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Clearly impatient with the way the company's plan for its nationwide broadband Internet project is becoming further and further delayed by opposition from the GPS user community, several federal government departments, members of Congress and, reportedly, within the FCC bureaucracy itself, a LightSquared spokesman threatened a legal counter offensive during a conference call to reporters. "If it is impossible to get a decision on this that allows us to go forward, I think our way forward is pretty clear, that we then have to insist on our legal rights," stated Jeffrey Carlisle, LightSquared's vice president of regulatory affairs and public policy. "If you have to be the bad guy, and go out and start...insisting on your property line, well, then that's what we'll do."
Sue Whom and for What?
The question is, whom would LightSquared sue, and for what? What exactly are its present "legal rights"? It can hardly sue the FCC, a government body that appears not to have broken any of its rules to LightSquared's disadvantage. Quite the contrary: the GPS industry and users claim that the FCC has bent its own rules in some of its decisions, allegedly at LightSquared's request. However, so far the FCC has not changed its position that it will not grant operational approval to LightSquared until the company can demonstrate that such operations do not interfere with GPS.
Can LightSquared sue the GPS industry, or individual members of the GPS community? Again that seems unlikely. None appears to have committed any offense against LightSquared, having simply acted in the same way as house owners in a subdivision would object to having a heavy industrial plant built in their neighborhood. More specifically, the GPS community includes several government departments, including Defense, Transportation and its FAA element, NASA, Commerce and many others, all of whom have raised strong objections to LightSquared's plans.
In any event, it appears that while a legal case can be made when devices transmit on frequencies assigned to others, no case can be made against manufacturers of GPS units that don't transmit and are designed to receive specific signals but are susceptible to interference from other sources. On the other hand, it has been suggested that if, in the end, LightSquared is unable to prevent GPS interference, it can sue to be compensated for its loss of income anticipated from the contracts it has already signed with customers for its future services. That is clearly also a non-starter, since the FCC's authorization to proceed was conditional on LightSquared's demonstrating that it created no interference to GPS. It would be interesting to learn what escape clauses LightSquared has included in its own customer contracts.
Further Tests Required
The LightSquared-sponsored tests in the Las Vegas area and simultaneous DOD and industry tests at Holloman AFB, N.M., in April showed conclusively that GPS receivers of all types were seriously affected, with many simply unusable, when located within a few miles of a prototype LightSquared transmitter operating at roughly half power in the "upper" part of the radio spectrum's L-Band, close to the GPS frequency.
LightSquared responded to the results by stating that it had a second transmit frequency that was in the "lower" part of L-Band, significantly farther away from the GPS frequency, where it claimed that 99.5 percent of GPS receivers would be unaffected by interference. Unfortunately, the 0.5 percent of the user community that would be affected was the group that operated highly advanced–and expensive–ultra-sensitive precision GPS receivers used in surveying, construction and agriculture, and also by the DOD and other government departments. It is estimated that there are between 750,000 and 1 million precision GPS devices in use by government and the private sector, with the government said to have "tens of thousands" of precision GPS receivers.
However, the FCC noted that similar tests would have to be performed at the lower frequency, as well. No date has been set for those tests, but it appears that while they will evaluate interference effects on precision receivers, a number of lower cost, non-precision units would also be included. These will typically be handheld and vehicle receivers used by the general public and by emergency service vehicles such as ambulances, police cars and fire equipment, which earlier lost GPS signals near the LightSquared transmitter. LightSquared is expected to place its transmitters in urban downtown areas if/ when it begins service.
GPS Filters
How much will GPS receiver filters cost, to prevent LightSquared interference? So far, the company has given three answers to that question. After the Las Vegas tests, LightSquared CEO Sanjay Ahuja stated that interference could be prevented by a $0.30 filter. Later, Ahuja's chief salesman corrected his boss, pointing out that they would actually cost $0.05. One could only imagine something like a postage stamp, where you licked the back and slapped it on the outside of the GPS unit, with no wires to connect. But at a time when it costs approximately $50 for a qualified technician just to take the lid off an avionics box to look inside, LightSquared's figures were ludicrous, and were obviously aimed at gullible media reporters, potential investors and pandering politicians.
It was only after LightSquared retained GPS receiver expert Javad Ashjaee this year that realism entered the picture, and Ashjaee told a technical meeting that his filters would cost $300 to $400 (later upped to $800). Ever the promoter, Ahuja subsequently announced that interference had been solved, and that filters would cost from $50 to $300. Unfortunately, Ahuja forgot to add that Ashjaee had only quoted a price for receivers from his company, Javad GNSS. Many other companies build precision GPS units, but they have remained largely silent about developing interference filters for their own equipment, or their likely costs. It seems doubtful that those other companies would want to simply install Javad's filters in their units, for proprietary, compatibility, warranty and other reasons. That would be like expecting Rockwell Collins to accept and install a radar modification from Honeywell.
Yet LightSquared has stated, while perhaps inadvertently displaying its GPS naïveté, that it will cover the cost of modifying all federal government-owned precision GPS units–that is, regardless of manufacturer–against interference, which could turn out to be an incautious and potentially costly move. For the non-government precision GPS community, this means that all modified GPS models–or at least, those that can be modified–must be tested to confirm their performance has not been compromised, and that they still meet industry precision standards. Further, not all precision GPS units are born equal. For example, Javad has stated that it expects to have a small quantity of its filter-modified standard units ready early next year, but it will take the company a further six months to develop filters for its own GPS timing receivers.
GPS timing equipment is a class above the normal precision units, and used where absolute performance is demanded, such as in national laboratories and, interestingly, in control of banking systems, down to the lowliest ATM. These systems will obviously have to be tested rigorously after modification, since a single incorrect digit could be extremely costly to the banking industry. Remember also that FAA certification of avionics that would follow FCC approval is an additive, long and exacting process, and will further delay aviation acceptance. All this is undoubtedly of concern to LightSquared.
LightSquared is not offering to cover the cost of modifying non-government-owned receivers, to which the Coalition to Save GPS has responded, "If and when solutions are available, LightSquared must accept responsibility for paying to replace the existing base of existing equipment with new products." Here, the Coalition is referring to the millions of personal GPS devices of different makes and models for which LightSquared has not even discussed solutions. They also fit into the FCC's requirement that any solution offered must be immune to interference and jamming in the urban areas where they will be mainly used.
Why Is LightSquared Getting Impatient?
The company has experienced a number of unexpected delays in its plan.
First, it clearly had poor technical advice about the level of interference its transmitters would create.
Second, it badly underestimated the opposition that would bring from private and government users, and from Congress.
Third, risks that it did not anticipate a year ago are now looming larger, and could become critical.
These risks, in possibly increasing seriousness, are threefold:
• Reported cash-flow issues, due to nervousness among investors about growing yet unsubstantiated perceptions that LightSquared is somehow similar to, and even connected with, the Solyndra solar panel bankruptcy, following that company's $535 million government loan guarantee.
• Internet competitor Dish Network has recently filed a plan with the FCC to build a nationwide broadband network, using frequencies outside L-Band and thereby completely avoiding GPS interference. Industry analyst Tim Farrar is quoted as stating, "Dish is now in a perfect position to replace LightSquared as the FCC's favored option for providing additional wireless competition." That would be a solution that the GPS community would unquestionably support.
• The present uncertain political climate could see a change in the administration. That would undoubtedly have an effect on projects such as LightSquared, which is currently seen as being strongly favored by the Obama government. Also, FCC chair Genechowski–an Obama friend and LightSquared's "champion" at the agency–reaches the end of his term in November 2012.
How will it all end?
Obviously, no one knows. But it's undeniable that LightSquared didn't expect it would be this difficult.
