A recent This American Life episode titled "Words You Can't Say." There are two stories, and both are really good. But if you only have a half-hour, definitely listen to Act 2. It is a textbook (and real) example of how strict adherence to ideology can absolutely obliterate common sense and common good.
Last year, the Trump administration budget proposed eliminating the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, a federal program to clean the lakes and protect them against invasive species. It was fairly up front about it, spinning it as the fiscally responsible thing to do.
"We must make cuts, can't just keep growing the national deficit, think of our children and grandchildren, etc." That used to be standard dogma for Republicans and a President who sold himself as an expert on debt, assuring us he would eliminate the federal deficit in eight years.
When I was a senior at Powers Central Catholic High School in Flint, I went on a weekend religious retreat with a few of my classmates. It was fairly standard — two days away from the world to reflect and pray and to share the experience with peers. It took place on the grounds of a monastery that was also a working farm, so there were some rules. Mostly we needed to stay in or around the building that was dedicated for retreats.
A single word to summarize these Larry Nassar trials? How about, "ugh"? Well, it may not be a real word, but it's a real feeling. Still, as stomach-churning as this experience has been, there are some, if not positive, then at least hopeful takeaways.
Auchter's Art: Snyder's political opposition isn't the Dems. It's his fellow Republicans.
Governor Rick Snyder delivered his final State of the State address Tuesday. It was pretty much what we've come to expect from Snyder, a vaguely corporate PowerPoint presentation. That's in keeping with "business nerd" shtick, so no big surprise or disappointment.
On Monday this week, while our nation celebrated the life and principles of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., immigration officials were actively deporting a family man from Lincoln Park, Michigan.
Jorge Garcia came to America 30 years ago when he was a 10 year-old boy, brought by undocumented family members. He built his life here: a wife and two teenage children (all US citizens), a home, a career as a landscaper, and a law-abiding, tax-paying member of the community.
Auchter's Art: Who's to blame for it all?
Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner used to do a routine called "The 2000 Year Old Man." In it, Reiner was a reporter interviewing Brooks, a man from ancient times. It was largely adlibbed with the reporter deftly setting the premise with genuinely curious questions and the old man providing outrageous answers (in a thick Yiddish accent).
My Dad let me use a car for the winter term of my senior year at Michigan Tech. It not only was a generous thing to do, it was also very smart, saving him from making multiple trips between Flint and the hinterlands of the Upper Peninsula to drop me off and pick me up.
It did, however, come at a cost.
Whether you were delighted with the politics of 2017 or devastated, we can all look forward to expressing ourselves in 2018. An informed and engaged electorate is the catalyst that makes this grand American experiment work. Thank you for reading — Happy New Year!
John Auchter is an independent editorial cartoonist. His views are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Michigan Radio, its management, or its license holder, the University of Michigan.
Sorry. I tried to come up with a positive, hopeful holiday message. But as was often the case in 2017, cold, harsh reality won out.
When I was a 20 year-old college student, I got a summer intern job at a GM foundry in Saginaw. I was a second shift supervisor. For the three months I was there I had various assignments and was responsible for anywhere between 8 and 16 workers. It was this type of job: Thankful for having the experience, thankful for never having it again.
Credit where credit is due. The punchline came from a friend. We were talking over lunch trying to reconcile the events of the past week: The Republican/Trump tax bill, the Alabama Senate race, travel-ban decisions, North Korean missiles, the Mueller investigation, and so on.
There is just so much to process, so much to, well, not to sound old, but growing up we just never would have anticipated this level craziness.
Larry Nassar, the doctor who worked with various women's gymnastics programs including the Michigan State University team and USA Gymnastics, pled guilty this week to charges of first degree criminal sexual conduct with children under the age of 16.
Jake: Hey, what's going on?
Policeman: Those bums won their court case, so they're marching today.
Remember nine years ago, when the auto industry was teetering on the brink of disaster? The housing bubble had burst, credit evaporated, and nobody was buying cars. Years of poor decision-making made the American automakers particularly vulnerable, so their execs headed to Washington to seek a bailout.
Part of that process was to appear before congressional panels so representatives and senators could ask appropriate questions like: "Why should we trust you?"
Our current attorney general, Jeff Sessions, was a senator from Alabama at that time, and he was among those who grilled the execs. I remember Sessions being particularly aggressive. I didn't feel bad for the execs (after all, they were responsible).
The vast majority of us Americans have no direct ties to our military. Most of us have not served in the armed services.
There are lots of reasons for this, but it's mostly because service is voluntary and has been for over 40 years.
It's something of a symbiotic relationship: Sometimes beneficial — generally citizens in the military are those who want to be in the military, and those who don't want to be are free to pursue other goals. But other times it feels as if those in the military are doing all the sacrificing.
There was a story from the Detroit Free Press this week about an Oakland Country judge getting death threats because of recent rulings.
Auchter's Art: It's true, the kids are always watching.
It's ironic to me that the best guidance for men, specifically men with power, comes from a film made in the 1960s, an era when sexual predatory behavior was often encouraged, if not celebrated.
In the movie The Apartment, C.C. Baxter (played by Jack Lemmon) is a bright and earnest young man trying to make a success of himself at a big insurance company in New York City.
Baxter is single and lives in an apartment in the city near the office, whereas the executives he works with, and is eager to impress, are married and live in the suburbs.
As an editorial cartoonist, I get called names all the time. Most are just garden variety insults like stupid, wimp, and jerk.
At this point another editorial cartoon about guns and gun violence (especially after a mass shooting) feels like an exercise in futility. There is the emotional tumult that fuels an enormous bonfire, and the cartoons simply get tossed in. It rages and eventually burns itself out, leaving a feeling of despair. Rinse and repeat.
Back in August, Oprah Winfrey traveled to Grand Rapids to be a surprise moderator for a panel discussion. Various West Michiganders had signed up to be part of a focus group about the current state of American politics. Fourteen were chosen, seven who had voted for Donald Trump in November and seven who had voted for Hilary Clinton.
The resulting piece, entitled "Divided," aired on 60 Minutes last Sunday. If you haven't had the opportunity to see it, I highly encourage you to do so and draw your own conclusions. For me, it was reassuring. There were plenty of heated moments to be sure, but they were worked through. Differences of opinion were given thoughtful consideration, which then gave way to what appeared to be actual communication!
A few years ago, an episode of the TV sitcom "Parks and Recreation" featured a character named Congressman Dave Murray. He was a handsome, congenial politician who would perform perfectly everything his handlers asked of him — without question and without controversy.
Even better, when he wasn't shaking hands or talking into a camera, he'd go off into a room and sit staring off into the distance waiting for his next assignment. The regular characters (who were from the Midwest) were aghast. But the congressman's Washington DC advisors didn't care if he might in fact be a robot; he was the perfect political candidate. I thought it was a brilliant piece of political satire.
Auchter's Art: Whose side are you on?
Labor Day is Monday, which of course begs the question: What side is it on?
I struggled with how exactly to draw a gerrymander statue. My initial instinct was to draw it as an abstract monster because that's where the term came from. In 1812 a Governor Gerry in Massachusetts signed a bill to redistrict his state to benefit his political party.
I tried to anticipate how I would feel at this point. It was easy to predict (and poke fun at) my selfish self -- that despite whatever terrible events were going on around the world, nation, and state, the thing I'd likely find most frightening was the end of summer.


