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8 bit computer, storing the microcode, solution

I have a solution for the micro code predicament mentioned before.

I’m using an 8KB EEPROM memory chip (the AT28C64). These memory chips will be divided into four segments, each holding pieces of microcode.

Decoding instructions

This microcode will be addressed as follows:

  • bits 12 and 11 will be hardwired on the PCB to address one of the four segments in each of the three EEPROMs:
    • 0b00 – least significant part of the micro code word
    • 0b01 – middle part of the micro code word
    • 0b10 – most  significant part of the micro code word
  • bits 10 to 3 will be connected to the Instruction Register where the instruction te be excited will be loaded, it addresses blocks of 8 bytes of microcode belonging to that instruction
  • bit 2 to 1 will be connected to an on board counter especially built for the Control Unit; it will count to a maximum of eight steps and address the specific micro code bytes in every EEPROM; this counter will be driven by the (CLK) signal which is the inverse CLK to make sure that the proper control word is on the bus before the CLK makes it happen

Forming the control word

The output of the EEPROMs will form a 24 bit control word that is going to be connected to the computer’s bus and that will instruct all parts of the computer to perform the actions required.

Done in this way, we can load all EEPROMs with exactly the samen contents, making the programming more convenient as well as not having to think about where (at which of the three spots) a certain chip has to go.

What remains now is finding a way to program the EEPROMs. I’m thinking of a way to program them with an Arduino Nano under the control of a python program on my MacBook.

Stay tuned, more will follow…

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Sunday, January 9, 2011

Girls / Women Publication

I'm pleased to be posting about a new publication I made with Jordan Kay, called Girls (or) Women, depending on how you look at it. You can see more of it on my website, purchase it in my shop, or in Jordan's shop. It feels good to get more printed matter into the world. I had fun designing the format, which has two front covers, liner pages, cut-out dust jacket flaps, sewn binding, lots of different paper stocks/colors, and a fold-out poster! It nearly killed me producing an edition of 50 during my last week in San Francisco, but I'm very happy I did.

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Charlie Hebdo and the murders in France: Is there a problem with Islam?

The Kouachi brothers - Said and Cherif
Is there a problem with Islam?  The horrific murders carried out this week against  the staff of the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, and at a Kosher supermarket in Paris, follow a number of attacks carried out in the name of Islam.  These include attacks by individuals, such as the attack on a cafe in Sydney Australia, and the Canadian parliament in Ottawa.

They also include attacks by organizations such as that on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya by al-Shabab, the kidnapping of 200 school girls and the mass killings in northeast Nigeria by Boko Haram, and the beheadings of Western journalists and aid workers, as well as the slaughter of Iraqi troops and tribesmen, by the so-called Islamic State in Syria and north central Iraq.

How should we view this violence which is especially vicious in its indiscriminate nature?  Is this violence rooted in Islam, or do we need recourse to a larger narrative to understand what is taking place?
The Kouachis  kill a policeman protecting Charlie Hebdo

Let's begin by asking: what are the categories that the media and analysts use in explaining what took place in Paris and elsewhere?  The most prominent category used to describe the violence above is that of Jihad (al-jihad).  The confusion created by the focus on this term, rather than other more fundamental concepts, needs to be addressed.

First, the concept of jihad has been appropriated by radical extremists whose interpretation is used to justify attacks on a wide variety of targets.  Second, these extremists argue that (their definition of) jihad is central to Islam, ergo signifying to many non-Muslims that Islam is a religion based on violence.

If we consider that there are analysts in the West and elsewhere who are hostile to Islam for a wide variety of reasons, then we end up with a perverse correspondence of interests between extremists who act in the name of an invented and distorted Islam, on the one hand, and those non-Muslims who are hostile to Islam, on the other.

The fallacy of subsuming the murders that occurred in Paris, as well other murders and violence conducted by radical extremists, under the concept of jihad is that jihad has nothing to do with violence in its most fundamental meaning.  As many know, words in Semitic languages (e.g., Aramaic, Hebrew, and Arabic) are built on a tri-consonent root, in this case ja ha da, which simply means to exert effort.

Islam makes the distinction between the "Greater Jihad," and the "Lesser Jihad."  The former entails the effort of the Believer to engage in activities that will bring her/him closer to God (Allah).  It is a spiritual process and has no relationship to the use of force.  The "Lesser Jihad" calls upon Muslim to defend the Islamic community (al-umma al-Islamiya) when it is threatened or attacked.

To show how far the notion of jihad is from that of violence, we should note that the concept of al-ijtihad,  the use of human reason to interpret and apply the teachings of Islam, is based on the root ja ha da.  Further, a cleric in Shiism is known as al-mujtahid, one who has the proper religious training to apply the notion of al-ijtihad.

However, the fallacy of referring to the violence conducted under the aegis of "jihad" goes far beyond its textual definition in Islam.  First, of the world's 1.6  billion Muslims, the overwhelming majority reject the application of the term al-jihad to the type of atrocities conducted by the Kouachi brothers in Paris or the other acts referenced above.

9/11 mastermind Muhammad Atta
Second, only a minute fraction of those who consider themselves Muslims engage in the type of brutal and indiscriminate violence that the world has witnessed over the past year.  Using the term "jihad" as defined by radical extremists, is equivalent to defining Christianity by the Spanish and Italian inquisitions, the lynchings of African-Americans by the Ku Klux Klan - whose symbol is the burning cross - the actions of white Christian supremacist groups in the United States such as the Aryan Nation, Posse Comitatus, United Klans of America, or by the picketing of military funerals by the the anti-Semitic and homophobic Westboro Baptist Church.
Members of the Westboro Baptist Church

Third, the overwhelming majority of radical extremists who engage in the atrocities such as those carried out in Paris this week know little of nothing of formal Islam.  Indeed, in much of the West, those who have perpetrated violent acts against innocent civilians are often youth who are more acquainted with Western that Islamic culture.  Muhammad Atta, the leader of the 9/11 attackers, spent the evening of September 8, 2001 in a bar, Shuckum's Oyster Bar and Grill, in Hollywood, Florida, playing video-games and pool, where he, Ramzi bin al-Shihb, and an unidentified companion, became highly intoxicated - not the behavior one would expect of a devout Muslim.
Father says 2 youth radicalized by "Call of Duty" video game

Often, members of terrorist cells and organizations not only know little of formal Islam but show little interest in religion.  Numerous reports on the Islamic State in its defacto capital, al-Raqqa, in Syria, and elsewhere, describe its fighters wiling the day away playing video-games when they are not on the  battlefield.  As the late Troy Kastigar, a 28 year old Minneapolis resident, Muslim convert and al-Shibab recruit, put it in a famous YouTube video, the Somali terrorist organization  represents "the true Disneyland."
Troy Kastigar in al-Shabab video

Cherif Kouachi as rapper
The two Kouachi brothers, Said and Cherif, were orphans and petty criminals, known to smoke marihuana and love rap before coming under the influence of a radical cleric, Farid Benyettou, at the Adda’wa mosque in the Stalingrad district of Paris. Benyettou, who had ties to al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) encouraged them to go to Yemen for military training (The Daily Mail, Jan. 11, 2015).

Again, the social and political dynamics behind the Kouachi brothers attacks had little to with religion and much to do with Benyettou's promise to make them "big men."  Here we begin to touch upon a more cogent explanation for the terrorism that we see carried out in the name of Islam. Young men, who have little education, few employment opportunities, and no hope in the future, are brought under the influence of radical extremists.  They are then fed a group of distorted ideas and told that carrying out violent acts will "protect Muslims" and lead to "martyrdom."
Radical "cleric" Farid Benyettou
It is important to note that, in the United States, where Muslims are more integrated into American society than in European states, we do not see the type of violence that we find in Europe.  For one, the US does not have the colonial past of Great Britain and France which has resulted in significant migration of citizens of their former colonies to their respective countries.  In France, Muslims constituted 5-6 million of a population of 52 million Frenchmen and many have been born in France.

