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Last night TechColumbus held its annual Innovation Awards at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. I got the opportunity to attend as a representative of The Fisher College of Business Center for Entrepreneurship.
The event, attend by more than one-thousand prominent figures in Columbus business, has seen 40% grown since last year. The primary purpose of the event was to announce and celebrate the finalists and winners of awards in the following categories:
- Green Innovation
- Minority Owned Enterprise
- Outstanding Service
- Outstanding Product
- Innovation in Non-Profit Service Delivery
- Executive of the Year
- Outstanding Woman in Technology
- Inventor of the Year
- Outstanding Start-up Business
- Outstanding Technology Team
- Student Innovation Awards
However, the event emceed by 10TV's Andrea Cambern and Jeff Hogan also included several special guest appearances including one by Resource Interactive Founder and CEO Nancy Kramer.
TechColumbus' web marketing team made creative use of social networking technology to engage the audience at the Convention Center as well as those that did not attend. A "tweetpit" was setup next to the stage with three web marketers who live blogged, tweeted, updated facebook and posted live video of backstage interviews with the winners. A giant display showed a live twitter stream of the Innovation Awards twitter hashtag (#IA09) which the "1100 geeks in a room" drove to a regional trending topic.
It is interesting to see what happens when you encourage the twittersphere to embrace your event. All the conversation certainly attracted attention from people outside the physical event, but it also gave a voice to people with negative opinions of it.
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees and thanks to the Center for Entrepreneurship and Dave Shaw for the invite.
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Research activities undertaken as part of the Busselton Health Studies are diverse and encompass a wide range of health conditions and measures. These have included cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, diabetes and endocrine disorders, gastrointestinal, kidney and liver diseases, cancer, obesity, sleep disorders, cognition and genetic epidemiology. Extensive information on demography, lifestyle and behaviour have also been collected at each of the studies along with blood samples for biochemical measures and genetic studies.
The studies bring together some of Australia's leading researchers and a growing list of international colloborators who recognize the value of this unique data set. The use of standardized questionnaires and methodology, international best practice guidelines in data collection and a stable representative population ensures that the studies can provide important information about the prevalence of disease and the factors associated with them. Below are some of the ongoing and recently completed data collection projects conducted in Busselton. A summary of previous Busselton surveys can be found here.
Current Studies & Projects
2010 – 2015: The Busselton Healthy Ageing Study (BHAS) – Phase 1 (completed)
2016 -2020: The Busselton Baby Boomer Study (BBBS) – Phase 2 – Six year follow up (underway)
A large multidisciplinary project investigating the causes of and risk factors for a wide range of conditions of public health importance in an ageing population commenced in 2010. The Busselton Healthy Aging Study (BHAS) collected measures on vision and hearing disorders, respiratory and cardiovascular disease, muscle strength and physical function, obesity, diabetes, sleep disorders, bone health, spinal pain, and mental health and cognition from over 5100 adults born between 1946 and 1964. Retesting of this cohort commenced in March 2016 using an expanded study protocol and will provide important information about the risk factors underlying disease and debilitation common to ageing.
Read the background to this important study including the wide range of measures being collected here
Previous Busselton surveys
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We're working on our next Writers' Mill Journal - volume 4, 2015 coming soon! But click on the image to learn aboutVolume 3. It's a collection of writings from our local writers' community, and any sales benefit our local library so...if you like what you see from the link, please buy copies for all your friends!
Like all "random" anthologies, our journal contains entries in multiple genres, from poetry for kids to scary horror stories for uncles and aunts (well, maybe not too scary - it's still PG13), and I get the joy of making sure all the entries end up in the right place. This year "It's a Mystery" had so many entries we had to start splitting them up. Some went into the "Kids' Corner." Several book excerpts landed in "Book-It." One mystery whose answer lay under the bed was assigned to "Under the Bed." And the rest were split between Mysteries and Strange Tales. But what's the difference between a mystery and a strange tale?
For our purposes, we decided it hinges on clues. If clues are important, the story's a mystery. If strange events predominate, we'll call it a strange tale.
All of which leads nicely into my reviews of recently read books, many of which were mysterious or strange, and none of which had their reviews posted because I was too busy working on the journal. Today I take a break while other editors read, so grab a coffee and see what you think:
Space Monsters by Peter Joseph Swanson is definitely a strange tale. Combining real history of the early '80s with a genuine feel for the obsessions of university students and teens enjoying their first clear tastes of freedom, the author creates a novel where monsters, real, imagined, science fictional, historical, twisted and natural all work together in a thoroughly weird, convincing and absorbing narrative. Enjoy this odd dark read with some oddly dark five-star coffee.
Portrait of Ignatius Jones by Peter David Shapiro is similarly strange, starting with an evocatively scary Victorian scene, then moving forward to a woman haunted by a painting, and that scary intersection of psychic power with human greed in the present day. There's a great female protagonist as the mystery deepens, and I'd love to read more books about her. Meanwhile, this is one to enjoy with a rich complex four star cup of coffee.
Dead Market by Gary Starta is harder to classify. There's definitely a mystery, with clues. There are bad buys with plans. And there might be a scientific explanation for it all. But it's also very definitely strange. I think I'll have to call it a strange mystery, blending medical discoveries, police detection, and something suspiciously like vampires - very cool. Enjoy with a dark five star coffee.
The Ghosts of Petroglyph Canyon by Christopher Cloud is a children's mystery, with some intriguingly strange overtones. But this time the clues are the thing, so I'll definitely call it mystery. Imagine Enid Blyton's Famous Five on a New Mexico Ranch, protecting a heritage while their uncle prays for rain, and you'll get the picture. It's fast, fun, and a nice blend of action and information for middle-grade readers. Enjoy with some bright lively easy-drinking two-star coffee.
Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky is a clue-driven mystery with a cool female protagonist. I know it's the beginning of a series, and I plan to read more, if I can only find the time. It's set in Chicago, which to me means Harry Dresden, and the mystery has the same sense of bad news growing worse. But the story's entirely believable, modern-day, with no paranormality. And the protagonist is a determined young woman, getting no younger, balancing check-books, lives and loves with the needs of others. There are some seriously dark scenes, so enjoy a dark five-star coffee with it.
Then there's Death by Coffee by Alex Erickson, first in a new mystery series, so it must be a mystery. It's set in a bookstore/coffeeshop, so it's bound to appeal to me. Hapless coffee-pourer Krissy proves an even more hapless solver of mysteries, but the case is closed by the time the last door closes, and the bookstore's still open so all's well. Plus the detective is really handsome. Enjoy this one with some lively, easy-drinking two-star coffee, and don't forget to visit your local bookstore.
That's all my mysteries and strange tales for the last two weeks. I'll post more reviews as soon as I escape from editing again.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Is it a strange tale or a mystery?
Posted by Sheila Deeth at 4:45 PM
Labels: book reviews
2 comments:
- Jeanette Andersen said...
Hmmm, could it be both? Sounds great and would like to read it.
- September 8, 2015 at 5:36 PM
- Toinette Thomas said...
This sounds like a cool project. I like your definitions of mysteries and strange tales.
- September 10, 2015 at 7:00 PM
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Hello can you guess where I am (on the photo)? Bonjour peux-tu deviner ou je me cache sur la photo ? Last June/July there was a 3 days weekend here in Japan. I had to get out of the city and as I like planning as soon as I can, I booked some activities for … [Read more…]


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Inventing self
August 22nd, 2009
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
e.e. cummings, 1955
Time stands still for no one. It keeps marching forwards and we are forced along with it either happily, or kicking and screaming like a petulant toddler, or completely oblivious. We often will time to go faster, or to slow down, thinking this will somehow make a difference. We do everything we can to capture moments in time. Our memories and the associated memorabilia we collect help to ensure we remember what took place so that it's not lost forever. Human beings have even come up with a totally arbitrary way of measuring time. We allow time to rule our lives.
Meanwhile, no matter what we humans do, the earth keeps spinning on its axis ever faithfully and reliably. Along the way it may pick up a few extra seconds but in the overall scheme of things time with its unfailing progression is a given. We are increasingly more and more pre-occupied with time and how we manage time in our daily lives.
Most people accept the notion that things will change with time. This is invariably linked to the concept of progress. For example, when we look at old photos of ourselves we often laugh at the way we may have dressed but we nevertheless accept that things were different then to now. Yet a big part of us is so change averse, especially when it comes to changing ourselves.
For me the weekdays blur into the weekends. I don't want it to be like this – only it is. On Friday evenings I am always exhausted while at the same time I feel relieved and excited. I have plans in my mind of what I am going to do with my two days off. I want to catch-up with my family and friends, blog, take photos, write, study, create, plot and scheme, go for walks, spend quality time with my husband and son. Most of all I want to get in touch with myself and work on my future because this is what keeps me going – the dream that things will change, that I will change and be able to live the life I want for myself. I wholeheartedly believe I can achieve all this in a weekend on top of all the routine things that have to be done like cleaning, washing, ironing, gardening, shopping and a multitude of other things as well.
The reality is that in the blink of an eye the weekly cycle begins again. Before I know it it is Sunday night and I find myself reflecting on all the things I haven't achieved over the preceding few days. I always feel dissatisfied no matter what I did manage to get done because it rarely nurtures me deep within. All too easily my priorities become clouded by competing demands and other people's priorities and invariably I feel bad about this.
Changing ourselves always sounds so easy, and in theory it is. In practice, there are factors at play that often stop us from doing what we want to. It takes a huge amount of time and energy and we can find ourselves asking, "Is it worth it?" Changing ourselves can be a daunting task but this process can begin by doing only one small thing. A beginning is better than never doing anything.
This morning for the first time in ages I woke up determined to spend some time doing what I love – exploring, learning and reflecting. As part of this process I watched a TED talk by Sarah Jones where she talks about her interest in invention of self or selves.
We're all born into certain circumstances with particular physical traits, unique developmental experiences, geographical and historical contexts, but then what?
To what extent do we self-construct, do we self-invent? How do we self identify and how mutable is that identity? Like what if one could be anyone at any time.
Be kind to yourself and enjoy the you that you are at this moment. If you don't like who that is do something about it. If you can't do it alone get some help. The control does lie with you. The obstacles are merely there to test you, to see how much being authentic really matters to you.
Ask yourself:
- How committed am I to myself?
- How much do I want to work on myself and maybe self-invent me?
- Does being authentic (true to myself) matter to me?
- Is there some small change I can make at this very moment?
- Am I ready to get involved in creating a personally significant and meaningful invention?
I'd like to finish with the quote that I used to start off this post. It is one of the most powerful quotes I have read in a very long time. Take a moment to read it slowly and think about how this applies to you.
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
e.e. cummings, 1955
You are a prize worth fighting for.
I am a prize worth fighting for.
This is a journey worth investing in.