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Tfom Sep 30, 2009 4:30 AM
Mesa is the underwear of Arizona and Russell Pearce is the shit-stain
HooverDam Oct 1, 2009 8:48 PM
The city has a new website up about the general plan update for those interested in that:
http://phoenix.gov/citygovernment/pl...phx/index.html
Is anyone planning on attending those meetings? I imagine Id run into at least a few of you there.
PHX31 Oct 6, 2009 7:33 PM
Don't know if this is development news, but it's an update on a development. I have noticed quite a few more people mingling about and hanging out at the Civic Space Park this week, 100% thanks to the cooler temps. There were even people (likely ASU kids) playing soccer and catch in the grassy area on the N. side.
plinko Oct 6, 2009 8:30 PM
Not to gripe, but can one of you guys go out and take some pictures or something? The coffee talk thread seems to be the only one going and the only discussion is about who likes sausage.
Just a thought (I'd do it, but I'm 500 miles away).
HX_Guy Oct 6, 2009 10:53 PM
http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/...6elchorro.html
• Bernie Kantak's ambitious, five-restaurant project in downtown Phoenix, originally scheduled to launch later this year, has run into delays that have put the venture "ridiculously behind schedule." But the former Cowboy Ciao chef also says he's been meeting with investors "on a daily basis" and that "things are moving forward as planned."
Leo the Dog Oct 7, 2009 1:30 PM
^^^ Nothing out of the norm for DT Phx these days.
Fresh and Easy
http://www.azcentral.com/business/co...tesco1007.html
Fresh & Easy to open stores despite poor quarterly sales
After recession tripped company's original plan, Tesco wants new markets to overturn losses
24 comments by Max Jarman - Oct. 6, 2009 05:47 PM
British retailer Tesco PLC continues to move forward with development of its Fresh & Easy stores in Phoenix and two other locations in the United States, despite heavy losses.
The $96 billion-a-year company reported Tuesday that the U.S. operation, which was launched in 2007, lost $135 million in the first half of this year. That followed a $226 million loss in 2008. Tesco said it expects to lose about $260 million in the U.S. this year.
The company attributed the loss to the cost of maintaining an infrastructure that was designed to support many more stores than the company now has open.
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market operates 130 stores in three target markets - metro Phoenix, Las Vegas and Southern California.
The company projected to have hundreds of stores open by now but had to severely scale back its development plans because of the recession.
Still Tesco's Chief Executive Terry Leahy said in a statement Tuesday that Fresh & Easy is making good progress in the U.S. and that the company is pleased with the results.
The U.S. stores posted first-half sales of $267 million, up 115 percent from a year ago.
"Customers are enthusiastic about the offer, particularly the fresh food prepared in the Fresh & Easy kitchen," Leahy said.
The company opened 30 stores in the past year and plans to pick up the pace to a projected new store per week.
Fresh & Easy now has 30 stores in the Phoenix area, with more planned.
Spokesman Brendan Wonnacott was unable to name any specific future locations in the Phoenix area but confirmed more stores are on the way.
"We don't announce a store until we're within 30 days of opening," he said. One location the company is not ready to announce is the former Wild Oats Natural Marketplace at 40th Street and Camelback Road in Phoenix.
For now, Fresh & Easy will stick to established markets in metro Phoenix, Las Vegas and Southern California. Eventually, the company plans to move into Northern California and other states.
Long-term plans call for a nationwide string of no-frills neighborhood markets.
Wonnacott partially attributed the increase in first-half sales to a midyear change in focus that saw Fresh & Easy alter its marketing to reflect more advertised weekly specials instead of everyday low prices.
Recently, Fresh & Easy launched its first major media campaign aimed at establishing its brand. The campaign includes radio ads and billboard with slogans such as "wholesome foods, not whole paycheck."
"The campaign focuses on explaining to customers how Fresh & Easy can offer both high-quality products and low prices," Leahy said.
This could be good news. I still hope they bring one closer to downtown.
glynnjamin Oct 7, 2009 5:32 PM
I'm having trouble finding more info but there is a Luhrs tour next Thursday at like 630pm.
http://www.downtownphoenixjournal.co...g-renovations/
HX_Guy Oct 7, 2009 6:28 PM
Its at 7:30am not 6:30pm
dtnphx Oct 8, 2009 6:37 PM
Does anyone know why the Janet Echelman sculpture is not fully lit up at night? Last Friday during art walk is was barely visable. I had a friend from out of town visiting and I had talked not stop about it for months, so she was really anxious to see it. She knows how it glows (hey, that rhymes!) because she's seen the photos I've sent, but Sh*t, we were so disapointed. The streets were teeming with people, but the park was empty, probably due to the fact that the sculpture was barely lit. It is like that all the time now?
I think its ridiculous too. What theyre doing is only lighting up about 1/8th of the lights at a time and slowly they fade from one set to another. Its way too subtle though and looks like crap. If youre looking down Taylor from the AzCenter you can barely see the piece, its frustrating.
When the lights are on full blast it looks incredible.
Vicelord John Oct 8, 2009 7:06 PM
I watched a special on Phoenix TV about the lighting and they were boasting how it is so innovative because they can use a combination of different lights to "customize" the lighting. They were really proud of the "dim lighting" and the whole time I was thinking what the fuck? you're proud of this? it's gay!
Just turn the lights on.
I am glad someone else noticed this. I look at that thing every night and I was beginning to think I was crazy. I sort of just thought it was because OCPE was so bright behind it (from my view) and that's why it was looking dim.
I sort of thought they just were conserving energy/bulbs to save money. It still looks okay - just not as awesome as it used to.
I just wrote this email to Downtown Partnership and our downtown councilman.
I am writing you with a concern I have regarding the road closures in downtown Phoenix on Diamondbacks, Suns, and any other major stadium/arena event. As a downtown resident living at 7th Street and Monroe, I not only find it inconvenient for myself and neighbors, but also detrimental to downtown Phoenix businesses and contradictory to the revitalization plans in the city and city leaders wishes to make downtown Phoenix a vibrant city.
A fine example I will use is early September when I was at a meeting at Monroe and 1st Avenue in the US Bank Building, and the most logical way for me to get home is to travel east on Monroe to 7th Street, turn left, and my home (along with 350 other people whom live in the complex) is on the left. There was a "road closed" sign in the middle of Monroe street at 5th avenue, forcing me to turn left on 5th avenue, then a no right turn sign at Van Buren, a no right turn sign at Fillmore, and finally I was finally able to turn right at Garfield and backtrack down 7th street only to see a road closed sign southbound at 7th street at Van Buren because of the baseball game. The 5 minute drive was turned into a 25 minute fight through barricades, traffic, and police officers who didn't seem to care that every avenue to my home was blocked off. The overall attitude is "too bad."
After speaking with a Phoenix Police officer, I was told this is all part of a plan put in place in the mid 90's to get people out of downtown after an event. In those days, there weren't so many people living in the city, and there weren't any bars, restaurants, and nightclubs people could go to afterward. Nowadays, with the added traffic of residents, bar traffic, trains, and various other activities the cow town attitude of "let's get people out of here as quickly as possible" is no longer a positive strategy for downtown Phoenix. Not only does this encourage people to leave the city before they spend money at local businesses, but it also encourages those whom are likely intoxicated from the event to immediately enter their vehicle and drive home. With all of the recent public and private dollars pumped into the city, it makes absolutely zero sense to encourage those with discretionary dollars to spend to leave right away. Let's take the opportunity rope them in let them spend money at local businesses.
I firmly believe that if no barricades or closures existed after events, many people would ride the train to their event, furthering the success of light rail, or wait for traffic to die down before driving, thus spending time and money at the businesses we have worked so hard to attract. If we simply "get them in, get them out" then it will further the stigma that downtown isn't a place you want to be (we do that when we put the idea in people's minds that they need to leave right away) and it will forever make it too difficult for people to spend money in our city. Lastly, it alienates the local residents and in many neighborhood meetings, it has been a frequent discussion that has let many homeowners to voice their wishes to move due to the inconviencence which lasts ALL winter.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your reply.
^Let us know what their reply is, Im sure itll be a more politely worded version of 'fuck off, we're the professionals.'
Jon, I must admit, that's probably the most articulate thing you've ever written on this forum (or at least the nicest). Please keep us abreast of the results as you have made some very logical points.
Regarding "Her Secret is Patience" I just talked to "TJ" at the Civic Space park number ((602) 262-7490) and he said theyre 'working on changing' the way the light on the net is. He says theyve realized its not nearly as bright and are going to be going to a new setup where it changes with the seasons. The lights wont be on full bore like they originally were (disappointing) but theyll be much brighter than theyve been recently. Itll be reds in the winter and blues in the summer sort of deal, I guess thats an improvement anyway.
But it cant hurt for other people to call him up and get in his ear about it I do suppose.
Originally Posted by plinko (Post 4496489)
you do know I'm not a moron, right?
dtnphx Oct 8, 2009 10:05 PM
Thank you, Hoover for calling him. Like you said, dissapointing that it won't look like it did, but the fact that it will be brighter and ever-changing could be a good thing. :yes:
Vicelord John Oct 8, 2009 10:40 PM
which is exactly what I received.
Good afternoon, thank you for contacting our office with your concerns. I will forward your traffic related issue to Downtown Operations, they will be of further assistance in giving you a final answer to the reasons why the practice is maintained. In regards to the traffic flow issue, the city will maintain its standard in getting individuals out of downtown as quickly as possible after major sporting and other events. By doing this, the city allows the traffic flow exiting the venues access towards the freeways, which will help to get traffic flow back to the normal. If this did not occur, the streets would be grid locked, which may cause accidents and further delays for residents and patrons.
The barricade process helps to move things quickly in order to return to a normal traffic pattern. We apologize for any inconvenience, however, the practice is necessary in giving valley residents adequate access to the major freeways. Most of these individuals choose to go straight home after the events and not hang out in Downtown, due to personal choice. I hope this helps and contact me if you have further questions.
Stephen Vital
City of Phoenix, District 8
And my response I just sent:
My point, which I think you missed, is that years ago when this practice was put in place, there were not a significant number of downtown residents. Now that there are a lot of people living in the city, this has become a measure which is based on a decade old policy and needs to be drastically revised. It is making a bold assumption that nobody will be displaced by it, when in fact many of us are.
It's too bad that there are no individuals who take this complaint (which I'm sure your office has heard before) seriously and gives the quick brush off to anyone whom detests it enough to write on the matter.