Keith Peshak (not verified)
October 31, 2011 - 10:09pm
Well stated, concise, precise, and devoid of technical errors. The only thing I could add is a review of Q (center frequency / bandwidth): there are no small cheap vertical wall filters for frequency "property lines" (engineering 101).
HIPAR (not verified)
November 1, 2011 - 1:29pm
Let me understand this:
Last Thanksgiving, Lightsquared/FCC get caught trying to sneak the LTE
license modification through the system. The GPS community finds out
and screams bloody murder citing technical concerns of system
FCC to Lightsquared, 'Sorry, everyone's watching us now .. we need to
do this thing by the book. Unfortunately we cannot grant your LTE
terrestrial waver until we prove there is no GPS interference problem.
Please organize a test and all will be well'.
Contrary to Lightsquared/FCC expectations, testing reveals major
interference problems. The waver cannot be granted so Lightsquared
must operate in accordance with the conditions of the license they
purchased from Terrastar. That's not an acceptable outcome.
Lightsquared to GPS industry, 'Everything was going well for us until
you butted in. Our problems are your fault. We're suing you all'.
Lightsquared to FCC, 'You encouraged us to spend lots of money getting
ready to support President Obama's broadband initiatives. We expect
you to make things right for us'.
Isn't the FCC supposed to conduct a engineering analysis before rule making with technical ramifications? What was the finding of their engineers concerning this matter?
Ex-FAA Engineer (not verified)
December 8, 2011 - 5:50pm
That was the old FCC, before political considerations became the primary driver in the agency. They routinely overrule and ignore their technical people if the technical results don't support the politics. See Broadband Over Powerlines for an example.
The Obama administration has its fingerprints all over this mess, yet another case of bureaucrats with no technical expertise, or even a clue, driving technical programs into the ground. See Challenger Disaster for an example.
EE PHD (not verified)
November 2, 2011 - 9:04am
This may be the best article I have read regarding the situation and the science behind it. Well stated and informed.
Michael (not verified)
November 6, 2011 - 1:31pm
Maybe it's time Light Squared do what it insists the all GPS manufactures do, re-engineer it's own product. Who are these folks? Knowingly ready to install a system that renders a complete GPS system useless? Incredibly ruthless! What arrogance! Perhaps the FCC should do the right thing, just say No, and call it a day.
Jim Pilot (not verified)
November 30, 2011 - 4:53pm
They knowingly bought a VW and want to tow a trailer weighing 100,000 pounds, so they threaten to sue. The frequency was clearly allocated for satellite originating transmissions but they want to use it for terrestrial based emissions. So now they look to their friends in the FCC and the Obamanation in the White House to help them out. It clearly isn't going to happen. Either go satellite or get out.
John Valentine (not verified)
December 5, 2011 - 3:54pm
Excellent explanation, both the non-technical technical and the business end. Your reporter, and the rest of the community(Us, the mil/govt, the entire world) seem to be honest enough. This clearly predatory company of con men is getting caught in the light of day as what they actually are - just another bunch of barely white-collar criminals who probably got great grades in business school after skipping their physics, electronics and engineering classes. So now they're going to sue - somebody - in outrage against a great product that works well and does them no harm?
I have a better suggestion. Let's let this bunch of amateurs go sue the only offending legal person in the mix, which would be themselves. Then we simply label them as a particularly nasty case of self-abuse, and move on.
Dale (not verified)
February 14, 2012 - 9:12pm
Why cant lightsquared sue the govt for e refund of the original spectrum purchase price (purchased by terrestar/motient ages ago). I really dont care to argue that Harbinger got the spectrum cheap during the abive entities' bankruptcy. But say motient was still alive today, and the fcc wouldnt let it develop on the spectrum it had purchased, wouldnt that be some kind if breach of contract on the govts part? While the service would indeed cause gps interference, thats exactly why lightsquared should sue the govt to buy back the spectrum at fair mkt value. This whole saga is absurd. Its like selling someone a house and then telling them they cant live in it because some VIP neighbors have since adapted their lives to that house being empty. F-ck the neighbors and give me my money back!
Chad Trautvetter
February 14, 2012 - 10:17pm
The problem is that LightSquared isn't using the spectrum in the way that was originally intended. They're trying to broadcast signals via terrestrial towers on a spectrum designated for satellite transmissions. Compared with satellite transmissions, terrestrial signals are much, much higher power because the transmittors are closer to those receiving the signals here on earth. That's why there are interference issues. If LightSquared was just using the two TerraSky satellites to broadcast their signals as its predecessor originally proposed when it applied to the FCC for the frequency spectrum, then there would not be any problems with interference.
To use your analogy, LightSquared bought a small ranch house and wants to make it a mansion by tearing down its neighbors' houses and using that land without paying anything for the land. LightSquared can live in the house they bought, but they can't just do a land grab to make the house bigger.

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Make a link named "foo" to a resource named "bar.foo" in subdir:
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Vietnam is extremely export-driven, specialising in textiles and footwear. The economy is shifting towards higher value added sectors such as electronics.
Political situation
Head of state: President Truong Tang Sang (since July 2011)
Head of government: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (since June 2006)
Government type: Communist state with an increasingly market orientated economy
Increasing tensions with China over conflicting claims in the South China Sea
The Vietnamese Communist Party remains firmly in power, despite rising public discontent over the lack of personal freedom, corruption in government and land seizures by the administration. The authorities are aware of the risk this poses and are trying to combat corruption and increase social spending. Within the communist party there seems to be an on-going struggle between hardliners and officials more inclined to economic reform.
Externally, the territorial clash with China over conflicting claims in the South China Sea escalated in May 2014, when China deployed a drilling rig in waters claimed by Vietnam. This led to confrontation at sea between rival vessels and violent anti-Chinese protests in Vietnam. After the removal of the oil rig in July, both sides began talks to de-escalate the situation and finally agreed in late October to use an existing border dispute mechanism to find a solution to the territorial dispute. However, it is unlikely that this conflict will be resolved anytime soon.
To counter growing Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea, Vietnam is keen to improve its political and security cooperation with the US and Japan. However, Vietnam lacks the military capability to pose a serious challenge to Chinese actions, and its manufacturing sector depends heavily on imported Chinese raw materials. Moreover, given the ideological similarities of the regimes in both countries, there is still a strong pro-China faction within Vietnam's Communist Party.
Economic situation
Stable growth and inflation back under control
Vietnam is slowly moving from a centralised communist economy to a system of market-socialism. Economic reform to achieve this aim (given the name 'doi moi' when initiated in 1986) has resulted in relatively high economic growth, but growth has decelerated since the 2008 financial crisis and is not expected to return to pre-crisis levels of more than 8% in the near future.
Vietnam's economy is extremely export-driven, specialising in textiles and footwear; making it vulnerable to deteriorating demand for those goods. The economy is shifting towards higher valueadded sectors such as electronics.
Since 2013, the government has prioritised monetary stability over economic growth. The persistently high inflation seen over the last couple of years (with double-digit rates in 2010 and 2011) has finally decreased (expected to be 3.5% in 2015), and in March 2014 the Central Bank lowered the benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points, to 6.5%. With 5.8% growth expected for 2014, GDP is forecast to grow 5.9% in 2015.
Public finances remain an issue due to persistent fiscal deficits: the result of lax fiscal discipline and expenditure on infrastructure and social welfare. Public debt amounts to more than 55% of GDP. Reform of inefficient state-owned enterprises and the financial sector are essential. Other structural challenges are improvements to infrastructure, workforce education and the fight against corruption. However, the likelihood of such comprehensive reforms remains some way off as, within the Communist Party, there is a stand-off between the conservative and more reform-minded.
