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  • Place of Origin: Guangdong, China (Mainland), Guangdong, China (Mainland)
  • Brand Name: Eastern-signs
  • Model Number: haning banner tradeshow display
  • Product Name: Outdoor Exhibition Ceiling Hanging Banner
  • Banner Material: Thick Acrylic Fabric
  • Frame Material: Aluminum Pole
  • Graphic Size: D182.88xH91.44cm
  • Printing Method: Dye Sublimation
  • Type: Triangle, square,circle,tapered circular
  • Design Format: JPG, PDF, PSD, AI, EPS, TIFF, CDR
  • Design DPI: at least 70 dpi
  • Usage: Indoor & outdoor Promotion

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Packaging Details: Oxford Carrying Bag & Outer Carton
Delivery Detail: 3-5days

1. Light weight Aluminum Structure
2. Full Colors Dye-Sub Printing Fabric Banner
3.Wrinkle free

                                                                  Outdoor  Exhibition  Ceiling  Hanging  Banner

Features & Benefits:

  • Aluminum frame coverd with full color printed acrylic banner
  • Vivid custom design unique logo
  • Easy to install with screws & hanging steel wire
  • Various shapes available:triangle & tapered triangle & square & circle etc.
  •  6ft, 8ft ,10ft, 12ft, 14ft, 20ft in diameter and 4' tall available
  • Widely used for indoor advertisement,trade show exhibits, events,special promotion,fairs,weddings,party
  • Direct manufacturer & short turn around time(3-5 business days)
  • No MOQ

Eastern Signs Hanging Banner Display

Banner:250g polyester fabric(stretched acrylic fabric)

triangle,tapered triangle,curved triangle,

circle,tapered circular

Signle-side & Double-side available

Full color printing

Printing Method

Dye sublimation(heat transfer printing)

Luxury & light weight & portable & recyclable & washable

1 set

Lead Time

3-5 business days  after proof approval

Returned goods

Exchange, return and refund within 7 days after goods received.

Detailed Drawing of Hanging Rectangle Banner Display:

Various Hanging Banner Display:

ES-H Hanging Rectangle Banner Display Construction:

  • 1pc Aluminum Display Frame(1¼" diameter clear anodized tubing);
  • 1pcs OPTIONAL Dye Sublimation Tension Fabric Banner with Zipper;
  • Accessories for Hanging up;
  • 1pc Oxford Carrying Bag

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1.advanced equipment & expert technology

2.Heat transfer printing for full color

Here are some information you may be interested in.For more details,feel free to contact our sales.And welcome to our home page www.eastern-signs.com

Q1.Can the size of the display be customized?

A:YES. We have our own factory and technical team,most of the product’s size can be customized.Any size wanted,pls tell us and suggestion will be provided by our professional workers.

Q2.Are the banners colorfast?

A:Banners can not be colorfast for lifetime.And it’s affected by many factors,such as local climate,site, frequency etc.You can tell us about the condictions to get the reference time.

Q3:Are the banners and hardwares recyclable?

A:Both of the banner and hardwares are recyclable.Banners are printed by dye sublimation,washable without fading.And it’s easy to change the banners for the display stand.

Q4.Can you help with my design?

A: If you want us to make you the design, please send us original pictures & words in document and describe your promotion aims in details.Design charge will be USD 20.00/pc.The artwork should be in JPG, PDF, PSD, AI, EPS, TIFF, CDR format; CMYK ONLY, at least 70dpi.

Q5.What is your lead time/turn around time?

A:This is mostly depend on the order’s quanlity and the product’s stock..Time for Reference are as follow:

       *50pcs hardwawre ONLY: 2-3days.

       *50sets both hardware & banner: 5-7days.

       *sample: 2-3days upon confirmation of e-proofs.

Q6.Which way do you ship?

A:Shipping by express, by air & by sea depends on demand.Worldwide shipping service are availble.

Q7:How long is the warranty of your product?

A: One year warranty on hardware..FREE Accessories Offering once ordered our items. Please contact us whenever issues occur and we would try our best to assist.

Q8:Can I return the product if I am dissatisfied with them?

A:Sure. But All items must be returned in their original status & package within 7days.ONLY stand returning acceptable - as image made accordingly and could not resell.Buyer takes care of ALL return fees.And Original Shipping & Handling Cost would NOT be refunded.

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Art Fairs Opening This Week

Two art fairs that have succeeded in becoming a fixture in Bridgehampton
What goes on view outside can be as dramatic as what’s inside the tent, as these eye-catching blow-up hand sculptures demonstrated at last year’s ArtHamptons. ArtHamptons

Anyone looking for crowds this weekend is sure to enjoy this week’s return of two art fairs that have succeeded in becoming a fixture in Bridgehampton in the second weekend in July.

Once the young upstart, Art Market Hamptons will return now for a fourth year with a slightly different spelling of its name at its space at the Bridgehampton Museum on the grounds of Corwith House. ArtHamptons will return for a seventh year in the same space it occupied last year at Nova’s Ark on Millstone Road.

Art Market is the smaller of the fairs, with 40 galleries showing work, but it has a better reputation for culling its participants with an eye towards curatorial cohesion and artistic quality. ArtHamptons has always been more of an eclectic mix of galleries drawn from around the world with a hodgepodge of styles and less attention to connoisseurship.

Both hold benefit openings for South Fork art institutions as one way of gaining clout and attention. This year’s beneficiary of Art Market’s opening night will be the LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton. The fair is also partnering with Norwood, a social club in New York City, to provide music, cocktails, and “transformative interiors.”

Guild Hall will be the recipient of proceeds from ArtHamptons, which will also honor local artists such as Jane Freilicher, this year’s lifetime achievement honoree, and Robert Wilson as arts patron of the year.

As usual, ArtHamptons will be hosting a series of parties and events as well, including a polo demonstration for fairgoers and museum junior committees that will benefit the Southampton Arts Center. A special event for children will be offered on Sunday when Free Arts NYC will visit the fair to provide a “morning of art exploration for kids and their families.”

Art Market has a more low-key approach to running its fair; the art is the main attraction. It relies on its cultural partners to help spread the word and attract attendees. This year’s partners are the Asia Society, the Brooklyn Museum, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the International Center of Photography, among others.

Seizing on the new popularity of casual but high-end artisanal food vendors at certain art fairs, Art Market will have three well-known purveyors from Brooklyn participating. They include Roberta’s, which is known for its pizza, Red Hook Lobster Pound, which has a Montauk outpost, to provide lobster rolls and other seafood creations, and Van Leeuwen Ice Cream. ArtHamptons will have Cheffe Colette, the chef and owner of Inn Spot on the Bay in Quogue.

Local galleries will participate in both fairs. Art Market’s South Fork galleries will include Birnam Wood, Eric Firestone, Grenning, Kathryn Markel, Neoteric Fine Art, Sara Nightingale, and Vered, which will have a modern and contemporary booth. Art Hamptons will host the Tulla Booth, Karyn Mannix Contemporary, Richard Demato, Mark Borghi, Lawrence Fine Art, Monika Olko, Clic, Chase Edwards, and Bridgehampton Fine Art galleries.

Among the South Fork artists showing at the fairs are Bastienne Schmidt, Eric Dever, Margaret Garrett, Sydney Albertini, Barbara Bilotta, and Matthew Satz.

