through for us and got a couple big games, really three huge games in the postseason. So it feels great when you think about Ryan and his story, and how much he did have to persevere, to see what he's doing now, you feel great and good for that guy because of all he's gone through, and all the work he's gone through to get to this point.
Q. Ryan, I know this time of year there's not much time for reflection, but just piggybacking off his question, have you allowed yourself to think about the magnitude of starting the World Series, and what that means to you considering all that you've been through throughout your career?
RYAN VOGELSONG: You're right, it's not really time to think about that too much. You know, you realize‑‑ obviously you realize you're in the World Series, and tomorrow is a big game, just like all of them are in the postseason. But when this thing is all over with, I'll take some time to really let it hit home. Right now I'm just worried about going out and having a solid effort tomorrow, and giving us a chance to win the game.
Q. You mentioned several times part of the reason you wanted to come here was to work with coaches who knew you. We all know Dave Righetti gets a lot of praise. Could you talk about how Mark Gardner and how those two guys work together?
RYAN VOGELSONG: Well, you know, Gardy and I were teammates. That was how I met Gardy the first time. I was just a young pup then, and Gardy was one of our starters. He really actually took me under his wing right away. He was one of the guys that I bounced questions off a lot, not just about pitching but making sure I was in the right place at the right time in Spring Training, and going through the drills and everything, and he was always a guy that was there to talk to.
But I think they balance each other well. Gardy, he'll get into a lot of mechanical stuff with you, and sometimes Rags is more of the mental side. He does some mechanical stuff, as well, but Rags is more of‑‑ he's been through everything in this game you can do as a pitcher; he's closed, he's started, middle relief. There's nothing that us as a staff are going to encounter that this guy hasn't done in a game. That goes for Gardy, as well. He did relief and starting.
They balance each other out well. You know, I think they bounce things off each other all the time, and come up with what they think is the best solution if there's a problem going on. I know I go to both of them because I want to try and get as much information as possible.
They do a tremendous job with our staff.
BRUCE BOCHY: Yeah, I think Ryan covered it very well. They do complement each other so well, and like he said, they've done everything, so they can help out. But really, I have two pitching coaches. Dave Righetti is the pitching coach, but Mark, it's another pair of eyes. And he knows mechanics very well, so he helps out Dave, and just gives us more coverage there, and a guy that has tremendous knowledge about pitching. So it's nice to have two guys to help out.
Q. Maybe along the same lines, how would you describe the balance of responsibility between Bam‑Bam and Joe on the hitting side, and how has that worked out? I would think that the second‑half surge you guys have enjoyed offensively is really‑‑
BRUCE BOCHY: Yeah, it's really worked out very well. They really get along, have the same philosophy and work so well together, and they will get the work done through each other and they communicate so well together, whether it's in the cage or on the field, looking at video. They've known each other, so there's some history with these two guys.
It can always cause some friction sometimes when you have two heads talking about the same thing, whether it's pitching or hitting, but just like Mark and Rags, these two really get along well, and have helped each other to make these guys better hitters.
Q. Can you talk about the team's defense, because obviously there's been some great defensive plays in the first two games.
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, I believe it's such a critical part of the game. If you're not good on that facet of the game, you're probably in trouble. And when pitching is your strength, you want to have a pretty good defense out there and catch the ball. That's kind of been our philosophy the last two years; let's get better defensively and try to get more athletic, and these guys have done a great job. They work hard at it. And we have a lot of speed in the outfield. In the infield we have some young players, but they're good defenders. And of course the veteran presence of Scutaro, and Pablo has made himself into a pretty good third baseman. The guy we have behind the plate has done really a tremendous job since he's come up in 2010, as young as he is.
It's a major part of the game. I've said this so many times, a player can have a great game, and despite not getting a hit, can go out there and help win a ballgame. We have players that have that ability, like a Blanco goes out there and makes a couple great catches for us.
Q. Bruce, you mentioned Marco, just talk about what kind of a zone he's in. Obviously the bunt last night by Gregor, Marco has been talked about as being the king of bunting on the team, and how big of an influence he's been in regard to that. Talk about how big of a factor he's been since acquiring him, and how he's been the MVP.
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, I'd hate to think where we'd be without him. He'd been that good, that consistent. We knew we were getting a good player, but a player that's been in the zone the way he has, I'll be honest, we didn't quite see that coming. That's how great he's been. We didn't underrate him, because we really wanted him, but he really turned his game up from the day we got him. I asked him to play third base; it had been two, three years since he had done that.
But at the plate it's been fun to watch this guy, how he uses the whole field, he's got a short stroke, he's disciplined, and that type of approach does make the other hitters better hitters, more disciplined hitters. I think they do feed off him. He's very much respected on the club, very popular in the clubhouse.
So he's made us a different club, really impacted us on both sides, defense and offense.
Q. Jim Leyland was saying that he's anxious to have his team face a non‑left‑hander, not that he's happier about it but at least happy in the sense he thinks he matches up better against a righty. Does it impact your approach to the game knowing the other side thinks they match up better to you than the first two starters?
RYAN VOGELSONG: No, because I think every game comes down to executing pitches, whether you're right‑handed or left‑handed. You've got to keep the ball out of the middle of the plate, you've got to keep the ball down, and you've got to execute pitches. When there's traffic on base you've got to make a good pitch to get out of it. I mean, it's not really much else to say other than that.
Just got to go out and try and hit the glove as many times as I can, and if they hit the ball, hopefully it goes at somebody, and hopefully I'll come out on the right side of things.
Q. Bruce, two games into the World Series, how would you describe the demeanor of your team? And how does it compare with two years ago?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, they're going about their business as usual. There's no change in them, and there won't be. It wouldn't matter if they were down 0‑2 or 2‑0. They go out there and they hard for that game. We talked about this yesterday.
But as far as comparing them to 2010, I think you look at some things that were similar. The heart that the 2010 played with, that 2010 probably had a little bit more power than this club. We're probably a little more athletic and a little faster, and we have to manufacture runs a little bit more this year than in 2010, where we had a Ross or Burrell or Uribe pop one. We don't quite have that power, but similar clubs because there's still a lot of players here from that club, but as far as the makeup and the chemistry of the ballclub.