Banking sector troubles will hit some industries
The banking sector, which is dominated by five large state-owned commercial banks , is in bad shape. The sector is bloated in comparison to the size of the Vietnamese economy and nonperforming loans (NPL) are high (estimated at 10% to 15%), due mainly to politically motivated lending. The government has taken some steps to clean up the banks' balance sheets, e.g. by setting up the Vietnam Asset Management Company to help recapitalise banks. As the sector is undergoing some restructuring due to the high NPL ratio, this could adversely affect performance in sectors like construction, steel/metals and finance.
While a comprehensive restructuring of the banking sector still seems remote, any collapse is unlikely as the government would step in to rescue state-owned banks.
External economic fundamentals show some weaknesses
Vietnam has achieved a strong balance of payments, with solid current account surpluses, since 2012, together with high inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI). Foreign debt increased to 39% of GDP and only 45% of exports in 2014. Despite an expected increase in 2014 and 2015 (to 2.8 and 3.5 months of import cover respectively) import cover remains poor and liquidity shortages cannot be ruled out. However, given Vietnam´s limited international financial integration, there is little risk of sharp exchange rate devaluations. While the exchange rate remains pegged, some moderate devaluations are likely.


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In the handbag dept. in Harvey Nichols, London my heart lurched and my stomach sank when I saw this very sight:
" WTF....!?" I exclaimed , horrified by the sight before me. My sister couldn't agree with me more...Who on earth would want to disfigure these emblems....Nay! objects of fashion status !
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It's sad when a television star who was so prominent in ones childhood passes. With the passing of James Arness, it was doubly sad for me.
Do you ever have a particular thought that whenever it pops to mind, an associated thought, sometimes seemingly unrelated, pops to mind with it? I have one that's always triggered by Gunsmoke. It is memories of my Grandma Harrison.
I remember fondly when I was a kid, for many reasons, it was always a treat to get to spend the weekend at Grandma's. In addition to having more root beer, M&Ms, and Hershey kisses than I would ever get at home, one of my favorite reasons was getting to stay up late and watch Gunsmoke with Grandma.
So for me, the sadness of James Arness's death was accompanied by the sadness of missing Grandma, and wondering about the answers to questions I never asked her.
What did she know about her family heritage? Her unfeminine middle name of Bryant appears to be a surname. Where did it come from? At least one of her children has a middle name that is known to be one of our family surnames. What about a couple of her other children? Where did their surname-sounding middle names come from?
She appears to have been conscious of and knowledgeable about her family heritage. I wonder, from a Family Forest® perspective, would she have been surprised to learn that I now have her networked through generation-by-generation family ties to the Hollywood star who she welcomed into her living room as Marshall Matt Dillon for twenty years? I wish I could tell her.
I'll bet she would be surprised to learn that I have also networked James Arness and his brother Peter Graves to plenty of famous cousins they share though 1600's ancestors, including Bill Gates, Benjamin "The Signer" Franklin, George Gilder, Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., Kurt Russell (also appeared in Gunsmoke), Sigourney Weaver, Tuesday Weld, George Plimpton, President John Quincy Adams, Ransom Eli Olds, Jennifer Aniston, both Presidents Bush, Christopher Reeve, Kyra Sedgwick, Edie Sedgwick, Montgomery Clift, Louisa May Alcott, Governor Howard Dean, Emily Dickinson, Hugh Hefner, Dennis Hopper (also appeared in Gunsmoke), Warren Buffett, Howard Hawks, Viggo Mortensen, Tom Mix, Governor Mitt Romney, Tennessee Williams, First Lady Bess Truman, Frederic Remington, President Rutherford B. Hayes, President Grover Cleveland, O. Henry, William "The Signer" Williams, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Pete Seeger, George Kennedy (also appeared in Gunsmoke), Governor Mike Huckabee, Erle Stanley Gardner, Princess Diana, Oliver Platt, Brooke Shields, Meg Whitman, Chase Utley, Governor Sarah Palin, Fred Gwynne, Vice-President Charles Curtis, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Chief Justice William Renhquist, Dick Clark, Dorothy and Lillian Gish, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Frederick Law Olmstead, John Foster Dulles, Spring Byington, Clint Eastwood, Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller, Ted Waitt, Richard Gere, Arne Duncan, Vincent Price, President Gerald Ford, Lee Remick, Archibald Cox, JonBenet Ramsey, and Marilyn Monroe.
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Aeronautical decision making (ADM) first began to appear in the training lexicon in a heavy fashion in the mid-1990s. It was always "there," but it wasn't necessarily a separate subject. Instructors were expected to simply incorporate the decision-making process into each lesson whenever and wherever possible. This sounds great on paper, and at times it even seems logical, but the reality is that the old adage that says that the airplane is a terrible classroom exists for a reason.
Dealing with diversions is a subject in the decision-making process for which a formal classroom session has always made sense. Diversions can take two broad forms in flight. The first is a change in the route but with no change in the destination. The second is a change in the final destination. The first is far more common, but the second is usually more significant. After all, if you are flying to Baltimore and have to divert to Frederick because of weather, you have new set of problems on your hands. Just as with any other aspect of your life, the impact of such a significant change in plans can make you more resistant to executing the change in the first place.
At the airlines, the decision is often a bit easier, because the rules are so cut and dried. But that doesn't change the fact that pilots generally are can-do people, and when other people are counting on you, you don't want to disappoint them.
But one area in which diversions at the airlines are so different is the level of communication. I bring all of this up because more airlines are using ADM scenarios as part of the interview process. You are placed in a hypothetical but fairly realistic scenario in which something goes wrong, and you have to make a decision. Sometimes, the basic diversion decision is easy ("the airport is closed, so you will be diverting") and sometimes it isn't ("something smells bad in the cabin, but I don't if it's burned food or worse").
The pressure is ratcheted up in some other fashion that will force you to make a decision quickly. Southwest and United airlines both give you a seven-minute window in which to assess the problem, evaluate the options, and come up with a solution. In some of the scenarios, you are short on fuel. In some, weather is a major factor. In others, it's the ambiguity of the problem. But in all of them, the goal is to see you make a decision and stick with it.
At the airlines, you need to communicate with multiple entities, and this is where the two-person crew comes in handy. Someone needs to talk to air traffic control, while someone else handles everything else. In the real world, the first officer usually handles ATC and the captain does what he gets paid to do. If you are in an interview, make yourself familiar with what airports that airline serves. You don't need to commit them to memory, but have a general idea, because in the ADM scenario you will likely be using them.
So, who needs your attention? Assuming that you are not given a major catastrophe like a fire or a flight control failure, you need to talk the flight attendant(s) first, if for no other reason to tell them that there has been a change in plans and that you will get back to them shortly. That phone call should take less than 15 seconds.
Next you need to talk to the dispatcher, who is jointly responsible for your airplane and flight. The dispatcher can give you up-to-the-minute weather at your possible alternates as well as any notices to airmen you may need. He or she can also save you a radio call by contacting the two stations involved and letting them know your change in plans (hint: If the person playing the role of the dispatcher doesn't offer this service, ask for it). If the dispatcher can't (or won't) call the station to which you are diverting, then you need to call (this may be thrown at you in one of the timed sequences). Cover your bases as well by telling the dispatcher that you will call once on the ground to clean up any loose ends.
If maintenance needs to be consulted, do it via dispatch, since the dispatcher needs to know of any issues that may affect performance.