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This Has To Stop...
Not every black person is a saint, not every white person is a devil. People are people, good and bad, regardless of race. We have to stop this beatification of criminals.
A recent article in the paper chronicles the tragic death of a young man who apparently was trying to break into a home, when the window sash crashed down on him, choking him to death. It is tragic, but I am sure a few people found it comic, and others felt he got his just deserts. If you break into a home, it's all on you - although I suppose his next of kin will sue the window manufacturer for not making them safe for burglars.
But what got me about the article is that one of his friends made it out to be like he was a nice fellow, just caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, and perhaps there was "more to the story" - perhaps the homeowner choked him with the window sash? If so, there really is no more to the story - if someone breaks into your home, you are justified in killing them, period, particularly in Florida. Don't break into people's homes - that's my advice.
His fiancee, however, said he was a nice guy:
"Soon as I got there I'm like, there's no way. This isn't what happened," she said.
"I need a proper investigation," Duarte said. "I need the actual truth to come to light."
Tyson Lane added: "He is not a burglar. He's not a thief. He's not a bad guy. That's not what he is."
Duarte added that when she first met Hernandez, she thought he looked like "he has a rap sheet like El Chapo."
"He's the complete opposite of that," she said. "He's the sweetest person you'd probably ever meet and has the biggest heart."
That sounds heartwarming and all, but the police and court records tell another story:
In a video on the sheriff's office Facebook page, Park described Hernandez as a convicted felon and said he was "no stranger" to law enforcement.
He was arrested over his involvement in a murder case in 2014, Park said. However, he provided no further details.
However, a 2014 report in the Fort Myers Beach Observer said Hernandez was charged in the fatal shooting of a man during a drug deal alongside two others.
The outcome of that case was not immediately clear, but the Lee County Sheriff's Office's online records show Hernandez, who was also known as Jonathan Hernandez-Zuluaga, has multiple arrests dating back to 2007.
They include arrests for larceny, grand theft, violating probation and marijuana possession.
What a sweet guy! As you can see, his next-of-kin are already angling for a "story" here - that somehow his death is "suspicious" and perhaps something else was going on. Perhaps they are hoping to make him a BLM hero - I don't know. But the reality is, based on his rap sheet, it would not be surprising that this fellow was trying to break into a house when he died. I don't think he is a suitable poster-child for Police brutality or whatever.
Few people are. There have been a few cases where the police over-reacted and someone ends up dead. But this can happen to whites as well as blacks. If you or I make a mistake at work, the worst that can happen to us is we have to do things over - or maybe get fired. But for doctors, policemen, air traffic controllers, pilots, and anyone else whose job involves life-or-death situations, one tiny mistake means someone ends up dead. And often the stress from this isn't compensated by how much they are paid.
Are there incidents where cops intentionally killed a suspect because of their race? I am not so certain of that. Maybe subliminal racial profiling lead in part to a death in custody, but outright racist killings would be very rare in this day and age. That being said, a lot of the "poster children" for police racism turn out to be at least partially if not wholly at fault for their own deaths - sometimes these are not very nice people, and should not be used as exemplars of police brutality.
If you resist the Police while they are trying to arrest you, then can - and will - use force to subdue you, and if you reach for their gun, well, it can be a fight to the death. Such cases are not really good examples of "Police Brutality" but rather of suspect stupidity. No, it is not fun to be cuffed-and-stuffed into the back of a squad car, as I can attest from personal experience. Trying to resist arrest, however, only makes the experience far worse.
As I noted before, the granddaddy of these modern protests was the Ferguson case. People protested that the fellow involved, an "unarmed black youth" was gunned down heartlessly by laughing police who shouted racial epithets. Turns out those "witnesses" weren't even there at the time, but instead were repeated second- and third-hand stories told to others. To lay people, I guess, this is the same as being a "witness" - that is, if you don't understand the hearsay rule.
While a Justice Department investigation revealed a culture of racism in the Ferguson police department, they didn't find that the particular incident was racially motivated - the "unarmed teen" had robbed a store and then tried to wrestle a gun away from the police officer. The latter will get you shot.
In subsequent cases, the fact scenarios were muddied, A 300-lb "father" is selling illegal cigarettes. Two younger and much smaller police officers arrest him. He decides he doesn't want to be arrested that day. So, rather than go downtown, get a mugshot, get an appearance ticket and be back home in time for dinner, he decides that wrestling two police officers is a good idea, because, hey, they might just decide to give up and let you go, right? This is the kind of irrational thinking that can get you killed.
We have to choose these racial heroes more carefully. Sadly, it seems today that anytime a "person of color" is arrested, injured, or killed, people are all-too-quick to play the race card. The person in question isn't a criminal, no. They are a "unarmed teen" or a "mother" or a "grandfather" or whatever, and their high school graduation photo is trotted out as an example of what they looked like (long before they got their prison tats and lost their teeth to meth).
The lawsuits follow shortly thereafter, along with a call for the Chief of Police to resign, followed by some rioting and looting.
Sorry, but no, this has to stop.
Why? For the simple reason that it isn't accomplishing anything, other than to further entrench people in their positions and preconceived notions. After the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, there were riots in most of America's major cities. What did these riots accomplish? Maybe a few looters got a new television set. Many were injured, and some even killed. Entire neighborhoods were burned to the ground, and many never rebuilt. Most shop owners took their insurance checks and decided to retire or relocate - as getting insurance in the inner city became prohibitively expensive. Decades later, we complain about a "food desert" in some inner cities, where the only place to buy food is an overpriced corner convenience store.
If anything, this rioting sets back the cause - as it just reinforces the notion among racists that maybe they were right, and the people rioting are little more than animals that need to be corralled and controlled.
But most importantly, these cases are a slap in the face to people who have really lost loved ones to malfeasance by the Police. When we elevate a criminal to the same level as an innocent, the innocent suffers. The fellow who was shooting at the Police when he was gunned down is not on the same level as the innocent man who is shot while reaching for his wallet. It is a disgrace to equate the two.
Of course, today, we have right-wing rioters - starting riots and looting explicitly to discredit black protests. But in addition to that, we have right-wing rioters who are breaking windows, setting fires, trying to break down doors to the legislature and threatening to kidnap and kill government officials - and apparently setting off fertilizer bombs (today, in Nashville) as I predicted earlier.
Crazy creates more and more crazy, as crazy becomes the new norm. Of course, the normative cues for crazy come right from the top - from President Crazy. We can only hope that in 2021, people will become more normal, and stop looking for outrage under every rock. Because there are real outrages out there, but when people make up outrage, it dilutes the effect of the real outrages.
I am not sure the fellow above is a good poster-boy for racism in this country. Claiming he is a victim of society or racism is an assault on the dignity of people who were actually victimized by racism in this country.
We need to stop. Just stop.
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Q: My bootstrap carousel indicators are overlapping my fixed top navigation bar I am creating a page with a bootstrap carousel and w3.css fixed top navigation bar. Then suddenly when I scroll down the page the indicators of the carousel is overlapping my top navigation.
Here is the picture of the current problem with a red arrow