Moving beyond jihad and radical Islam One key concept that is missing in almost all of the analysis in the media is that of social class.  The violence carried by the Kouachi brothers was that of two marginalized Muslim youth who were either unemployed or semi-employed.  They lived in a section of Paris largely divorced from traditional French society.
Photograph of bullets from Said Kouachi's Facebook page
Another set of variables missing from the discussion of terrorist violence is the collapse of secular ideologies.  Increasingly Western liberalism is associated with rising levels of inequality, declining social services and lack of sensitivity to cultural difference.  Socialism is likewise seen as a historically spent ideology.  It is viewed as producing authoritarian rule, extensive state corruption,  and lack of economic growth.

With higher levels of trans-national migration, caused by lack of economic and educational opportunity, nationalism has also been undermined.  Comparing the Islamic State and the Nusra Front (Jabhat al-Nusra) in Syria to earlier movements such as the Mau Mau movement, the PKK, the FARC, or the PFLP - each of which either sought to take control of an existing nation-state or create a new one, we see that current terrorist organizations reject the Westphalian state model of sovereign nation-states in all its dimensions.

For the IS, its "caliphate" is the only acceptable form of political organization and, like the Third Reich, is meant to eventually encompass the entire world.  The Kouachi brothers are quintessential recruits for terrorist organizations like the IS.  Both were orphans whose parents had immigrated from Algeria but died when the brothers were very young.

Neither Algerian, nor accepted by mainstream French society, the Kouachis did not have strong affective ties to any specific nation-state.  Intermittently employed, and culturally marginalized in France, they represent a new déclassé transnational demographic of "state-less" youth - prospects par excellence for being recruited to terrorist movements.

Some observers have argued for the need for education as a means of overcoming  the marginalization experienced by large numbers of youth of immigrant families, mostly from France's former colony, Algeria.  However, education without employment is a necessary but not sufficient condition for confronting terrorism.  Unless France's Muslim population has the chance of upward mobility and escape the lower classes, there will continue to be fertile soil that radical extremists can exploit to promote terrorist violence.

Policy prescriptions The European Union needs to recognize that the problem of immigrant communities, whether in France, Denmark, the UK or Sweden - just to name a few EU countries where this problem of sociocultural integration exists - is a European problem, and not just one experienced by certain member states.  EU funding of civil society organizations that provide opportunities for youth from multiple religions and ethnic backgrounds to interact - Muslims, Christian and Jews, for example - can begin a process that makes all communities feel more a part of the EU.

In Spain, Christian and secular Spanish youth have formed organizations that attempt to reach out to North African immigrants who come to Spain to engage in agricultural work, but live in urban ghettos with little opportunity to engage with the larger Spanish society.  These Spanish youth have used the historical memory of Muslim Andalusia, which witnessed an extraordinary synthesis of Muslim-Christian-Jewish learning, before being subjected to the Reconquista under the reign of Queen Isabella who ousted the Muslim and Jewish populations after 1492.

And what of the question that I posed at the beginning of this post - is there a problem with Islam?  First, when we refer to radical extremists, the term "radical Islam" is as erroneous as using the terms "radical Judaism" or "radical Christianity."

What we are really talking about is the politicization of religion.  Here the proper term is Islamism, not Islam.  Just as in Judaism and Christianity, so too in Islam there are no political requirements for becoming a member of the faith.  As is the case with most politicized religion, politics comes first - meaning seeking power and economic influence - with religion being mobilized after the fact, and in a distorted fashion, to help facilitate achieving political and economic goals, e.g., as done by the KKK.

At the same time, moderate Muslim clerics need more help in fighting the violent and anarchist messages of radical clerics who offer an "invented religion."  The mosque is a house of worship, not a venue for recruiting young males and females to murder those who radical ersatz clerics feel should be killed.

France, the EU, and all countries of the world should either strengthen or pass laws that severely punish those who would use religion as a haven for promoting hatred and violence, just as the federal government in the United States finally suppressed the Ku Klux Klan in the 1960s and ended its reign of terror against African-Americans.

Stopping those who would murder others on the basis of ethnicity or religion is key in the immediate term.  However, addressing the underlying factors that lead Muslim youth to engage in the kind of horrific acts that we witnessed this week in France is critical to preventing the spread of and ultimately ending terrorist violence conducted in the name of a perverted understanding of Islam.

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Saladdin said...

Thanks for this educational and critical article. I enjoyed reading it. I wonder if you agree that the disease of Islamism is, at least partly, a direct result of the death of the Left? Also, don't you think there are fascist elements in Islamism as an ideology? I think the emergence of a strong, popular, and secular Left is the only social force that can win the war against Islamism. As we have seen in Egypt, the choices seem to be either political Islam or dictatorship, which shows the desperate need for the kind of movement that can address people's miseries on the basis of actual life conditions.


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  • Re: They are building a temple

    @Carlita, in my opinion, I think it is ok that you can wear blue robe.

    Base what I hear from Master Haitao.
    Master Haitao, he is Mahayana monk, but he also a student of the Tibetan 17th Karmapa.
    The 17th Karmapa told Master Haitao that he does not have to wear the Tibetan monk robe, since he was originally ordained in Mahayana tradition.

    Below is video of Master Haitao at a Tibetan Center in UK, that he is wearing the Mahayana tradition monk robe.

    "Venerable Master Hai Tao at the Buddhist Community Centre UK"

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  • To give and to receive

    These couple short videos from Tzu Chi buddhist organization ( are very nice examples of giving and receiving.

    The video below is about the relief for first-responsders during the Hurriance Harvey

    Harvey Recovery • Relief For First-responders (3 mins)

    I really like one first-responsder officer's comment @ 2:11 which sounds very Buddhism.
    "I believe everything we do plants a seed positive or negative. You plant positive and it grows and it produces and so I, maybe this is just you know the positive coming back to me"

    I also really touched and respected by the way Tzu Chi volunteers when they give with both hands and bow to the receivers.

    The second video is about the city Rockfort, Texas after the Hurriance Harvey. It happened that the Mayor of Rockfort, Charles J. Wax, was in Taiwan after the big earth in 1999 helping the Taiwan people. Now his city is helped by Tzu Chi organization from Taiwan.

    Harvey Recovery • Brothers at Heart (8 mins)

    A Mi Tuo Fo

  • Giving a rose tradition during the Vu Lan (Ullambana) festival Buddhist song

    @Carlita from your other link you mentioned the Ullambana (Vu Lan) festival last month (July in Lunar calendar) that you were given a rose.

    Giving a rose tradition during the Vu Lan festival was started by Master (Thầy) Thích Nhất Hạnh. Thầy also wrote a very beautiful poem that was later composed to the song called:

    Bông Hồng Cài áo (A Rose pinned on you Or A Rose for Your Pocket)

    Vu Lan nghe Bông hồng cài áo – A Rose Badge on a Yu Lan Day
    Yu Lan or Hunger Ghost Day, observed on the 15th of the 7th month (Ghost Month) Lunar Calendar, is believed to be the only day when the ancestors or the family deceased would be able to visit home.
    On this day, a red rose badge shows the mother is still alive while the white one represents mother loss.)