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I decided to try completing a fishless cycle in a marine tank without using any live rock (only dry rock), just as you would for a FW tank using new bio-media. From everything that I read, this will work with both FW and SW set-ups in the same way. But I also found some info that suggests it is a bad idea. So I thought I would try it for myself and pre-cycle some rock for the next tank we are setting up. Ive been interested to learn about this some more anyways, so I found it really interesting to try this. Below is the link to the FW fishless cycle stickie here that I followed, which provides another level of detail to this thread .
Im using my 20 gallon QT tank with two powerheads for a total of 1800 gph, and a single 300 watt heater (my old back-up heater form the spares closet). I used the old tank water from the other two reef tanks that I have so I could recycle some of the old tank water. In those tanks I use RO water and a good quality salt. Also, I know that the dKH is at 9.6, Mag at 1300, and Cal at 440, which will all help to keep the PH a little more stable during the cycling process to help accelerate the bacteria growth.
For media I used approx 30 to 35 lbs of rock that I took out of my one of my sumps (existing reef tank) and scrubbed down with tap water to clean off a very bad form of algae that I had growing. That should have done a great job of killing off all the bacteria as well. After letting it dry out (just to make sure), I placed it in my 20 gallon QT tank and brought the ammonia up to around 2 to 4 ppm. Ive got two power heads in there for strong flow and a heater maintaining the temp at 78 to 80 F (closer to 80F). Salinity at 1.025 to 1.026
Week One Summary
At the end of week one, very little to no change. Originally I thought my ammonia was lower but as it turns out, the ammonia is actually around 4ppm. I found out the test kit I started using had expired over 6 months ago so I got a new test kit. Also, nitrite and nitrate are at zero. I tested the nitrates using the API test kit but it will not detect amounts less that 5 ppm. Using my Salifert test kit I get a reading of 1 ppm, but its really hard to tell as the color is so very very light. Not even testing the PH at this stage. I think the ammonia has dropped a little near the end of the week but it is sometimes hard for me to tell the difference between the colors on the test kit chart. Temp still around (or a little lower) 80F and the salinity stable at 1.026. I also added another 15lbs of dry rock which should not slow down the cycle at all.
Week 2 Summary
The ammonia was at ~4 ppm and started dropping near the end of the week. It dropped down to around 0.5 ppm (maybe a little higher) by the end of the week. I did one dose to bring it back up to around 4 ppm. At the end of the week I got a Nitrite reading between 0.50 and 1.0 ppm. Temp still around 80F and salinity at 1.025. Things seem to be moving along nicely.
I tested the PH, just out of curiosity to see how much the ammonia and nitrite will effect it. It was at 7.5 to 7.8 (dropping from around 8.0 to 8.2). Based on my research, the bacteria grows best with a PH of 7.0 to 8.3 and will grow slower with a PH outside of that range.
Week 3 Summary
Nitrites went up to between 1 and 2ppm during the week, and the ammonia dropped to almost to 0 (maybe 0.25ppm) twice at the end of the week. At the end of the week, the nitrites started climbing to close to 5ppm, so I cut back the ammonia a little to keep it around 1 to 2 ppm. Nitrates are at 5 to 10 ppm using the API test kit. Temp and salinity remain unchanged. Things are really starting to happen.
Week 4 summary
Nitrites spiked around 5 ppm ( maybe be a little higher) near the beginning of the week but looked like is dropped to around 2 but the end of the week . By the end of the week the ammonia drops to 0 within 24 hours consistently. Nitrates are between 10 and 20 using my API test kit. No change to the temp and salinity. I will be adding my skimmer on the QT tank this weekend which will likely affect the nitrates a little. The reason for adding the skimmer really doesnt have anything to do with the cycle. I just want to break it in before I set-up the tank I will be using this rock in. Things really seem to be kicking into high gear now
Week 5 summary
Woo hooo. By the end of the week getting 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite within 24 hours after dosing up to 1 to 2 ppm of ammonia. The ammonia seems to drop a lot faster than the nitrite, but both still end up at zero. Nitrates shot up and are now between 40 and 80 ppm (closer to 40ppm). PH is now back to where it should be (or at least close to where it was before), just under 8.0. Looks like I have successfully grown the Nitrifying bacteria (converting ammonia and nitrite into nitrate) to finish the first stage of the cycle.
If I had my tank right now, I could now move the cycled rock into it and slowly start adding my stock. I had a small delay getting my new tank set-up so I will continue the cycling process in the QT tank to start/continue growing the denitrifying bacteria which will convert the nitrate into inert nitrogen gas.
Week 6 summary
Continued the daily dosing to raise the ammonia between 0.25 and 0.5ppm (closer to 0.25ppm). 0 ammonia and nitrite after between 12 and 24 hours, nitrates up closer to 40ppm. All other parameters remain unchanged
Week 7 summery
Nitrates are now down to between 10 and 20ppm, only ever going above that about 4 hours after each daily dose of ammonia. All other parameters remain unchanged . Today, the Nitrates are down around 5 ppm (maybe a little closer to 10) only spiking at 10 to 20ppm about 4 hours after dosing ammonia,
Looks like I have grown the nitrifying bacteria and denitrifying bacteria typically found in a marine aquarium as there is a definite drop in the nitrates that a nano skimmer alone cannot achieve. Just to make sure, I brought the ammonia back up to around 2ppm to see what would happen
All levels spike but then returned to normal after 18 hours. I've completed this test three times, each with the same results.
I now have some rock ready for the new tank. This process seemed to work well for me. Plus I like the fact that I only needed to buy some really good quality dry rock. I dont like the fact that it took so long to fully cycle the rock. It certainly would have been easier and quicker to use at least 25% live rock but this worked well too.
Now that I have some cycled rock, the wife and I are ready to set-up our next tank that we have been planning as soon as the tank comes in. It was supposed to have been here almost a month ago but was delayed by the manufacture. I will feed this rock a small amount of ammonia each day to ensure the nitrifying bacteria will stay alive and the denitrifying bacteria can continue to grow. I am expecting the nitrates to continue to drop to around 5 ppm within the next few weeks. I will also watch the nitrate levels to ensure they dont get high (above 5ppm).
Last edited by Cliff; 02-20-2012 at 10:16 PM.
If you take your time to do the research FIRST, you can successfully set-up and keep ANY type of aquarium with ease.
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A believed-to-be-hero's tale short story
June 13, 2011, 08:17:50 pm »
Hey chaps here's a short story I writ, in case you chaps were interested.
I happily accept any CONSTRUCTED criticism
Thanks ya'l'l for reading
A believed-to-be heros tale
By: Joshua Png
When the youth had found that sword whilst looting the battlefield he believed it to be destiny, therefore he reasoned it had to be destiny. After all was that not how all the heros of legends began, finding a sword to fit into their hands then finding their destiny of fortune and glory. Swinging it came naturally easily the peasant told himself, the wild slashes catching the light quite well not that different from his hoe; which he practiced with a memory he held close to be true. That being true, it would be reasonable to know that the swing of a hoe was just the same as a sword only heavier so it would lead to more proficiency for him when swinging a lighter weapon. As the peasant kept swinging the sword over his patch of untilled dirt he rekindled then what he had always imagined what this time could come to. The light-headed confidence that feeling the youth understood what he would do with his life. To follow in the footsteps of those that travelled the lands, performing great deeds and finding them to have turned into legend achieving fortune and glory only those so very few brave men could ever attain.
Ma and Pa disagreed, of course they would unable to grasp the enormity of what their son could accomplish. Why should they? They were only mere peasants after all, the peasant told himself. But the peasant knew that it was just like the beginning of his tale, one preferred over the stories beginning with fleeing from burning villages everyone dead only to return later to rebuild and show everyone what a man he could be.