Here is my code for my top navigation bar

      <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#myNavbar">

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      Alumni Tracer System

Home

Alumni Registration

News and Events

Job Oppurtunities

Job Oppurtunities

Featured Alumni

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and for the Bootstrap carousel

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A: It is due to higher z-index of carousel indicators.
You can fix by either giving them lower z-index or by giving the navbar a higher z-index.

A: Increase the z-index property value of navbar to 21

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Haney Heading for NHRA Pro Mod with Summit Racing on His Side
TULSA, OK (Apr. 18, 2018) – Several giants of the sport are teaming up as Summit Racing Equipment has signed on as primary sponsor for Keith Haney Racing to enter the NHRA E3 Spark Plugs Pro Mod Series at three national events this season.
Driving a nitrous-boosted 2015 Summit Racing Camaro owned by three-time
NHRA Pro Mod World Champion Rickie Smith and tuned by Brandon Switzer, Haney will make his NHRA Pro Mod debut next month (May 18-20) at Topeka, KS, with additional outings in September at St. Louis and the following month in Dallas, TX.
"The deal came together pretty quickly after I met Keith down at the Mid-West Pro Mod race earlier this year in Dallas. We've been in Pro Mod a few times before and this is an opportunity to kind of get our feet back in the game for three races and have some fun," Summit Racing Motorsports and Events Manager Jim Greenleaf explained.
"What I think is going to be really exciting is the fact that Keith will be showing up with a car and a team that can win right away. I also think he is going to be good for the class because he brings a competitiveness, a back-and-forth with some of the other drivers that's sort of been missing from other forms of drag racing right now."
For his part, Haney couldn't be happier or more excited to have Summit Racing on his side as he embarks on the biggest jump of his 30-year drag racing career.
"This is huge," he declared. "To have Summit Racing show faith in Keith Haney Racing like this, well, it's unbelievably fantastic is what it is. I mean, this is Summit, the company that sponsors Greg Anderson and Jason Line in Pro Stock and the title sponsor for the NHRA national event up in Norwalk, Ohio. It just doesn't get any bigger than this."
Keith Haney Racing has been on quite a roll lately, capturing championships in both Pro Mod and Drag Radial within the Mid-West Pro Mod Series last year and following up in 2018 so far with a runner-up finish in Radial vs. the World at Lights Out 9 in February, another runner-up in RvW at the Mid-West series season opener in early-March, a semi-finals appearance at the elite Sweet 16 RvW event later that month, and Haney picked up the RvW win just a couple of weeks ago for Radial Revenge at Tulsa Raceway Park, a track he co-owns with fellow racer Todd Martin.
Haney said Switzer initially brought him the offer of a Jerry Bickel-built car from Smith that's previously won on the NHRA Pro Mod circuit. It will carry a Pat Musi powerplant and Smith will be available, too, for additional tuning and set-up advice.
"We're going to be racing as a team," Haney stressed. "You've got Rickie driving one car, you've got Khalid Al Balooshi driving another, and you've got me driving the Summit car. With the data and the information we're going to get between each other we're going to be second to none. I'm really blessed by the fact that Rickie and Brandon believe in me going out there and making some noise for them.
"With the team we have in place and a car that's already a front runner, all I can say is those other boys better watch out because I can be number one when I come out; I can drag everybody's asses when I come out; I can talk crap when I come out," he added. "They're going to know my name when I come out because the side of the car is going to say 'You Know My Name' and I guarantee you're going to know it when I get to NHRA."
Greenleaf said he's looking forward to the fireworks.
"Pro Mod is definitely a little different than Pro Stock or even Funny Car, where we're an associate sponsor for Tim Wilkerson, so they can trash talk and jab at each other, but still keep it PC, for lack of a better term, and Keith is a businessman and he understands that," Greenleaf pointed out.
"So I like how these guys go at it, but if someone needs some help or
something they want to see each other make the call; they don't want a round win just because somebody broke. They're very competitive and are there to race each other, but they also want to have a good time and that's what I took away from Keith, his desire to grow the sport and the class while also having fun, which is exactly how everyone at Summit wants to go racing, too."
Haney said his first callout will go to "Stevie Fast" Jackson, an NHRA Pro Mod regular with whom he's clashed before, both online and on the track.
"I'm going to figure out if I can get with NHRA, because the very first pass I make down an NHRA race track, I'm calling Stevie out. Maybe me and him will have a little grudge race on top of qualifying. Hell, if he wants to go every one of the qualifying rounds against each other, I'll do that. And anybody else that has a little bit of oomph, if they want a piece of 'You Know My Name,' they know where to find me. I'm going to be in the NHRA Pro Mod pits and they can come find me anytime they want.
"My goal is go out there and win some races for Summit Racing Equipment. And if I do, who knows what'll happen? Maybe I'm going to run the whole series in 2019. If I do, you better watch out because I will win a championship, because they ain't got nobody out there like me."
ABOUT KEITH HANEY RACING
Based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Keith Haney Racing (www.keithhaneyracing.com) fields two cars in the Mid-West Pro Mod Series (MWPMS), as well as for select NHRA and PDRA races and one-off special events. Keith Haney Racing appreciates the support of sponsors Summit Racing Equipment, Lucas Oil, Strange Engineering, RacingJunk.com, Reher-Morrison Racing Engines, MoTeC Systems USA, Switzer Dynamics, Brandon Pesz Performance & Tuning, M&M Transmission, Menscer Motorsports, Total Seal, Mickey Thompson, Kryptonite Kustomz, Browell Bellhousing, and Larry Jeffers Race Cars.
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Hunt, Pharris and White Win with MWPMS at Outlaw Street Car Reunion