Complete listings of participating galleries and artists, as well as the activities schedules, may be found on the websites and

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Monday, October 25, 2010

My lost tribe

     A recurrent theme with me since my divorce is this feeling of losing my tribe. I'm not sure why this feeling is so pronounced now because my circumstances didn't dictate some of the fallout that normally happens in a breakup. I didn't lose mutual friends. Yes, I have lost touch with some family members from my ex's side, but I'm still friendly with those I love and even socialize with them on occasion.
    I think it's the feeling of fitting in somewhere unconditionally. I have a wonderful family of my own, but we don't live very close together so visits, etc., are manipulated and planned. My ex-husband's family was large and near enough that gatherings were often and big and taken for granted. I'm glad my son still gets to experience that, because I miss it very much.
      I didn't like everybody who attended these family events and I'm sure there were members who found me a pain in the ass. There were times when I actually resented going there so often, because of various reasons from boredom of the doing the same thing to finding it unpleasant due to the family dynamics of the moment.
    But that's what belonging to a tribe is all about: Acceptance.  Even when I was ready to throttle someone, I never felt out of place or unwelcome. Neither did the person I wanted to throttle.  There was a grudging acceptance, that no matter how unpleasant or undeserving a person in the tribe was, they still were welcome for dinner.  I felt  comfortable, never had to put on airs and I didn't realize at the time how wonderful it is to have a place to go and be yourself and know you were welcomed for any holiday or weekend.
    I know a lot of what I'm feeling comes with the territory. It's the transition of everything being new and having to find my new soft place to fall. But, now, more than ever, its what I need, and I just don't have the resources right now to make it happen for myself.  It is onerous to me to call and invite and arrange. I can only let down my guard with my closet friends. Even the simplest event is painful for me to organize right now and any rejection is brutal and just underscores the "lost tribe" feeling.
    I don't mind spending time alone. I enjoy it-- and sometimes prefer it in fact. That I am such a private person and am choosy about who I let in close, makes this even more difficult. But I do like to feel like I belong, as I'm sure everyone does.  I like to feel like I contribute something to a group, that my presence is wanted and needed.
    I understand why people who have been rejected from their families because of their sexual orientation or other silly familial un-met expectation, form such cohesive social groups. I understand why Al Anon is so important to many of its members. It has become important to me, though it doesn't work for me socially.
     So how does one go about making a new groove for oneself? How do you get other people out of their grooves/ruts to allow you to fit in with them?

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

I'm really feeling it

     "It" being the divorce. The enormity of it all.
     The human body is wonderful in how it protects you. When I first separated, I only felt relief. I basked in the ability to rest easily and go about my workaday life without the constant unwelcome interruptions  that had become my marriage.
    Then I didn't really feel much for awhile. I was kind of numb. I did all the right things. I exercised and socialized and called friends and spent lots of time with my son. But I had a hard time being present in the moment. My mind was elsewhere and where that elsewhere was, I don't know.
    So I'm at the six month mark of my divorce. And I feel it. The sadness. The overwhelming sense of loss. I want to take a magic wand and wish it all away. I want to take us back to when we were happy together. Could it have gone differently? Could I have changed the course if I tried? I know from Al Anon when it comes to alcoholism you can't cause it, cure it or control it. Still I wonder. I didn't recognize it for a long time and I didn't handle things very well. If I had been attending Al Anon long ago, maybe....but then why would I have been attending Al Anon before I knew my husband was an alcoholic?
    This man was the love of my life. He still is. Or rather, the memory of who he was, is. In many ways, it feels like a death. People tell me I'll be happy again. I know I will, in some ways, but I can't even fathom being happy with another man again. Romance was a big part of my life and very important to me and now it feels like I have to sever that part off myself.
    Every major adult event in my life was shared with this man, from graduating college to giving birth. How do I reconcile my wonderful memories with the present? Will I someday be able to enjoy the memory of a terrific lover and friend without the bitterness of what happened afterward?
    I know that whatever I'm feeling right now is what I should be feeling at this point and time.  It just seems that everything, from getting through the day to remembering a past Christmas is just so damned hard right now.

Friday, October 1, 2010

The Bully Paradox

     I have just read the heartbreaking story about the Rutgers student, Tyler Clementi, who killed himself after two fellow students secretly taped his sexual activity.  Recently a teenage girl killed herself after months of taunting from her classmates in school and on the internet. What they have in common, besides unbelievable despair, was a bully.
    These tender young human beings were bullied for being who they are. Bullied because they were different or misunderstood. They were feared because of these differences. Differences that caused the bully no harm, but frightened them nonetheless.
     I was recently  the victim -- or should I say survivor -- of a bully. I certainly didn't have an experience as heinous or insidious as these unfortunate young people had, but it did get me thinking a lot about the phenomenon.
    Bullies have been around since schoolyards were invented, and they all have two things in common: They all misuse some sort of power for evil and they seem incapable of minding their own business.
    Usually the power is something pretty mundane that they didn't need to work very hard at, like physical strength or unearned money or access to technology.
    I'm not talking about the kind of power that comes from maximizing your  God-given gifts.  The well-educated CEO of a successful business who has the respect and loyalty of his or her's employees is powerful.  But that person uses that power for positive effect. That person is a leader, not a bully.  Leaders do not take advantage of weakness, but rather encourage and bring out the power within others.
    Bullies use their power --- however cheap --  to hurt others, to get them to do things or make them feel things, so they, the bullies feel even more powerful. They target people weaker than themselves in some area. The power may be physical,  as in the stereotypical dim-witted, thick-necked high school senior who hazes the 90-pound freshman the first day of school. Or the power may be, like in my case, economical.
     Cyber bullying is something new a lot of young people are suffering through. Technology can give even the dullest and dimmest power. In this day and age, where everyone has access to the internet or cell phones or web cams, the  misuse of technology can do great harm. Images and messages can instantly be telegraphed to thousands. There is no editorial oversight, no organizational ethics to govern the misuse and little consequence. We've all heard countless stories of high school cliques  who target some unpopular classmate with poison emails or texts.
     In the case of the Tyler Clementi,  he was secretly recorded  in a private moment and then these sleazy bullies spread that moment over the internet.  The misuse of technology to humiliate, ostracize and slander people is the tool of choice for  children (and adults) who would be otherwise powerless.
    So bullying is about the misuse of power. But it's also about boundaries. There would an elimination of ALL bullying -- 100 percent --  if people just minded their own business. It was certainly not minding their own business when Tyler Clementi's classmates planted a secret web cam to record him. It was none of their business who he slept with. It was  not their business to care who he slept with. It was none of their damn business period.
    So what causes these awful people to stick their noses where they don't belong? Small lives and brains. It's that simple. Why else would another person's habits, beliefs, concerns, looks, etc. frighten and challenge them so?
     Which gets to the crux of the bully paradox. They terrorize others because they can't handle their own fear.
    As far as the root cause for the misuse of power. Well, you don't have to have a psychology degree to know it stems from low self-esteem. Some people  can't feel important unless someone else is diminished. They can't feel they are a winner unless there is a clear loser.
    My heart goes out to these kids and young people who were so viciously attacked. They must have felt so alone to end their own lives. It pains me to think that they may have, on some level, felt the bullies were right about them  in some way. If they only knew how many people are on their side and how wrong these bullies are. I was fortunate to realize in my own small experience that while this person may have economic power over me -- for now-- they have no power to make me feel badly about myself.
      I am sure, had these young people survived this horrendous attack on their personal boundaries, they would have grown into  exemplary fellow travelers.  Because there is a remarkable thing that sometimes happens to intelligent, sensitive people  if they are pushed around as a child or even as an adult: They learn deep compassion and empathy. The kindest, most life-affirming  people sometimes spring from the darkest backgrounds. The Holocaust survivor who gives inspirational speeches. The disabled child  who grows up to mentor and give hope to other disabled children.  Mr. Fred Rogers, arguably the gentlest man of the past 50 years, was bullied unmercifully as a child.
     The bully is sick. His sickness flourishes because his or her mental capacity is limited. They cannot see beyond what is shown them. If they are pushed, they push somebody else. The suffering is wasted. They learned nothing.