Do not flee us my son, think of what happened to Dakyn his mother had plead her cowled head looking up imploringly at his physical frame her crooning wrinkled hands holding him back.
I cannot think of Dakyns fate if I do not know it, nor should I ever find it until I seek him out and find what he has accomplished after he left this pigsty village the peasant replied mindful then of the dark hovel from which he stood barely scrapping its low slung roof.
For all you think or wish to do regardless, Dakyn fate may have led to his death in some ditch somewhere his life robbed from him before it could accomplish what he should and could have done in what you call a pigsty village, it wasnt for his arrogance and block-mindedness his father replied in the dark gloom, his adage whispering through a sage-like beard.
I find less regard for Dakyns fate than I have regard for my own, for Dakyns flaws if he had any are not to be mine and that I may begin my path in his footsteps, I shall not fail where he has fallen if he ever did fall! For I shall join his rank in finding fortune and glory wherever I may go! the peasants ears kindled warmly with the sound of his voice, fully of confidence as his face swelled in his own pride.
They then fell back at these words their heads bowed to the peasants decision their eyes grieved at it, but soon they would understand later when he became a hero and restored their faith in him. They did not talk for the rest of the day, their silence telling him all that they cared to bear of his disobedience to his wishes. It irked the peasant so when he ate his meagre-soon-not-to-be diet of gruel sitting opposite, that they should oppose so stringently to his desires, causing him to disobey, till he reminded himself how that elders could be flawed and be proved wrong by achieving a greater good for his sake and theres also casting away such rift that should occur between them.
They prepared something for the youths pre-destined journey in the morn, some food from their tenderly cared stock along with a last piece of advice from his father do not be foolish a sage-piece of advice the soon-to-be-hero promised he would cherish and remember when he had to make decisions that would carry him through his life, and fondly remember to pass on. The golden clink of coins his father had dearly possessed could only affirm the youths belief in his destiny even further for his father would not gift him such a monetary boon had there been no other reason than his full faith in his sons soon-to-be-success.
They watched the youth go the rest of the village peasants from their humble huts, their downcast eyes looking up noting the ever swagger in his walk, the cleanly oiled sword which hung smoothly from his hip, the jostling pack upon his shoulder. Many of the other lads looked to him their hearts already stirring with desire as they looked back at their patches of tilled dirt, then gainfully back at the youth, an observation he was pleased to find, further exciting the prospects of his journey. Even little Artevain but some winters younger skipped to him, the bouncing golden curls pleading to join his heroic quest.
The hero chuckled then patting Artevains golden curls replying in that father-like way to his son, on the dangers of the journey not the least of all bandits and other such foul begins, promising him in just a few more years that Artevain could follow in the heros footsteps. And there the hero left little Artevain, his eyes shining in heroic worship the last one to see him go already fully believing the maturity in oneself that he should import such wise wisdom to those who looked up to him.
It could not be but a half-hour from when the hero had left the village that upon rutted roads from a thicket of trees he should come upon bandits, looking to do him ill. Yet that the hero should encounter his first fight to being a hero he deserved to be so soon after losing sight of his village could only be attributed to his destiny placing the necessary obstacles in his path to overcome, with the sweat of his brow and the swing of a sword. But a mere 3rd of a dozen bandits stood in his path, their clubs and daggers, signalling the uncouthness of their mean looks and that the hero knew his time had come.
To be fair you pretty youth, simply surrender your pack and we shall be merciful and leave your life in good health, so that you may continue on wherever you desire to go the bandit leader offered, with a scarred eye to befit his unwholesome appearance, with a offering a smile and a open hand to beget the heros pack in return.
Nay for I my desire does not lead me to surrender my pack, but if you and thine men would but step aside from my path then we can avoid your blood being spilt needlessly upon it he remarked, proud in the humility of his words that only the stupidity of his adversaries would be at fault.
My my does our uncouth and still milked child hold a mans pride the bandit leader scoffed, to the laughter of his men, a foolish thing to say that the hero knew to be that he would soon prick their pride with his sword.
This is your last chance to accept my mercy inexperienced one he said again all outward revelry gone from his tone do not be so bold as to chance your life away, you are outnumbered four to one and if you refuse the only other promise I can make for you is a short life.
Ha, for I will chance my life, so come for me then, but know that thou doest not know what thou hast come against in his best heroic voice, with a small unshakeable grin he could only help bring across exuding what only a proper hero could attain. With this they charged with battle cry, his sword swinging free, marked by the drop of his pack, charging forward meeting destiny.
The hero did not see the blade. The initial spark at first blood the hero had crowed when his sword had cut flesh from the first bandit to have charged him with club; had given way to pain and unspoken second and last blood when the next bandit had gut him from the side; their blades tearing free the skin of his stomach, cutting through muscle and bone, his entrails spilling out, flopping out dangling onto dusty ground. His blood a blackish red pouring forth, the hero fell to the ground, a 3rd and more hits to his head, blackening eyes to which he could not resist, nor did the crack of his head and neck that now no longer matter. Only the shock of seeing deaths black hood coming from the horizon and the grip of his sword being torn away from his hand, amidst the victorious chatter of the bandits searching his pack.
This ... should not.. be the hero groaned out to a force unknown, his young life leaking out of his mouth.
Ah but it is and what has been, should be. Though if you would forgive me to ask why our meeting shouldnt have been your death? For after all you were given a choice of goods or life, to which you chose to forgo life, facing four armed men against your inexperienced hand and now you have lost both goods and your life. So tell me before you depart why shouldnt this fight have concluded in the way that it did? the bandit had asked his warm lips carrying across into the heros ear.
I.. was .. to . Be .. hero ... you were .. but bandits spewing more blood then words then.
A hero?!? Did you honestly and wholeheartedly believe that because you bestowed upon yourself the title of hero and to us the dutifully acquired title of the common bandit that you would prevail? Are you that naive? the bandit exclaimed already finding his answer in his question.
It ... was .. supp . t to . dest ..ny the hero gasped looking only at the black cowled head staring only at him.
Destiny! Aah that sweet old word that lures stupid young boys from their homes and leaves them to fend for themselves in the reality of the world the bandit laughed looking briefly up to the sky. Now can I dare venture what your once happy thoughts of your destiny, A beginning prologue where thine was but a peasant youth plucked by the hands of fate to wield a sword and become hero? Then to face us in your 1st chapter to later go on to more heroic deeds, has thine spoken true?
I .. was all the hero could muster at this moment in time seeing the end from the black face of death.
Well do not worry my young hero believe in this, that perhaps there will come a day when a true hero should come, one who has actually with the pain and blood of his limbs truly knows how to handle a blade, or just a lucky hero who knows? Though one who will kill me for being so foolish to have challenged him but not so foolish to have killed & robbed the hundreds of other heros who came before him and failed, one of them being you but I do not think you really care for my epiphany anymore.
.. was the heros last words.
The bandit stared down at the corpse for a moment, a smirk before closing his eyelids but not before rifling through the corpse to catch some stray coin he might have missed.
The end.
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Re: A believed-to-be-hero's tale short story
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June 14, 2011, 07:32:01 pm »
I like the concept, it's not unique but it's delivered distinctly enough.
It's a tiresome read though, I ended up skipping some paragraphs. The grammar needs some work, there aren't many mistakes but it only takes a few to break the rhythm, but mostly what it needs is commas.
There's your first paragraph with added commas and corrections; mashing phrases together makes my mind's voice sound like a seven years old who just downed the bottle of caffeinated soda, and caffeinated children are not the best storytellers.
It would probably read more smoothly if you didn't try to make the style sound oldish, it's a common mistake, readers will grasp the atmosphere you wish to create much better if you use a language you are comfortable with than if you force yourself to follow an awkward stereotype.