    Lyrics by: Master Thích Nhất Hạnh
    Music by: Phạm Thế Mỹ

    Một bông Hồng cho em - A rose for you sister
    Một bông Hồng cho anh - A rose for you brother
    Và một bông Hồng cho những ai - And another one for one whose mother is still with you
    Cho những ai đang còn MẹĐang còn Mẹ để lòng vui sướng hơn - For you are to be happier
    Rủi mai này Mẹ hiền có mất đi - In case Mother would go someday

    Như đóa hoa không mặt trời - Like a flower bunch without the sun
    Như trẻ thơ không nụ cười - Like a child without a smile
    Ngỡ đời mình không lớn khôn thêm - As if you would never grow up
    Như bầu trời thiếu ánh sao đêm - And like the night without stars

    Mẹ, Mẹ là giòng suối dịu hiền - Mother, Mother is a still stream
    Mẹ, Mẹ là bài hát thần tiên - Mother, Mother is a fairy tale dream
    Là bóng mát trên cao - A shade up there
    Là mắt sáng trăng sao - An eye, a moon
    Là ánh đuốc trong đêm khi lạc lối - And a touch at night while being lost

    Mẹ, Mẹ là lọn mía ngọt ngào - Mother, Mother is a sweet sugar cane shoot
    Mẹ, Mẹ là nải chuối buồng cau - Mother, Mother is a bunch of bananas or areca fruits
    Là tiếng dế đêm thâu - A cricket shrill at night
    Là nắng ấm nương dâu - A sun ray at the mulberry field
    Là vốn liếng yêu thương cho cuộc đời - A great love for life

    Rồi một chiều nào đó anh về nhìn Mẹ yêu, nhìn thật lâu - One day you will come and gaze at mom longingly
    Rồi nói, nói với Mẹ rằng “Mẹ ơi, Mẹ ơi, Mẹ có biết hay không?” - You will say Mom, Mom, Mom do you know this?
    “Biết gì ? Biết là, biết là con thương Mẹ không ?” - Know what? – that I do love you?

    Đóa hoa màu hồng vừa cài lên áo đó anh - A red rose has just been badged on your shirt
    Đóa hoa màu hồng vừa cài lên áo đó em - A red rose has just been badged on your shirt
    Thì xin anh, thì xin em - I beg you brother, I beg you sister
    Hãy cùng tôi vui sướng đi. - Please go happy as I do

    The song sang by an American Singer Kyo York in Vietnamese with English subtitle

    The song sang by Thầy's disciples from Plum Village:
    Bông Hồng Cài Áo - A rose for your pocket Sc Ân Nghiêm, Thầy Pháp Khôi và Thầy Pháp Tịnh

    The song sang by young Vietnamse singer Diem Thuy

    Bông Hồng Cài Áo - Diễm Thùy [Official]

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  • Re: Blessing - now available

    Om Mani Padme Hum

    Blessing to all beings happy and well

    A Mi Tuo Fo

  • Re: Blessing - now available

    This month July in lunar Calandar is Ullambana festival.

    Kshitigarbha (Earth Store) Bodhisattva mantra

    namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ, ha ha ha, sutanu svāhā
    Chinese: 嗡，哈哈哈，温三摩地梭哈 / 嗡，哈哈哈，溫三摩地梭哈;
    pinyin: wēng, hā hā hā, wēnsān módì suōhā

    Blessing to all our parents and ancestors
    Blessing to all beings in the six realms

    A Mi Tuo Fo


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Stewart Lemoine 978-1-896300-80-1 | 224 Pages May, 2004 Drama, Humour

About this book

A Teatro Trilogy gathers three plays by award-winning Edmonton playwright Stewart Lemoine for his company Teatro la Quindicina. In "Shockers Delight!", the struggle of three college students to balance emotional and intellectual attraction is informed by their diligent study of golf, ballroom dancing, and Biedermeier furniture design. In "Pith!", an itinerant sailor imaginatively rescues a widow and her stoic housekeeper from despair. In "The Margin of the Sky", an addled Canadian playwright finds himself unable to embrace the basic tenets of American popular culture in order to create a script for his soap star brother-in-law.

Lemoine's characteristic humour is now also being recognized across North America—Teatro la Quindicina has been invited to both the Winnipeg Fringe Festival and the New York Fringe Festival. The publication of this book, a sampling of the comedies that span his years as a playwright, is just the next step in his celebrated career.


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The good make it look easy

I've been meditating a lot lately on perspective. Specifically, the difference between the effortless way that greatness looks casual. And the way that we often view struggling as weakness rather than character.

It presents itself probably most-evidently in sports. The way the Blackhawks skate up the ice in the Stanley Cup Finals. The way that hitting a 100 mph fastball looks easy when a good hitter smacks it 400 ft. The way the top triathletes cut through the air on aerodynamic bikes. Yes, these people have worked hard for their achievements. But the flip side of that equation is don't let the natural talents of insanely gifted athletes convince you that difficult things aren't difficult.

But this relates back to parenting. To relationships. To your job. Which is what has had me thinking so much.  Really, the spinning wheel incident crystallized it for me. Kelly can effortlessly turn a chunk of wool into yarn while I sat down at the wheel to try to learn--hey, it looks fun!--and within 30 seconds realized 3 things. 1) it was very hard 2) it was not for me without a great deal more effort than I was willing to give 3) when Kelly went on to a style that she said was difficult that means it is so far out of my league of expertise that there would be no hope.

Now, I can do many things. Run a marathon. Roast you the best cup of coffee you've ever tasted. Bake a cake--Kelly hates to bake. I have a natural talent for understanding complicated theological concepts. I can change a tire. I can build a campfire. But I cannot spin yarn. Or do math without a calculator. Or pole vault...though I sure did try.

Anyway, where was I? Parenting. Oh yes. Parenting is easy. There, I said it. Not always and it isn't always fun. But I can easily sit with my kid and read a story or explain how cloud formation works or kiss a scraped knee. Here's the rub...that doesn't mean it's easy for everybody. Or even most people. And this isn't meant as a kind of backdoor brag. What I intend is more about support and encouragement for the struggling. It's a lesson for our kids. It's a lesson for our society.

The things that are easy for us we shouldn't look down on others if it isn't so easy. And we need to have patience with ourselves when not everything in life is naturally effortless from talent and innate skill. My ability to run a marathon says nothing about your struggle to run a 5k. That's why it's my race and your race. My kids and your kids. That's why some people are aerospace engineers and some people are bike mechanics. I wouldn't trust a rocket scientist to put a new cassette on my bike no matter how genius they may be with engineering.

The point of this all is that it's race weekend for me and I'm nervous because I'm doing something I've never done before. Not necessarily about being good or bad. Training and natural ability will take care of that. I'm more nervous about the finding out which it is. Not even the judgment of other people. Even if I finish dead last, at least I tried (pardon the pun). That's why I love endurance sports so much. So much of the real race is going on away from the "winner." It's also about the struggle in the back of the pack with the annual Ironman telecast covers so well. Our sport celebrates the midnight finisher as well as the podium.

Long story race plan for Sunday is to have fun. Don't push it too hard. Focus on finishing. Try to enjoy the atmosphere. Soak it in. Don't get swept away in anybody else's race.

We'll be getting up about 3am to make the hour drive to Wisconsin. Transition opens at 4:30am and the race begins at 6:30am with my wave as one of the first. So my goal is to be early and prepared. Find my way around. Try to relax. Don't get jittery on the swim. Just get in the water, move forward, and come back to shore. Don't go too hard on the bike. Ride fast but comfortable. Keep the run pace manageable for a pleasant finish that I can smile about. Forecast calls for isolated storms and high of 85. We'll see what the morning brings. And good luck to Kelly trying to manage the kids while I'm on my journey. We think they'll find dad exciting for about 60 seconds then want to find the playground. I don't blame them.


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Extreme Action-Adventure caught on the GoFish HD Fishing Camera

GoFish 4Technology has truly revolutionized sports and has provided spectators with amazing high definition angles never seen before.

The latest for sports in consumer electronics is the GoFish Extreme Action-Adventure Camera for Fishing. This device will enable you to capture the thrills of your water action from the view of the fish. Designed to sit on the fishing line GoFish can be be used for three different fishing styles; Trolling, Casting, Bottom Fishing.