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climate impactsOne of the best ways to make the climate issue resonate for people is show how climate change impacts them personally. A new study by looked at the factors affecting America’s 100 largest cities, and identified the top 25 most at risk. Some, like Denver and Detroit, may see significant increases in heat. Others, like Pittsburgh and Buffalo, will likely face extreme precipitation, causing major snowstorms or potential floods. And cities like Miami and New Orleans are endangered by rising sea levels.
Fortunately, local governments are becoming much more aware of the challenges posed by climate change – and they aren’t waiting around for their state governments to take action. Portland, for example, is helping to reduce the urban heat island effect by adding roof gardens, while Minneapolis has implemented a plan to reduce energy consumption and incorporate clean energy. As climate scientist and MomentUs leader Katharine Hayhoe, who contributed to the report, explains in the accompanying Q&A, “What really matters to us as individuals is what’s happening in the places we live. If you care about health, economy, national security, business, energy, water resources, then you care about [climate change], too.”

Which Cities Will Feel the Effects of Climate Change the Most?

By Michele Berger, Science Editor for looked at six factors ranging from extreme precipitation to sea-level rise to determine which places across our country will get hit the hardest. Here, we present our top 25.
“There are so many different ways that people will feel the impact of climate change,” says David Easterling, Ph.D., of NOAA’s National Center for Environmental Information. Sea-level rise and flooding. Extreme heat and drought. Extreme precipitation events. Which events matter and how much depends on which part of the country you’re referencing, too.
In the face of growing evidence about the effects of climate change — recently bolstered by a study from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showing there’s been no slowdown in global warming, despite the popular “hiatus” theory — the future landscape looks quite different from today. “The warmest day that we’d see in 20 to 30 years, the record temperature at that time would have no precedent,” explains Michael Mann, Ph.D., director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center. “New records would exceed old records and typical conditions [would] start to resemble what we today consider ‘extreme.’”
Katharine Hayhoe, Ph.D., a climate scientist based out of Texas Tech University, works with cities on their climate preparedness. She said many local governments are much more aware of and proactive about climate change today. “Ten years ago, it used to be a city wouldn’t really have seen anything happen unless it was a city in Alaska,” she said. “Now, they already have a list of ways they’re being impacted by changing climate. All of the impacts are tied to services or infrastructure.”
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Fifty Years of Bond

James Bond’s 50th Anniversary 007 Gallery

Why Men Bond with the 007 Theme

Maybe it's the stealthy bass line. Or the machine-gun guitar solo. Or the swaggering wail of the horns. Or maybe it's all three shaken together. Whatever the reasons (and there are many), the "James Bond Theme" still has a way of making guys feel, well, more guy-ly.

Fifty years after appearing in "Dr. No"—the first James Bond film, which had its premiere in London on Oct. 5, 1962—the jaunty theme is back with a vengeance. At the Olympics' opening ceremony, the theme played as Britain's "queen" parachuted from a helicopter. On Oct. 5, Vic Flick, the theme's original guitarist, will perform his signature solo during "The Music of James Bond: The First 50 Years" at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. And it will be laced throughout the latest Bond film, "Skyfall," opening on Nov. 9.


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NSPCC calls for compulsory online safety lessons

NSPCC Cymru has called for compulsory online safety lessons to be included on the curriculum, following concerns over online grooming.

A freedom of information request found that 155 people have been reported to police in Wales for meeting a child under the age of 16 following sexual grooming.

The Dyfed-Powys Police area saw the highest number of recorded crimes with a total of 60, followed by South Wales Police with 35, Gwent Police with 34 and North Wales Police with 26.

In response, the NSPCC believes that all school children should receive age-appropriate online safety lessons, to teach them about the dangers of social media and online grooming.

Peter Wanless, chief executive of the NSPCC in Wales, said: We know that in a large number of cases, attacks are carried out on children by abusers who have first groomed them for this purpose. As these figures show, most of this grooming now increasingly takes place online.

"The internet is a fantastic resource to help children learn about the world around them and enjoy all it has to offer, but they need to be taught about the dangers online and how they could be exploited.

"Education is the key to teaching children how to use the internet safely so they don't find themselves at risk of serious harm.

"Online safety is a 21st century child protection challenge and it is something that we need to tackle head on

"It is important that children who have been groomed and abused have the confidence to come forward and know that they will be listened to and believed."

Responding to NSPCC’s calls for compulsory online safety lessons to become part of the curriculum, Darren Millar, Welsh Conservative Shadow Secretary for Education and Children, said: “Online social media platforms can be an open door for tech savvy offenders to make contact with children, who are all too often unaware of the sinister intentions which lie behind an innocuous exchange.

“Children desperately need to be made aware of the tell-tale signs of groomers, and what to do in the event that they are approached online by a stranger. The wiser they are to this kind of behaviour and its dangers the better.

“I wholeheartedly welcome the NSPCC’s calls for compulsory online safety lessons to be integrated into the school curriculum, which I am confident will result in more arrests and fewer incidents of abuse.

“Through working with internet providers, police, charities and communities, we need to ensure that our children are safe from online threats, and that perpetrators are brought to swift justice.”

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April 28th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

I had plans to implement a small WAV playback application making use of a FAT32/SD card file access. Considering my published demo with SD card Mass Storage, the plan evolved to a more ambitious endeavour: implementing the basic blocks of a WAV player.

The archetype model for this project is the MP3 player device. It has a storage device (HDD, SD card, internal flash) that can be read through file system primitives to access audio data. It has a user interface to control the playback of files. It can be plugged to a PC in order to update its media content. It can draw power from the USB connection to charge its internal battery.

So are my various goals to implement a WAV player:
- Showing how to combine the SD card Mass Storage profile and an independent functionality in one project,
- Organizing the common code and external libraries to be easily shared between different sub-projects.
- Implementing WAV playback and DAC libraries.

The charging feature will be let aside: the Teensy2 target will be powered through its USB port either by the host PC or by an external battery using a MintyBoost.

Strategies to combine Mass Storage and a main application

On constraint from the Mass Storage profile is that it requires to be the master of the flash storage. You are not allowed to access the file system when mounted on the PC host: obviously you can not write data to the flash from an embedded application because the host PC would not be aware of the modifications to data blocks that could be cached on the PC.

On the other side, read access from your application should be possible as long as you support some concurrency in the access to the flash driver. Block read request coming either from USB requests or from your FAT abstraction layer could be queued and served sequentially. But what if data accessed by your embedded application is suddenly deleted by the host ? Your file system should be able to switch from a read-write state to read-only state when connecting to a USB host. What if you are updating the file system at this very moment ? You would need carefully crafted interactions between the USB stack, the file system stack and your application to manage conflict cases. So is the simplest solution: forbid access to the file system when starting the Mass Storage profile.

If you device is battery powered and is already on when plugging to the host, you have to detect the activation of the Mass Storage profile in the USB code and issue a notification to your main application to request it to stop. If you take the example of a digital camera, when you plug it, the camera application is stopped and you switch to a sub-application displaying the status of the connection with the host. No other features are available from the camera. The camera has become a USB key.