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When the youth had found that sword whilst looting the battlefield
he believed it to be destiny, therefore he reasoned it had to be destiny
. After all
was that not how all the hero
of legends began, finding a sword to fit into their hands
then finding their destiny of fortune and glory
Swinging it came naturally easily
the peasant told himself, the wild slashes catching the light quite well
not that different from his hoe
which he practiced with a memory he held close to be true. That being true, it would be reasonable to know that the swing of a hoe was just the same as a sword
only heavier
so it would lead to more proficiency for him when swinging a lighter weapon. As the peasant kept swinging the sword over his patch of untilled dirt he rekindled then what he had always imagined what this time could come to.
The light-headed confidence that feeling
the youth understood what he would do with his life. To follow in the footsteps of those that travelled the lands, performing great deeds and finding them to have turned into legend
achieving fortune and glory only those so very few brave men could ever attain.
Globally, the story is fine, but the technicalities of English need more heed, not to detract attention from the storytelling.
P.S.: When asking for CONSTRUCTIVE criticism, make sure you spell constructive right
(at this point I'm half kidding, don't worry)
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Re: A believed-to-be-hero's tale short story
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June 23, 2011, 11:35:45 am »
Thank you
I thought my old style would kind of imbue the sense of fantasy from myths and stuff
to only clash with reality
but I suppose if it doesn't serve that purpose a more modern style would be better
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Re: A believed-to-be-hero's tale short story
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June 23, 2011, 04:20:50 pm »
I think it could be good in oldish style too, but only after more practice, it's important that it feels natural, and if for now a modern style would feel more natural, then this is what would work best.
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12. Pumpkin Pie Tarts with Vanilla Glaze
13. Healthier Cranberry Wassail
14. No Bake Easy Peach Cobbler
15. Gluten Free Apple Crumble
16. Vegan Coconut Whipped Cream
17. Spiced Pumpkin Latte
Healthy Hanukkah Recipes
Hanukkah is essentially a celebration of oil, so the abundance of fried foods can be a challenge during this holiday. Here are healthy versions of some classic Hanukkah recipes, and remember – Jewish tradition favors olive oil, which is great for you in moderation!
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18. Gluten-Free Beef Brisket
19. Bundt Pan Roasted Chicken & Vegetables
20. Vegetable Laktes
21. Fig and Olive Chicken
22. Kasha Varnishkes
23. Healthy Sweet Kugel
24. Maple Roasted Apples & Brussels Sprouts
25. Winter Squash & Chicken Tzimmes
26. Homemade Apple Sauce
27. Broccoli Potato Kugel
28. Spinach Pomegranate Salad with Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette
29. Baked Stuffed Peppers
30. Vegan Lentil Walnut Loaf with Sweet Potato
31. Sweet Potato Latkes
32. Baked Sufganiyot
33. Raw Vegan Chocolate Cheesecake
34. Apple Honey Challah
Healthy Christmas Recipes
Loved ones from near and far come together for Christmas, and a house full of hungry guests can make it hard to please everyone. From a delicious halibut entrée to holiday 'nog with a healthy twist, we've stocked our menu with a variety of dishes.
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35. Honey Macadamia Halibut
36. Glazed Ham with Guinness, Mustard, & Marmalade
37. Roasted Asparagus and Mushrooms
38. Squash-Spiked Mashed Potatoes
39. Kale with Walnuts and Cranberries
40. Wild Mushroom Soup
41. Roasted Vegetable Galette with Olives
42. Roasted Beet and Blood Orange Salad
43. Raw Holiday Nutloaf
44. Fresh Green Bean Casserole
45. Warm Maple Spinach and Endive Salad
46. No Cook Cranberry Salad
47. Raw Holiday "CousCous"
48. Wheatberry Salad
49. Vegan Stuffed Mushrooms
50. Sweet Potato and Apple Pie
51. Winter Sauce
52. Homemade Chai Tea
53. Raw Honey Mulled Wine
54. Coconut Oil Eggnog
Healthy Kwanzaa Recipes
This weeklong celebration of Pan-African culture ends with a New Year's Eve feast that fuses African flavors with Deep South favorites. These Kwanzaa recipes put a healthy culinary spin on traditional soul food!
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55. Stove Top Stewed Jerk Chicken with Pan Roasted Aubergines
56. Honey Buttermilk Oven-Fried Chicken
57. Stewed Okra and Tomatoes with Andouille Sausage
58. Tomato Peanut Stew with Collards
59. Red Beans and Chicken with Wild Rice
60. Roasted Garlic Grits
61. Seared Sea Scallops with Collard Greens
62. Hot and Spicy Jambalaya
63. Kale with Red Pepper and Bacon
64. Chicken, Andouille, and Shrimp Gumbo
65. Southern Black Eyed Peas
66. Fermented Corn Bread
67. Black Bean & Sweet Potato Stew
68. Tricolor Salad with Creamy Raspberry Dressing
69. Sweet Potato Pie
Healthy New Year's Eve Recipes
Start 2013 on a delicious and healthy note with these great-tasting New Year's Eve recipes! This assortment of appetizers and side dishes is great for a party to ring in the New Year, and the booster smoothie will kick you into gear the next morning.
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70. Cider-Braised Chicken
71. Whiskey-Glazed Carrots
72. Shrimp With Spiced Cocktail Sauce
73. Carrot Cake with Vanilla Whipped Cream Frosting
74. Shallot Fig Spread
75. Spicy Leek Meatballs
76. Eggplant Foccacia
77. Roasted Spaghetti Squash with Herb Mushroom Sauce
78. Gluten Free Pine Nut Stuffed Mushrooms
79. Maple-Rosemary Glazed Walnuts
80. Olive Cheese Bread
81. Black Rice Salad with Snow Crab Cocktail Claws
82. Asparagus and Truffle Oil Risotto
83. Cleansing Kale Salad
84. Almond Flour Biscuits
85. Raspberry Champagne Punch
86. The Healthy New Year Booster Smoothie
Healthy Winter Season Recipes
Want a wholesome bowl of soup to warm you up during the cold months? Craving the nutritious and delicious root vegetables that are in season during this time of year? Check out these healthy recipes that are sure to please your family throughout the holiday season.
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87. Acorn Squash Lasagna
88. Pumpkin Raisin Quinoa Porridge
89. Mushroom and Apple Quinoa
90. Pumpkin Soft Serve Ice Cream
91. Maple Mustard Cider Vinaigrette
92. Hearty Winter Minestrone Soup
93. Butternut Squash Soup
94. Sweetly Spiced Butternut Squash
95. Cranberry Spinach Quinoa Salad
96. Raw Chilled Holiday Nog
97. Raw Holiday Fudge
98. Creamy Red Lentil Soup with Lemon Tahini Drizzle
99. Sweet Potato Turnip Mash
100. Butternut Squash Risotto
101. Sweet Potato and Pinto Bean Chili
102. Pumpkin Spice Cake with Chocolate Walnut Crumble
103. Chickpea Pot Pie
104. Cashew Cake Batter Pudding
105. Lemon Lentil Stew
Have a favorite recipe of your own? We'd love for you to share it below. We wish you a safe, happy, and healthy holiday season!


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Hi Floyd
Was using Nexus 7 last night when I queried how to report spam & the like. Checking today on Macbook OS X, Safari, Firefox & Chrome, the 'report' link was indeed present. However on the Nexus on both Firefox & Chrome there is no such link. If I want to report something, I'll use the laptop.
Find the contrast somewhat better on the Nexus for scanning 'recent comments' which for me 'til now has been the best way to enjoy TFL. Unfortunately there is no contrast adjustment on my macbook, but I have cut back brightness in an attempt to make the pale font a bit more legible. Still wondering why pale font is in use....... surely not a fashion thing.