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JXD S7300 GamePad 2 ready to compete with Wii U GamePad?
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Venus is the one of Chinese manufacturer which create a JXD S7300 GamePad 2, this is the game console device which offer the 3D game experience for mobile user, and this product seems ready to compete woth Wii U GamePad.
The JXD S7300 GamePd 2 has same form factor and also same color eith Nintendo Wii U GamePad, the JXD S7300 has standar joystick button, Interestingly, the JXD S7300 is running Android operating system and can using Nintendo Wii U GamePad compact disc for the game media console.
From the advertisement, the developers said this device can running up to nine simulator game apps, while the machine can running the game smoothly without hicup, powered by dual core processor and sports with 1GB of RAM and the most importatnt thing from this device is "whether it is a big wide viewing angle scene with detail-rich screen display".


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I hope you all had a wonderful week, Valentine's Day celebration included (or not). We took Thursday off, to just relax and enjoy the day, headed for lunch out, followed by some light shopping, a short walk and a TV series marathon as we arrived home. So I would say that instead of celebrating, we took advantage of the day and made it our own sort of escapade. We're not big on romance, but we do love a day just for ourselves.
As the weather is getting more and more gloomy, it gets harder and harder to dress pretty and go out to take pictures. The rain doesn't help either but one can at least give it a try. By keeping it casual, with denim and leather I found myself able to at least pretend it felt like Spring. This is turning into quite the obsession. A trip somewhere far away, where it's sunny and warm feels like the best of dreams! Happy weekend!
Wearing | Clockhouse Denim Shirt | H&M Leather Skirt and Boots | C&A Tights | Gifted Cuff and Watch


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Treasury Department Delays Affordable Care Act (ACA) Employer Mandate Until 2016 for Employers with 50-99 Employees that do not yet Provide Affordable Insurance to Full Time Workers
On February 10, the Department of the Treasury released the final rules implementing the employer mandate provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The ACA provisions require applicable large employers (generally, employers with 50 or more full-time employees or full-time equivalents) to offer health coverage to all full-time employees (individuals working at least 30 hours a week) or pay a penalty. Under the Affordable Care Act, companies that have fewer than 50 employees are not required to provide coverage or fill out any forms in 2015, or in any year.
The final rules address a number of key issues:
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Monday night was the NCAA final, in which Kentucky beat Kansas for the victory! This was great a) because my family is a UK family (it's where my parents met, and they were in New Orleans for the game), and b) I had Kentucky beating Kansas in my bracket and in general chose more games right than Matt did, so I won our annual tourney bracket competition.
Tuesday, we met up with my parents as they drove back through Nashville on their way back to Louisville. Since they would be returning three days later for Easter weekend, they didn't come out to our house or anything, but it was dinnertime as they were passing through, so we met up at a Panera by the interstate.
Wednesday, our usual midweek church dinner and discussion were cancelled since there were Holy Week services Thursday and Friday, but we still had choir practice to prepare for our Easter anthem. I was bummed for about a second that I wouldn't get another night to chill at home with the fam, but then I became elated at the thought of a night out by myself! I could run some errands on my own before or after choir!!! (It's crazy what excites you when you have small kids.) I went to Bed Bath & Beyond to buy a new coffee maker, since ours broke a week or more before and that was the first chance I had to buy a new one. And I got an absorbent dish-drying pad. Try to contain the excitement. :0)
Thursday, the girls and I skipped Maundy Thursday dinner and worship because it was gymnastics night. And Friday, Nala and Popi arrived in town just in time to go to Open Gym and play around with Kate before grabbing some BBQ and going to Good Friday worship, a tenebrae ("darkness") service.
Saturday, we had some nice family time with breakfast out, a little shopping, seed-planting, and egg-dyeing. Kate received a cute apron, spade, and seeds for her birthday in January, so it was finally time to plant them, and Nala and Popi were happy to faciliate!
Since the Easter Bunny comes to PKs early, the girls got their Easter baskets Saturday afternoon too. They got some hairbows and headbands, The Lion King DVD, a new paci strap, and stickers.
Granna made an adorable lamb cake...
I made carrot place cards/napkin holders.
Kate was thrilled to learn that Mommy's friend was named Ms. Tracy because it rhymes with Ms. Stacy and Ms. Casey (her gymnastics teachers). She proceeded to make an abstract Duplo masterpiece and name it "Tracy."
We also had a nice photo shoot before church, of course, in which Nala and Popi finally got a nice pic of them with both girls.
And so did we!!
Happy Easter to my sweet girls in their matchies, and to all of you!


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New Delhi: With the Telangana issue dragging its feet and uncertainty over the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday stressed on the need to have a "peaceful" bifurcation, in a meeting with leaders of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS).
"Nothing should be said or done that can inflame passions. I appeal to all that the bifurcation process should be peaceful," the PM told the TRS delegation headed by party chief K Chandrasekhar Rao.
Briefing reporters later, Rao said, "He (PM) said the government is seriously committed and we are under any circumstances creating the Telangana state."
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Data, digital, and web art have inherited the tendency to demystify, détourne, and decode their medium's dominion. The studied and stunning videos by the media-art duo Semiconductor observe a more optimistic bargain between information and the instruments that transmit it.
Active since 1997, Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt create videos, installations, and audiovisual projector performances that can be more comfortably aligned with (but not confined to) a long tradition of experimental science films than the vagaries of New Media. Semiconductor transposes the rarefied metrics of magnetic fields, geological vibrations, and planetary orbits into cross-pollinations of audio ciphers, software visualizations, and schematized camera-play. In the jaw-droppers Black Rain (09) and Brilliant Noise (06), oblique outer-atmospheric snapshots and static-laden solar surveillance meld into experiences all the more cosmic for their man-made myopy. Neither material abstractions nor outright appropriations, the accidental language of digital artifacts and mechanical noise in these works becomes part of the story.
Limited peepholes on the empirical, rejiggered and recombined into sublime visual manifestations, bespeak a generative relationship between an image of the world and our means of picturing it. Cities become strata of sculpturalized data, acoustic frequencies inscribe undulating natural landscapes (Earthmoves, 06), weather patterns spawn digital architecture.
Holding science and technology in separate but equal esteem, Semiconductor's project might be considered counter-Heisenberg: if our construction of the world is at best an imperfect proxy, what use in damning the tools?