Q. You mentioned actually a couple days ago that you thought Scutaro was one of the better lead‑off hitters in the league for a while. Having him hit second, do you think he's better suited to hit second in a situation like in Game 7 against the Cardinals?
BRUCE BOCHY: I like him better in the second hole, to be honest. I do. I think he's got the ability to maneuver the ball very well, which helps if you want to hit‑and‑run or bunt. Pagan, he's got the great speed, so it just helps us, I think, put a little bit more pressure on the other club if we get Pagan on. Now you've got Scutaro who can do some things with the bat.
Q. This is for Ryan: Do you feel like you still kind of pitch with a chip on your shoulder, trying to prove people wrong or trying to prove to people that what you've done is sustainable? Is that something that pushes you forward especially in starts like these?
RYAN VOGELSONG: Not just start days, every day. I feel like every day I come in here with a little chip on my shoulder that I need to work harder than the next guy, and try and get myself better on a daily basis. And definitely game day, there's a chip there. I feel like I still have a lot to prove in this game.
Obviously I've had a solid year last year, solid year this year, and there's lots of guys in this game that have put together two good years. It's doing it for a long period of time that separates the men from the boys. I've still got a lot to do.
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, I'll just add, I think when you have gone through what Ryan has had to go through in his career, injuries, being sent down or pitching in Japan, he has a deeper appreciation for what you have here, and also how hard it is to not just get here but stay here. Again, I think that's why he's so relentless with his work ethic, because he's been on the other side, and he doesn't take this for granted. He had a great year last year, but I think he did have a chip on his shoulder. He wanted to prove that that was not a fluke, and he's gone out and done it this year.
Q. Just talk about actually having the lead in the series for a change. Obviously coming back the first two rounds like you did, and what did that show about your club the way you guys came back the first two rounds?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, it's great to have a lead. I'd much prefer having a lead than the other way. I think any club would say that. But again, that's a number. We're up two, but that's all that is. You go out there and you keep trying to win ballgames until it's over. That's how we look at it, and that's the only way to look at it. These guys have done a great job of that, even as you saw, when they've been down, and they've had to win three in a row twice to get here.
But it's nice to play well at home. It's nice to have a lead, but that's all it is right now.
RYAN VOGELSONG: We're definitely not taking this 2‑0 for granted. We want to come here and play the type of baseball that we've been playing over the last six days, and try and win as soon as possible. They're a dangerous team over there, we know that. Every guy in that locker room knows that. We've just got to keep playing the way we've been over the last six, keep playing our brand of baseball.
Q. I believe the Tigers have won their last eight games here. This isn't a bandbox ballpark by any stretch. What have you picked up on why have they been so successful and tough to beat at home?
BRUCE BOCHY: I think a lot of teams, your really good teams, they dominate at home. That's what they do, the Cardinals, the Reds, they were really tough at home. We ended up having a pretty good home record, despite having some struggles there in September or late August. But it's a team that feeds on probably their home crowd, and they're more comfortable at home, and that's usually the case in baseball. But this certainly is a club that we know is playing very well here.
Q. Your club seems so loose. Having ten foreign‑born players, a lot of Latin players that are really loose, how different is this clubhouse atmosphere from others in your past?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, to be honest, if you go back to 2010 when we won, we had a lot of Latin players on that club, too. But we're a diverse group, and we've been like that for as long as I've been here. It's a good group, and they get along well, and they have fun with each other, making fun of each other. It is a loose group, and it probably started back in 2010 when we dropped the Misfits on them or Dirty Dozen, and we still have a few of those left. And then you bring in new guys, and they have their own sense of humor, how they are.
That's the only way to play the game, loose and relaxed. I've been fortunate to have guys in there to help relax guys, and they're leaders in that clubhouse at keeping guys comfortable when we acquire them, and guys have fun playing. That's how we try to keep it.
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spi_send() {
echo "$1" \
| awk '{X=$1;for(i=128;i>=1;i/=2){B=0;if (X>=i){ B=1;X-=i;}print i,B}}' \
| while read bit v; do
MOSI $v
echo -n "$bit "
cat /sys/class/gpio/gpio$MISO/value
done \
| awk 'BEGIN{C=0}{if ($2){C+=$1}}END{printf "%-20s %3i 0x%02x\n","'$2'",C,C;}'
# reset mcp2515
echo "Resetting MCP2515"
spi_send 192 RESET
# wait some time
sleep 1
# and read the registers
echo "Reading MCP2515 config-registers"
spi_send 3 CMD-READ
spi_send 40 REG-CNF3
spi_send 0 CNF3
spi_send 0 CNF2
spi_send 0 CNF1
spi_send 0 INTE
spi_send 0 INTF
spi_send 0 EFLG
spi_send 0 CANSTAT
spi_send 0 CANCTRL
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root@raspberrypi:~# sh test-mcp2515.sh 8
Resetting MCP2515
RESET 192 0xc0
Read MCP2515 registers
CMD-READ 3 0x03
REG-CNF3 40 0x28
CNF3 0 0x00
CNF2 0 0x00
CNF1 0 0x00
INTE 0 0x00
INTF 0 0x00
EFLG 0 0x00
CANSTAT 128 0x80
CANCTRL 135 0x87
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dmesg -C
modprobe spi-bcm2708
modprobe spi-config devices=bus=0:cs=0:modalias=mcp2515:speed=10000000:gpioirq=25:pd=20:pdu32-0=16000000:pdu32-4=0x2002:force_release
modprobe mcp251x
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[90600.903092] bcm2708_spi bcm2708_spi.0: master is unqueued, this is deprecated
[90600.903139] bcm2708_spi bcm2708_spi.0: SPI Controller at 0x20204000 (irq 80)
[90609.232778] spi_config_register: device description: bus=0:cs=0:modalias=mcp2515:speed=10000000:gpioirq=25:pd=20:pdu32-0=16000000:pdu32-4=0x2002:force_release
[90609.237435] spi_config_register:spi0.0: registering modalias=mcp2515 with max_speed_hz=10000000 mode=0 and gpio/irq=25/195
[90609.237481] spi_config_register:spi0.0:platform data:da103da0: 00 24 f4 00 02 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .$... ..........