TULSA, OK (April 26, 2018) – Shortly after taking a two-year break from competition, Jerry Hunt scored his career-first win with the Frankenstein Engine Dynamics Mid-West Pro Mod Series (MWPMS) as he secured the Pro Mod title Mar. 21, as part of the Holley EFI Outlaw Street Car Reunion V (OSCR). Also notching MWPMS wins at historic Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, KY, were Daniel Pharris in Radial vs. the World (RvW) and Jimmy White in the X275 drag radial class.
"I'm proud to say we had tremendous representation for the Mid-West Pro Mod Series in our first trip to Bowling Green," said Keith Haney, owner and promoter of the all-eighth-mile, Tulsa-based drag racing organization. "We had 33 cars entered in Pro Mod, 18 in Radial vs. the World and 40 in X275. I couldn't be any happier with the turnout and want to thank each and every team for supporting our sponsors at such a great event."
Originally scheduled to run Mar. 20-22, a long-range forecast for rain prompted OSCR organizer Tyler Crossnoe to step up the schedule and move eliminations from Sunday to Saturday. It proved to be the right choice, but made for a hectic weekend, he explained.
"I'm so glad we made that call on Tuesday and let everyone know about the new schedule because it did rain hard on Sundayand we never would have got this race in if we hadn't," Crossnoe said. "Plus, we had more oildowns and wrecks on Friday than we'd had in all four previous events combined, so between those and the compressed schedule it put a lot of stress on me and my guys all weekend.
"But it all worked out in the end and the racers really seemed to enjoy the Friday-Saturday event because they all could drive home on Sunday. Going forward, if we continue with the event, we'll stick with this new format and wrap it up on Saturdayevening."
Hunt, who returned to racing just a month ago at the MWPMS season opener in Texas, brought his supercharged '67 Camaro down from St. Louis and qualified
13th with a 3.83-seconds pass, directly ahead of Haney and his nitrous-assisted '16 Camaro. Leading the 16-car Pro Mod field into race day was Arkansas racer Eddie Rogers with a new MWPMS record of 3.70 seconds at 201.16 mph, followed by Jonas Aleshire at 3.73 and 204.82, and Wayne Roberts with a 3.74 run at 198.03 mph.
Once eliminations began, Hunt opened with another 3.83 to hold off a hard-charging Steve Summers, then went 3.88 in the quarter-finals while 5th-place starter Mike Recchia lost control of his '69 Camaro and sideswiped the right guardwall. Fortunately, Recchia was uninjured while Hunt went on to post 3.83 yet again in the semis while outrunning Stephan Stringer.
Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the ladder Aleshire remained in the 3.70s all day with his blown '06 Corvette as he eliminated Tony Williams, Todd Martin, winner of the MWPMS Texas race, and Ron Muenks to reach Hunt in the final. Once there, however, Aleshire experienced a starting-line issue that led to a red-light start, while Hunt streaked to the win with his best pass of the weekend at 3.80 seconds and 198.47 mph.
In Radial vs. the World it was all Pharris, as the Sikeston, MO-based driver qualified number one with a 3.71 at 214.52-mph pass, just ahead of fellow Show-Me-State racer Mark Micke at 3.74 with the fastest speed of the meet at 221.20 mph, and Haney in "Enigma," his second 2016 Camaro, posting a 3.78 pass at dead on 200 mph.
Driving a twin-turboed 2014 Corvette for Andrew Alepa, Pharris went on to defeat Keith Rhea in round one, made a bye run in round two thanks to the 18-
car, all-run field, then took down Jody Voyles and won with a holeshot over Micke in the semis. That Micke was even there was a testament to his team and the help of many others after he grenaded his twin-turbocharged engine in round two of racing. Only a heroic thrash got his Jason Carter-owned '78 Malibu back in action for a third-round bye in which Micke merely broke the starting beam and idled down track to make things official.
Waiting for Pharris in the final was the nitrous-fed '69 Camaro of 4th-place qualifier Jeff Naiser, who bested Ruben Tetsoshvili in the opener, followed by David Adkins and DeWayne Mills, who lost to a Naiser holeshot by a mere one-thousandth of a second. Again thanks to the unconventional starting-field number, Naiser then enjoyed a bye from the semis to the final, where Pharris led stripe-to-stripe with a 3.73 pass at 214.35 mph over the 3.74 at 196.82 combo put together by Naiser.
By the time the event was over, Pharris actually visited Beech Bend's victory lane twice, as he also scored the win in Limited Drag Radial, beating Shane Stack in the final round to become the first double-up winner in OSCR history.
In X275, Ron Rhodes arrived from Townsend, DE, and laid down a 4.38-seconds pass at 159.97 mph in his '67 Camaro to sit on the pole, leading a 32-car field into eliminations. However, it was 4th-place starter White and his '89 Mustang that survived five rounds of racing to take the MWPMS win home to Memphis.
White caught a break in round one when Shannon Renfro went red by a
thousandth off the tree, but after that White settled in to beat Sean Lyon, Alan Felts and Eric Moore to reach Shane Fisher in the final. Fisher was a no-show, however, after damaging his engine in his semi-final win over Rich Bruder, who in the previous round set a new X275 elapsed-time record of 4.29 seconds, becoming the first driver in the class to run a sub-4.30-seconds lap.
"The racers of the Mid-West Pro Mod Association put on one helluva' show and it was a real honor for us to be part of the Outlaw Street Car Reunion," Haney declared. "But it's also important to recognize all of our great sponsors and marketing partners who put their faith—and their money—on us to make things happen. They make all of this stuff possible; they allow us to do the things we love while providing the tracks we race at with $10,000 at each event and paying our racers a decent purse that makes them want to keep coming back."
In addition to series sponsor Frankenstein Engine Dynamics, Haney expressed sincere gratitude on behalf of the Mid-West Pro Mod Series to Summit Racing Equipment, 74 Auto, Accufab, Aeromotive, Atomizer Racing Injectors, B&C Trailer Services, Chris Duncan Race Cars, ComSyncEFI, Dave's RV, Extreme Racing Oil, Flying A Motorsports, Full Throttle Express, Grand Prix Auto Sports Centers, Hoosier, Jerry Bickel Race Cars, Kryptonite Kustomz, Larry Jeffers Race Cars, Lenco, M&M Transmission, Menscer Motorsports, Miami Chevrolet-Buick-GMC, Neal Chance, RacingJunk.com, Reher-Morrison, SLM, Strange, Stroud, Suburban Chevrolet, Team RFC, Twin Lakes Whitetails, VP Racing Fuels, and Waterman Racing Components.