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High quality schematics can be generated from a netlist using Circuitikz for LaTeX diagrams. This is much easier than writing Circuitikz commands directly in LaTeX.
A semi-automatic component placement is used with hints required to designate component orientation and explicit wires to link nodes of the same potential but with different coordinates.
- Here's an example:
>>> from lcapy import Circuit >>> cct = Circuit() >>> cct.add('V 1 0 {V(s)}; down') >>> cct.add('R 1 2; right') >>> cct.add('C 2 0_2; down') >>> cct.add('W 0 0_2; right') >>> cct.draw('schematic.pdf')
Note, the orientation hints are appended to the netlist strings with a semicolon delimiter. The drawing direction is with respect to the first node. The component W is a wire. Nodes with an underscore in their name are not drawn with a closed blob.
The image generated by this netlist is:
- Here's another example, this time loading the netlist from a file:
>>> from lcapy import Circuit >>> cct = Circuit('voltage-divider.sch') >>> cct.draw('voltage-divider.pdf')
Here are the contents of the file 'voltage-divider.sch':
Vi 1 0_1; down
R1 1 2; right, size=1.5
R2 2 0; down
P1 2_2 0_2; down, v=V_o
W 2 2_2; right
W 0_1 0; right
W 0 0_2; right
Here, P1 defines a port. This is shown as a pair of open blobs. The wires do not need unique names.
Component orientation¶
Lcapy uses a semi-automated component layout. Each component requires a specified orientation: up, down, left, or right. In addition, attributes can be added to override color, size, etc.
The drawing direction provides a constraint. For example, the nodes of components with a vertical orientation have the same x coordinate, whereas nodes of horizontal components have the same y coordinate.
The component orientation is specified by a rotation angle. This angle is degrees anticlockwise with zero degrees being along the positive x axis. For example,
>>> cct.add('D1 1 2; rotate=45')
The component orientation can also be specified by a direction keyword:
- right (0 degrees)
- left (180 degrees)
- up (90 degrees)
- down (-90 degrees)
For example:
D1 1 2;right
D1 1 2;down
Note, the drawing direction is from the positive node to the negative node.
Here's an example of how to draw a diode bridge:
D1 2 1; rotate=225, size=1.5
D2 3 2; rotate=-45, size=1.5
D3 3 4; rotate=225, size=1.5
D4 4 1; rotate=-45, size=1.5
Components can be mirrored about the x-axis using the mirror attribute. For example, to switch the order of the inverting and non-inverting inputs of an opamp use:
>>> cct.add('E1 1 2 opamp 3 0; right, mirror')
Component size¶
By default each component has a minimum size of 1. This can be stretched to satisfy a node constraint. The minimum size is specified using the size keyword, for example:
>>> cct.add('R1 1 2; right, size=2')
The size argument is used as a scale factor for the component node spacing. The size can also be specified by adding a value to the left, right, up, or down arguments. For example:
>>> cct.add('R1 1 2; right=2')
Here's a comparison of resistors of different sizes.
R1 1 2; right
R2 2 3; right=2
R3 3 4; right=3
By default, a component with size 1 has its nodes spaced by 2 units. This can be changed using the node_spacing option of the schematic. For example,
R1 1 2; right
R2 2 3; right=2
R3 3 4; right=3
;node_spacing=1.5, help_lines=1
Be default, a component has a length of 1.5 units. This can be changed using the cpt_size option of the schematic. For example,
R1 1 2; right
R2 2 3; right=2
R3 3 4; right=3
;cpt_size=1, help_lines=1
R1 1 2; right
R2 2 3; right=2
R3 3 4; right=3
;cpt_size=1, node_spacing=1, help_lines=1
The size of components can scaled with the scale attribute:
R1 1 2; right
R2 2 3; right=2, scale=2
R3 3 4; right=3, scale=3
The overall schematic can be scaled with the scale option of the schematic:
R1 1 2; right
R2 2 3; right=2
R3 3 4; right=3
;scale=0.5, help_lines=1
Nodes are shown by a blob. By default, only the primary nodes (those without an underscore in them) are shown by default. This is equivalent to:
>>> cct.draw(draw_nodes='primary')
All nodes can be drawn using:
>>> cct.draw(draw_nodes='all')
Only the nodes where there are more than two branches can be drawn using:
>>> cct.draw(draw_nodes='connections')
No nodes can be drawn using:
>>> cct.draw(draw_nodes=False)
By default, only the primary nodes are labelled. All nodes can be labelled (this is useful for debugging) using:
>>> cct.draw(label_nodes='all')
No nodes can be labelled using:
>>> cct.draw(label_nodes=False)
Only nodes starting with a letter can be labelled using:
>>> cct.draw(label_nodes='alpha')
In this case nodes with names such as in and out will be displayed but not numeric node names.
These options can be stored with the schematic netlist, for example:
C1 1 0 100e-12; down, size=1.5, v={5\,kV}
R1 1 6 1500; right
R2 2 4 1e12; down
C2 3 5 5e-9; down
W 2 3; right
W 0 4; right
W 4 5; right
SW 6 2 no; right, l=, size=1.5
; draw_nodes=connections, label_nodes=False, label_ids=False
Only linear, time-invariant, components can be analyzed.
Diodes can be drawn but not simulated. A standard diode is described using:
Dname Np Nm
Other diodes are specified with an additional argument:
Dname Np Nm schottky|led|zener|tunnel|photo
Here's an example:
D1 1 2; right
D2 2 3 schottky; right
D3 3 4 led; right
D4 4 5 zener; right
D5 5 6 tunnel; right
D6 6 7 photo; right
GY1 1 2 3 4 R; right
Integrated circuits¶
ICs can be drawn but not simulated. Here's an example:
; draw_nodes=connections, help_lines=1
U1 chip2121 _1 _2 .VSS .PIO1 .PIO2 .VDD; right=2, pins=auto
W U1.VDD VDD; implicit, up=0.2, l=3V3
W U1.VSS 0; implicit, down=0.7, l=0V
R1 U1.PIO1 1; right
D1 1 3 led; down
W 3 0; down=0.1, implicit, l=0V
R2 U1.PIO2 2; right
W 2 5; right
D2 5 4 led; down
W 4 0; down=0.1, implicit, l=0V
In this example, the chip2121 keyword specifies a block with two pins on the left, one on the bottom, two on the right, and one at the top. The pins are enumerated anti-clockwise from top-left. Since the pin names start with a dot the associated node names are prefixed by the name of the chip, for example, U1.PIO1.
With the pins attribute set to auto the pins are labelled with their names unless the pin name starts with an underscore.
- The supported chips are:
- chip1310
- chip2121
- chip3131
- chip4141
- buffer
- inverter
Here's another example where the pin labels are explicitly defined with the pins attribute:
U1 chip2121 ._UNUSED1 ._UNUSED2 .VSS .PWM2 .PWM1 .VDD; right, l=MCU, pins={,,VSS, PWM2, PWM1, VDD}
M1 9 10 11; right
M2 12 13 14; right
W U1.PWM1 10; right=0.1
W U1.PWM2 13; right=0.1
TF1 1 2 3 4 tapcore 5 _6; right, l=1:100
W 9 8; up=0.1
W 8 3; right
W 7 5; right=0.5
W 12 4; up=0.1
W 14 14_1; down=0.1, implicit, l=0V
W 11 11_1; down=1.1, implicit, l=0V
W 7 7_1; up=0.8, implicit, l=3.9V
W U1.VSS _16; down=0.4, implicit, l=0V
W U1.VDD _17; up=0.2, implicit, l=3.3V
W 1 1_1; right=0.5
W 2 2_1; right=0.5
; draw_nodes=connections, label_nodes=alpha
Here's an example using a voltmeter and an ammeter:
BAT 1 0 7.2; down=1.5, l={7.2\,V}
AM 1 2; right=1.5
R 2 3; down
W 0 3; right
W 2 2_1; right
W 3 3_1; right
VM 2_1 3_1; down
Opamps can be drawn using the opamp argument to a VCCS. For example:
E 1 0 opamp 2 3 A; right
The size can be controlled with the scale and size options. The positions of the inverting and non-inverting inputs can be flipped with the mirror option.
E 1 0 opamp 2 3 A; right, scale=0.75, size=0.75
E 1 0 opamp 2 3 A; right, scale=0.75
E 1 0 opamp 2 3 A; right, scale=0.5
Fully differential opamps can be drawn in a similar manner using the fdopamp argument to a VCCS. For example:
E1 1 0 fdopamp 2 3 A; right
Switches can be drawn but they are ignored for analysis since they make the circuit time-varying.
The general format is:
SWname Np Nm nc|no|push
Here's an example:
SW1 1 2 no; right
SW2 2 3 nc; right
SW3 3 4 push; right
SW4 4 5 6 spdt; right
TF1 1 2 3 4; right
TF1 1 2 3 4 core; right
TF1 1 2 3 4 tap _5 _6; right
W 5 _5; right=0.5
W _6 6; right=0.5
TF1 1 2 3 4 tapcore _5 _6; right
W 5 _5; right=0.5
W _6 6; right=0.5
Transistors (BJT, JFET, and MOSFET) can be drawn but not analyzed. Both are added to the netlist using a syntax similar to that of SPICE. A BJT is described using:
Qname NC NB NE npn|pnp
where NC, NB, and NE denote the collector, base, and emitter nodes. A MOSFET is described using:
Mname ND NG NS nmos|pmos
where ND, NG, and NS denote the drain, gate, and source nodes.
A JFET is described using:
Jname ND NG NS njf|pjf
where ND, NG, and NS denote the drain, gate, and source nodes.
Here's an example:
Q1 1 2 3 npn; up
Q2 5 4 3 pnp; up
M1 5 6 7 nmos; up
M2 9 8 7 pmos; up
J1 9 10 11 njf; up
J2 13 12 11 pjf; up
Transmission lines¶
A transmission line is a two-port device. Here's an example:
U1 buffer ._in ._VSS ._out ._VDD; right
TL1 1 2 U1._out 4; right=2, scale=2, l={50\,$\Omega$}
R 1 2; down
W U1._VDD 9; up=0.1, implicit, l=Vdd
W U1._VSS 11; down
W 11 4; right=0.5
W 11 10; down=0.1, implicit, l=Vss
W 5 U1._in; right=0.5
;draw_nodes=connections, help_lines=0.1
Wires are useful for schematic formatting, for example,
W 1 2; right
Here an anonymous wire is created since it has no identifier.
The line style of wires can be changed, such as dashed or dotted (see Line styles).
Wires can be implicitly added using the offset attribute. Here's an example to draw two parallel resistors:
R1 1 2; right, offset=0.25
R2 1 2; right, offset=-0.25
Arrows can be drawn on wires using the startarrow and endarrow attributes. There are many arrow styles, see the tikz manual. For example,
W 1 2; right, endarrow=tri,
W 2 3; right, endarrow=otri
W 3 4; right, startarrow=open triangle 90, endarrow=open triangle 90
W 4 5; right, startarrow=stealth, endarrow=stealth
; help_lines=1
Implicit wires¶
Implicit wires are commonly employed for power supply and ground connections. They have the implicit attribute.
Block diagrams¶
- Block diagrams can be constructed with the following components:
- TF transfer function
- SPpp, SPpm, SPppp, SPpmm, SPppm summing points
- MX mixer
- box rectangular box
- circle circle (or ellipse)
Here's an example showing negative feedback:
W 1 14; right=0.5, endarrow=tri, l=V{in}
SP1 pm 14 9 13; right, l={}
W 13 10; endarrow=tri, l=Vd
TR1 10 11 A; right=1.5, l=Open-loop gain (A)
W 11 2; right, l=V{out}
W 2 3; down
TR2 8 12 B; left=1.5, l=Attenuator $\beta$
W 3 8; left, endarrow=tri
W 12 4; left
W 4 9; up, endarrow=tri
W 2 5; right=0.5, endarrow=tri
; draw_nodes=false, label_nodes=false
Summing points¶
There are a number of summing point varieties: SPpp, SPpm, SPppp, SPpmm, SPppm. The p suffix stands for plus, the m suffix stands for minus. The other variations can be generated using the mirror attribute.
Here's an example:
SP1 pp ._1 ._2 ._3; down
W 1 SP1._1; down=0.5, endarrow=tri
W 2 SP1._2; right=0.5, endarrow=tri
W SP1._3 3; down=0.5, endarrow=tri
; draw_nodes=false
Here's a example of a mixer:
MX1 ._1 ._2 ._3; right
W MX1._1 1; right=0.5, endarrow=tri
W 2 MX1._2; right=0.5, endarrow=tri
W 3 MX1._3; up=0.5, endarrow=tri
Shapes include box, circle, ellipse, triangle.
box, circle, ellipse, and triangle shapes have default anchor nodes based on the centre (c) and sixteen directions of the compass: n, nne, ne, ene, e, ese, se, sse, s, ssw, sw, wsw, w, wnw, nw, nww.
The aspect ratio of box, circle, and triangle can be controlled with the aspect attribute.
Here's an example of their use:
W x 1; right
W 1 S1.w; right=0.5, endarrow=tri
S1 box; right=0.5, l=$z^{-1}$
S2 circle; right=0.5, l=$\times$
S3 circle; right=0.5, l=$\times$
S4 circle; right=0.5, l=$+$
W S1.e 2; right=0.5
W 3 S4.w; right=1.25, endarrow=tri
W 1 S2.n; down
W S2.s 3; down
W a0 S2.w; right=0.5, endarrow=tri
W 2 S3.n; down, endarrow=tri
W S3.s S4.n; down, endarrow=tri
W a1 S3.w; right=0.5, endarrow=tri
W S4.e y; right=0.5, endarrow=tri
# Align multipliers
O S2.w S3.w; right
; draw_nodes=false, label_nodes=alpha
triangle is an equilateral triangle. Its shape can be changed with the aspect attribute. It has anchors n, e, s, w, c, c1, c2, c3,
The label of a shape can be replaced by an image, using the image keyword. For example,
S1 box; right=4, image=cmos1.png
Schematics can be annotated using additional tikz commands in the netlist. These are delimited by a line starting with two semicolons, for example:
C1 1 0 100e-12;down
R1 1 6 1500;right
R2 2 4 1e12;down
C2 3 5 5e-9;down
W 2 3;right
W 0 4;right
W 4 5;right
SW 6 2 no;right, l=
;draw_nodes=connections, label_nodes=False, label_ids=False
;;\node[blue,draw,dashed,inner sep=5mm,anchor=north, fit=(1) (6) (0), label=Human body model] {};
;;\node[blue,draw,dashed,inner sep=5mm, fit=(2) (3) (4) (5), label=CMOS input model]{};
This example draws dashed boxes around the nodes 0, 1, and 6 and 2, 3, 4, and 5:
Alternatively, the boxes can be fit around named components, for example:
;;\node[blue,draw,dashed,inner sep=5mm, fit=(R2) (C2), label=CMOS input model]{};
Three component styles are supported: american (default), british, and european. The style is set by a style argument to the draw method or by a schematic option. For example,
Vi 1 0_1; down
Rs 1 2; right=1.5
C 2 0; down
W 0_1 0; right
W 0 0_2; right
Rin 2_2 0_2; down, v=V_{in}
W 2 2_2; right
E1 3 0_3 2 0 A; down, l=A V_{in}
Rout 3 4; right=1.5
RL 4 0_4; down, v=V_o
W 0_2 0_3; size=1.2
P1 4 0_4; down
; style=european
By default the components are drawn in black. This can be overridden with the color attribute, for example:
>>> cct.add('R1 1 2; right, color=blue')
Line styles¶
The line style of wires can be changed using the tikz attributes, dashed, dotted, thick, ultra thick, line width, and many others. For example,
W 1 2; right
W 2 3; right, dashed
W 3 4; right, dotted
W 4 5; right, thick
W 5 6; right, ultra thick
W 6 7; right, ultra thick, dashed
W 7 8; right, line width=4pt
; help_lines=1
Each component has a component identifier label and a value label. These can be augmented by explicit voltage and current labels.
- i=label – annotate current through component with label
- v=label – annotate voltage across component with label
- l=label – component label
The label name can be displayed using LaTeX math mode by enclosing the name between dollar signs. Thus superscripts and subscripts can be employed. For example,
>>> cct.add('R1 1 2; right, i=$I_1$, v=$V_{R_1}$')
The label position, current and voltage direction can be controlled with attributes _ ^ < and >, for example i^<=I_1. See the Circuitikz manual for details.
By default, if a component has a value label it is displayed, otherwise the component identifier is displayed. Both can be displayed using:
>>> cct.draw(label_ids=True, label_values=True)
Schematic options are separated using a comma. If you need a comma, say in a label, enclose the field in braces. For example:
>>> C1 1 0 100e-12; down, size=1.5, v={5\,kV}
Math-mode labels need to be enclosed in $...$. There is an experimental feature that is activated when the label starts with a single un-matched $. In this case, Lcapy tries to generate a nice LaTeX label. For example, words in sub- and superscripts are converted into a roman font using mathrm. This feature is also activated if the label is not enclosed in $...$ but includes an ^ or _.
Voltage labels can be annotated between pairs of nodes using an open-circuit component. For example,
>>> O1 1 0; down, v=V_1
Component attributes¶
- size: scale factor for distance between component's nodes
- scale: scale factor for length of component
- rotate: angle in degrees to rotate component anti-clockwise
- mirror: mirror component in x-axis (opamps, transistors)
- invisible: do not draw
- color: component color
- variable: for variable resistors, inductors, and capacitors
- fixed: do not stretch
- aspect: set aspect ratio for boxes
- pins: define pin labels for ICs
- offset: distance to orthogonally offset component (useful for parallel components)
Here's an example using the variable attribute:
V 1 0 ac; down=1.5
L 1 2; right=1.5, variable
R 2 3; down, variable
W 0 3; right
W 2 2_1; right
W 3 3_1; right
C 2_1 3_1; down, variable
Schematic attributes¶
- node_spacing: scale factor for distance between component nodes (default 2)
- cpt_size: length of component (default 1.5)
- scale: scale factor (default 1)
- help_lines: spacing between help lines (default 0 to disable)
- draw_nodes: specifies which nodes to draw (default primary). Its argument can either be all, connections (nodes that connect at least two components), none, or primary (node names without an underscore).
- label_nodes: specifies which nodes to label (default primary). Its argument can either be all, alpha (node names starting with a letter), none, or primary (node names without an underscore).
- label_ids: specifies whether component ids are drawn (default true)
- label_values: specifies whether component values are drawn (default true)
- style: specifies the component style. This is either american, british, or european (default american).
Schematic attributes apply to the whole schematic. They can be specified by starting a netlist with a semicolon, for example,
;help_lines=1, draw_nodes=connections
The schematic attributes can be overridden using arguments to the draw method. For example,
>>> sch.draw(draw_nodes='alpha')
Large schematics can be composed by including smaller schematics using the .include directive, for example:
.include part1.sch
.include part2.sch
Each of the smaller schematics can be included into their own namespace to avoid conflicts, for example:
.include LC1.sch as s1
.include LC1.sch as s2
W s1.2 s2.1; right=0.1
W s1.3 s2.0; right=0.1
Hierarchical namespaces are supported, for example:
a.R1 1 2; right
b.R1 1 2; right
This creates two resistors: a.R1 with nodes a.1 and a.2 and b.R1 with nodes b.1 and a.2. They can be joined using:
W a.2 b.1; right
When node names start with a dot, they are defined relative to the name of the component, for example:
R1 .p .m; right
W 1 R1.p; right
W R1.m 2; right
P1 1 0_1; down
R1 1 2; right
R2 2_1 3_1; right
E1 3_2 0_3 opamp 2_0 2 A; mirror
W 0_1 0; right
W 2_0 0; down
W 3_2 3; right
W 0 0_3; right
P2 3 0_3; down
W 2_1 2; down
W 3_1 3_2; down
P1 1 0_1; down
W 2_1 2; down
R1 2 0; down
R2 2 3_1; right
W 3_2 3_1; down
E1 3_2 0_3 opamp 1_1 2_1 A;
W 0_1 0; right
W 3_2 3; right
W 0 0_3; right
P2 3 0_3; down
W 1 1_1; right
P1 1 0_1; down
R 1 2; right
C 2_1 3_1; right
E1 3_2 0_3 opamp 2_0 2 A; mirror
W 0_1 0; right
W 2_0 0; down
W 3_2 3; right
W 0 0_3; right
P2 3 0_3; down
W 2_1 2; down
W 3_1 3_2; down
M1 3_c 2_p Vdd pmos P; right
M2 3_c 2_n 0 nmos N; right
W 2_p 2_c; down=0.5
W 2_c 2_n; down=0.5
W in 2_c; right
W 3_c out; right
P1 in 0_2; down
P2 out 0_3; down
W 0_2 0;right
W 0 0_3;right
D1 1 2; left=1.5
D2 3 4; right
D3 1 4; down=1.5
D4 3 2; up
R1 1 3; right
L1 3 2; right
C1 3 4; down
L2 4 0; down
W 0_1 0; right
W 0 0_2; right
L1 1 0 0.1; down
L2 2 3 1; down=1.5
K1 L1 L2; size=1.5
V1 1 0; down
R1 1 2; left=2, i=I_1, v=V_{R_1}
R2 1 3; right=2, i=I_2, v=V_{R_2}
L1 2 0_1; down=2, i=I_1, v=V_{L_1}
L2 3 0_3; down=2, i=I_2, v=V_{L_2}
W 0 0_3; right
W 0 0_1; left
Vi 1 0_1; down
Rs 1 2; right=1.5
C 2 0; down
W 0_1 0; right
W 0 0_2; right
Rin 2_2 0_2; down, v=V_{in}
W 2 2_2; right
E1 3 0_3 2 0 A; down, l=A V_{in}
Rout 3 4; right=1.5
RL 4 0_4; down, v=V_o
W 0_2 0_3; size=1.2
P1 4 0_4; down
P 1 0; down, v=v_{in}(t)
R1 1 2; right
R2 2 3; right
C1 2 4; up
C2 3 9; down
W 4 5; right
W 5 6; right
W 6 7; down=0
W 7 8; right=0.5
E 7 0 opamp 3 11 A; right, mirror, scale=0.75, size=0.75
W 5 11; down=0.5
P 8 10; down, v^=v_{out}(t)
W 0 9; right
W 9 10; right
;draw_nodes=connections, label_nodes=False, help_lines=1
U1 inverter ._IN ._VSS ._OUT ._VDD; right=2, l={}
U2 inverter ._IN ._VSS ._OUT ._VDD; right=2, l={}
W U1._OUT U2._IN; right=1
W U1._VSS 4_2; down=0.3, implicit, l=0V
W U2._VSS 4_3; down=0.3, implicit, l=0V
W U1._VDD 3_2; up=0.3, implicit, l=V_{DD1}
W U2._VDD 3_3; up=0.3, implicit, l=V_{DD2}
W U2._IN 7_1; right=0.25, dashed, fixed, color=red
D 7_1 6_1; up=0.25, scale=0.5, l=, color=red
D 6_2 7_1; up=0.25, scale=0.5, l=
W 6_1 U2._VDD; right=0.6, dashed, color=red
W 6_2 U2._VSS; right=0.6, dashed
M1 1 2 3 pmos; right=0.25, scale=0.25, l={}, color=red
M2 1 4 5 nmos; right=0.25, scale=0.25, l={}
W 3 3_1; up=0.0, color=red
W 3_1 U1._VDD; right=0.2, dashed, color=red
W 5 5_1; down=0.0
W 5_1 U1._VSS; right=0.2, dashed
W 1 U1._OUT; right, dashed, color=red
U1 inverter .in .VSS .out .VDD; right
W 5 U1.in; right=0.5
W U1.out 6; right=0.5
W 6 9; right=0.5
R1 7 8; right
W 5 1; down=0.75
W 6 2; down=0.75
W 5 7; up=0.75
W 6 8; up=0.75
XT1 1 2; right
C1 1 4; down=0.8
C2 2 3; down=0.8
W 4 0; down=0.1, implicit, l=GND
W 3 0; down=0.1, implicit, l=GND
; draw_nodes=connections, label_nodes=False
File formats¶
Lcapy uses the filename extension to determine the file format to produce. This must be one of tex, schtex, png, svg, or pdf. The schtex format is useful for including schematics into LaTeX documents. The tex format generates a standalone LaTeX file. If no filename is specified, the schematic is displayed on the screen.
schtex.py is a Python script that will generate a schematic from a netlist file. For example, here's how a PNG file can be generated:
>>> schtex.py Dbridge.sch Dbridge.png
The generated stand-alone LaTeX file can be obtained using:
>>> schtex.py Dbridge.sch Dbridge.tex
If you wish to include the schematic into a LaTeX file use:
>>> schtex.py Dbridge.sch Dbridge.schtex
and then include the file with \input{Dbridge.schtex}.
schtex.py has many command line options to configure the drawing. These override the options specified in the netlist file. For example:
>>> schtex.py --draw_nodes=connections --label_nodes=false --cpt-size=1 --help_lines=1 Dbridge.sch Dbridge.pdf
Drawing tips¶
Lcapy uses a semi-automated approach to component layout. For each component it needs its orientation and size. By default the size is 1. This is the minimum distance between its nodes (for a one-port device). If the component can be stretched, Lcapy will increase but never decrease this distance.
The x and y positions of nodes are computed independently using a graph. An error can occur if components have the wrong orientation since this makes the graph inconsistent. Unfortunately, it is not trivial to find the offending component so it is best to draw a schematic incrementally and to test it as you go. A sketch on a piece of paper showing the nodes is useful.
Problems can occur using components, such as integrated circuits and opamps, that cannot be stretched. Usually this is due to a conflict between constraints. A solution is to reduce the size of the component if it can be stretched, such as a wire or resistor. Sometimes it is necessary to add a short interconnecting wire.
The stretching of components can be prevented by specifying the fixed attribute.
Additional constraints can be supplied by using an invisible component, for example, an open-circuit.
Grid lines can be added to a schematic using some Tikz markup. For example:
;;\draw[help lines] (0,0) grid [xstep=0.1, ystep=0.1] (10,5);
Unfortunately, the drawing quality depends on the installed version of circuitikz due to slight tweakings of component sizes.