[90609.237501] spi_config_register:spi0.0:platform data:da103db0: 00 00 00 00 ....
[90615.416805] CAN device driver interface
[90615.436830] mcp251x spi0.0: probed
[90615.548927] mcp251x spi0.0 can0: bit-timing not yet defined
[90615.548967] mcp251x spi0.0: unable to set initial baudrate!
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[90721.827524] bcm2708_spi bcm2708_spi.0: master is unqueued, this is deprecated
[90721.827573] bcm2708_spi bcm2708_spi.0: SPI Controller at 0x20204000 (irq 80)
[90728.508529] spi_config_register: device description: bus=0:cs=1:modalias=mcp2515:speed=10000000:gpioirq=25:pd=20:pdu32-0=16000000:pdu32-4=0x2002:force_release
[90728.512329] spi_config_register:spi0.1: registering modalias=mcp2515 with max_speed_hz=10000000 mode=0 and gpio/irq=25/195
[90728.512377] spi_config_register:spi0.1:platform data:dbbfe4c0: 00 24 f4 00 02 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .$... ..........
[90728.512395] spi_config_register:spi0.1:platform data:dbbfe4d0: 00 00 00 00 ....
[90739.396232] CAN device driver interface
[90740.406161] mcp251x spi0.1: MCP251x didn't enter in conf mode after reset
[90740.406321] mcp251x spi0.1: probe failed
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/sbin/ip link set can0 up type can bitrate <1000000|500000|250000|125000|100000|...>
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pi@pi~ $ candump any,0:0,#FFFFFFFF
can0 20000004 [8] 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 ERRORFRAME
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sudo modprobe spi-config devices=\bus=0:cs=0:modalias=mcp2515:speed=10000000:gpioirq=22:pd=20:pds32-0=16000000:pdu32-4=0x2002:force_release
sudo ip link set can0 up type can bitrate 125000
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candump any,0:0,#FFFFFFFF
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candump can0
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Usage: candump [options] <CAN interface>+
(use CTRL-C to terminate candump)
Options: -t <type> (timestamp: (a)bsolute/(d)elta/(z)ero/(A)bsolute w date)
-c (increment color mode level)
-i (binary output - may exceed 80 chars/line)
-a (enable additional ASCII output)
-S (swap byte order in printed CAN data[] - marked with '`' )
-s <level> (silent mode - 0: off (default) 1: animation 2: silent)
-b <can> (bridge mode - send received frames to <can>)
-B <can> (bridge mode - like '-b' with disabled loopback)
-u <usecs> (delay bridge forwarding by <usecs> microseconds)
-l (log CAN-frames into file. Sets '-s 2' by default)
-L (use log file format on stdout)
-n <count> (terminate after receiption of <count> CAN frames)
-r <size> (set socket receive buffer to <size>)
-d (monitor dropped CAN frames)
-e (dump CAN error frames in human-readable format)
Up to 16 CAN interfaces with optional filter sets can be specified
on the commandline in the form: <ifname>[,filter]*
Comma separated filters can be specified for each given CAN interface:
<can_id>:<can_mask> (matches when <received_can_id> & mask == can_id & mask)
<can_id>~<can_mask> (matches when <received_can_id> & mask != can_id & mask)
#<error_mask> (set error frame filter, see include/linux/can/error.h)
CAN IDs, masks and data content are given and expected in hexadecimal values.
When can_id and can_mask are both 8 digits, they are assumed to be 29 bit EFF.
Without any given filter all data frames are received ('0:0' default filter).
Use interface name 'any' to receive from all CAN interfaces.
candump -c -c -ta can0,123:7FF,400:700,#000000FF can2,400~7F0 can3 can8
candump -l any,0~0,#FFFFFFFF (log only error frames but no(!) data frames)
candump -l any,0:0,#FFFFFFFF (log error frames and also all data frames)
candump vcan2,92345678:DFFFFFFF (match only for extended CAN ID 12345678)
candump vcan2,123:7FF (matches CAN ID 123 - including EFF and RTR frames)
candump vcan2,123:C00007FF (matches CAN ID 123 - only SFF and non-RTR frames)
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$ ip -details link show can0
3: can0: <NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP,ECHO> mtu 16 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 10
can state STOPPED restart-ms 100
bitrate 125000 sample-point 0.875
tq 500 prop-seg 6 phase-seg1 7 phase-seg2 2 sjw 1
mcp2515: tseg1 2..16 tseg2 2..8 sjw 1..4 brp 1..64 brp-inc 1
clock 8000000
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$ cat /etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.
# Parameters can be specified after the module name.
# MCP2515 configuration with /INT on GPIO25 and 16MHz clock
spi-config devices=\
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$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf
# blacklist spi and i2c by default (many users don't need them)
#blacklist spi-bcm2708
blacklist i2c-bcm2708
blacklist mcp251x
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auto can0
iface can0 inet manual
pre-up /sbin/ip link set can0 type can bitrate 125000
up /sbin/ifconfig can0 up
down /sbin/ifconfig can0 down
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$ ifconfig
can0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP RUNNING NOARP MTU:16 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
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candump any,0:0,#FFFFFFFF
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cansend can0 7DF#0201050000000000
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sudo ifconfig can0 up
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mcp2515 spi0.0 can0: writing CNF: 0x03 0xb5 0x01
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$ lsmod | grep 'mcp\|can\|spi\|i2c'
mcp2515 6494 0
spi_config 9367 0
can_bcm 11643 0
can_raw 6183 0
can_dev 9987 1 mcp2515
can 23714 2 can_bcm,can_raw
i2c_dev 5557 0
i2c_bcm2708 3997 0
regmap_i2c 1645 3 snd_soc_pcm512x,snd_soc_wm8804,snd_soc_core
regmap_spi 1897 3 snd_soc_pcm512x,snd_soc_wm8804,snd_soc_core
spi_bcm2708 4728 0
msperl wrote:Everything that you shared indicates that:
a) the communication with the MCP2515 chip is working
b) the interface is up
My guess is that you have NOT added another device on the CAN bus.