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ABOUT THE FRANKENSTEIN ENGINE DYNAMICS MID-WEST PRO MOD SERIES
The Frankenstein Engine Dynamics Mid-West Pro Mod Series is an all-eighth-mile, no-profit organization that typically competes during each host track's biggest event of the year. Its appearance is entirely funded by sponsorships passed along to benefit the host tracks (typically about $10,000). The Mid-West Pro Mod Series also provides trackside sponsor banners to be displayed at each event, on-site PA sponsor announcements, and links to each company on the MWPMS website (www.MidWestProModSeries.com), plus an extensive social-media presence, texts and e-mail blasts, and commercials during all events. Complete class rules are posted on the MWPMS website. Frankenstein Engine Dynamics (www.Frankensteined.net) offers access to a professional install shop with a multitude of services including custom CNC porting and machine work, chassis dyno, engine dyno, Spintron, and additional customer service and support.
Haney Wins Radial Revenge in Tulsa with Track Record Run
TULSA, OK (Apr. 3, 2018) – Veteran drag racer Keith Haney saved his best for last Mar. 31, during Radial Revenge Tour 2018 at Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway
Park. Driving "Enigma," his nitrous-boosted 2016 Camaro, Haney covered the eighth mile in 3.75 seconds at 197.86 mph to set a new track elapsed time record while leading stripe-to-stripe for the win over Tim Slavens in the Radial vs. the World final.
Slavens ran 3.78 at 212.26 in his twin-turbocharged '69 Camaro for a close runner-up finish. The track ET record prior to the Radial Revenge event was 3.79 seconds, with Slavens and Haney trading it back-and-forth five times throughout qualifying and eliminations.
"Yeah, I treed him by over two hundredths (of a second) and never looked back; never saw him the whole way down," said Haney, a local businessman who co-owns the Tulsa track with Todd Martin, as well as several new car dealerships in the Tulsa area. "It felt good and I knew it was on a good pass, too, but it wasn't until I looked up and saw the scoreboard that I knew just how good. This was a big win for our team.
"We thought Slavens would go 3.76 or so, somewhere in that area, so we tuned 'er up. My guys told me when I went up there, we're either going to spin or win," Haney recalled. "But it was a good track, David Cook did a great job on it there, and that car was on a rail from A to B. It was pretty much a perfect run for conditions."
Despite securing championships in both Pro Modified and Radial vs. the World last year with the Frankenstein Engine Dynamics Mid-West Pro Mod Series
(MWPMS), the Tulsa triumph marked Haney's first drag radial race win. It was the second win for Enigma, however, after Haney's co-crew chief Brandon Pesz drove it to victory lane last August in the MWPMS event at St. Louis.
"We've had good luck with this car; it's gone to the quarters, semis or finals in every race since the day I had it finished," Haney said.
After qualifying number one in the eight-car field for Radial Revenge 2018, Haney beat Justin Martin in the opening round of racing, then took down Mark Micke in the semis before facing Slavens for the event final.
"I'm proud to say I'm the first to beat 'Mr. 221' since Sweet 16, so I beat the
fastest man in the world," Haney declared of prevailing over Micke, who two weeks earlier set the drag radial world on fire with an unprecedented 3.62-seconds ET record and top speed record of 221.20 mph on his way to winning $101,000 in the Sweet 16 drag radial event at Valdosta, GA.
"We had a badass car this weekend and raced against the baddest RvW cars in the country. This was a great win for our team and much deserved after winning the 2017 Mid West Pro Mod and Radial Championships, then going to Lights Out 9 and finishing runner up, then going to the Sweet 16 and going to the semis," Haney concluded.
"I have so many people to thank. Of course my crew chiefs, Brandon Pesz and Brandon Switzer, those guys are the best, as well as Cody Moore, Dale Hancock, Cale Hancock, Trey Elbre, Shane Goodnight and Kimmy Pesz. I also want to thank my helpers Braylee and Kilee and their beautiful mother and my girl Misty Hayes, along with my close friends who came and stayed all day and supported me: Roman Lamborn, Scott Farley, Chris Williams and Beth Dalton. But most of all thank you to all my sponsors and fans. I can't say enough about how much your support means to me and our team."
Both Keith Haney Racing cars will return to the track with Haney behind the steering wheels Apr. 20-21, as the MWPMS competes within the Outlaw Street Car Reunion at historic Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, KY.
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Based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Keith Haney Racing (www.keithhaneyracing.com) fields two cars in the Mid-West Pro Mod Series (MWPMS), as well as for select Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) races and one-off special events. Keith Haney Racing appreciates the support of sponsors Lucas Oil, Strange Engineering, RacingJunk.com, Reher-Morrison Racing Engines, MoTeC Systems USA, Switzer Dynamics, Brandon Pesz Performance & Tuning, M&M Transmission, Menscer Motorsports, Total Seal, Mickey Thompson, Kryptonite Kustomz, Browell Bellhousing, and Larry Jeffers Race Cars.
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February 27th was Pokémon Day, and not only was it the perfect time for a certain highly anticipated reveal for Generation 8, but it's also the ideal occasion for the show to welcome back one our much-missed host! Tim makes his triumphant return this week, here to bestow his vastly superior Pokémon knowledge upon the rest of us mere mortals — and not just for the new game trailer for Pokemon Sword & Shield. Detective Pikachu also receives some love, as the new footage is dissected for any possible clues as to whether Trubbish will make an appearance (well, that's what Patrick wants anyway). Joining Tim and Patrick on this adventure is Pokémon skeptic Izsak Barnette, who sits stunned in silence at the sheer brilliance cast by Tim's Pokémon light.
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Despite its flaws and an overly long running time, J. Edgar is an engaging and surprisingly moving drama thanks to a terrific central performance from Leonardo DiCaprio. Worth seeing.