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Investment banking firm KippsDeSanto and Co. was the advisor on the deal.
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By John Estridge, Editor
Franklin County Commissioners said Tuesday morning, Dec. 5, they have done everything that can be done on River Road and now it is up to the Franklin County Community School Corporation.
FCCSC suspended bus service to patrons who live on River Road.
School officials said an inspector with the Indiana Department of Education out of Indianapolis drove River Road this summer and deemed the road unsafe for school buses.
Some River Road residents have attended school board and commissioners meetings in order to get service again on their road.
Now, they have to transport their children twice a day to a school bus pickup point at the bottom of Meyncke's Hill on Highland Center Road. The parents claim it is not a good location either.
Commission Vice President Tom Linkel who is the commissioner of District 2, which includes River Road, said the county highway department repaved the road, fixed a slide and cut back brush along the road.
It is his understanding the FCCSC is going to bring or has brought another inspector from Indianapolis to look at the road.
Sara Duffy, a school board member, attended the commissioners meeting but did not make any comments regarding what is going on with the school's end.
Linkel said there is one place along River Road where the county would like to enlarge the radius of a curve. However, there is a retaining wall on one side and a utility pole on the other. Linkel's highway foreman is supposed to get in contact with the electric company and see about the company moving the pole back from the road to allow the highway department to widen the road at that point and make the curve less sharp.
In other business, the commissioners discussed bridge plans with Durham Engineering Director of Marketing Perry Knox. Durham Engineering is based in Anderson.
Knox had presented them a cost estimate for Durham Engineering to do hydraulic studies and bridge design for Richland Creek Road, Duck Creek Road and River Road.
County highway department employees entered Big Cedar Creek adjacent to Big Cedar Road over the spring and summer without getting permits from the state.
This caused a very bad problem with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the Army Corps of Engineers and could lead to significant fines. The area in question is under the auspices of District 1, which is under commissioner Eric Roberts.
Durham was hired to try to mitigate the situation. And that effort was involved with the discussion of the other bridges.
That is because the county now has to jump through more hoops to be able to enter any waterway in the county because of the Big Cedar Creek situation.
Knox said there was a meeting on Monday, Nov. 13, which included Roberts at the six sites where the state said the county did work on Big Cedar Creek without proper permits.
According to Knox, another Durham Engineering employ was delivering a 200-page report to state officials at IDEM and DNR on Tuesday.
A hard copy of the same report is being mailed to the Army Corps of Engineers, Knox said.
Links to the document will be sent to each commissioner's DropBox, he continued.
The document includes a two-year, five-year, 10-year and 100-year stormwater analysis to get the permits.
"We are requesting the release of the moratorium on future permits as part of that document today," Knox said.
Included in the document is a wetland study, designs for remediating any damage the county employees caused and a final design, Knox said.
The commissioners then got down to the nitty-gritty on each of the bridge projects.
At Richland Creek, commissioners want to eventually put a bridge at the site, but there are so many bridge projects ahead of it in the county, it may be a decade or more before a bridge on Richland Creek Road could be a reality, commissioners said.
As a stop-gap measure, Roberts said he would like to have two rail cars welded end to end and placed at the site that floods.
Thus, commissioners said they would go for the hydraulic study which is mandated by the state before a permit can be granted for any work in the creek.
However, a bridge design for the spot can be put off until much later, Linkel said.
The same situation was found for a bridge on Duck Creek Road. Commissioners said they were good with a hydraulic study, but said they did not want a bridge design at this time.
Also, Linkel asked how long a hydraulic study is good.
Knox said he would get back with commissioners on an answer.
Roberts said the various creeks discussed Tuesday were very different situations.
He said the drainage area for Big Cedar Creek is about 12 miles while River Road's drainage area is around five and Richland Creek is about 3.5 miles.
"And it's dry about 300 days (a year), Roberts said.
Knox is going to come back at the next commissioners meeting, Tuesday, Dec. 19, with a quote on what hydraulic studies at the various sites will cost the county. He will eliminate the costs of bridge designs.
In unrelated business, the commissioners:
*approved contracts with various contractors on a program to rehabilitate homes belonging to low income or disabled homeowners.
Southeastern Indiana Regional Planning Commission employee Patty Jackson read the contract amounts for the various residences.
Scott Cooper received the bid for 602 Rochester Street in Cedar Grove for $18,075, 8074 Shady Road was awarded to Darren Reynolds for $23,875, 640 East Fifth Street was awarded to Bob Crosthwaite at $13,400, 2174 State Line Road went to D.O. Corn and Sons at $36,620, 5104 Walnut Street went to Crosthwaite at $26,025, 22210 U.S. 52 was awarded to Crosthwaite at $37,695.
She said some of the bids were awarded to contractors having the second lowest bids because some contractors had the lowest bids on numerous properties and could not do all of the work.
Some of the bids were for more than the money available for the project. Jackson said a state official would prioritize the repairs at those homes.
Commissioners unanimously approved the contracts.
According to Jackson, anyone wanting to get on the waiting list for homes to be done in the future should call the SIRPC office at (812) 689-5505.
*heard from SIRPC employee Judi Comer.
She talked to the commissioners about updating the county's multi-hazard mitigation program.
This was originally done in 2008-09 and is supposed to be updated every five years. However, there was no money available until now.
Comer said the Homeland Security Grant which is paying for the update does not require any matching money from the state.
IUPUI's Polis Center is coordinating the program. There are currently five nearby counties involved with the same program, Comer said.
Meetings are part of the process, and several area residents will have to take part, she said.