As my Teensy2 device is not self-powered, it is always off when I connect it to an host. So I can take advantage of this by commuting between the Mass Storage code and my application during the boot process. But what if I want to connect the device just to draw power from the USB bus and don’t want it to be mounted ? There is no easy solution here: you need to tell the device how you want it to boot with an external signal or user input.

How to boot

Until now my programs had a main function that setup the hardware and then enter an infinite loop to execute an application. But nothing forbids you to implement a very basic main function that check for a user input and then choose between several applications to start. This is the principle used by many devices that allow to enter a maintenance mode when switching on a device while pressing some keyboard combination (but usually it’s a secret combination ;) ).

On the Teensy2, I setup the PORTB5 pin as my boot mode pin. A push button is connected to it. If the button is pressed when I power on the device, then the boot mode value is 1 and the main function of the USB Mass Storage code is called. In the other case, application_main() is called.

The main() function only computes a bootmode value and then calls the boot() function. The boot() function then determines which application to start depending on the bootmode value.

The circuit

Project layout

Here is the layout of my project:

+- bootmode
   +- boot.c
   +- Makefile
+- main.c =>
+- LowLevelMassStorage
+- delay.c / delay.h => utility code
+- LUFA_091223 => LUFA library
+- sd-reader_source_20090330-teensy

This organization has been crafted to ease the re-use of code among several sub-projects of which bootmode is the first one.

The external libraries are grouped in the vendor directory. Sub-projects are gathered in the apps directory. Other source files are grouped by features.

Compiling object files in the project directory

The Makefile I am using is originally a template from WinAVR released to the public domain. By default all object files are generated in the same directory of the source files. So LUFA objects are in the LUFA directory and sd-reader files in the sd-reader directory.

But if you want to compile two different projects sharing a set of source files, you will found out that it is not always desirable to share the resulting objects. For instance, your projects may not use the same compilation flags, one would like to enable the FAT32 support in a library while the other one must stay in FAT16.

The variable OBJDIR in the Makefile specifies the directory in which you want your object files to be put, but the original Makefile assume a flat organization of your source files in the root directory of your project. If you change OBJDIR, the OBJDIR string will be appended to the path of your source files by the following rule:

OBJ = $(SRC:%.c=$(OBJDIR)/%.o) $(ASRC:%.S=$(OBJDIR)/%.o)

If we apply this rule to relative paths, it does not work very well:

OBJDIR = obj
SRC = foo.c ../../bar.c

=> OBJ = obj/foo.o obj/../../bar.o
         GOOD      BAD!!!

To cleanly use the OBJDIR variable, I use only path relative to the root path of my project. The compilation rule has been modified to add the root path and create the object directory:

$(OBJDIR)/%.o : $(ROOT_PATH)/%.c
	@echo "$(MSG_COMPILING) $< => $@"
	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
	$(CC) -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) $< -o $@

Testing the bootmode application

Go to the end of the post to get the source code.
Go in the apps/bootmode subdirectory and type make.
Upload the resulting file bootmode.hex with the Teensy loader.

The serial port is by default configured at 9600 bauds to output text traces to the PC.

Connect the Teensy2 to a PC host: the application start.

$ sudo cu -s 9600 -l /dev/cu.usbserial
Start application
Do something...
Do something...
Do something...
Do something...

Connect the Teensy2 to a PC host while pushing the switch: the SD card is mounted on the host.

$ sudo cu -s 9600 -l /dev/tty.usbserial
MMC/SD initialization failed
USB Connect
USB Ready
R 0 1
W 0 1
R 0 48
R 0 1
R 0 1

Coming next

In the next post I will describe my WAV player implementation.

Source code

The source code is published in the following repository: http://bitbucket.org/elasticsheep/teensy2-usb-wavplayer/.

An archive can be directly downloaded from: http://bitbucket.org/elasticsheep/teensy2-usb-wavplayer/get/V1.zip. A compiled binary is also available in the download section.

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ElCap Report 9/24/16

ElCap Report 9/24/2016

By Tom Evans

Yo.. Continued fine weather seems to be the driving force behind the recent surge of climbers on ElCap.  I was able to shoot ElCap for a few hours today and worked for Adidas the rest of the day.  Tomorrow will be mostly Adidas so the reports may thin out a bit over the next week or so.  Lots of cool climbing going on so with that said…

Today’s ElCap Report…written just for you…unique in all the world!

I noticed Joe Marlay and John Verb(?) sniffing around the start of Lunar Eclipse this morning.. assume they will be on it very soon as Joe has the hots for the route since I promised really cool shots of it!!

1)  Zodiac:  Alex Vaught is doing good work on this excellent route.  Here he is on the MOZ pitch this morning.  He is probably heading for Peanut Ledge tonight.

2)  Shortest Straw:  Bart Bledsoe is moving along well on this recently popular route.  Here he is on the 5th pitch this afternoon.

3)  The three man team on the Trip is making good time on this popular but not so great route.  Here they are waiting for the leader to finish the 10th pitch this morning.

4)  Over on Heartland Chris is seen here with John at the belay this morning.

5)  Later in the day I saw Pete moving up some kit as the shade was coming on.

6)  Over on Native Son, I got a shot from out west, of Sean Warren, cleaning the long pitch leading to the Wing.  You can see that the ElCap Tree is no longer among the living.

7)  Over on the PO I got this shot of Eli Nissan just after the shade enveloped him.

8)  Earlier in the day I got this one of Steve cleaning near the Sharks Fin on SSPO.  Love the pants!!

9)  Robbie got the Rubber Band Man pendulum and after a time nailed it.  Here he is responding to our hoots and calls up to him.

Nose:  As usual there was a lot of action on this historic route.

10)  Hauling kit to the belay at the start of the Jardine Traverse.

11)  Old Timer back cleaning on the lead at the Lynn Hill Traverse.

12)  Myles Wittman leading to the Boot Flake in late afternoon.

13)  Pancho Gomez waiting it out on top of Texas Flake.  The line across the pic is some kind on an artifact and I will remove it later..

14)  Hauling kit on the Salathe, below the Ear.

I did see the Mark Hudon crew climb Freeblast today on their way to a Freerider attempt.

15)  Mystery climb of the day!  What is it?  Maybe Seth and Dave or perhaps Jordan and Levy are on it.

In other news:  Facelift is wrapping up and the season is in full swing now so come on out….or stay tuned to the Report for all the action!

Capt. Tom

Re. #12 & #13

Thanks for the great shots Tom and for the color commentary. Great to meet you in the Valley. What a gift to be able to watch these incredible athletes! Thanks for sharing. Kurt Wittman

#7 is a fantastic shot!!!

#7 is a fantastic shot!!! love it, tom. gives the vastness of the wall and way-out-there-ness!!!

thanks for the report

The Shield

Hey Tom!
My husband Ian McEleney and his partner Chad Cochrane are climbing the Shield this week and were at Mammoth Terraces last night. Any chance you could snap a few pictures of their progress this week? They wore bright colors just for you! Thanks very much! Jess

That is the end of the 4th

That is the end of the 4th pitch of Excalibur.

The 5th pitch goes up that

The 5th pitch goes up that cool splitter.
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Monday, November 21, 2011

A (television) program that promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective way.

Here, here and here.

All upfront as "Sponsored by Nuffnang" and I don't for a moment believe they are lying in their posts. I actually like and use the product they're spruiking. But it's important to realise that when you write a gushing commentbox attached to a post such as this you become the equivalent of those clapping, smiling infomercial audience members. Only you're not getting paid, only enticed with the possibility of free goods. Not sure if it's worth it.