The GoFish action camera shoots in true 1080p HD at 30fps with a 170 degree wide angle lens. GoFish is very easy to attach to a fishing line. There are two ends to the camera. The back end will be attached to the casting line and the front end to your leader line. You can either tie the lines straight to the camera or tie your line to a snap and use the snap to connect to the camera. You can connect this camera to your (Android or IOS) smart phone by simply downloading the free app. Then enable Wi-Fi on your phone and connect to the GoFish camera. GoFish emits its own WiFi signal. When you leave the range your phone will disconnect. When the camera comes back into range of your phone, it picks up on the WiFi signal and reconnects to GoFish .

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You can tell that this device was designed by real sports fisherman as there are a few features that only a fisherman could think of:

  • Compact, lightweight, durable and water proof up to 150 meters deep the GoFish action camera lasts up to three hours of battery life.
  • The camera is built with a stabilization fin that will stop the camera from spinning when casting.
  • Tweet about the big catch that is so sweet. Social Media integration will allow you to share videos on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

If you are like me and would love to get your hands on the GoFish Extreme Action-Adventure camera for Fishing, simply head on to their Kickstarter page and sign up to support this endeavor. With this cool gadget it will be great to finally show my friends and family a video of the big one that didn’t get away.

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  • Video: 1080p color video
  • Lens: 170 degree wide angle lens
  • Connectivity: HDMI, WiFi
  • Battery: Li-Ion
  • Battery life: Up to 4 hours
  • App: Available on Android and IOS stores
  • Features
    • Night vision
    • Waterproof: Tested to work to 150 meters
    • Microphone: built in mic set to capture the sounds
    • Media: Up to 32 Gig on external Micro SD card
    • Social Network integration: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc
  • Status: available for pre-order for $115 on Kickstarter
  • Shipping date: Expected to be released in Q1 2016.

For more information or to acquire the: GoFish Extreme Action-Adventure Camera for Fishing
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About GoFish Cam
GoFish Cam is a new, patent pending, action-adventure technology coming soon to fishermen and women around the world. Designed specifically for the fishing industry, the GoFish Cam provides anglers with an opportunity to capture and share their underwater fishing experience. The high-definition camera securely attaches to the fishing line and films the underwater perspective of the sport. Armed with cutting-edge technology, the GoFish Cam mobile app allows users to edit short video clips to share all the excitement with their friends on social media.

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Friday, August 22, 2014

Ten reasons to watch 'World Cup of horses' - Full Article

By Ollie Williams for CNN
Published 8:34 AM EDT Aug 22, 2014

(CNN) — More than 70 nations, 1,000 athletes and as many horses. The World Equestrian Games are upon us.

The biggest equestrian event outside the Olympics comes to Normandy, France, on Monday for two weeks of drama, daring, dressage and ... "Don Johnson."

Normandy claims to be home to 93,000 horses and more than 400 equestrian centers, but France has never seen anything on the scale of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (often shortened to "WEG").

You can win world titles in no fewer than eight types of horse sport at the four-yearly showpiece. All three Olympic equestrian disciplines are involved, alongside the Paralympic sport of para-dressage.

So what should you expect over the next two weeks? Where to look? Who to follow? CNN World Sport answers those questions and more...

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NASA Curiosity Mars Rover Targets Landing Location Closer to its Prime Science Site

NASA Curiosity Mars Rover Targets Landing Location Closer to its Prime Science Site

New landing zone for Curiosity Mars Rover : NASA

The NASA team which manages the upcoming landing of NASA’s newest and most advanced Mars rover, Curiosity, has set its sights on getting the rover to land closer to the “prime science site” location. The Curiosity rover is currently scheduled to land on the Martian surface on August 6th at about 1:31am eastern.

The original landing site was selected to avoid the potential hazard of landing too close to the mountainous terrain of Mount Sharp in the center of Gale crater. However, since the Mount Sharp is the primary exploration site for the mission, landing closer is desirable if it can be done safely.

The recent change in landing sites was made possible based on increased confidence in precision landing technology aboard the MSL spacecraft, which is carrying the rover. “We’re trimming the distance we’ll have to drive after landing by almost half,” said Pete Theisinger, Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. “That could get us to the mountain months earlier.”

The landing area was originally an ellipse about 12 miles wide and 16 miles long. Using the analysis of the new landing system’s capabilities, the team was able to shrink the area to approximately 4 miles wide and 12 miles long.

The car-sized Curiosity rover will spend 2-years studying the area to determine whether the area ever offered an environment favorable for microbial life.

“We have been preparing for years for a successful landing by Curiosity, and all signs are good,” said Dave Lavery, MSL program executive. “However, landing on Mars always carries risks, so success is not guaranteed. Once on the ground we’ll proceed carefully. We have plenty of time since Curiosity is not as life-limited as the approximate 90-day missions like NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers and the Phoenix lander.”

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Why starting this blog?

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As you can see in my profile I am Rosa Peralta. I am studying at the Teacher's Training College in Liceo Cultural Britanico. One of the main purposes of this blog is to share with all of you the works I've made in the technology class and some other things that are useful and interesting for students and teachers.
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Here's a quickie to all Falcons fans serving our country. Happy 4th!!!

Well, I am right now,...

-Anyways, ya'll oughtta check out NFL player's responses to the ridiculous contracts being signed by NBA & MLB players, hilarious.

hahaha Falcons CB Robert Alford posted on tweet,...If u want to save money just go to grandma house, always have food.. He sound like a good ole cuntry boy to me.

-Falcons fans as of late have been obsessed with salaries too. All the high $ contracts,...C Alex Mack, WR Sanu and,...Matt Ryan,...

I dunno, but to me if the market's there who cares how much billionaire owners spend on theirhahaha "slaves" as Warren Sapp once called NFL players? Warren Sapp,...pffft now a judge on a show bout BBQ competitionhaha now that he's BROKE from going to strip bars.

-I guess this is a $ post, in Charlotte they're saying Cam's contract is a bargain compared to Andrew Luck's new deal. Now that's funny after all the growling from fans about Cam's contract.

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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Brandy is back

and she walking a very thin line between star and has been. Ive never been a Brandy fan, but I gotta admit, after Ray J went hard on ol' Kimmy K, Brandy suddenly became relevant again.

I just want to make a quick comparison here:

Am i the only that thinks Brandy has aged terrible and her head/teeth get bigger by the minute??

Brandy, my dear, i think its time to throw in the towel and live off that Moesha money.

-Ollie the hateful

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Monday, December 3, 2007

Yarn Smoothies...

An unexpected trip to Dublin on Saturday morning allowed an unscheduled visit to TIK ...where I was hit with these beauties! They're quite spectacular up close, so beautiful and marbley and tempting. All that yarney goodness busrting to get out. And the knitting needle 'straw' is a winner! Haven't you always wanted to take a sip from your favourite yarn?

I'd just like to congratulate the Fairy Godmothers on another winner, and I hope they do well. They're a fabulous gift for a knitter - to give or to receive (which is less blessed I know, but still...).

I nearly wouldn't care what project was in them, they're just so nice to look at. As it happens, I don't actually need one, given the crises proportion healthy state of the stash and the numbers of projects not even started yet, but I was still really tempted by the Aysen Scarf kit. Since when has 'need' actually directed yarn purchase?

And...not only...but also...they have a Party Scarf kit complete with Swarovski crystals packaged in a lovely organza bag. €22 I believe. Yum.

Ah well, when my knitting nieces are old enough some of these will be heading their way.

Go check 'em out!

And yes, an unexpected visit to your LYS does result in unscheduled yarn purchase. Your Stash Defenses are down y'see.

This is for my very 1st felting project. I had a notion to try a felted bowl, like in 'One Skein', but was sidetracked by this lovely yarn. Introducing 'Soho' from Debbie Bliss. I don't think it's dense enough for a felted bowl but I'd like to try a felted bag.