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Linda Cortright, editor and publisher of Wild Fibers magazine, is coming to the 16th annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival. Linda has traveled over 1,000,000 miles since launching the magazine to write stories, take photographs and to explore the animals, art, people and cultures of the natural fiber industry. She has the natural gift of storytelling and has thousands of gripping, heartfelt stories to share as well as powerful images from around the world. Her passion is to preserve natural fibers and the people, animals and cultures that make up this threatened industry. Where people and animals are forced to leave the land, the fiber is lost. Linda raises cashmere goats, but she hopes her stories will help the world see the importance of sheep, llamas, camels, silkworms and the hundreds of other animals that create the natural fiber industry.
Where do you want Linda to take us?
We recently spoke with Linda and asked her where she might take us in October when she is here for the 16th annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival. She mentioned Mayanmar in Burma, Oman, the high Himalayas, Tibet, Mongolia, Kazakstan and New Zealand among others. What would you like to see and experience? Sleeping with 12,000 cashmere goats? Seeing helicopter sheep rescues in New Zealand? Angora goats produce luxurious mohair, while the Vicuna produce golden fleece; the rarest, most costly natural fiber in the world. They are sacred and protected and a source of sustainable income for Andean families.
Linda is following her passion to save natural fibers as they are a threatened industry around the world. She will give two presentations during her stay here and be writing a story about the Festival and art, cultures and the animals producing natural fibers in Idaho and the west. Her Success Breakfast is about following your passion, overcoming the fear and just moving forward. This will be a more intimate and personal time to ask Linda about her success. For her, success is touching people deeply and sharing the art, culture, people and animals of the world of natural fibers.
The second presentation is in partnership with the Community Library and will be held on Saturday, October 13th beginning at 6:00 p.m. with wine and hors d'oeurves.
She has given hundreds of interviews and photo journey presentations around the globe and is charming, funny and full of great stories. Please join us.