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Fundamental Computer Concepts Storage
The fundamental concepts of computing starts with the theory of "signaling" which persists in both human brains and Computers , the basic difference of signalling in between computer and human brain is the switches and neurons . The switches in computers works on "ON/OFF" based on "binary" systems whereas neurons also works on "ON/OFF" based on "performing or not for an action" .
Read the following chapters or download in PDF computer-concepts
INTRODUCTION AND THE HISTORY OF COMPUTER
Before start thinking about computing concepts, let's consider our brain, the brain uses chemicals to transmit information with high speed electrical signals (primary afferent axons) in the nervous system. Just like our brain, the computer uses electricity for signals to transmit information, the good thing is our brain works fast as compare to the wires in a computer.
The signalling theory is based on "ON" and "OFF" with both human brain and Computer, the computer uses switches that are either on or off ("binary") whereas neurons in our brain are goes on "ON" or "OFF" condition by either clicking for an action or not clicking for an action.
The ON/OFF difference in between computer and human brain is the neurons. Neurons are more than just ON or OFF, because of the "excitability (the behaviour of simultaneously changing)".
A neuron is always changing because neuron is continuously getting information from other cells through synaptic contacts. Like cells in human brain, Computer memory grows by adding computer chips , our brain's memory grows by stronger synaptic connections. Similarly the brain has requirement of oxygen and sugar for power; the computer needs electricity for power.
The Computer is basically an analytical engine, which can perform
A program,
Can carry out calculation
Can make decisions based on carryout calculation
Characteristics of computer
There are four primary distinguishing characteristics of computers are:
Brief history of Computer
The first computing device was invented by Abacus in 2400 BC. It's an Ancient device to record numeric values.
The first digital computer was developed in 1944 by Harvard Mark I in 1944 . it was the First fully automatic digital computer to be completed , it was :
51 feet wide, 8 feet high, 2 feet deep
Built with switches, relays, and rotating mechanical shafts/clutches
Storage for 72 numbers, each with 23 decimal digits in length
It could Read instructions from paper tape, one at a time
The first microprocessor was the Intel 4004, introduced in 1971. Although it was not very powerful, but it was primarily used to perform simple mathematical operations in a calculator called "Busicom."
The computers entered in our home in 1974 after the making of Intel 8080 , that was the complete 8-Bit computer
Just like microwaves or telephones, devices with tiny sensors which works as a microprocessor, are now-a-days becomes integrated with our daily lives to make IoT concepts easier than ever, with the connecting people technologies, we cannot imagine a life without computing devices.
The predictions are , by 2049 , a $1000 computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the human race.
Generation of Computers
First Generation Hardware (1951-1959)
The UNIVAC and ENIAC computers are examples of first-generation computing devices. The UNIVAC was the first commercial computer delivered to a business client, the U.S. Census Bureau in 1951.( Source – United States Census Bureau )
Second Generation Hardware (1959-1965)
Vacuum tubes were replaced by transistors in the second generation of computers.
Third Generation Hardware (1965-1971)
The IC (integrated circuit) Silicon Chip was the hallmark of the third generation of computers. Semiconductor used in Silicon chips and replaced the Transistors
Fourth Generation Hardware (1971-Present)
The microprocessor came in the fourth generation; thousands of integrated circuits were used in a single silicon chip
Fifth Generation Hardware (Present -)
Talking about Fifth generation computing devices is beyond, as it is still in development based on artificial intelligence, although we are now-a-days using some fifth generation computing applications, such as voice recognition.
The fifth generation will imply a conceptual theory of parallel processing and superconductors to make artificial intelligence into a reality. Similarly, Quantum computation, molecular and nanotechnology will radically change the computer concepts in near future.
Classification of computer
We can classify the computers by size, functionality and data handling. In relation to size, the categorisation can be:
Mainframe computers – mainly Designed for huge businesses, banks, universities
Minicomputers-Designed for medium and small scale organizations (Industrial process control, data collection, small business applications
Micro-computers- using in our home as desktop, laptop, ipad etc.
Super computers- used for quantum mechanics, weather forecasting, climate research, oil and gas exploration and molecular modeling.
A CPU can be defined as the administrator or brain of the computer, which is not only executes the instructions but also controls all the storage mediums (primary or secondary), it controls and coordinates the Input -Output activities as well as the different functions of other attached devices. Most of the calculations take place here.
Data vs. Information
Data – by definition it is a collection of raw and unprocessed facts such as charts , reports, inventory , scores, names, addresses, diagrams or drawings and maps. Data may be numerical or non-numerical.
Information – it is the "data" that has already been manipulated and transformed into something useful or meaningful information a result of processing of input of raw data through a computer's processing mechanism.
Information Processing Cycle
When we talk about Concept of Computer Operation or CPU operations, it can be described with the following diagram; The Four Basic Functions of a Computer
Input is the function of a computer where the data is placed inside or entered into through input devices such as keyboard , mouse , cameras , microphone etc. , whereas data can be in the form of voice , video , alphabetical , alphanumeric or special character .Input is a procedure of feeding data into a computer .
Process or information processing cycle is the function(s) where a program or group of programs behave on the data; it take place mainly inside the computer's CPU (Central Processing Unit or through microprocessor. Process is basically the operation of manipulating and transforming data into something useful or meaning full information.
Output is the function of a computer where the transformed data through information processing cycle is shown to the user for consumption. Output is basically the result of the microprocessor processing function
Memory is a temporary storage; it is basically a warehouse of computer system because it holds the information for information processing cycle. It holds the data for any meaningful result. RAM is not a persistent storage as it does not continuing to hold the data over a prolonged period.
In the above mention diagram, the fetch-decode and execute-store cycle is basically the information processing cycle execute by the CPU components, we can define the cycles are as Machine Cycle, with its sub cycles as instruction cycle and execute cycle.
Machine Cycle– Every time the CPU executes an instruction, it takes a series of steps. The complete series of steps is called a machine cycle. A machine cycle can be divided into two smaller cycles. These are instruction cycle and execution cycle.
Instruction cycle: instruction cycle of CPU includes two steps
Fetching: Before execution of an instruction, the control unit (CU) must retrieve or fetch data from the computer's memory.
2. Decoding: similarly, before execution, the control unit (CU) must decode the command into instruction set.
Execution cycle: execution cycle CPU also includes two steps
Executing: in execution, the instructions converted into machine code by the CPU.
2. Storing: The CPU stores the result of an instruction in memory.
What is a Microprocessor?