Unless this is added your packet will not get delivered anywhere (as there isn't a single recipient to acknowledge it) and that is probably why it does not show up in candump - packet is still pending.
Please also share the output of "lsmod" to see which modules(=drivers) you have actually loaded.
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rmmod mcp2515
modprobe mcp251x
msperl wrote:if you load the mcp251x driver instead of the mcp2515:Then you can add: "one-shot on" to your /sbin/ip command - this way the mcp2515 will only try to send the message once possibly also sending an error frame that it was not acknowledged...
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rmmod mcp2515 modprobe mcp251x
With that you should see the message you send even without a peer.
The driver named mcp2515 does not support this, but the mcp251x does - but it is buggy in other ways, so that the recommended driver until now is still the mcp2515.
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$ ip -details link show can0
3: can0: <NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP,ECHO> mtu 16 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1
can state STOPPED restart-ms 0
bitrate 125000 sample-point 0.875
tq 500 prop-seg 6 phase-seg1 7 phase-seg2 2 sjw 1
mcp2515: tseg1 2..16 tseg2 2..8 sjw 1..4 brp 1..64 brp-inc 1
clock 8000000
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$ dmesg | grep 'mcp\|can\|spi\|i2c'
[ 5.126427] bcm2708_spi bcm2708_spi.0: master is unqueued, this is deprecated
[ 5.291836] bcm2708_spi bcm2708_spi.0: SPI Controller at 0x20204000 (irq 80)
[ 13.675599] bcm2708_i2c_init_pinmode(0,0)
[ 13.683758] bcm2708_i2c_init_pinmode(0,1)
[ 13.692170] bcm2708_i2c bcm2708_i2c.0: BSC0 Controller at 0x20205000 (irq 79) (baudrate
[ 13.703920] bcm2708_i2c_init_pinmode(1,2)
[ 13.709311] bcm2708_i2c_init_pinmode(1,3)
[ 13.720134] bcm2708_i2c bcm2708_i2c.1: BSC1 Controller at 0x20804000 (irq 79) (baudrate
[ 13.880667] i2c /dev entries driver
[ 14.090734] can: controller area network core (rev 20120528 abi 9)
[ 14.266949] can: raw protocol (rev 20120528)
[ 14.343973] can: broadcast manager protocol (rev 20120528 t)
[ 14.445220] spi_config_register: device description: bus=0:cs=0:modalias=mcp2515:speed=1
[ 14.462336] spi_config_match_cs: SPI0: check CS=0 to be 0
[ 14.469274] spi_config_match_cs: SPI0.0: Found a device with modinfo spidev
[ 14.477908] spi_config_register:spi0.0:mcp2515: found already registered device
[ 14.486750] spi_config_register:spi0.0:mcp2515: forcefully-releasing already registered
device taints kernel
[ 14.502484] spi_config_register:spi0.0: registering modalias=mcp2515 with max_speed_hz=1
0000000 mode=0 and gpio/irq=25/195
[ 14.534402] spi_config_register:spi0.0:platform data:d6bd9020: 00 24 f4 00 02 20 00 00 0
0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .$... ..........
[ 14.550812] spi_config_register:spi0.0:platform data:d6bd9030: 00 00 00 00
[ 14.845864] mcp2515 spi0.0 can0: device registered (cs=0, irq=195)
[ 22.337042] mcp2515 spi0.0 can0: writing CNF: 0x03 0xb5 0x01
msperl wrote:No idea - I use my self-compiled kernel, so I do not know the package you are using is included.
But, yes - the mcp2515 driver does not support all the features:
* one-shot
* loopback
* listen-only
* triple-sampling
the mcp251x driver supports all of those (but is buggy in other ways...).
msperl wrote:Cable polarity?
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can state STOPPED
msperl wrote:Cable polarity?
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can state ERROR-ACTIVE restart-ms 100
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ip -s -d link show can0
3: can0: <NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP,ECHO> mtu 16 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 10
can state ERROR-PASSIVE restart-ms 100
bitrate 125000 sample-point 0.875
tq 500 prop-seg 6 phase-seg1 7 phase-seg2 2 sjw 1
mcp251x: tseg1 3..16 tseg2 2..8 sjw 1..4 brp 1..64 brp-inc 1
clock 8000000
re-started bus-errors arbit-lost error-warn error-pass bus-off
0 0 0 1 1 0
RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast
0 0 0 0 0 0
TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns
0 0 0 0 0 0
mikexu wrote:So... I have recompiled kernel, butis still the same....
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can state STOPPED
I wanted to test the mcp2515x module for loopback, but I forgot to enable mcp2515x module before recompile. Do you know how to install this module alone really quick? Thanks a lot!
msperl wrote:Cable polarity?


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The American higher education system is unique. Nothing on the same scale or quality exists elsewhere in the world, and it provides an enormous competitive advantage for U.S. businesses and the military. American universities also award degrees to foreign students, training Indian engineers, European business executives, Chinese scientists and Jamaican athletes. Far from eroding its competitive edge, this openness only solidifies America's leadership position, helping spread its system of values around the world.
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American universities are the best in the world. There are some 2,500 accredited four-year colleges and universities, awarding over a million and a half bachelor's degrees each year. The number of master's degrees, according to the Council of Graduate Schools, stands around half a million and the number of doctorates exceeds 50,000 annually.
According to Times University Rankings, a U.K. firm, half of the world's 100 best colleges and universities, and 30 of the top 50, are located in the U.S. The United States dominates higher education well in excess of its relative weight in the global economy, since it produces only around a quarter of the world's GDP.
Nor is it the case that the American educational system is heavily geared toward the opulent, or that expensive private colleges provide superior education. In the same ranking, 23 of the world's best institutions of higher learning are U.S. state schools, offering affordable education to in-state students. The average cost of tuition, room and board at state universities is less than half the average of Ivy League schools. For example, 13 graduates of the University of Wisconsin have won the Nobel Prize, while 12 Nobel laureates teach at the University of Michigan.
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Since the early 1980s, the cost of an Ivy League education has gone up twice as fast as inflation, on average, and it now costs over $50,000 a year. There has been a tendency to present tuition growth as a problem, but in large measure rising tuitions, increased enrollment and an influx of students from abroad reflect demand for U.S. degrees. And, while many students emerge from college saddled with debt, that also represents a rational calculation: An academic and professional degree greatly increases earning power and quality of life.