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FRS 102: Impairment
Is a financial asset impaired?
A company is required to assess at each balance sheet date whether there is any objective evidence that a financial asset or group of assets may be impaired. FRS 102 sets out indicators that the asset holder would need to consider, such as whether the issuer is experiencing significant financial difficulties, whether a default or breach of contract has already occurred, or whether an active market for that asset has disappeared because of financial difficulties. A downgrade in the issuer's credit rating is not, by itself, evidence of impairment.
FRS 102 requires that an entity assess the following financial assets for impairment individually:
(i) All equity instruments regardless of significance
(ii) Other financial assets that are individually significant
All other financial assets may be assessed individually or on a group basis where they have similar credit risk characteristics.
There is an example at CFM21680.


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GROVELAND — Two first-half touchdowns put an end to a 17-game losing streak, lifting the Clermont Highlanders from the winless column Friday night in the battle for south Lake County pride at Groveland High School. The Highlanders defeated the winless Greenbacks, 14-7, in the season finale for both Class AA, District 5 football teams.
''I'm ecstatic,'' Clermont Coach Bruce Kregloe said after his Highlanders stifled a fourth-quarter Groveland rally to win their first game of the season. ''Today's my birthday, I'm 35, and the team couldn't have given me a better birthday present.


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Here are our reasons for believing that all responsible citizens of the world must oppose feral cat colonies.
The trap, neuter, and return [referred to hereafter as TNR] management of feral cat colonies [as practiced in the USA and some European and other countries] is considered an effective and humane method of control by those who practice it and by many other well-meaning people from the general public. The colony managers and their supporters are seeking a humane method for solving the catastrophic problem of the millions of cats dumped by irresponsible owners into our ecology.
However, many of us disagree strongly and are convinced that this policy is an unethical way to manage feral domestic animals as it only solves part of the problem and only from the perspective of the welfare of cats.
We especially believe it is inexcusable to re-abandon a domesticated animal into what is an alien ecology; especially an animal that is universally known to be a deadly predator and a threat to the survival of native birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians which have all evolved in an ecology without it, so have no protection from it.
When choosing to practice TNR, feral colony managers make a conscious decision to do the following:
1. abandon a domestic animal into an environment it is not equipped to deal with without assistance from humans - by virtue of thousands of years of domestication. This also breaks existing laws designed to protect those same domestic animals. Many cats become diseased and are malnourished despite their predation of millions of songbirds, small mammals, reptiles and amphibians.
2. enable those domestic animals to continue to prey on our native wildlife. This contributes to the staggering damage to our ecology caused by the huge population of feral cats, destroying up to a billion birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians each year in the USA alone as well as breaking laws designed to protect our endangered wildlife.
3. when releasing these animals from captivity this domesticated pet animal becomes a public nuisance, trespassing, urinating and defecating in yards, gardens, and on public property. Their fighting screams keep people awake and they can carry disease to domestic stock and properly cared for pets.
Whilst the majority of people agree the original abandonment of the cat was unethical, they do not realise that the re-abandonment is equally so. In fact we believe it is even more unethical and flies in the face of the facts. To abandon the domestic pets again to suffer in the wild, kill more of our native wildlife, and to alienate the general public is indefensible.
How can the TNR advocates rationalize the violent deaths of billions of our native fauna each year for the benefit of millions of alien animals as ethical? They really believe that they have chosen to show compassion and humane treatment to cats yet they are doing them no good whilst, at the same time doing harm to many more millions of equally deserving innocent creatures.
The fact is that we must learn to deal with this present and real danger to our wildlife in an adult and responsible manner that benefits the cats and the wildlife they currently predate.
We call for feral domestic animals every where to be eradicated from the environment which they are harming.
In many parts of the world introduced rodents and mustelids [such as rats, mice & rabbits and weasels, stoats, mink etc.] are eliminated with humane poisoned baits and native wildlife flourishes. There is no lobby to trap, neuter and release these animals simply because the species have not been considered pets by most people but pests. In other words it is not the elimination of living creatures that people object to but only the culling of particular species¦ where is the sense in that?
On islands, such as the Galapagos feral goats, pigs and so forth have ruined much habitat and unique animals have disappeared. Many believe that the most famous extinction of all, the Dodo, was caused by feral goats and pigs being left by sailors as potential food, out-competing the birds for food.
In some countries, such as in Australia, legislation has been passed to make the release of cats into the wild a criminal offence and here too it has been shown that once feral pets and mistakenly introduced non-native species are eliminated from an enclosed area it is immediately re-colonised by rare native species which then flourish.
We believe that the most humane solution is to cull all such feral populations including cats. However, if there are those who cannot contemplate the death of one animal [i.e. a cat] to save hundreds of others [i.e. many birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians], then they must be responsible for their beliefs and pay for the entrapment, neutering and then housing in enclosures of feral cats themselves.
Here are your contacts for the United States House of Representatives
and United States Senate. Please write them. You are welcome to quote from our Manifesto, or send the entire thing.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Manifesto for a feral cat-free world
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Hi Forum,
Sorry, I've been a member for years, never contribute and come around begging for help...
So, I'm a complete novice, I've got a new iMac, and Apogee Duet and a Bozak CMA 10-2-DL. I'd like to record mixes but also listen to records when the computer is turned off.
How do I wire it all up, repeated pissing around whilst not reading the manual is getting me nowhere...
Do I need to use both outputs on the mixer ((xlr/phono?) one to my amp and one to the duet), and if so which to which?
On the breakout cable for the duet, which is "in" and which is "out"?
Before getting the computer I was using the phono outputs on the mixer straight to my amp to listen to records.
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Bobby Brown Fails to Pay Child Support Again, Slammed with Arrest Warrant
An arrest warrant has been issued for Bobby Brown in his home state of Massachusetts after the Grammy-winning R&B singer failed to show up at a child support hearing.
According to sources, Brown, 40, has been delinquent in paying ex-girlfriend Kim Ward $5,000 a month in child support since last November. Brown's child support debt for their two children together, Bobby Jr. and Laprincia, reportedly totals $45,000.
When Brown was a no show at a contempt-of-court hearing for the debt in Canton, Massachusetts on June 29, Norfolk Probate and Family Court Judge Christina L. Hams issued an arrest warrant.
"She's been keeping [his case] on a fairly tight rein," Norfolk Register of Probate Patrick W. McDermott said in a statement. "Judge Harms ordered that he appear in court on that day. When he failed to do so, an arrest warrant was issued."
This doesn't mark the first time that Brown, who has three other children, including one with R&B diva Whitney Houston, has been delinquent with child support payments to Ward. In 2007 he spent four days in jail for falling behind $27,739 and failing to contribute to a Christmas present allowance, medical bills and an assortment of other fees.