Maybe a wide clutch style to hold a small knitting project, like socks or mittens. Or a pouch style for the traditional purse/keys/phone.

I got 2 balls, so that's 130 yards altogether...sorry, metres. I'm guessing that I go up a needle size to assist in the felting? or up 2 sizes? Or should that be down a size?

I'm a Felting Virgin, so any suggestions for an online pattern to follow or amend would be received with interest.

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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

2 more weeks of preschool.
3 more weeks of school.
I'm ready for a break from the school routine.
What I'm NOT ready for is . . .
I know there are 3 months (almost) of summer between school ending and kindergarten beginning for the twins but it feels like these last three weeks are the end of a HUGE part of my life.
It's the end of my mornings with three.
I find myself thinking all the time, "Have I enjoyed my mornings enough with them?"
They are going to love school but they love playing at home.
Their imaginations soar.
One morning I came into the front room to a full blown Dinosaur Museum.
They had been working very hard with tape, paper, scissors and more.
They had it all grouped together - they showed me where I could purchase coloring books if I wanted one or books of dinosaurs.
They even had a section where I could fill a bucket of dinosaurs to purchase.
My favorite was the 3D Dino scene - complete with a hanging velociraptor.

In four months their museum hours will change.
They'll only be open on Saturdays.
Sniff! Sniff!
In 4 weeks the management of the museum may make some changes too - the big chief ("big brother") will be home during museum hours and that changes things too.
I'm telling myself to enjoy these last weeks - take it all in - play - stop more - hug more - watch them more.
It's easy when they are off playing so well together to accomplish things but soon they'll be off learning for 8 hours a day!
I can accomplish things then - for now I'm going to the museum!

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Monday, August 31, 2009

Verses 3-8

Jesus explains that he is our spiritual vine and we are his fruit-producing branches.

This image encourages meditation more than analysis.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Lesson From the Vinyeard

Plants grow better when they've been pruned.

God prunes unfruitful people from his vine.

What exactly does the word "unfruitful" mean here?

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Outline of John 15

  1. Jesus Is the Vine, We Are the Branches
  2. Love and Hate, Multiple Perspectives

Friday, August 28, 2009

Come Now, Let's Leave

Jesus reminds his disciples that returning to the Father is a good thing.

It didn't seem like a good thing, though.

What good things do we mistakenly identify as bad?

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Verses 25-27

Jesus says we now have the Holy Spirit and peace.

What more could we need?

Why do I sometimes feel like I have access to neither?

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Verses 23-24

Jesus says:

If I love Jesus, I will obey. This is the original conditional statement.
If I do not love Jesus, I will not obey. The inverse is true.

This means that if I won't obey Jesus, then I don't love him.
And if I obey, then I love Jesus.

Obedience = Loving Jesus

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Good Judas

The other Judas asks Jesus a question (v. 22), and I struggle to see how Jesus' reply answers him (vv. 23-28).

What do you think, dear Readers?

Monday, August 24, 2009

Verses 8-21

Philip follows up with a comment that clearly indicates he and the other disciples have missed a major point:

Jesus = God the Father

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Where Are You Going?

Doubting Thomas presses Jesus for details.

"Where are you going?"

Jesus explains that it doesn't matter, because he himself is the destination.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

My Father's House

In verses 1-4, Jesus gives us a brief glimpse into heaven.

It's like a mansion "with many rooms."

This is a picture of abundance and has a very different feel than Matthew 7:13-14.

Matthew 5:1 describes Jesus' audience in Matthew 5-7, the Sermon on the Mount. Crowds follow him to experience his teaching. Jesus emphasizes the difficulty of getting through the narrow gate because his audience is the crowd.

In John 14, Jesus' audience is his 11 faithful disciples. Despite Peter's denials in a few hours and everyone else's desertion, Jesus anticipates their ultimate faithfulness and reassures them.

People on the road to heaven need reassurance. People on the road to hell need reality.

Jesus provides both.

Friday, August 21, 2009

Outline of John 14

Jesus: Everything will be OK.
Thomas: Are you sure?
Jesus: Yes.
Philip: But we need the Father.
Jesus: Same difference. And the Holy Spirit will help.
Judas: Why all the secrecy?
Jesus: We (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) have it covered.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Good Intentions

At the end of the chapter, Peter insists that he will be faithful to Jesus to the very end.

He's right.

But not until the second time Jesus leaves.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Verses 31-35

Loving is not a new command. Loving like Jesus is the new command.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Verse 30

"It was already night."

The night of the first Passover, nobody left during the first part of the night. That would have put the Hebrews in the path of the Death Angel. (Thanks for sharing this insight, Pastor David.)

Judas left at night, and he was as good as dead.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Verses 18-30

Jesus tells his disciples, in different ways, that Judas is going to betray him.

How did they misunderstand the bread?

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Follow My Example

Be as humble a servant as Jesus.

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Full Extent of Love

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the phrase, "Full extent of love?"

Unless you're already familiar with the story, probably not stinky feet.

Jesus does the unexpected, right up to his last night on earth before being crucified.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Outline of John 13

The Last Supper

  1. Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet
  2. Jesus Tells Judas to Do His Thing
  3. Jesus Tell Peter He'll Mess Up

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Whose Words?

Jesus was sent to speak his Father's words.

Jesus is God, but he didn't speak his own words.

Whose words do I speak?  And you, dear Reader, whose words do you speak?

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

In verses 41-43, John reminds us that our relationship with God is heavily influenced by our desire for praise.

From whom do I seek praise?  How about you, dear Reader?

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Verses 37-40

John explains in verses 37-40 that Jesus' rejection is predicted by Isaiah.

Monday, August 10, 2009

In verses 31-36, Jesus confronts his opponents with a surprising claim, that the Messiah would be "lifted up." This was a euphemism for death by crucifixion.

The crowd didn't ask Jesus what he meant, but immediately questioned Jesus' understanding of the Torah.

Their questions were not unjustified, simply misguided.

I wonder what confusion would be generated by the Church's contemporary views of scripture, particularly Revelation.

After this public disagreement, Jesus "hid himself." This seems like a smart move after such a significant disagreement.

Avoiding further argument with opponents is not always a mistake.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Verses 27-30

We learn in these verses that being crucified does not come automatically to Jesus.  He acknowledges how upset he is.

But Jesus tells the crowd that even if they are not comfortable with his fate, he is.

God's voice is for our benefit, not Jesus'.

What kind of faith would it take to be able to say, "Yeah, we all just heard God, but I didn't need that reassurance"?

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Verses 20-26

Jesus compares his death to the growth of a seed into a plant.

A seed won't sprout until it is buried, like a corpse.

Jesus' full sacrifice will not come fully until after he becomes a corpse.

We must lose our lives to save them.

How does this lesson apply to my life today?

How does it apply to your life, dear Reader?

Friday, August 7, 2009

Verses 20-22

Some visitors from out of town ask Philip about meeting Jesus.

Philip goes to Andrew, who goes to Jesus.

Andrew is a connector, not a front-line kind of person.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

In verse 19, we see the Pharisees complaining about Jesus' popularity.

How much damage does my jealousy cause? What trouble does your jealousy create, dear Reader?

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

This feels like deja vu.

Again, as I read about Palm Sunday and Jesus' triumphal entry in verses 12-18, I'm struck by how enthusiastic the crowd is on this day.  And then I remember that on Thursday, Jesus is led away to slaughter.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Takin' Care of Business

In verses 9-11, we learn that Jesus' enemies plot to kill Lararus as well.

They want to leave nothing to chance.

No matter how much people resist God's will it will be done.