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NEA officer emphasizes that all students deserve great public schools
Becky Pringle participates in Essence Empowerment Seminar on Education
NEW ORLEANS - July 04, 2010 -
As thousands of educators came to New Orleans for NEA's Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly so too did thousands of music lovers who traveled here for the Essence Music Festival. Their interests overlapped yesterday at an Essence-sponsored African-American education summit. The summit, designed to promote student achievement in the African-American community and raise expectations for today's young people, drew representatives from various public advocacy groups, national civic organizations and media outlets.
By bringing together education experts from around the nation, Essence wanted to identify solutions that parents, educators and students could use to empower students in the classroom and beyond. Panelists included educational consultant and higher education specialist Dr. Thelma Baxter, community liaison and arts advocate Nancy Devine, activist and scholar Dr. Andre Perry, community activists and special education advocate Karran Harper Royal, and NEA Secretary-Treasurer Becky Pringle.
Pringle, a classroom teacher for 31 years, emphasized how important it is for parents and caregivers to support student learning and to be certain that all students have the tools and resources they need to succeed in school and in life. "We want all our children to be winners. Not just some of them," Pringle stressed, "but all of them—regardless of how much money their parents make, where they live, or the color of their skin. Unfortunately, too many of the solutions and programs being offered today are for a few and not the majority."
In addition to the panel discussions, Dr. Bill Cosby, National Urban League President Marc Morial, the Rev. Al Sharpton, and Essence founder Ed Lewis spoke to the crowd of more than a thousand. In their unique styles, Cosby and Sharpton each challenged the audience to confront the status quo, speak out in their communities on behalf of schools and children, and take their parenting responsibilities more seriously.
In closing, Pringle offered some words of caution: "If we don't provide our children with the education they need now to compete in the emerging global economy, it's not just bad for their futures, it's bad for America's future."
To learn more about NEA and its programs to support communities of color, please visit: www.nea.org/mco .
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Friday at PulpFest
PulpFest 2017 enters it second day, following a successful dealer set-up, early registration, early-bird shopping, and a full slate of programming. If you missed our first day, there's still more to come.
From 9 to 10 AM today, the dealers' room will be open only to dealers for set-up. All visitors will also be able to register for the convention this morning — beginning at 9 PM — and at any time during regular dealers' room hours. A full-weekend advance membership to PulpFest will cost you $35 — if staying at our host hotel — and $40 if staying elsewhere. Single day memberships will be available for $20 for Friday or Saturday and $10 for Sunday. Children who are fifteen and younger and accompanied by a parent, will be admitted free of charge. The general public is welcome to attend. There is ample free parking surrounding our host hotel, the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry.
All members, dealers included, can pick up their registration packets at the entrance to our dealers' room. To help things move smoothly, please bring along a completed registration form. If you have not yet registered, you can download a copy by clicking here. Paper forms will also be available at the door.
The dealers' room will open to all at 10 AM and will remain open until 4:45 PM. Located in the Grand Ballroom of the DoubleTree, our dealers' room will feature exhibitors selling and trading pulp magazines and related materials, digests, vintage paperbacks, men's adventure and true crime magazines, first-edition hardcovers, series books, dime novels, original art, Big Little Books, B-movies, serials and related paper collectibles, old-time-radio shows, and Golden and Silver Age as well as pulp-related comic books and games. That's why PulpFest is known as the "pop culture center of the universe!"
If you're a fan of Philip Josė Farmer, you won't want to miss the Meteor House book launch party at the DoubleTree. Meet the team behind the MAN OF WAR novella, including author Heidi Ruby Miller, artist Mark Wheatley, and the editors at Meteor House. An assortment of light refreshments and non-alcoholic beverages will be served Friday, July 28, starting at 5 PM. Further details will be available at the PulpFest 2017 registration desk, outside of the convention's dealers' room.
Our afternoon programming will start at 1 PM with our New Fictioneers readings. Our evening programming will begin shortly before 7 PM as PulpFest chairman Jack Cullers officially welcomes all our attendees. Friday night's programming will include our FarmerCon XII presentation on the "Psychos" of Grand Master of Science Fiction Philip José Farmer. FarmerCon favorite Win Scott Eckert continues our salute to "the psychos of the pulps" with the first of two readings that he will be performing tonight. Mike Croteau of Meteor House rounds out our FarmerCon programming with Philip José Farmer and Robert Bloch.
PulpFest 2017 further examines pulp fiction's psychos with 100 Years with the Author of Psycho: Robert Bloch — an illustrated survey of the life and times of Robert Bloch presented by Garyn G. Roberts, Ph.D.
This year's celebration of hardboiled dicks gets underway at 8:40 PM with a reading from the work of SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES author Robert Leslie Bellem, the creator of Hollywood detective Dan Turner. Next, Anthony Award winner Jeffrey Marks looks at The Many Characters of Erle Stanley Gardner. Altus Press publisher Matt Moring will also examine DIME DETECTIVE MAGAZINE, the pulp that truly popularized the hard-as-nails private eye. Closing out the night's presentations will be pulp historian and fan-favorite author Will Murray. He will be discussing The Dangerous Dames of Maxwell Grant.
Perhaps the most exciting event of the evening will be a WEIRD Audio Play by Robert Bloch, staged by the Narada Radio Company and their PULP-POURRI THEATRE. "Return to the Sabbath" was originally published in WEIRD TALES under Bloch's Tarleton Fiske pseudonym. Narrated in the first person by a Hollywood public relations man, it's the story of a European actor brought to the United States to star in a satanic horror film. Bloch's story was later adapted and filmed for television as "The Sign of Satan." It aired on THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR in 1964. The play will start at 11 PM.
You can find additional details about these and all of our presentations by clicking the Programming for 2017 button found at the top of our home page. Each event on the schedule is linked to a post that provides further information on that event. Just click on the event's title. Watch for the "panels" banner to find our programming area.