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Human Hypothalamus: Basic and Clinical Aspects, Part I, Volume 79
1st Edition
Table of Contents
Part I. Nuclei of the human hypothalamus: cytoarchitecture, chemoarchitecture, functional neuroanatomy, topographic neuropathology.
1. Introduction. 1.1 Anatomical borders of the hypothalamus. 1.2 Strategic research and structure-function relationships. 1.3 The autopsy and brain banking. 1.4 Confounding factors. 1.5 Parameters of neuronal metabolic activity in postmortem tissue. 1.6 Fetal hypothalamic development and adult markers of the human hypothalamic nuclei. 2. Nucleus basalis of Meynert (NBM) and diagonal band of Broca (DBB). 2.1 Anatomy. 2.2 Chemoarchitecture. 2.3 Alzheimer's disease. 2.4 Neuronal loss vs. atrophy. 2.5 Neurotrophin receptors in the NBM. 2.6 Other disorders affecting the NBM and DBB. 3. Islands of Calleja, insulae terminalis. 4. Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) and pineal gland. 4.1 Circadian, seasonal, monthly and circaseptan rhythms in the SCN. 4.2 SCN development, birth and circadian rhythms. 4.3 Circadian and circannual rhythms in aging and Alzheimer's disease. 4.4 The SCN in relation to sex, reproduction and sexual orientation. 4.5 Melatonin and its receptors. 5. Sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area (SDN-POA) = intermediate nucleus = interstitial nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus (INAH-1) = preoptic nucleus. 5.1 Nomenclature and homology to the rat SDN-POA. 5.2 Development, sexual differentiation, aging and Alzheimer's disease. 6. Other sexual dimorphisms. 6.1. Interstitial nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus (INAH)-2 and -3. 6.2 Anterior commissure, the interthalamic adhesion, corpora mamillaria and the third ventricle. 6.3 Sex hormone receptor distribution. 7. Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BST) and the septum. 7.1 The BST. 7.2 Reversed sex differences in the BST in transsexuals. 7.3 The septum verum. 8. Supraoptic and paraventricular nucleus (SON, PVN). 8.1 The fetal SON, PVN in birth and development. 8.2 Colocalization of tyrosine-hydroxylase (TH) with oxytocin and vasopressin. 8.3 The SON and PVN in aging and Alzheimer's disease. 8.4 (a) Vasopressin secretion in various disorders: (b) Vasopressin administration in various disorders. 8.5 Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) neurons in the PVN. 8.6 Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) neurons in the PVN. 8.7 Other neuroactive compounds in the SON, PVN and periventricular nucleus. 9. Ventromedial nucleus (VMN; nucleus of Cajal). 10. Dorsomedial nucleus (DMN). 11. Infundibular nucleus (arcuate nucleus), subventricular nucleus and median eminence. 12. Lateral tuberal nucleus (NTL). 12.1 Chemoarchitecture and function. 12.2 The NTL in neurodegenerative diseases. 13. Tuberomamillary complex. 13.1 Anatomy. 13.2 Neurodegenerative diseases and schizophrenia. 13.3 Posterior hypothalamic area. 14. Lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) and intermediate hypothalamic area (IHA). 15. Subthalamic nucleus and zona incerta. 15.1 Subthalamic nucleus. 15.2 Zona incerta. 16. Corpora mamillaria. References.
As the human hypothalamus has traditionally been considered part of the neuroendocrine system, it has been of little interest to neurologists. This volume creates renewed interest in the subject, highlighting groundbreaking research that links this complex part of the human brain to a variety of neurological and psychological disorders.
Clinicians, researchers, and practitioners from a variety of medical fields will find this to be a comprehensive presentation of new research that applies to a variety of disorders, including their origin, diagnosis, and treatment. From groundbreaking discussions that link the human hypothalamus to attention deficits in the dementias, to its role in disorders such as narcolepsy and certain epilepsies, users will find this volume to be an invaluable resource for research and patient care.
Specific information on topics including depression, eating disorders, aggression, and mental retardation are included, giving those in the field of neurology, psychiatry, endocrinology, and pediatrics a comprehensive understanding on how the human hypothalamus is related to patient disorders in these fields.
Key Features
- A comprehensive accounting of groundbreaking new research regarding the human hypothalamus
New insights on the hypothalamus and its role in disorders, including dementias, epilepsies, and associated psychiatric diseases
A greater understanding of how the human hypothalamus impacts research and treatment protocols in a variety of fields, including neurology, endocrinology, and psychology
Clinical neurologists and researchers in the neurosciences
- No. of pages:
- 508
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Elsevier 2004
- Published:
- 15th December 2003
- Imprint:
- Elsevier
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780080544960
- Hardcover ISBN:
- 9780444513571
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About the Authors
Dick Swaab Author
Dick Swaab (1944) earned his medical and doctoral degrees at the University of Amsterdam, where he became involved in brain research during his third year of medical school. He was Director of the Netherlands Institute for Brain Research from 1978 to 2005. Since 1979 he is Professor of Neurobiology at the Medical Faculty, University of Amsterdam.
In 1985, Dr. Swaab founded the Netherlands Brain Bank (NBB) to serve as a source of clinically and neuropathologically well-documented research tissue. Since its founding, the Brain Bank has provided samples from more than 4,000 autopsies to 500 research groups in 25 countries. He was director of the NBB until 2005.
He is Leader Research team Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Neth. Inst for Neuroscience, an institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). Swaab is also appointed for 2011-2017 Chao Kuang Piu Chair of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China.
His major research interests focus on, sexual differentiation of the human brain in relation to gender identity and sexual orientation, aging of the brain, Alzheimer's disease, the neurobiological basis of depression, suicide and eating disorders. He has published over 540 papers in SCI journals, authored more than 200 chapters in books, and edited more than 60 books. Swaab mentored 84 PhD students from which 16 are now full professor. He is "Companion in the Order of the Dutch Lion", bestowed by her Royal Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. In 2008 Swaab obtained the Academy medal for his role in national and international neuroscience.
Dick Swaab is author of the 2 volume monograph The Human Hypothalamus that appeared in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series, Elsevier, Amsterdam (1000 pp) and the Dutch best seller We are our Brains (450.000 copies sold), that is translated in 14 languages. A children's version of the book (You are your brains) has also appeared in Dutch in 2013 and Russian (2014). Swaab's H-factor is 76.
Affiliations and Expertise
Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands


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Special Education
Special Education services are operated by the Mono County Office of Education, Eastern Sierra Unified School District and Mammoth Unified School District. All services are coordinated by the Mono County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA), and are available for children from infant through 22 years.
All children develop at different rates and in different ways. Some children are born with special needs that can affect their growth and development. Other children may not show developmental problems, delays or differences until later in childhood. Fortunately, many of these children can get the support they need to reach their potential if parents and child care providers recognize the signs of need early and get help.
Referral for identification of a child (infant through 21) with a possible special need may come from: the parent, a teacher, a doctor, a community agent, the child, or any concerned individual.
Before any assessment may begin, an assessment plan will be developed, which identifies areas of your child's development which will be assessed. This assessment may only begin after you have had an opportunity to review the proposed assessment plan and give written consent. The assessment will be completed by individuals with appropriate training and experience all areas that are assessed. Assessment of your child may include but not be limited to direct "testing" of your child, interviews with you and others who know your child and observation of your child in different settings.
Your child may qualify for special education services due to one or more of the following eligibilities:
- Autism
- Deaf/Hard of Hearing
- Deaf-Blind
- Emotional Disturbance (ED)
- Intellectual Disability (ID)
- Multiple Disabilities (MD)
- Other Health Impairment (OHI)
- Orthopedic Impairment (OI)
- Specific Learning Disability (SLD)
- Speech-Language Impairment (SLI)
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
The IEP is a written statement for each child who has been assessed for eligibility for Special Education Services. The plan that is written by the IEP team must include the parent/guardian, school administrator and teacher. As needed, other members of the team may include the school psychologist, specialists, friends, family members, advocates and other supportive people. Some parents feel comfortable bringing their child to this meeting as well. Your child's IEP will include: your child's qualifying eligibility, present levels of performance, goals & objectives for the coming year, supplementary aides and services when needed and classroom placement that will be determined at the IEP meeting.
Once it has been determined that your child qualifies for special education and the IEP team has determined appropriate goals and benchmarks, then the IEP team will consider appropriate placement in the Least Restrictive Environment. The IEP team (which includes YOU) will consider whether your child's needs can most appropriately be met in: 1) a regular classroom with modifications of the regular program carried out by the classroom teacher; 2) in a regular classroom with special assistance from a Resource Specialist Program (RSP) either within the classroom or in a resource room; 3) in a regular classroom with special assistance from other special education service providers (e.g. speech therapist, occupational therapist, physical therapist) either within the classroom or in another room, such as Speech Therapy or small group instruction, or counseling; 4) in a Special Day Class (SDC) with a majority of the school day in a special class with appropriate opportunities for participation in the general education program.
In planning for the type of special education placement your child will receive, you have the right to request that your child, to the extent appropriate:
- be educated with children who are not impaired
- stay in the regular education setting
- be educated in the same school he or she would attend if not impaired
Placement in a non-public school at no cost to parents is another alternative if your child's needs cannot be met through available local school programs.
Your child's program is reviewed at least once a year to determine how well the program is meeting his or her needs. However, you may request a review at any time. An IEP meeting must be held within 30 days of a written request for a meeting. Your participation is needed throughout this process. Changes in your child's educational program will occur only with your consent.
Special Education Services are offered to eligible individuals in programs designed to: promote maximum interaction between students in special education and the general school population, allowing maximum interaction while still meeting the unique needs of the child in special education. Parent approval is required prior to changing the education program of any child, whether they are receiving special education services or not.
The Resource Specialist Program (RSP) provides instructional support services for those students who have mild to moderate disabilities. These services may be provided in a regular education class or "resource class" by a resource specialist. These instructional programs are designed to support students who have an identified need in the areas of reading, writing, and mathematics.
There are Resource Specialist Programs and teachers at all of the comprehensive elementary, middle and high schools in Mono County.
Special Day Classes are designed for those students with significant disabilities who require more extensive special education services and support.
Where appropriate, the special day class teacher and/or staff will provide support to the special education student in his/her general education program. The special day class teacher will also work with the general education teachers by providing curriculum support and modification and by providing relevant information from his/her student's IEP.
There are other special education services provided by specialists with professional knowledge and expertise. When necessary these specialists may provide support and services to your child, your child's teacher or to you. These professionals may include but are not limited to:
- Speech and Language Pathologist (SLP)
- Occupational Therapist (OT)
- Physical Therapist (PT)
- Teacher of the Visually Impaired
- Adaptive Physical Education Specialist (APE)
The Mono County SELPA, in collaboration with the Kern Regional Center, provides special education services through the Early Start Program for those infants and toddlers, from birth through three years of age, who have a disability or may be at risk for developmental delays.
The Mono County Office of Education provides special education services for children from three to five years of age. These services include assessment, identification and support for those children who have qualifying disabilities.
School Psychologist
The school psychologist is an individual who has specialized training and experience in areas related to a child's intellectual, social and emotional development. The school psychologist is usually part of the team that will complete the initial assessment when there is a concern about child's performance in school. They will frequently assess the areas of intelligence, social-emotional functioning and adaptive behavior.
School psychologists also provide input and support in dealing with the behavioral and emotional issues that affect a child's educational progress.
School Nurse
The School Nurse is concerned with how your child's health affects his/her learning. With your consent the school nurse will evaluate your child's health status and may ask questions about parents' health, pregnancy and your child's developmental history. When the evaluation is completed, he/she submit a report at the initial IEP meeting.
For additional information please contact:
Jenni Huh, SELPA Director
451 Sierra Park Road.
P.O. Box 130
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
760.934.0031 x 105
Mono County Ofice of Education is committed to serving students, schools and communities by providing exemplary educational programs in a professional and fiscally-sound manner in order to foster healthy and productive individuals.