Monday, August 3, 2009

Deuteronomy 15:11

There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brother and toward the poor and needy in your land.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Verses 7-8

The Zondervan NIV Bible Commentary writes, "His comment on the poor was not a justification for tolerating unnecessary poverty; but it was a hint to Judas that if if were really concerned about the poor, he would never lack opportunity to aid them."

I wholly agree with the first part of this quote, but I'm not convinced Jesus would waste a hint on Judas like this.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Verses 7-8

Jesus defends Mary's "waste" by reminding his disciples of his upcoming death.

What I find curious is Jesus' statement, "You will always have the poor with you."

Why does he say this?

I plan to pursue this question tomorrow.


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Friday, 1 July 2016

Reality star Charlotte Dawson suffers embarrassing wardrobe malfunction after ditching her underwear (photos)

Reality TV star and judge, Charlotte Dawson, 23,  suffered an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction showing off her private part and boobs as she attended a night club in Manchester after.
Charlotte entered the city to judge the Miss Swimsuit USA contest where she was also caught on Camera kissing 'Ex on The Beach' star Jemma Lucy. More photos after the cut.

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Monday, 22 December 2008

'Tis The Season Of Good Will...

...Unless Of Course You Are A Migrant!

It seems fitting that in the week leading up to Xmas, and against the backdrop of the global financial downturn, that a number of so-called Christian countries should be putting up the "no more room at the inn" signs.

In Spain the recession is beginning to bite and unemployment is starting to rise. And of course the easiest and most populist option for the government is to target migrants. To this end they are proposing new legislation to limit immigration, that also allows police to hold sans-papiers for longer prior to expulsion and that will make it harder for foreign-born residents to bring relatives into the country.

Currently 10% of the Spanish population are legally entitled residents and a fair portion of these were once so-called 'illegal immigrants', cornerstones of the building industry boom in the late 90's and early '00's, together with the agricultural labourers that the Costa del Polythene depends upon, that were granted residency during the 2005 amnesty. These people have brought enormous wealth into the country but as times are getting hard they are going to be the first to suffer.

Further east, Italy has already seen widespread repression and attacks on the Roma and migrant populations (see the 1st & 5th October posts), with the Army being sent onto the streets following a state of emergency being announced in the South of the country.

In Greece during the on-going civil uprising (which, if the BNP are to believed, has been caused entirely by 'asylum seekers') there have been a series of savage attacks on migrants carried out by the police in concert with fascists from the Golden Dawn organisation. The police have also been carrying out mass arrests of migrants and an unknown number of these are currently remanded in custody, and can be held up to 18 months before they have to be tried or released. Many have also been tried in flagrante delicto [in a police or Magistrate's court] and convicted in the absence of adequate interpreting facilities.

Greece has a long history of deaths of migrants at the hands of the police, many of whom are Golden Dawn members and sympathisers. [See] Just a week before Alexandros Grigoropoulos was shot, a 29-year old Pakistani named Mohammed Ashraf was killed by the riot-police in Athens as they dispersed a group of migrants waiting to apply for green cards.

The current picture is confused but atleast 50 migrants have received 18 month sentences (without the right to parole). There are also reports that there has been an increase in the number of migrants being rounded up and suffering forced illegal deportation.

The Southern hemisphere is also lacking in seasonal good cheer for migrants. In a rapid about turn, the Australian government have gone back on their decision to end the so-called "Pacific Solution" of using remote Pacific islands to house detained asylum seeker (see the 1st July post). Kevin Rudd's government, one of whose members labeled it a "stalag", have decided to open the £180M detention centre on Christmas Island, 1,000 miles from the Australian mainland.

Meanwhile, we have slightly better Xmas news here in Brighton. Kandazi and Harvey Sisya, 13 & 15 years old respectively, and their mother Gift Mubanga, have been bailed from Yarl's Wood IRC and will spend Christmas back in Hove, which had been their home since 2001 until they were detained on 28th November. Their attempted deportation back to Zambia on 16th December was stopped following a last-minute court injunction, a full judicial review of which is due to take place on 9th January. In the meantime the campaign for them to remain in the country started by Kandazi and Harvey's fellow pupils at Hove Park School continues. We wish them well.

Monday, 15 December 2008

Tories Claim UK Asylum Process Inhumane

In an interview on the BBC's Today programme Iain Duncan Smith has claimed that the government's asylum process is inhumane. "The British government is using forced destitution as a means of encouraging people to leave voluntarily. It is a failed policy," he said.

He was presenting a new report from the right-wing think tank Centre for Social Justice, which estimates that at least 26,000 so-called 'failed asylum seekers' are subsisting on Red Cross food parcels in the run-up to Christmas. The same report also claims that hostility at the start of process prevents the proper submission of asylum claims and compares the UK system to Sweden's, where 80% of 'failed asylum seekers' return voluntarily to their country of origin compared to only 20% for the UK.

Does this mean that the Tories are suddenly becoming the Party of Compassion? Needless to say at the heart of the report are claims about the major possible financial savings that a change in the asylum process could bring, as the cost of forcibly removing a 'failed' asylum seeker is £11,000 compared to just £1,100 for voluntary removals.

Interestingly, this comes on top of a recent landmark legal ruling that has paved the way for thousands of asylum seekers in the UK to be allowed to work. The High Court, in case brought on behalf of an Eritrean asylum seeker, whose application for entry to the UK was refused, has ruled that current laws preventing him from taking a job are incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. This ruling could also affect asylum seekers who are also currently destitute and in limbo as they are from countries including Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Somalia and Zimbabwe which are also considered too dangerous to return to.

Friday, 12 December 2008

Oakington IRC Condemned As Unsafe

The latest HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (HMCIP) report in to Oakington Immigration Reception Centre in Cambridgeshire, the government's flagship "fast-track" asylum centre, had "lost direction and purpose and is not performing well, especially in the areas of safety and respect". In fact, the relationships between the Global Solutions Ltd (GSL) security staff running the centre and the 328 detainees had deteriorated to the extent that they are significantly worse than at any other removal centre.

"Half the detainees, compared with a third last time [2005], said that they had felt unsafe. Only 60%, compared with 89% last time, and 94% in 2004, said that most staff treated them with respect. These are significant and troubling slippages." The use of force to control detainees had also increased at the centre from 53 incidents last year to 34 in the first six months of this year. The number of detainees put on segregation for breaching rules has also risen, from 328 times in the whole of 2007 to 220 in the first six months of this year.

The report also states the management and staff take so little interest in individual detainees that they were unaware of the fact that they had been holding one Chinese man for nearly two years. The Chinese authorities had said that the remote village he came from did not exist and it took 16 months before an immigration officer bothered to check on the internet and found it was genuine. "After 16 months, a member of the UK Border Agency team at Oakington established through the internet that the village did indeed exist and sent a copy of the map showing the village to the case owner. She also reported to the case owner that he appeared compliant and would like to return as soon as possible."

When the information was then passed on to the relevant case worker, the man was issued with a notice of non-compliance with the authorities and threatened with legal action and his monthly review also continued to claim that he had given false information about his address. On top of this "he had already served a short custodial sentence for having a false document and was now at risk of a further custodial sentence," the report said.

Interestingly, Global Solutions Ltd is the company that, in addition to already running Tinsley House, will be operating the latest addition to the Detention estate when Brook House at Gatwick Airport opens at the end of February or the beginning of March next year. We can only hope that the GSL staff make a better fist (if that's the right phrase) of their duty of care that the law imposes upon them. But given the number of complaints from staff about the way that management are forcing them to cut corners and disregard the welfare of the detainees in their custody (see "Outsourcing Abuse", the latest publication by Medical Justice) we somehow doubt it.


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Monday, August 9, 2010

Frolic, frolic in the sun
Tahoe Meadows is so fun

Frolic, frolic through meadow and trees
Feelin' wonderful happy and free

Frolic, Frolic in the sand
The beach at Lake Tahoe is so grand

Frolic, frolic with my gal
Life's so wonderful when shared with a pal

Sequoia & Petunia said...