PulpFest members are also welcome to socialize together in our hospitality suite at the DoubleTree. You'll be able to enjoy drinks and snacks with your comrades in pulpdom and talk about the things that you love and collect. If you're new to the hobby, please join us in our con suite and learn more about pulps and pulp fiction and art.
Friday's sponsor of the PulpFest hospitality suite is AbeBooks.com, the online marketplace for books. AbeBooks has a strong focus on rare and collectible books as well as ephemera such as maps, posters, prints and photographs. AbeBooks is a company with a passion for books, art and collectibles. PulpFest is extremely pleased to have AbeBooks as a convention sponsor and Friday's hospitality suite sponsor.
If you are not from the Pittsburgh area and have yet to book your room for this year's PulpFest, you can try calling 1-800-222-8733 to reach our host hotel. Perhaps there is an opening. Please be sure to mention PulpFest in order to receive any special convention deals that may still be available.
PulpFest 2017 will continue on Saturday and Sunday. It concludes at 2 PM on Sunday, July 30. Please join us at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry — just north of Pennsylvania's "Steel City" — for "Summer's AMAZING Pulp Con!" You'll have a FANTASTIC time!
(Between 1935 and 1952, Robert Bloch published nearly seventy stories in WEIRD TALES, "The Unique Magazine." "The Cheaters" appeared in the November 1947 issue and featured cover art by Matt Fox. A cartoonist, illustrator, comic book and advertising artist, watercolorist, painter, and graphic artist, with lithographs, woodcuts, and etchings to his credit, Fox painted eleven covers for WEIRD TALES and also contributed interior illustrations to the magazine. He also worked for Marvel Comics during the 1950s.
Philip José Farmer's THE MAD GOBLIN was originally released in 1970 by Ace Books as part of their double line of paperbacks. The other half the book featured LORD OF THE TREES. Both sides of the book featured covers created by Gray Morrow, a comic book and paperback artist who also illustrated many science-fiction magazines. He was nominated for the Hugo Award for best professional artist in 1966, 1967, and 1968.
The "psychos" of Robert Bloch, Philip José Farmer, and THE SHADOW MAGAZINE will be profiled during PulpFest's second night of programming, scheduled to begin at 7 PM this evening. We hope to see you in at the DoubleTree Grand Ballroom for "Summer's AMAZING Pulp Con! You'll find today's schedule immediately below.)
Friday, July 28
Dealers' Room
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM — Early Registration and Dealers' Room Set-Up
10:00 AM – 4:45 PM — Dealers' Room Open to All
12:45 – 4:30 PM — New Fictioneers Readings — (author readings by Jim Beard, John Bruening, Peter McGarvey, Heidi Ruby Miller, and Don Shakers)
6:55 – 7:00 PM — Welcome to PulpFest 2017 (Convention Chairman Jack Cullers)
7:00 – 7:20 PM — The Psychos of Philip José Farmer — The Nine (Win Scott Eckert, Frank Schildiner, and Art Sippo)
7:20 – 7:30 PM — The Psychos of Philip José Farmer — Win Scott Eckert Reads from THE MONSTER ON HOLD
7:30 – 7:50 PM — Philip José Farmer and Robert Bloch (Mike Croteau of Meteor House)
7:50 – 8:00 PM — Intermission
8:00 – 8:40 PM — 100 Years with the Author of Psycho: Robert Bloch (Garyn Roberts)
8:40 – 8:50 PM — Pulp-Pourri Theatre Presents Robert Leslie Bellem, a Dan Turner Reading
8:50 – 9:30 PM — Hardboiled and Dangerous: The Many Characters of Erle Stanley Gardner (Jeffrey Marks)
9:30 – 9:40 PM — Intermission
9:40 – 10:20 PM — Hardboiled Dicks: A Look at DIME DETECTIVE MAGAZINE (Matt Moring)
10:20 – 10:30 PM — Philip José Farmer's Most Dangerous Dame — Win Scott Eckert Reads from THE SCARLET JAGUAR
10:30 – 10:55 PM — The Dangerous Dames of Maxwell Grant: Myra Reldon, Margo Lane, and Carrie Cashin (Will Murray)
11:00 – 11:30 PM — Pulp-Pourri Theatre Presents "Return to the Sabbath," a WEIRD Audio Play by Robert Bloch


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The bleeding edge of sport
A touchdown punch-up
Get ready for an explosive cocktail of turn-based strategy, humour and brutality – Blood Bowl 2 smashes together the fantasy world of Warhammer with the gridiron greatness of American football.
Adapted from Games Workshop's famous board game, all the fury and intensity of classic Blood Bowl matches are yours to enjoy. Lead the Reikland Reavers in the hard-hitting single player campaign, or create and manage your own team in the vicious multiplayer mode.
Choose from eight races – Humans, Orcs, Dwarfs, Skaven, High Elves, Dark Elves, Chaos and the Bretonnia newcomers – and develop your team, gaining XP and unlocking new skills. Then dip into the transfer market to buy and sell players to build your Blood Bowl dream team.


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Carey, Henry
Carey, Henry, 1687–1743, English author. After the first collection of his poems appeared in 1713, he turned to writing for the stage. Primarily a writer of farce comedy, his greatest success was Chrononhotonthologos (1734), a burlesque on theatrical bombast. He is best remembered, however, for his songs, in particular the ballad
Sally in Our Alley.
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Meet the Illustrator
Ed Martinez
Ed Martinez came to the United States from the country of Argentina when he was five years old. His father was a graphic artist. When Martinez was a boy, his father used to take him horseback riding. He learned to draw pictures of horses from seeing them in real life. When he was in college, Martinez saw a show of children's book illustrators. He knew then that he wanted to illustrate books. Martinez went to art school in New York City. Since then, he has illustrated magazines and books for children and adults.
Martinez lives in the small town of Kent, Connecticut. He likes to go out in his jeep to paint the farms, cows, and streams near Kent. He especially likes to use oil paint in his work.
- For his first picture book, Too Many Tamales, Martinez and his wife Debbi, who is also an artist, made two batches of tamales to paint from.
- Martinez's son Oliver is in the first grade. Once a year, Martinez goes to his son's school to talk about being an illustrator and making picture books.
- Martinez's hobby is restoring his home with his family. Their house is over two hundred years old!