Monday, November 7, 2011

In which I return to my roots

No, this is not a post about having the roots of my hair touched up so as to cover up the grey. Although I did go to the hairdresser last week, and I must admit that it really cheered me up.

In this post I return to my commentbox roots.

I was first attracted to blogs because of those lovely little boxes at the end of each post. This past week I had occasion to disagree with a style blogger and I was about to move on without writing a comment because I feared the consequences of disagreeing with her.

I'm not talking about her tracking me down and, you know, beating me up, just that merely disagreeing with a blogger these days can often result in other readers' somewhat aggressive comments. I should point out here that this has never actually happened to me, but I've seen it happen to others, and I'm sensitive. In short - I have been worrying for two days now about the comment I left on this stylist's blog, even though it was very polite, not at all personal and received only a polite (although somewhat icy, remember I'm sensitive, overly so, always have been) response.

Have you ever had that niggling suspicion that disagreeing with a blogger in her commentbox is being mean? Do you think it's better not to write a comment at all in that case? AND - if so - does that explain the general trend in the Australian mummy and beauty blog spheres to adore each other to such an extent that everything becomes a love-fest of mutual admiration rather than an interesting potpourri of difference and genuine interest in the other point of view?

I have written very few commentboxes in my blog-life which made me cringe at a later date and wonder at my motivation. But lately I've been feeling cranky with the world, and I can feel it rubbing off on my commentbox persona. I think the problem may have started because I'm following many style blogs solely for research purposes, and these style bloggers have slowly become a part of my own style world, often to my own dismay. I'm following nailpolish addicts' blogs even as I inwardly sneer at their hobby (nobody, but nobody, is as obsessive as a nailpolish blogger). I'm following Australian style bloggers whose personal style actually makes my skin crawl, and yet there I am, day in, day out, apparently addicted to their regular posts even though they remind me how much ugly fashion there is in the world.

Do commentboxes take on a different meaning now that so many Australian style blogs are monetised ? Certainly if a personal blogger takes photos of herself in different outfits I would never ever write a remotely negative comment. But what if that blog is the blogger's business? And what if that outfit she's wearing, and the entire post, is in fact an advertisement (albeit honest) for a specific brand of clothing? So what is the etiquette in this case? Is it OK for the blog's readers to post only positive comments out of politeness?

I'm not certain. But I'm too scared to find out. I'm sensitive you know.

E x

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

When a man loves a woman

Here's my favourite trailer for "Drive" - I highly recommend this film. It's a superb character study, a very romantic love story, and you can just close your eyes during the couple of violent episodes (it's only make-believe you know).

(P.S. The trailers for "Drive" have been the subject of some controversy, which is ridiculous in my humble opinion. Oh, and the claim of antisemitism was a surprise to me as I hadn't picked up on that at all.)

Ryan Gosling's performance reminds me of John Travolta in "Saturday Night Fever". Have a look at this clip, especially his expression when he's driving in the car with Stephanie after she's been crying. And then, when they sit on the bench and she kisses his cheek - the look on his face and the tears in his eyes are so wonderful.

By the way, this post also counts as a style post as these two men are incredibly stylish. I love how the clip below includes Travolta's complaint that his father ruined his hairstyle.


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Saturday, June 27, 2015

Contemporary Poets, Their Works. Join today:

The Long White Path

by Ken Allan Dronsfield

"I will draw the thorns from your feet,

then we shall walk the long white path.

In life together, like a brother from

my own blood; I will love you.

I will wipe the tears from your eyes and

show your enemies my wrath.

I'll put your aching heart to rest, and

always carry you through.

I will provide warmth on the darkest nights;

in the moonlit valleys or mountain heights.

For you are my brother; and we shall

walk the long white path ... together."

Bio:  Ken Allan Dronsfield, 62 years old, currently lives in Seminole, Oklahoma.  He has been writing most of his life, prose, short stories, poetry, and inspirational pieces.  This is the second poem I have published my Ken Allan Dronsfield.

Ubiquitous Quietude

 By Peycho Kanev

Go quietly, or you will disturb the dead.
The mist is so thick here, like a white
bushy beard.

Famine is a woman with fragile bones
that cries at night, asking over and over,
“Where is your God now?”

The shovels are muddy, the ditch is dug.
A turtle passes the cemetery, reminding us
that he will outlive us all.
Go quietly…

Peycho Kanev is the author of 4 poetry collections and two chapbooks, published in USA and Bulgaria. He has won several European awards for his poetry and he’s nominated for the Pushcart Award and Best of the Net. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines, such as: Poetry Quarterly, Evergreen Review, Hawaii Review, Cordite Poetry Review, Sheepshead Review, Off the Coast, The Adirondack Review, Two Thirds North, Sierra Nevada Review, The Cleveland Review and many others.

Chicago Street Preacher (V3)

By Michael Lee Johnson

Street preacher

server of the Word,

pamphlet whore, hand out

delivery boy,

fanatic of sidewalk vocals,

banjo strummer, seeker of coins,

crack cocaine and salvation within notes.

Camper on 47th from Ashland

to California promoting his

penniless life, gospel forever

Kingdom here it comes.

Sidewalk Freak

By Pyiya Patel

My feet drag clumsy, one by one
the silent stares have begun
my words fall deaf
on the ears that dare;
the ones that stop and glare:
shaking their noses
in pity and embarrassment
They are the arrogant
who dares to pass judgement
One by one, I watch them pass;
not one dares to speak
I'm sure, to them
the stench of poverty must reek
To them, I am
the sidewalk freak.

Priya Patel was born in the UK and raised here, in the states.   She started writing in her early high school years, but only recently has she started to take her poetry to the next level.  Priya has one published eBook on Kindle and another one in the works.  By day, she is a Manager in the Hospitality Industry, however, clearly her passion is in her writing.

Friday, August 31, 2012

Read The Poems Of Other Authors/Poets To The Right-Under Poet's Pages!

Michael Lee Johnson, Itasca, IL. the poet is published in 27 different countries, and in over 925 different publication, now has over 99 videos on YouTube-Select

Purchase Poetry Books by Michael Lee Johnson At:

"Moonlight Dreamers of Yellow Haze", is now available on, Amazon Kindle, available in Europe.  Buy now just $13.95/Kindle $2.99. Chief Editor/Publisher/Poet, Michael Lee Johnson, Coeditor Ken Allan Dronsfield.

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Sunday, August 19, 2012

Electric in the Sun

Where To Send Submissions and What I'm Looking For

Send all submissions to:

I’m looking for poems, short stories, flash fiction, that touches me. I’m not as concerned whether your works have been published before-if they have, just inform me where they we first published and I will make note of that on publication.

Send between 2-4 poems-don’t send attachments. Bios are to be in third person. I’m open to reviewing graphics and pictures. Visit my other website(s) rich with poems from talented authors-all open for submission now. Check Michael Lee Johnson out on Google for editor credentials and qualifications.
Michael Lee Johnson, Itasca, IL. nominated for 2 Pushcart Prize awards for poetry 2015 and  nominated for Best of the Net 2016.

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Tag Showoff - Terry Heuser

It has been a long time coming with this beautiful tube. I have had some comp issues as some of you know, but I am so glad I finally got a chance to work with this beautiful piece of art!
This gorgeous tube belongs to the wonderful and talented Terry Heuser. It's called Natural Beauty.
You can purchase this piece over at The PSP Project as well as some of her other pieces she has over there. You will def want to swing by and check it out!

Click The Link to Visit The Psp Project - The PSP Project
Also make sure you take a look at everything thats going on over there too, from tubes, kits, prepaids and sales. You will be in heaven!
Hope to see you soon.