Checking out the various browers, was curious to note that the adjustment you made to contrast in the 'recent comments' section in response to Mini O's request only shows up after logging into the site regardless of browser or hardware.
The other thing I discovered was that with Firefox there is more information showing, so slightly less of the white space which has also made scanning 'recent comments' hard for me.
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Visual Studio 2012 and .NET Framework 4.5 released to the web!
I'm thrilled to announce that this morning we released Visual Studio 2012, Team Foundation Server 2012, and .NET Framework 4.5 to the web. It's time to start your engines, and begin downloading today!
MSDN Subscribers can download immediately at the MSDN Subscriber Download Page, and volume licensing customers will be able to download starting tomorrow from the Volume Licensing Service Center. You'll also be able to find the product in stores in the next month or so, as well as some availability to purchase through the Visual Studio product website in the next few days. Finally, to evaluate the free trial versions or download our free Express products, please visit the Visual Studio product website today.
This has been a great release for the team, and I'm really excited about all that we've accomplished. By adopting agile practices, and using our IDE and ALM tools, we've been able to complete the release in half as many milestones this time around. Here's a picture of our release team, signing off on the final build:
Developing great apps for Windows 8 is an important goal of this release. Therefore, in coordination with today's developer tools releases, you'll notice that the final version of Windows 8 has released to the web as well. Furthermore, in addition to the Blend tools that ship with Visual Studio 2012 RTM, today we also released a new Blend + SketchFlow Preview for Visual Studio 2012 that addresses some top Blend customer requests, including support for WPF, Silverlight, and SketchFlow. For more details, check out BlendInsider, the Blend team blog.
Top 12 of Visual Studio 2012
In case you're still deciding whether to download Visual Studio 2012, or haven't been keeping up with all the news about the release, I'll leave you with 12 good reasons to upgrade today. ;-)
#1) Develop for Windows 8
Visual Studio 2012 contains all the tools you need to develop killer apps for Windows 8, from templates, to designers, to testing, to debugging. Blend now comes with the Visual Studio installation providing rich visual tools for creating Windows store apps using HTML/CSS and XAML. Using these tools, you'll find everything you need to develop a great app and submit it to the Windows Store.
For more information, see the Windows 8 App Developer Blog and the Windows Dev Center.
#2) Develop for the Web
Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 provide the latest advances in ASP.NET including web optimization improvements (minification and bundling), new templates, HTML & CSS editor improvements, page inspector, and new publishing tools. We've added new features to support JavaScript development including IntelliSense improvements, a new DOM explorer, and a JavaScript console. For more information, check out the Web Development team blog.
Page Inspector
#3) Develop for Windows Phone 8
Visual Studio 2012 will provide support for developing Windows Phone 8 applications (both with a Express SKU as well as a freely downloadable plug-in for VS Pro and above). This will come online in the future, once Windows Phone 8 and the developer SDK become available. Some new features to look forward to include native C++ support, the ability to target both Windows Phone 7.x and Windows Phone 8 applications, multi-chassis support, and enterprise publishing. Stay tuned for more info from the Windows Phone team.
C++ Windows Phone 8 Application
#4) Develop for Windows Azure
Visual Studio provides the best possible tools to develop your cloud services. In Visual Studio 2012, you'll notice cloud tooling improvements including support for distributed caching, new publishing options, new templates, and a lower install footprint. Using Team Foundation Service with Windows Azure, you can now achieve continuous integration and continuous deployment of your software. For more information, please visit the Windows Azure .NET Developer center, and download today's release of the Windows Azure SDK for .NET.
Deployment history
#5) Develop Business Applications
Visual Studio 2012 contains a variety of tools for developing business applications. SharePoint developers will find new designers for list and content types, new templates for site columns and Silverlight web pages, as well as new options for deploying SharePoint sites. ALM features like performance profiling, unit testing, and IntelliTrace are now available for SharePoint development. Client-side development has been improved as well, with support for JavaScript debugging and IntelliSense. For more information, please visit the SharePoint developer team blog.
SharePoint List Designer
Meanwhile, we've also announced a new app model for Office and SharePoint 2013, which enables you to host your apps in the cloud, and to use web technologies to develop them. Visual Studio 2012, along with the Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 – Preview, gives you the tools to program with the new app models for Office and SharePoint. To learn more and get started building apps for Office & SharePoint 2013, head to http://dev.office.com.
LightSwitch is a powerful tool available for building business applications for the Desktop and the Cloud. Starting in Visual Studio 2012, LightSwitch is available as part of the Visual Studio Professional, Premium and Ultimate installations. LightSwitch includes a variety of improvements in Visual Studio 2012, such as a new theme, the ability to access data from any OData source as well as create OData services, Active Directory integration, and new business types. We also are working on support for HTML clients, which will be available as an add-on to VS2012. To learn more, please visit the LightSwitch Developer Center and the LightSwitch team blog.
LightSwitch in Visual Studio 2012
#6) Develop Games and other 3D Applications
Visual Studio 2012 includes graphics tools to help game developers become more productive, making it easier to build innovative games. From debugging DirectX graphics, to designing and coding DirectX shaders (HLSL), to inspecting and manipulating graphics assets (images and models), Visual Studio 2012 provides all the functionality you need to build graphically rich 2D/3D applications.
Visual Studio 2012 Graphics Diagnostics Tools
#7) Take advantage of the latest language advancements
If you're developing in C# or Visual Basic, you can take advantage of the language new features in Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 for asynchronous programming. Using the new async and await keywords, you can write asynchronous code that looks a lot like the synchronous version:
The C++ support in Visual Studio 2012 includes the full C++ 11 standard library as well as new language features: stateless lambdas, SCARY iterators, range-based for loops, and scoped enumerations support. Visual C++ 11 also adds seamless access to Windows Runtime components through C++/CX as well as C++ Accelerated Massive Parallelism (C++ AMP), which enables hardware acceleration for the execution of your data-parallel C++ code.
For JavaScript development, please see more details about the improvements we've made in the Web development section above.
Lastly, if you're using F#, you'll enjoy improvements for information-rich programming, which enable you to program directly against data services, and are made possible by F# type providers and LINQ queries.
#8) Performance, Reliability, and Compatibility Improvements
In addition to adding new features, we've also invested heavily to improve the core capabilities of the product. For example, we've invested in performance and made significant improvements in areas such as the toolbox, typing and editing, debugging, and solution loading time.
We've also taken care to improve the backward compatibility of Visual Studio 2012, and enabled you to continue collaborating on projects with teammates using Visual Studio 2010 SP1.
#9) New IDE Productivity Features
The Visual Studio 2012 user interface includes an updated look and feel, which is consistent with the latest Microsoft products, and designed to focus your attention on the code. The overall environment has been streamlined, including simplified toolbars, a lightweight Find dialog, and less tab clutter by previewing files rather than opening them during debugging. Using Quick Launch, you can now search the IDE for any menu or command.
New Find Dialog
#10) Improve your code quality with enhanced testing tools
Visual Studio 2012 includes a wealth of testing tools.
Microsoft Test Manager 2012 has been enhanced to embrace exploratory testing (sometimes called agile testing), which allows you to explore the product in any way you want while keeping relevant steps and data that can be used to directly file bugs and feedback:
Lab Management has also been greatly simplified in this release with the consolidation of agents and the introduction of standard environments, which allow you to benefit from build-deploy-test workflows without the dependency on Hyper-V or SCVMM.