Photography CreditMartinez
Other Books Illustrated by Ed Martinez
- Too Many Tamales
(written by Gary Soto)
- Tonio's Cat
(written by Mary Calhoun)
- Hurray for Three Kings' Day
(written by Lori M. Carlson)


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After his latest health scare and hospitalization, hip hop heavyweight Lil Wayne took time to thank his fans for the prayers, support and well wishes.
The rapper was hospitalized after a severe migraine and dehydration last week.
According to Lil Wayne's management team, The Blueprint Group, the rapper is on "mandated rest." He was reportedly released from a hospital Friday and is expected to return to work soon. The New Orleans native took to his Twitter page over the weekend to show love to his fans for their outpouring of support and devotion to him during is ailment:
"Thanx for all the prayers!I am good." — Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) October 27, 2012
On Thursday of last week, the rapper's plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Texas after Lil Wayne suffered a severe migraine as well as dehydration. It was also reported that he suffered seizure-like symptoms; his management team, however denied that the rapper suffered seizure-like symptoms.
The multi-platinum performer is currently working on a follow-up to his last album Tha Carter IV.
Last month he released Dedication 4, the latest contribution to his hit mixtape series.
-Cicely C. Mitchell/ Mix 96.5/Houston
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Hill back coaching infield after knee surgery
JUPITER, Fla. -- Once the hop returned to his step, Perry Hill felt it was time to return to coaching.
On manager Mike Redmond's new staff, Hill is a familiar face with a proven track record. But a degenerative left knee caused him great pain, which led to him walking away from the game after the 2011 season.
Now with a surgically restructured knee, Hill is back as Miami's infield and first-base coach.
"Absolutely no pain," said Hill, nicknamed Bone.
Having Hill once again in their system also is a relief for the Marlins, who regain the services of one of the best instructors in the game.
"Anybody who talks about Perry Hill in the baseball world always says, 'He's the best,'" Redmond said. "They say the same thing. He's the best. The best infield guy. When I was playing, we used to always talk about if I ever managed. I was like, 'Bone, you're going to be my infield guy.' It worked out."
Hill is entering his third stint with the organization. The first covered 2002-06, and under his instruction, Luis Castillo, Mike Lowell and Derek Lee each won Gold Gloves.
In 2011, he returned for one season, but the knee reduced his mobility and made it difficult to do such basic things as walking comfortably from the dugout to [the] coaches' box.
"I said, 'You know what? I've got to get it fixed,'" Hill said.
Rather than push it, he decided to step aside.
Hill's quality of life changed on Sept. 10, 2012. At Texas Presbyterian Hospital in Flower Mound, Texas, he underwent a complete knee repair.
By mid-November, he was medically cleared to resume activities, and he performed rigorous physical therapy.
"I had plenty of time for my rehab," he said. "I was like, 'If [coaching] was meant to be in 2013, it was meant to be.'"
The Marlins hired Hill shortly after Redmond was named manager on Nov. 1.
For so long, Hill dealt with so much pain. Now, he's walking with only a slight limp and he's able to jog and move around.
Back in 2011, he hobbled and struggled to do the basics, like hit ground balls to his infielders.
"I got it done," Hill said. "But it was not very comfortable."
Name it, and his left knee probably had it. He had four surgeries before it was completely reconstructed. He had ligaments repaired, meniscus taken out, calcium deposits, and Baker's cysts and fluid behind the knee.
"I've had everything," he said. "Plus arthritis. Then I started getting old."
In 2011, through intense discomfort, the 60-year-old Hill labored to get around the field every day.
"This one team I won't mention," he said, "every time I jogged to first base, when my foot hit the ground, they would yell, 'Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!' In unison."
Players, good naturedly, called him names like "Hippity Hop."
"I had to get it fixed, just for quality of life," he said.
Moving better than he has in six years, Hill is focused on fixing whatever problems Miami's infielders might have.
With such a young team, the Marlins will be counting on plenty of instruction. Hill considers himself a teacher, and someone with tunnel vision when it comes to fielding.
"I'm one dimensional, too," he said. "Don't ask me about hitting, pitching, baserunning -- I'll mess you up in a heartbeat."
The infield will feature Adeiny Hechavarria at shortstop, Donovan Solano at second and Placido Polanco at third base. First baseman Logan Morrison is not yet cleared to run, and he may wind up starting off the season on the disabled list. So Greg Dobbs, Austin Kearns and Joe Mahoney are among the options at first base.
Although several players have been in camp early, the first full-squad workouts get under way on Friday at the Roger Dean Stadium complex.
"The first two or three days is just watching them," Hill said. "This group has a lot of different guys that play different positions, moreso than I've had in the past. So it will be interesting. I will have to flop them around a lot. There is going to be a lot more switching than there has been in previous years."
Hechavarria is set at shortstop, but Polanco and Solano could be switched. And there are a number of players, like non-roster invitees Chone Figgins and Nick Green, who play three positions.
Beginning Friday, the infielders can count on getting an earful of Hill's fundamental basics. They're called the "6 F's of Fielding" -- feet, field, funnel, footwork, fire and follow. If implemented properly, each step is important in developing proper technique.
"He's a dream come true for a manager," Redmond said. "I don't have to worry about the defense. I know he's got it all taken care of."


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It's Medicare vs. the economy
ARCADE, N.Y. — Kathy Hochul is a young, first-term Democratic congresswoman fighting for her political life in a solidly Republican district outside Buffalo, N.Y. Unlike most of that liberal state, this is Romney country; a poll last week showed the GOP candidate ahead of President Obama in her district by a whopping 12 points.
So how does Hochul hope to persuade Republican-leaning voters to cross partisan lines to send a Democrat back to Washington? One word: Medicare.
"Here's what they proposed," she told the senior citizens of rural Arcade at their Friday lunch in the village clubhouse earlier this month. "You are now going to have a voucher and you can go out and negotiate with the insurance companies on your own.... I heard that and said: No way."
COMMENTARY AND ANALYSIS: Presidential Election 2012
Around the lunchroom, gray heads nodded in agreement. "I'm a Republican, but I can't support that plan," said Margaret Morgan, 85, this year's president of the senior citizens' club. "They say it won't affect anyone older than 55, but what about our kids and grandkids?"