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Tag Showoff - Terry Heuser

This set I did came out gorgeous! And I couldn't have done it without the gorgeous work of Terry Heuser.

This piece is called Masked beauty and you can purchase her work over at The Psp Project! You have got to check her out.

Also the Psp Project has many Artists over there with fabulous work and some wonderful scrap artists too.

If you haven't heard of them yet, Well now you have and you def gotta stop by! Click Here to Visit The Psp Project.

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Friday, August 27, 2010

Things I've Learned From Sewing at 2:00 a.m. ...

Thank you to Timothy Bruno for providing the original post. If you know who originally wrote this list, please let me know. I would like to give credit where it is due.
  1. I hate hemming.
  2. My bobbin winder hates me.
    Lisa Ashton's Corollary:
    Don't try to talk on the phone and sew a straight seam unless you intend for your finger to be included. Blood on white fabric is frustrating, and the screaming scares the cat.
  3. The more you try to fix the hem, the more you will screw it up.
    Lisa Ashton's Corollary:
    If you have just sewn the same seam inside out or right side to wrong side TWICE, it's time for a break.
  4. I need a serger.
  5. Don't use red chalk to draw the pattern on white fabric when you need the garb the next day.
  6. If the neck hole was too little the first time, only cut a little bit off at a time. There's no going back. I now have an off-the-shoulder undertunic.
  7. If you're trying on the garb you're sewing over and over to get the right fit, it's easier just to sew nekkid. Someone please tell me I'm not alone.
  8. The first time you sew it together, use a big stitch. They're easier to pull out.
  9. Trying to convince yourself that no one will notice that the sleeves are two different lengths gets easier as the night goes on.
  10. They play really crappy music on the radio at 2:00 a.m.
  11. Ignore the "Buy 1 more yard than you think you'll need" rule. Replace it with the "Buy 7 more yards than you think you'll need" rule.
  12. Get $1/yard fabric. Then you won't swear at yourself so much.
  13. You can see a black bra through $1/yard white cotton.
  14. You can see a white bra through $1/yard white cotton.
  15. You can see you're not wearing a bra through $1/yard white cotton.
  16. The warning on cold medicine that says you shouldn't operate heavy machinery while on this drug should state sewing machines specifically.
  17. If you're going to be trying on something that's pinned, and have to pull it over your head, remember to wear protective eye gear.
  18. The numbers on my tape measure move. They must. I've measured 3 times, and it's still not working.
  19. You really do have to match plaids or your butt looks funny.
  20. Remember Rule 6? Don't do that again on the over tunic. Next time, try a key hole.
  21. At 4:00 AM, leaving the garb too big sounds perfectly acceptable.
  22. No matter what you learned from your last 2:00 a.m. sewathon, you're gonna do it all again.
  23. Never cut fabric strips in the middle of the night!
    Michele Sol - ask her about her belly dancing outfit experience.
  24. It is best not to continue the project once the cat decides that you are still sitting at their night time sleeping area.
    Alix Jordan
  25. For the spouses of the 2:00 a.m. sewer: Learn to duplicate their "Are you still on the computer?" phrase and tone of voice. They may not be happy to hear it, but it gets the message through.
    John O'Halloran - Who had to do it on the eve of his wedding.
  26. If a costume needs machine sewing, and it is not done the day before leaving for an event, it stays home.
    Betsy R. Delaney
    Stephanie Carrigg's Corollary:
    If a costume is not done three days before the convention, it doesn't go.
  27. Allow plenty of time for bead work - complex bead work can require a year to do. Do your beadwork before the major construction.
    Lisa Ashton

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  1. This is too funny! So true also! I don't think I have ever been up at 2:00 a.m. sewing. Some of these rules can be applied if you are drinking wine and sewing (I know this from experience!)

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Sunday, 30 March 2014

Happy Mother's Day

Well I've had  lovely Mother's day today.
I've got three of the best daughters a mum could ever want!

I decided today (being Mother's Day) I was going to do something that I wanted to do so first off I went to see my mum with a card and a potted lilly. Then when I came back home Imade a big pot of soup and some delicious (even if I do say so myself) choc chip cookies.
For dinner I  made a roast chicken dinner, which everyone seemed to enjoy. You really just can't beat roast chicken on a Sunday evening :))

The clocks changed to British Summer time last night so we lost an hour's sleep but gained an extra hour of daylight this evening which is always good.

Our Laura and wee Riley came for a visit on Friday evening and left again on Saturday morning.  It was so lovely to see them and we will be going through to them in a couple of weeks for Riley's 1st birthday.

 Cookies - do you fancy one?  They were really tasty :))

 Lovely flowers I got for Mother's day!

Can you believe tomorrow is April 1st - I can't, this year is just flying by so quickly!

Along with the brighter evenings our weather has had a turn for the better and I'm really looking forward to Spring and Summer.

I had a fairly stressful week last week but now all is well and after my relaxing weekend I'm ready for the new week ahead.

Hope it's a good one for everyone :))

Thursday, 20 March 2014

It's Spring!!!

Yes that's right - it's the first day of Spring today.

Well I woke up to heavy rain and fairly strong wind.  As the day progressed however the sky cleared the rain stopped and the sun even came out for a short while.  So hopefully that will be the end of the wettest winter I have ever known.

I hope the weather is improving  for everyone!!

I haven't blogged for AGES and I haven't even visited anyone's blog for AGES.  I apologise for that I don't have an excuse or reason other than I must have lost my mojo!!
I haven't been out to take any pics mainly because the weather has been soooo miserable.  But, now that Spring has sprung - and the weather should be getting better - I am hoping to get out and about more.

Anyway to that effect I bought myself some lovely daffodils recently to add a splash of lovely yellow colour, and I took a few shots of them.

Don't you think daffodils are beautiful?

So, what have I been up to in all this time?

First of all we have been planning our holiday this year.  We are going to be off to Portugal for a wedding!  One of Danny's cousins is getting wed and that is where they live.
How exciting is that?
It's not till the tail end of the year so a wee bit of a wait but it's definitely something to look forward to!

Our wee Riley will  turn one next month, where on earth has that time gone?!  He is crawling now and so pleased with himself :))  He is getting so big and utterly adorable :)

We have an apple tree in our garden and have been really lucky since we got it with the apples it has produced. We went out and bought two more apple trees, hey before you know it I'll have my own wee orchard, lol.

Anyway I'm off for now, I'll be around to visit blogs tomorrow to see what everyone has been up to :))


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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - US Trailer

FINALLY, the US trailer. Phew, it seems that Hollywood has managed not to butcher the magic of Girl. It looks delightfully badass. Loving Karen O & Trent Reznor's creeptastic rendition of the Immigrant Song. On a side-note, one of the reasons I am rooting for the continued popularity of this book/movie series is because I hope 'Lisbeth' becomes a well-known name. It would be a massive relief if people mistook my name for Lisbeth -- versus Elizabeth, Ellespeth, Elsmeth, Alice, ElseWHAT?!

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The Eltonite Day: Today... Always EJ

Hi Always EJ. Nice to “meet” you. I was specially interested in interview you because you are a die hard fan of Elton since the 70s, you have followed him in too many concerts, in the front row, of course, and you lived his golden age era. I am sure you keep in mind great experiences.

So... Could you tell us, please, who are you and where are you from?

I am Lucy and I live in Michigan in the USA.

Right. When you became an Eltonite? Remember the first time you heard Elton’s music and what moves you to buy his music?