With Visual Studio 2012, we now provide the ability for you to include additional adapters to support 3rd party unit testing frameworks such as xUnit.net, NUnit, and others. The new Test Explorer will showcase all of the tests across your solution regardless of which testing framework they were written for. Visual Studio 2012 will continue to provide support for traditional unit tests written using the classic Visual Studio Unit Testing Framework, and adds support for writing tests in C++ as well.
New Test Explorer
#11) Reduce cycle times using tools for agile practices
Visual Studio 2012 contains a variety of tools to create transparency between team members, reduce waste, and accelerate the flow of the project. As you set out to start the project, PowerPoint storyboarding is a useful way to communicate the requirements of the software. When you get further along, the Microsoft Feedback Client can be used to gather feedback on the working bits from external stakeholders.
Team Foundation Server 2012 provides a rich toolset for planning out your sprints, managing the backlog, and tracking progress. I recommend reading my earlier post, where I explored these features in detail. As an example, below is a picture of the taskboard, which can be used to easily edit work items during a standup meeting:
#12) Deliver Cloud-Based Services with Smoother Collaboration between Operations and Engineering
Each release of our ALM tools, we've integrated additional roles to improve collaboration across the team, and decrease cycle time. This release, we're including operations, which is increasingly important for today's cloud-based services apps. Many of you are already using System Center to monitor your applications in production. This release, we've introduced a new management pack, which will allow critical production issues detected by System Center 2012 SP1 to be immediately assigned to the development team with high quality diagnostic information via TFS and Visual Studio.
System Center Operations Manager
These kinds of tools for operations and engineering are something we plan to continue delivering in the future. For example, System Center 2012 SP1 will also introduce "Global Service Monitor" (GSM), which allows you to monitor your application's functionality, performance, and uptime from multiple endpoints around the world.
I'm very excited for the bits to be out and available for download! As you can see, there are a ton of new capabilities in this release, which is now the best version of Visual Studio we've ever shipped. I look forward to seeing all the amazing things that you will do with it. I hope this post gave you a glimpse of what's in store. To learn more, I invite you to join us on September 12th for the Visual Studio 2012 Launch event online at http://www.visualstudiolaunch.com/.
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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 09, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OncoSec Medical Inc. (OTCBB: ONCS), a company developing its advanced-stage ImmunoPulse DNA-based immunotherapy and NeoPulse therapies to treat solid tumor cancers, announced the company will be presenting data at two upcoming medical conferences.
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Dr. Shailender Bhatia, assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, will be presenting preliminary clinical data from OncoSec's ongoing Phase II Merkel cell carcinoma trial at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC 2012), October 26-28, 2012, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in North Bethesda, Maryland.
The company will also be presenting preliminary clinical data from its ongoing Phase II metastatic melanoma trial to the 6th World Meeting of Interdisciplinary Melanoma/Skin Cancer Centres/8th EADO Congress, November 14-17, 2012, at the Hotel Fira Palace in Barcelona, Spain.
Preliminary analyses of both the Merkel cell carcinoma and metastatic melanoma trials will be based on a subset of enrolled subjects, and will evaluate clinical response to at least one cycle of ImmunoPulse treatment.
At the Melanoma/EADO meeting on November 15 at 5:30 PM local Barcelona time, Adil I. Daud, M.D., co-director of melanoma clinical research at the University of California San Francisco's Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and lead investigator for OncoSec's metastatic melanoma trial, along with Axel Hauschild, M.D., professor of dermatology at the University of Kiel, will co-chair an OncoSec-sponsored symposium titled "Electrogenetherapy: Intralesional Immunotherapy Approach for Skin Cancers Using Electroporation."
The company will provide a complete summary of the data presented at both conferences in upcoming press releases.
About SITC 2012
The SITC Annual Meeting & Associated Programs serve as the premier destination for scientific exchange, education and networking in the cancer immunotherapy community. Basic researchers, clinicians, students, postdoctoral fellows and allied health professionals dedicated to improving cancer patient outcomes come together to experience cutting edge research, education and training that serves as the catalyst to advance the field.
About the 6th World Meeting of Interdisciplinary Melanoma/Skin Cancer Centres/8th EADO Congress
The World Meeting of Interdisciplinary Melanoma/Skin Cancer Centers is an opportunity for clinicians and researchers who are part of multidisciplinary melanoma centers can interact, learn from one another, establish collaborations and set an agenda for the further evolution of multidisciplinary melanoma care and research. The meeting has been combined with the EADO congress whose focus is on melanoma, cutaneous lymphoma and epithelial skin cancers and is specifically designed to attract young investigators and skin cancer-treating physicians in the field.
About OncoSec Medical Inc.
OncoSec Medical Incorporated is a biopharmaceutical company developing its advanced-stage ImmunoPulse DNA-based immunotherapy and NeoPulse therapy to treat solid tumor cancers. ImmunoPulse and NeoPulse therapies address an unmet medical need and represent a potential solution, for less invasive and less expensive therapies that are able to minimize detrimental effects resulting from currently available cancer treatments such as surgery, systemic chemotherapy or immunotherapy and other treatment alternatives. OncoSec's core technology is based upon its proprietary use of an electroporation platform to dramatically enhance the delivery and uptake of a locally delivered DNA-based immunocytokine (ImmunoPulse) or chemotherapeutic agent (NeoPulse). Treatment of various solid cancers using these powerful and targeted anti-cancer agents has demonstrated selective destruction of cancerous cells while sparing healthy normal tissues during early and late stage clinical trials. OncoSec's clinical programs include three Phase II clinical trials for ImmunoPulse targeting lethal skin cancers. More information is available at http://www.oncosec.com/.
This press release contains forward looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements in this release that are not historical facts may be considered such "forward looking statements." Forward looking statements are based on management's current preliminary expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties which may cause our results to differ materially and adversely from the statements contained herein. Some of the potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those predicted include our ability to raise additional funding, our ability to acquire, develop or commercialize new products, uncertainties inherent in pre-clinical studies and clinical trials, unexpected new data, safety and technical issues, competition and market conditions. These and additional risks and uncertainties are more fully described in OncoSec's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Undue reliance should not be placed on forward looking statements which speak only as of the date they are made. OncoSec disclaims any obligation to update any forward looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date they are made, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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In trying to keep things light this week, I've taken inspiration from two very different sources – NPR and Homer Simpson. A recent Morning Edition piece on "Fat Fingers Blamed for Mobile Ad Clicks" highlights the problem many smart phone users face – large fingers on a small screen usually result in the occasional misspelling, accidental click on a field or image, or unintended dial.
The story concentrated on "Google's launch of a new type of mobile ad that aims to combat the 'fat finger' problem. As the smart phone market grows, mobile ads have become more important to the tech giant, which makes most of its revenue through advertising."
Listening to the piece, which started off with a hilarious sound bite from the Simpsons, made me wonder if EMR developers face this same type of problem when developing their software for mobile devices. What sort of consequences do providers face as a result of unintended clicks or incorrect data entry?
I polled a few friends who work in healthcare IT user experience (coincidentally, a topic that I heard come up quite often during the fall conference season), and they brought up numerous cases – some with dire consequences – of mistaken medication administration because of very similar patient names.
I also came across the ubiquitous drawback of using tablets in healthcare: "The iPad is difficult to type on, [one provider] complains, and his "fat fingers" struggle to navigate the screen," according to a Kaiser Health News story last year.
But, providers, as they so often do, are creating workarounds. One family practice in particular has "introduced a stylus since some people occasionally suffer from 'fat finger syndrome' (some people just have an innate ability to miss the buttons in the questionnaire when they use their fingers)."
How have you, your practice or your colleagues dealt with pleasantly plump pads of the finger? Please share your anecdotes in the comments section below.