"Senior citizens aren't big on change," observed Doug Berwanger, the Republican chairman of the Wyoming County board of supervisors, who attended the lunch. "She said what they wanted to hear about Medicare."
Hochul's GOP opponent, Chris Collins, is trying desperately to change the subject. He prefers to focus on a different word: Jobs. As a small businessman, he says, he knows how to get the economy moving again.
And that's a microcosm of this year's campaign, from the presidential contest between Obama and Mitt Romney down to House races in cities, suburbs and farm towns. Democrats know they can't run on the economy; the unemployment rate is too high to make any voter feel good about the last four years. But if Democrats can get voters to focus instead on the most draconian budget proposals made by Romney and his running mate, Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), they think they stand a chance.
In Hochul's case, the combination of Medicare and her insistence that she's not a rubber-stamp vote for the Democratic leadership — she likes to point out that she voted for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, a GOP proposal that died in the Democratic Senate — has helped her run surprisingly well in a district where Republicans outnumber Democrats, 40% to 32%. Last week's poll, conducted by Siena College for the Buffalo News and Buffalo's NBC television station, found Hochul in a statistical tie with Collins, 45% to 47%. Almost 1 in 5 Hochul supporters said they were Republicans. Unlike many Democrats, Hochul runs better among voters over the age of 55 than among younger voters.
Nationally, too, the Medicare issue helps Democrats, as long as it's framed around Ryan's 2010 proposal to reshape the medical insurance program into a voucher plan. (Ryan later modified his plan to allow seniors to opt for traditional Medicare, but they'd still use vouchers to pay for it.) A Pew Research Center poll released last week found that Americans who have heard about the idea tend to oppose it, 49% to 35%. Opposition is especially strong among those age 65 and older, with 55% opposed. Most voters don't know that Ryan has been a strong proponent of such a plan, though; some thought Obama might be the author.
On the other side of the battle, Republicans have attacked Obama for cutting $716 billion in future Medicare spending, charging that he is "gutting Medicare" — even though Ryan proposed the same amount in cuts in his own GOP budget plans.
Historically, voters trust Democrats to protect Medicare and expect Republicans to cut budgets — and those "party stereotypes," to use the political science term, die hard.
But there's evidence that GOP money arguments are having some effect. The Democrats' advantage on Medicare is much narrower than in earlier years. And Romney still holds a sizable lead among older voters, Medicare worries or not. For them, as for most voters, the economy is still a bigger issue.
Republican strategists say they don't need to win the argument on Medicare; they just need to "neutralize" the Democrats' historical advantage on the issue — so they can get back to talking about the economy.
But where does it leave the more important debate — the one over how to fix our ballooning benefits programs?
A year ago, Republicans and Democrats agreed that the growth in Medicare costs needed to be brought under control. That's why both Obama and Ryan included $716 billion in future spending reduction in their budget proposals — although they would have made the cuts in very different ways (Obama via bureaucratic cost-cutting; Ryan through the voucher plan).
Now, though, the campaign has turned many in both parties against cutting future Medicare spending at all — a position that, if they stick to it, would be fiscally ruinous, since the growth of Medicare spending is the biggest single driver of the federal deficit.
Mitt Romney says he won't make cuts. Kathy Hochul says she won't either. Chris Collins, her opponent, opposes the cuts too, and refused to endorse the Ryan budget. Obama can't disavow the cuts — but part of him may now be wishing that he never asked for them.
Nobody's willing to campaign for saving money from Medicare any more. It's the new third rail of American politics.
That's not much of an improvement.
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Global Road Safety Essay Competition
First UN Global Road Safety Week (23 - 29 April 2007)
World Youth Assembly
As part of the activities for the "First UN Global Road Safety Week", the World Health Organization and UNICEF invited children from all over the world to participate in a creative writing competition on the theme: What can be done to improve road safety for children and Young People?
The competition was for young people aged 10 to 24 years and evaluation criteria depended on the creative expression and how well the theme of the competition was expressed.
Sixteen year old Anupama Kumar from India won first prize and attended the World Youth Assembly to receive her award. As part of her prize, her essay will be published in the upcoming WHO/UNICEF World report on child and adolescent injury prevention. You can read more about this competition on the UNICEF Website. Winning Essay
What can we do to improve road safety for children and adolescents?
1.2 million die in road accidents each year. A child is killed in an accident every three minutes. Road safety is increasingly becoming a major killer and a worldwide concern, particularly for young people. What can we do to address the issue?
Media Management
The media has been a largely overlooked factor in creating road safety awareness. Celebrity endorsements, coupled with television messages on prime-time slots and peer education programmes would provide an accessible and engaging means of promoting awareness, particularly among young people. They would convey the message that safe driving is "cool" driving, and constantly reinforce that drunken driving, using a cell phone on the road and driving without a seatbelt (or helmet) are not only dangerous, but "seriously unfashionable." Celebrities could also actively encourage walking or cycling whenever and wherever possible.
Role-plays, "make-believe" situations, movies and field trips could be used as effective learning tools for children at school. Safe Road User awards at the school level would provide an incentive for many children to follow road safety rules. Road safety education programmes can also be extended to adults at the workplace, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. This would hold particular importance for parents, and efforts must be made to involve them as much as possible.
Legislation and policies
There is a need for stricter licensing laws, particularly with regard to public transport operators. Laws could require prominent display of the driver's license on his/her vehicle while driving, in addition to safety regulations (such as adequate maintenance and the use of the seatbelt) and random breath testing policies. Policies could provide for the creation of better roads and pavements, supervised playing areas for children and monitored crossings near schools.
Infrastructure and technology
Citizens must campaign for safer, wider roads and better sidewalks to limit accidents. Speed governors in each vehicle would provide a low-cost solution to speeding. There is also a need to provide well-maintained, safe and efficient public transport systems, particularly in developing nations. Fingerprint identification systems, similar to those in laptop computers, could be used in each vehicle, with each vehicle responding only to a programmed set of fingerprints.
For any effective change in the safety of our roads, however, we need to consciously change our attitudes towards providing safer roads- not just for ourselves or for young people, but for everyone.