I was 11 years old back in 1974......... I remember when I first heard Elton when my cousins would play his records. I just loved his voice and his songs very much from the beginning.

Great. What was it like seeing Elton for the first time and how many concerts have you been? And also, could you tell us if you ever have been in touch with him? Have ever exchanged words with him?

I was 13 years old when I saw Elton in concert for the first time in 1976. I remember my mom took me to see him because I begged her and I was so excited!!! I have seen him 51 times so far since then. I have shook his hands many times, exchanged a few words here and there from the stage and outside of a concert venue. I remember one time he asked me if I had a pen....... I froze!! But my biggest moment was when he kissed me after I gave him flowers from the stage!! He thanked me and I said "thank you"!!

Wow!! Which is your Elton’s item that you really appreciate, for being hard to get or for the happiness you’ve got to have it?
Oh this one is hard, I have so many special items that I have acquired. I guess though the autographs from Elton to me personally are the most special to me. I also love my captain Fantastic Pinball machine!! LOL!

Nice! Elton had his golden age era in the 70s, specially in your country, the U.S. Sometime, John Lennon told him: “if you die someday, I will throw my radio out the window”. It was that really? And how was the impact of his bisexual confession in 1976?

I really think so..............Elton is so special. Well I remember for me that confession did not bother me at all, I remember I said oh that means he has more to choose from.

Finally, could you tell me your five favourite Elton’s songs in running order, for my AllSongsList?

Alright this is it:
Elderberry Wine
Crazy Water
One Horse Town
Grow Some Funk Of Your Own

Thank you. Would you want to add some observation or suggestion, or something you want to say to other eltonites?

Well, we all are different in our likes and dislikes concerning Elton. I am glad that we are so diverse like Elton. Elton has some of the most wonderful fans.

Oh... and your kids? Are still eltonites or has other teen idols now? How do you manage to get them to Elton’s music?

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It's August 10th (I'm squeaking in!) so it's time to share favorite picture books again. I spent the morning in my classroom unpacking boxes, many of them full of picture books, so this is fresh on my mind.

My favorite book from the last year is Mo Willems' We Are In a Book! I shared it during the Northern Virginia Writing Project's summer institute and it was well loved by all. The Piggie and Elephant books are always popular with my first graders and I love this series as much as the kids do. This one, with Piggie explaining to Elephant Gerald that a reader is reading them is still my favorite.

 Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas makes me laugh every time I read it. Like We are in a Book it is deceptively simple. In reality, both of these books require young children to step back and think about what is happening.

One Mo Willems' book would not be enough on my list, so I also have to include The Duckling Gets a Cookie. It's as much about The Pigeon as it is The Duckling. When I read it last year we had quite a talk about how The Duckling handled The Pigeon.

This is a title that has likely shown up on many lists (I haven't read any of the other posts yet in order to not be swayed on my thoughts). I have read this book to my daughters (ages 8 and 5), my first graders, and fifth graders. It has been fascinating to see which students immediately understand what has happened as the bear gets his hat back and how many are uncertain.

I've got to have some nonfiction and my current favorite nonfiction author is Steve Jenkins. It is nigh on impossible to choose one title but Move! is well loved by my students.

Piggie and Elephant, the Pigeon, and Froggy are all characters we get to know early in the year. My students love to write their own stories about those characters. Another favorite is Hi Fly Guy. It's not uncommon for me to conference with students about stories that include multiple characters we love. Reading about Fly Guy and the Pigeon have adventures together is a hoot.

 Like every other group of kids everywhere, my first graders last year loved Pete the Cat. This is another great book for the start of the year because it is one they can all read, at least after I've read it to them, and it's a great mentor for them as writers.

I call my youngest daughter Little Miss and she is a snuggly little one. As a result, when I saw a proof of Plant a Kiss at ISTE last year I knew it was a book we had to own. This year at ISTE I got Peter H. Reynolds to sign it. It is a beautiful book with a sweet message.

On September 15th kids all around the world will celebrate International Dot Day. They will, in a wide variety of ways, celebrate their own creativity, individuality, and make their own marks. My class will certainly be reading and celebrating!

The final book on my list is not one I read to my students. I give a copy of this book to each new mom or dad when they return to work. It tells the story of a mom dropping her son off at day care and shows them each going about their days with the message that they may be apart but their love is always there. Each page has a heart worked into the illustration, a fun thing to look for with your child.

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Tammy Flanders said...

I'm a huge Steve Jenkins fan, too. I recommend his books to student teachers often.
Thanks for your list.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) first defined oral leukoplakia as a white patch or plaque that could not be characterized clinically or pathologically as any other disease; therefore, lichen planus, candidiasis, and white sponge nevus were excluded. At a 1983 international seminar, the following definition was proposed:

Leukoplakia is a whitish patch or plaque that cannot be characterized clinically or pathologically as any other disease, and is not associated with any physical or chemical causative agent, except the use of tobacco.

A more recent WHO workshop [1] has amended the earlier WHO definition as follows: "The term leukoplakia should be used to recognize white plaques of questionable risk having excluded (other) known diseases or disorders that carry no risk for cancer.” It has also recommended abandoning the distinction between the terms "potentially malignant lesions" and "potentially malignant conditions" and to use the term "potentially malignant disorders" instead. Leukoplakia and erythroplakia are the most common potentially malignant disorders. These diagnoses are still defined by exclusion of other known white or red lesions.

Oral white lesions include leukoplakias (as defined above), keratoses, leukoplakias of clear infective origin (candidal, syphilitic, hairy leukoplakia associated with Epstein-Barr virus), candidosis, lichen planus, oral submucous fibrosis, lupus erythematosus, congenital lesions (eg, white sponge nevus, dyskeratosis congenita, pachyonychia congenita), and frank carcinomas.

No etiologic factor can be identified for most persistent oral white plaques (ie, idiopathic leukoplakia). The histopathologic features are highly variable, ranging from hyperkeratosis and hyperplasia to atrophy and severe dysplasia.

Patients with idiopathic leukoplakia have the highest risk of developing cancer. In studies of these patients, 4-17% had malignant transformation of the lesions in less than 20 years. The risk of developing malignancies at lesion sites is 5 times greater in patients with leukoplakia than in patients without leukoplakia.

Dysplastic lesions do not have any specific clinical appearance; however, where erythroplakia is present, dysplasia is likely.

Dysplasia is evident in 17-25% of biopsy samples of leukoplakias. Erythroleukoplakias, verrucous leukoplakias, and nodular leukoplakias show an increasing frequency of dysplastic histologic changes or aneuploidy.

Leukoplakias that are speckled, or erythroleukoplakic, are usually dysplastic or frank carcinomas. Nodular or verrucous lesions are also sinister, but homogenous leukoplakias are far less likely to be potentially malignant.

Most idiopathic leukoplakias are homogenous leukoplakias and show little evidence of dysplastic histologic changes or aneuploidy. However, studies have revealed carcinoma or severe dysplasia in the excision specimens of approximately 5% of leukoplakias excised when the diagnostic biopsy specimens had revealed no dysplasia.

Carcinoma in situ is a controversial term used for severe dysplasia in which the abnormalities extend throughout the thickness of the epithelium. All the cellular abnormalities characteristic of malignancy may be present; only invasion of the underlying connective tissue is absent. Top-to-bottom epithelial dysplasia, like other dysplastic lesions, has no characteristic clinical appearance, although erythroplasia often proves to be carcinoma in situ or early invasive carcinoma. [2]

Oral leukoplakia is uncommon, possibly occurring in less than 1% of adults.

An increased prevalence is observed in communities and races with high tobacco use, such as Southeast Asia.