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By Allen Cone
Wells Fargo wants a federal court to dismiss a class-action lawsuit by customers over the bank's unauthorized accounts and instead compel the to settle the in private arbitration.
The San Francisco-based banking giant filed the motion in Utah on Wednesday.
It's the first class-action lawsuit filed after Wells Fargo agreed to pay $185 million in penalties and $5 million in customer reimbursement after opening 2 million accounts without customers' authorization.
In September, Wells Fargo settled with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency and the city and county of Los Angeles.
Wells Fargo says the class-action suit is an "unwieldy" case of 80 customer-plaintiffs and 17 legal causes of action against the bank.
In a statement, Wells Fargo said it makes "every attempt" to resolve complaints directly with customers before going to arbitration.
The bank said it's offering "fast and free" mediation to customers through an impartial third party.
Zane Christensen, a lawyer representing customers in the suit, said it will "vigorously defend" against the bank's motion.
"Wells Fargo isn't concerned about making things right with their customers. Wells Fargo is worried about making things right in public relations," Christensen said.
The bank has been criticized for its mandatory arbitration clauses, including by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering rules to prohibit banks, credit-card issuers and other companies from forcing customers to submit to arbitration and waive their right to join class-action lawsuits. But President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican-led Congress might scale back its regulations.
The suit says bank employees were pressured to meet escalating sales goals.
"Wells Fargo's managers and bankers have for years engaged in unethical, and illegal practices called 'gaming,'" the suit argued. "Gaming consists of, among other things, opening and manipulating fee generating customer accounts through often unfair, fraudulent, and unlawful means, such as omitting signatures and adding unwanted secondary accounts to primary accounts without permission. Other practices utilized as part of these 'gaming' schemes have included misrepresenting the costs, benefits, fees, and/or attendant services that come with an account or product, all in order to meet sales quotas."


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Alain Robert: Spiderman
At this very moment (7:42pm GMT, March 29th 2011), Alain Robert – the French Spiderman – is in the process of scaling the world's tallest building, Dubai's highly intimidating Burj Khalifa.
It is surely an act of madness, but such behaviour is not unusual for this 48-year-old madman-come-superhero. Since he scaled the Empire State Building back in 1994 he has conquered most of the world's tallest skyscrapers, often without ropes! Here he is in action on the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur in 2009:
That was Robert's third attempt to scale the Towers, having been arrested at the 60th floor on two previous efforts in 1997 and 2007. But Robert doesn't climb merely for the sneakery of it. He often uses his climbs to publicise causes, such as in 2008 when he unfurled a banner on the side of the New York Times Building which read, "Global warming kills more people than 9/11 every week."
Having the world's media hanging on his every upward move has also proved understandably lucrative. In May 2003, Robert was paid about $18,000 to climb the Lloyd's building in London dressed as the other Spiderman, to promote the premiere of the film on Sky Movies.
Robert spends so much time hanging onto the side of buildings by his fingers, that he is physically unable to straighten them out. And that's not the only effect that climbing has had on his body. When his abseiling rope came undone in 1982, he fell 15 metres, leaving him in a coma for five days with both his forearms, his elbow, pelvis and nose fractured. Amazingly, the accident also left him partially paralyzed and suffering from vertigo! Well, neither issue seems to have overly hampered him…
He has also fallen when demonstrating an easy 8-metre climb to students (he was doing it with no hands!) and when climbing 2 metres up a traffic light for a press photo (he needed 40 stitches). A month later, he climbed the then world's tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101 (508 metres). He didn't fall that time.
The Burj Khalifa is the ultimate challenge for Robert. At 828 metres and 160 stories, it dwarfs his other conquests; the Spiderman expects the climb to take about six or seven hours. This time the climb is officially organised, so it has been insisted that he use a safety rope. On the upside, it means he won't need to be escorted to a police cell as soon as he reaches the top, although that never seemed to bother him too much:
Fortunately, the courts discharged me every time after they understood what I had done.
– Alain Robert, Spiderman
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Ho there. Been a bit of awhile again, eh? Honestly, though there's not been much for me to report and I did take a bit of a break after releasing Shimaihen. However; over the last fortnight I've now started to compile some thoughts together for Aniventure EX, experimenting with a few new layout options and considering what could be upgraded for the joint book since just slapping the two together with some new artwork seems a bit of a cop-out option when I'm still hardly lacking in new and interesting ideas to throw in, and things (especially layout-wise) to improve.
If you're an Aniventure player, please don't hesitate to leave comments and ideas! I'm always looking for ways to improve the system and add things I may have otherwise missed.
In other news, here's another new huge sketch for you, of Eryss Boltatt:
She's from a short-lived mini-campaign of Aniventure I ran in January this year as a means to do a final test of the Racial/Mutational aspects ready for Shimaihen's release. Sadly I had some grand ideas for the setting which kinda fell flat on their face and didn't really work with my party that well, but alas. She's the daughter of the Mayor of the township of Metamo, and the great-grandaughter of one of the five heroes of Zuway, Ririyanha the Stormborn. Blessed by the god Watson, she has powers over electricity.
Anyway, this is the first sketch I've tried scanning in from my A3 pad. Which honestly is a bit of nightmare!! She's stitched together from 4 seperate scans! Not sure about how she turned out, actually. Someone observed her head somehow feels squashed and I guess that's true. Nevertheless, I did enjoy adding in all the extra details and besides that I think it turned it pretty decent.
This one was given a paintbrush filter after running a few processing passes in teh 'shop. Looks kinda pretty.
Anyway, enjoy, and tune in again soon!


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There is a limit to the number of times you can get zapped by a Van de Graaff generator before the novelty wears off. In my case, instead of my mind wandering, my ears did instead and latched onto a random conversation that contained the insidious words Cuckoo Rock, Deancombe Valley, Gutter Tor and the clincher - Grim's Grave.
That was my gateway to the world of letterboxing, and within a few weeks I found myself trotting through the Saturday dawn light with one of the parties to that conversation armed with a compass, a handwritten list of 50 or so clues and vaguely wondering what dark art had me walking on Dartmoor at least 5 hours before I would even normally consider getting out of bed...
That was 1981 and that was pretty much my life for the next 5 or 6 years - enjoying the thrill of finding a new/unclued letterbox, the frustration of having a clue that was way of out date (- Ringmoor Down Mystery springs to mind...), the triumph of nailing a previously impossible-to-find box (Peek Hill!), reading every visitor's book for new or updated clues, the pleasant surprise at finding a wanderer (Trans Moor Pony), the regular meetings at Hexworthy. But in the background, always, an impossibly beautiful landscape that sometimes forgotten about...
After that work and other distractions started to get in the way and the call of the wild becaqme lost in the background noise. The job then exported me from Plymouth to Bristol and although i've kept walking, the landscape had changed.
It stayed that way until a recent spring clean when I suddenly found myself being pelted by a rain of ink pads, a stamp and a flock of 1:25000 scale OS maps of Dartmoor. A quick search unearthed two albums of stamps and an 'Index to Stamps on Dartmoor' put out by 'The Organisation' which had last been update at a Hexworthy meet in May '83 and had my 100 Club slip in the corner.
The moor is calling me back. I'd probably better update the clues first though...
It all started in the physics lab...
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