Love the poem Noodles!

The Mama Monster said...

soo cute noodles!

lola bugs

THE PUGLET said...

Ooooooh. You are so lucky to be in Tahoe (my brother Dutch says you are lucky to be in Tahoe and not camping in a "godawful tent"). I've never been to the big lake, just the little one near where the Donner party was.

Speaking of the Donner people, have you seen any snow yet? When we went to Tahoe in June, there was still snow. Freaky!

PS: my human says I have to tell you she loves that you wrote a poem about frolicking. It's like her new favorite word :)

Those Elgin Pugs said...

Oh we's just LOOOOOOOOVE yous poems!!!! LOVE em!!
Great pho-toes!!!!!!!
Your bloggy makes us smile!! :D

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Led By Tesla, U.S. EV Sales Rocket In December, Pushing Annual Numbers To New Heights

Inside EVs is almost finished posting the tallies for December U.S. EV sales, which in turn give us the year-end volumes. The numbers are solid, representing a strong reversal of last year’s slight decline. 2014 stood at 122,438, and 2015 backslid to 116,099. 2016 already shows just under 155,000 sales with Ford and BWM (together they will easily yield another 3-5000) numbers still outstanding. And then there are the EV ‘losers’ such as the Volvo CX90 and Kia Soul (which between them can’t seem to muster 400 sales in any given month), which will add a few hundred more.

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Pruitt Can Shred All The EPA Regulations He Likes — It Won’t Help The Energy Industry

After weeks of waiting to see what would come out of the EPA transition team headed by Myron Ebell – a renowned climate change denier – it appeared for a while that President-elect Trump might surprise and head towards the middle of the road. A meeting early this week with Al Gore gave hope to some that Trump would heed the warnings of the majority of the scientific community and moderate his thinking on climate change.

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High (Range) Anxiety: Nissan Leaf Trip MA To MD Shows Limitations, But EV Improvements On The Way

In July, Green Car Reports ran a story about an intrepid driver – John Briggs – who made the trip from Boston to Silver Spring, Maryland in his Nissan Leaf. The narrative highlighted some of the key issues that remain to be overcome in order for electric vehicles (EVs) to truly make it to prime time. The key challenges Briggs faced had to do with both the range of the vehicle and the charging network that currently supports (or doesn’t) longer-range trips.

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Bill McKibben: Why We Need A World War III Approach To Energy And Climate Change

This month, the American Meteorological Society released its 240+ page State of the Climate in 2015 report. The information is not pretty. The report’s introduction notes that,

“In 2015, the dominant greenhouse gases released into Earth’s atmosphere—carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide – all continued to reach new high levels. At Mauna Loa, Hawaii, the annual CO2 concentration increased by a record 3.1ppm, exceeding 400 ppm for the first time on record. The 2015 global CO2 average neared this threshold, at 399.4 ppm…Owing to the combination of El Nino and a long-term up-ward trend, Earth observed record warmth for the second consecutive year…Above Earth’s surface, lower troposphere temperatures were near-record high.”

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UL Working To Ensure Used EV Batteries Can Be Safely Re-Purposed

Electric vehicles are sexy. They accelerate from zero to sixty in no time. Some of the coolest models from BMW and Tesla have gull-wing doors. And they are beginning to gain traction in the market. To date, some half a million have been sold in the U.S. This year, we are on a record pace both in the U.S. and globally. Last year, 550,000 EVs were sold worldwide. This year, the numbers are already at 308,000 through the first half of the year. Those numbers may appear large, but in the context of the nearly 89 million vehicles sold worldwide last year, they are still quite small, implying tremendous room for future growth.

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The Morphing Role Of The Electric Utility: Investors In The Change To Come

A state of affairs that cannot be ignored – This past month, Fitch Ratings issued a note highlighting the risk of solar energy net metering to the creditworthiness of America’s publicly traded electric utilities. The agency noted that distributed (rooftop) solar now represents 1% of all energy generated, and the potential to further eat into utility revenues is an issue to be concerned about.

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Mining Bitcoins Is A Surprisingly Energy-Intensive Endeavor

Today’s modern economy depends upon a mindboggling array of servers spread across the planet – mining and retrieving data to create value for humanity. Indeed, much of our modern economy is digital. By its very nature, this modern, digital economy is fueled by affordable electricity. In this modern economy, a new form of currency has emerged called cryptocurrency. Based on encryption (encoding) there are literally dozens of these digital currencies, the most famous and popular of these being Bitcoin. Bitcoin – and the energy use required in its creation – is the currency we will focus on in this post.

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The Challenge Of Keeping The Lights On In New England: A Conversation With ISO-NE’s CEO

In March, I moderated a panel at the Energy Thought Summit in Austin entitled Creating the Next Energy Market Structure. There I had a chance to hear the thoughts of Nick Brown, President and CEO of the Southwest Power Pool and Gordon van Welie, President and CEO of ISO New England (ISO-NE). I came away with the distinct impression that running today’s highly complex electricity markets is no easy task.

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One Expert’s View On The Near-Term Future Of Energy Storage

I spend a good deal of time at energy storage conferences, trying to figure out where the various technologies and business models are headed. I thought I had most of the nuances figured out – until I ran into Sam Jaffe at the Energy Storage Association conference in Charlotte in April. After a brief discussion, I realized I had some more understanding to do, and was able to arrange a follow-up conversation. I first met Jaffe when he was active at Navigant Research as their main energy storage analyst, and he has since moved on to become Managing Director at Cairn Energy Research Advisors (Cairn ERA). Jaffe’s spent more than 10 years in energy storage as an analyst, consultant, entrepreneur and executive from all ends of the business. So he’s practically been watching this space since before it became relevant.

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ARPA-E: What Role Should The Government Play In Commercializing New Energy Technologies?

The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) recently celebrated its seventh anniversary this year and held its seventh annual innovation summit at National Harbor outside Washington D.C. For those of you who are unfamiliar with ARPA-E, it is an agency within the U.S. Department of Energy that is modeled on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

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Alevo, The Other Energy Storage Gigafactory, Begins To Stir

In late 2014, a virtually unknown company called Alevo announced it was entering the energy storage market with a new inorganic, sulfur-based lithium ion battery technology that it had acquired from the bankrupt German company fortu PowerCell. Alevo entered the U.S. with a big splash, investing over $68 million in the 3.5 million-square-foot former Philip Morris tobacco factory in Victory, North Carolina, outside Charlotte. It also announced that it would hire up to 2,500 workers over three years, with a potential maximum workforce of 6,000 capable of turning out thousands of megawatts of electricity storage products annually. In other words, Tesla would not be the only storage company with a gigafactory.

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Clock Strikes Midnight On Emergency Generators And Demand Response

The clock struck midnight Sunday on emergency generation for demand response, and the boom fell today: May Day was supposed to have been a bad day for many of the curtailment response providers (CSPs) – and their customers with emergency generators – that provide demand response to competitive power grids across the United States. That’s because May 1st (well, in reality May 2nd since May 1st fell on a Sunday) was the anniversary of a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that affects the ability of emergency generation to serve as a demand response resource. The week was quiet, with no news until a few hours ago, when participants reportedly received notification that the time is now up and emergency generation is off the table as a demand response resource.

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Itron’s Idea Labs: Innovate Or Risk Being Pushed Aside

Last month at ETS16 in Austin, I had a chance to hear Roberto Aiello, Managing Director of Itron’s Idea Labs, discussing the role innovation plays within Itron. Some folks may know of Itron as a metering company, but they actually do much more than just provide metering systems for water, gas, and electricity utilities. These days, Itron is increasingly a technology and services company, involved in collecting, communicating, and managing enormous amounts of data and turning those bits and bytes into useful information.