Males have the highest incidence of leukoplakias.

Leukoplakias are usually seen in adults older than 40 years.


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Three years ago I trained for my first half marathon. I started to develop pain in my upper hip area. During my runs I feel fine. It is after that I get a deep bruise like feeling in the very top I my TFL. If I sit for a while then get up the pain is very intense. The longer I sit the worse the pain is when I stand. I took time off 6 mths and then started to run and train again for another half. Again felt great on runs but pain after..especially after sitting. I am a yoga instructor as well and stretching it burns an causes more discomfort after. Standing side hinge hurts during and after. I have seen a pt who gave me hip abductor exercises. Side leg lifts. I have seen acupuncturist. I have had many many many massages -tried dry needling- energy work- you name it... It still hurts even after a one mile run. The one thing that seems to help is using a super high pressured water jet to hit the tfl directly after swimming but I only lasts a day. I just took a whole month off running and still no relief. Please please tell me that there is something I can do so I can enjoy running again??? I am a heel striker and I am working now at transitioning into a misfit striker. Help please!!!! Thanks in advance!!!!

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I'm happy to say that I believe we'll be able to work together to solve this problem completely.  First I'll explain what is the most logical reason for this problem. There is a muscle called the psoas that originates along the front side of your lumbar vertebrae and then inserts into the top of your thigh bone, close to your pubic bone.  When the psoas contracts you bend forward. There is a second muscle, the iliacus, that originates along the inside curve of your pelvis, it then merges with the psoas, and combined they both insert into your inner thigh.  When the iliacus contracts you pick up your leg to take a step.  Between them any movement you make that brings your thigh closer to your trunk is being caused by one or both of these muscles.  It will help to make this more clear if you go to and read the entire thread, but meanwhile I'll give you the brief version.

You have a third muscle, the rectus femoris, that originates on the tip of your pelvis and then goes down your thigh, over your kneecap, and inserts into the front of your shin bone.  These three muscles are responsible for rotating your pelvis forward and down (it will be more clear when you read the link I gave you), twisting/contracting/overstretching all of the muscles that have an impact on your pelvis, including your TFL.  If you go to you can enter in each of the muscle names and you'll see the muscle and also the action of the muscle.

The reason the high pressure water jet is helping is because you are releasing the tension in the TFL muscle fibers, but it comes back because it's not thoroughly released. Rather than doing abductor exercises, further shortening the TFL, I suggest you take a tennis ball, put it on your TFL and then lie down on the floor, lying on top of the tennis ball.  It's going to hurt so go slowly (inch into the ball rather than go straight on top of it).  I have been working with two amazing yoga teachers to help people first untie the spasms and then safely stretch with yoga.  If you go to you can read about it. As a yoga instructor I think you'll like what you will see, and you'll quickly be able to incorporate it into your yoga practice, helping you and your students.

I believe you'll get a lot of immediate relief when you use the ball to flush out your TFL, please keep in touch and let me know how you are doing.

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Vietnamese top legislator holds talks with Lao counterpart

Vietnamese National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan held talks with her Lao counterpart Pany Yathotu on March 6 in Ha Noi.

The talks took place on the occasion of the official visit of Chairwoman Pany Yathotu from March 5-10.

The two top legislators praised the reciprocal visits of senior leaders as helping boost the bilateral ties in specific areas. They were unanimous in working together to effectively implement signed documents, programs, and plans.

Lao NA Chairwoman pledges to implement set agreements

National Assembly Chairwoman of Laos Pany Yathotou pledged to work closely with the Vietnamese legislature to effectively implement agreements set between the two Parties and NAs during a meeting with Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Ha Noi on March 6.

Yathotou believed that under the leadership of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, the Vietnamese people will score greater achievements during its reform and successfully realize the Resolution adopted by the 12th National Party Congress.

PM greets Lao top legislator

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Ha Noi on March 6 for Lao National Assembly Chairwoman Pany Yathotou who is on a six-day official friendly visit to Viet Nam.

PM Phuc stressed that the visit is an important political event as it is expected to generate a new impetus to cementing and deepening the special solidarity between the two countries, especially when they are marking the 55th anniversary of diplomatic ties and the 40th anniversary of the Bilateral Treaty of Amity and Cooperation.

President calls for effective implementation of VN-Laos agreements

President Tran Dai Quang has urged the Vietnamese and Lao legislatures to forge ahead with coordination to implement effectively cooperation agreements between the two countries, especially deals reached at the 39th intergovernmental committee meeting.

During a reception for Lao National Assembly Chairwoman Pany Yathotou in Ha Noi on March 6, the President asked the two countries to further collaboration and share experience in building institutional and legal systems as well as inspecting law enforcement.

12th National Women’s Congress to open in HN

The opening of the 12th National Women’s Congress, themed “Solidarity – Renovation – Equality – Integration”, will be televised on March 7 morning at the National Convention Centre in Ha Noi.

Attending the event will be 1,155 outstanding women representing all walks of life, different ethnic groups, religions and regions nationwide.

During the 2017-2022 tenure, the Viet Nam Women’s Association (VWA) sets the goal of improving material and spiritual lives of women, building a strong and professional VWA and continuing emulation campaigns for the sake of gender equality and women’s advancement.

VN has 200 super-rich people

Viet Nam has 200 super-rich people, with fortunes valued at US$30 million or more, according to the Wealth Report 2017 by the UK’s leading independent real estate consultancy Knight Frank.

The recent report showed that the number of ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWI) in Viet Nam was up 32 against 2015, and 50 against 2014. This super-rich group increased sharply by 320% from 2006 to 2016, the fastest growth in the world in comparison with India’s 290% and China’s 281%.

VN, US work to address post-war consequences

The Viet Nam-US Society (VUS) and the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) held a workshop in Ha Noi on March 6 to address post-war consequences such as Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin, and leftover bombs and mines in Viet Nam.

President of the VUS Nguyen Tam Chien welcomed the US war veteran delegation to visit Viet Nam, and recognized their active contributions to healing the pain of war between the two countries in the past.

He said the Viet Nam – US cooperative relations have changed with significant strides in recent years.

Gasoline prices slightly drop

The domestic retail price of RON 92 petrol and E5 bio-fuel dropped by 76 VND and 58 VND per litre, respectively, from 15:00 on March 6, following a joint decision by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

This has been the first reduction of petrol prices for the year 2017.

With the decision, the ceiling prices of RON 92 and E5 bio-fuel are 18,022 VND and 17,760 VND per litre, respectively

President Duterte: Philippines, VN should step up cooperation

The Philippines and Viet Nam should work to strengthen bilateral cooperation across sectors in line with the strategic partnership established in 2015, said Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

President Duterte made the statement while receiving Vietnamese Ambassador to the Philippines Ly Quoc Tuan, who came to present his credentials.

The President lauded growing relations between the two countries in the past and wished Viet Nam greater successes in its national development cause.

Global Fund continues supporting VN’s HIV, TB, malaria fight

Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Mark Dybul has pledged support to Viet Nam to sustainably maintain achievements in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

During a meeting in Ha Noi on March 6 with Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam, Mark Dybul spoke highly of Viet Nam’s successes in AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria prevention, with falling fatalities from HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis and malaria in the pre-elimination phase.

The fund has so far provided nearly US$400 million in non-refundable aid for Viet Nam in the effort, a large amount of the sum is for the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Cruise ship docked in Ha Long Bay catches fire

A wooden cruise ship docking at the Tuan Chau International Port, caught fire early in the morning on March 6, according to officials in Ha Long Bay./.

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