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NITI Aayog committee releases helpline 14444 for digital payment queries

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Helpline for digital payment queries: NITI Aayog in collaboration with the Nasscom and telecom operators has released a helpline number which can be dialled up by the citizens for any query regarding the digital payments. The helpline number will be made operational shortly.

NITI Aayog committee releases helpline 14444 for digital payment queries

To boost the digital transactions for building a cashless society, the Committee headed by Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu has decided to import one million PoS machines.

Helpline for digital payment queries released by government -14444

“We are planning a sustainable, long-term, policy to attract majority in India to move to digital payments through providing incentives”, Chandrababu Naidu said.

“Our focus is on providing more incentives for making digital payments a mass movement…things are moving very positively in a digital economy for India.”

-Chandrababu Naidu

 The BJP government is opting for all means to push the economy towards the cashless economy. With the coming of demonetisation, the masses have been forced to opt for digital transactions as there has been a dearth of legitimate cash in the country.

Also Read: Aadhaar Payment App to be launched on December 25, will make digital transactions easier

NITI Aayog committee releases helpline for digital payment queries - 14444

NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya said that NASSCOM, the telecom operators and the government has collaborated to release the helpline that will help the masses to clear their doubts regarding the digital payments and it will help the economy push the country towards the e-transaction platforms.

Also Read: NITI Aayog meeting-Budget will bring more job creation, greater thrust on agriculture, tourism

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Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Quick update for the past three weeks.

We’ve been graced by another new member, Adam. He’s been twice. The first week he lost everything he played, but in the following session he had his revenge and won everything he participated in. An interesting fact about Adam is that he isn’t colour-blind.

We’ve played 7 wonders (three times), Sid Meier's Civilization: the Board Game (twice), Power Grid, Chaos in the Old World, Santiago, Caylus Magna Carta, Frank’s Zoo. As well as two offering from Jimmy’s recent trip to Essen; Trajan and Hawaii.

The festive season will soon be upon us. I’ll check with the pub as to whether they have any Christmas dinners/parties that will impact on our Tuesday meetings in December. I’ll post any clashes on here and on the NoBoG calendar.

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Ugh, being back at work after 4 days in Vegas is really tough. Almost as tough as 14 hours of traveling. Oh well, at least I got to watch a couple movies and figure out what happened to Bill Pullman and Kevin Bacon... On to this week....

In Theaters

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

Movie 43

The first movie could be a potential career killer for Jeremy Renner, and the second movie has more celebrities than the inauguration did yesterday. I'm actually pretty excited for this parody movie but I really have no idea what it's about. So I'll wait for it to go OnDemand.

Queue Boosters

Scandal (Season 1 on Netflix, Season 2 on Hulu or OD)

Scandal is a pretty good drama on ABC about a lawyer who works to keep the President and many other secrets under wraps.

What I've Been Watching

Silver Linings Playbook

This is 40

1600 Penn

The Following

All of these were awesome. In fact, if not for Lincoln, SLP would clean up at the Oscars next month. This is 40 is also a good movie. It's not an intense comedy, but reminds me a lot of Funny People, which I, unlike most people, enjoyed. 1600 Penn is the Bill Pullman comedy made by the Modern Family people. It's a good show that will hopefully gain some legs. Kevin Bacon is back and was awesome last night in the premiere of The Following. He plays a retired FBI agent that comes back to catch an escaped serial killer. 1600 Penn and The Following can be found OnDemand and the movies are still in theaters.

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How to Debate In Front Of Inexperienced Judges

By Rebecca Heller, Georgetown University ’16

Not every APDA tournament has enough experienced judges to adjudicate every round. This means that some tournaments use “campus judges,” or students of the host school who are rarely or never involved in APDA. These students are usually friends of someone on the debate team and will agree to come judge at the tournament as a favor to their friends (or because they’re promised free pizza). Campus judges are important because they allow tournaments to proceed when they otherwise wouldn’t be able to. However, it can be more difficult to debate in front of them because they aren’t familiar with APDA norms and judging standards. This guide explains how to successfully debate in front of a campus judge.

The first step to debating successfully in front of an inexperienced judge is to identify that the judge is actually inexperienced. There are a few telltale signs. If your judge asks you how long each speech is supposed to be or what the speaker/points scale is, it’s likely that they are new to APDA. Some other common signs that your judge is new are that they don’t use the regular wording to call each speaker up, that they don’t ask people to put their names on the board, or that they ask POCs along with the Opp team after case construct. Once you’ve established that your judge is inexperienced, you can do a few things to improve your chances of doing well in the round.

First, chat with your judge before the round if possible. Ask them if they did high school debate. If they did, and if you know a bit about high school debate, you can try to slightly tailor your strategy in the round to the specifics of the style they did.

Second, style is extremely important with an inexperienced judge. If the judge isn’t used to APDA arguments, they often vote as much on speaking style (or on who they perceive as being dominant in the round) as they are on the substance of your arguments. There are a few things you can do to help yourself here. Make eye contact with your judge. Make sure that you don’t speak too quickly- inexperienced judges sometimes see it as “bad form” or get frustrated if they can’t flow as quickly as you speak. Project your voice so that you’re speaking loudly enough. Number your arguments and group them clearly.

Third, you should limit your use of APDA jargon as much as possible. Your judge probably won’t understand how to “cross apply an argument,” what it means if you call the other team “squirrely,” or what a “burden” is. Make your arguments in plain English and clearly explain why you won the round. Using APDA slang and terminology won’t help you do that.

In that same vein, if you’re doing to tight call or countercase, you have to also explain to the judge what a tight call or countercase is. Don’t assume that they know. You should explain at the top of the LO speech what you are doing, and then you should explain exactly what each team now has to do in the round. As Opp, for example, you would explain that in a tight call, Gov needs to show not just arguments that could have been made in the round, but also how those arguments would actually win. As Gov, you would explain that you now only have two speeches in the round and Opp has four, so you just need to show one path to victory that Opp had. Debaters often say that you can’t tight call or make theory arguments in front of an inexperienced judge. This is not true. You certainly can make theory arguments. What you can’t do is just say the word “tight call” or “abusive” and expect the judge to know what it is. You need to clearly explain and clearly warrant everything you’re saying.

Fourth, run a case that’s straightforward and clear. Don’t choose one that requires a lot of caveats to be viable. This probably isn’t the time to run a very counterintuitive case about how murder is actually a good thing. Often, inexperienced judges vote on what sounds right to them, so make sure that your case has clear arguments.

Finally, in each of your speeches, be extremely clear about why you are winning. When you respond to the other team’s arguments, number your responses (“we have five responses to this”). Doing so makes it easier for the judge to write your responses down and differentiate between your arguments. It also makes it clear to the judge that you had lots of responses to each of the other team’s arguments, so the judge is less likely to drop you because of one silly argument that you did not respond to.

At the same time, don’t just respond to the other team’s arguments- also explain why the arguments that you are winning are more important than the ones that the other team is winning. This is just good debate strategy in general, but it’s particularly important to be explicit in front of inexperienced judges. In your rebuttal speeches especially, explain how you won each argument, and call out points that are reasons you should win. Explicitly label them as “reasons to vote for us” or “reasons we won the round.” Again, recall from above that just throwing the phrase “RFD” around is unlikely to help you, because the judge might not know what RFD stands for. Once you’ve laid out reasons you’ve won the round, explicitly explain why your arguments are more important than the other team’s. Try to predict which arguments the other team will collapse on, and explicitly say why those are NOT round-winning arguments for them.

Debating in front of an inexperienced judge is more challenging, because they’re not familiar with APDA norms and jargon. However, remember that your judge being inexperienced does not mean that your judge is unintelligent. Your judge is likely a very bright person. As long as you are clear about your arguments, there is no reason that you can’t have an enjoyable and successful round in front of an inexperienced judge.

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