The microprocessor, also known as the Central Processing Unit (CPU) can be termed as the brain of all computers. Similarly, multiple microprocessors, if works together, are the "hearts" of datacenters, super-computers, communications products, and other digital devices.
It's very difficult to analyze that only 60-65 years before, computer was rare and was not available for public use. Thanks to the microprocessor, in '80s computers entered into our homes which made a great impact on our lives.
Today, latest microprocessors such as Intel core i7 , can perform extremely sophisticated operations in various fields of our daily life such as meteorology, aviation, nuclear physics and engineering . the latest microprocessor takes much less space and delivers much more performance.
in the last 40 years of microprocessors developments , microprocessors becomes faster and more powerful with increasingly smaller in size and much more affordable.
The manufacturing of a microprocessor is extremely complex and demanding process which involves multiple hundreds of steps in "cleanrooms." Cleanrooms or manufacturing plants, contain air which is 1,000 times cleaner than a hospital's operation theater. The building of one plant costs approximately $5bn.
What microprocessor consists of ?
Microprocessor Consists of CU , ALU and MU . a CU does not involve in any process , but it coordinates and control the operations of every individual unit of the CPU, Just like a traffic police man who controls the traffic and directs it accordingly.
CU executes and control the instructions & directs the input devices, informs ALU for processing, coordinate to arrange temporary or permanent memory locations and prepare the output devices for results.
ALU responsible to perform all arithmetic operations and logical operations. Arithmetic operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division. whereas logical operations are the comparison of two values. On the result of comparison further actions are taken upon data. Comparison examples are =, < and >. Because of two operations of ALU we can illustrate ALU as Arithmetic/Logic Unit.
What is Microprocessor execution process?
A execution is a process of the instruction cycle as mentioned above the fetch–decode–execute cycle, is the basic operational process of a computer. The cycle repeats continuously by CPU, from boot-up to shut down. A microprocessor executes a collection of machine instructions, based on the instructions, a microprocessor perform following three tasks:
Using ALU to perform all arithmetic, logic and comparison operations.
The second task is, the microprocessor can move data from one memory location to another.
The third task is, the microprocessor can make decisions and jump for a new set of instructions based on those decisions.
Modern microprocessors contain complete floating point processors that can perform a comprehensive and sophisticated mathematical operations based on large floating point numbers
What is the Microprocessor working mechanism?
To communicate with external world, Microprocessor uses bus .A bus is a collection of separate wires which work together to perform a particular task, the bus is used to pass information between modules. A microprocessor works with the following type of busses:
Address Bus -It is a group of wires or lines for the transfer of the addresses of Memory or I/O devices , addresses may be 8, 16 or 32 bits wide to send an address to memory – a 16 bit address means it can address 65,536 different memory locations.
data bus- As mentioned in name, it is used to transfer data within the Microprocessor and Memory .it may be 8, 16 or 32 bits wide to send data towards memory or receive data from the memory
Control Bus– it is used to process data, i.e. decision take place here that what to do with the selected memory location. the bus uses RD(read) and WR (write) lines to inform the memory whether it wants to set or get the addressed location. four control bus connections ;
Memory read control- MRDC
Memory write control-MWTC
I/O read control-IORC
I/O write control-IOWC
Control Bus Mechanism
Different types of processors, including AMD and Intel, uses following two more bus along with the above mention three basic busses :
A clock line uses for a clock pulse for sequence the processor, to execute the processor instructions.
A reset line that resets the program counter to zero (or whatever) and restarts execution
How microprocessor bus / lines works?
Busses (address/data) and lines (read/write) connect either to RAM or ROM
EXAMPLE – if microprocessor has address bus 8 bits wide and a data bus 8 bits wide. That means that the microprocessor can address (28) 256 bytes of memory, and it can read or write 8 bits of the memory at a time.
8 Bit wide Work example:
01101010 = 0•27 + 1•26 + 1•25 + 0•24 + 1•23 + 0•22 + 1•21 + 0•20 = 64+32+8+2 = 106=j
Let's assume that this simple microprocessor has 128 bytes of ROM starting at address 0 and 128 bytes of RAM starting at address 128.
What are basic types of Microprocessor?
RISC Based – Reduced instruction set Computer
it can run multiple instructions at a time , it is a system that uses a small but highly optimized set of instructions, these type of microprocessor used for specific tasks , for example Sun SPARC systems is often uses RISC based processor .
CISC Based – Complex instruction set computer
In this type of processor, single instructions can execute, for example Intel x86 are CISC based processors. It runs normal CPU low-level operations such as memory loading, an arithmetic operation, and a memory storing.
What is Assembly language?
In order to understand completely how a microprocessor works, it cannot be done without knowing inside and learn about the logic used. the logic is about the assembly language – the native language of a microprocessor – this is also called as 'machine language instructions' , as it process set of instructions with the help of 1's and 0's strings .
It is a low-level language to program a device. But as machine language is too obscure and complex for using in software development, we use assembly language for a specific family of processors that represents various instructions in symbolic code.
when we work with any application or utility ( such as game or utility, for example antivirus utility ) , it concerts into assembly language in form of 1 and 0 with the help of assembler ( such as object oriented programming Syntax , for example .net object oriented syntax ) .
A chip is an integrated circuit (IC) or integration of transistor circuits. CHIP uses on PCB, after the invention of 2nd generation of computers where transistor replaced by vacuum tubes, since then transistors playing a important role in computing techniques. Now we uses millions of interconnected transistors or diodes in a CHIP.
Normally CHIP is small with thin piece of silicon used in it .It might be large than a inch on a side and can contain tens of millions of transistors. Simple processors consist of a few thousand transistors.
CHIP, which we called as Integrated circuits can be classified into analog, digital and mixed signal (i.e. both analog and digital on the same chip).Digital integrated circuits can contain from one to millions of logic gates, flip-flops and multiplexers in a few square millimetres. Today, the small size of these circuits allows high speed with low power consumption and reduced manufacturing cost to integrate with motherboard or PCB.
A chipset is the component which defines routes for data in between the computer's busses.
Look at your heart; it is a junction of our nerves to make our body able to work. Motherboard is the heart of computer as it provides a junction where all the internal components of the PC can connect through ports and cables. It is the biggest printed circuit board for CPU which covers most of the bottom of the system unit,
Just a decade before we have a circuit board with serial and parallel connections for a light up of a LED; now-a-days we have now printed circuit boards (PCB) with serial and parallel buses for data management. A bus is the path through which a device sends its data so that it can communicate with microprocessor and other devices.
An anatomy of Motherboard can be illustrated as:
We can bifurcate busses into following categories:
Data width-used to determine the bandwidth
Cycle rate-used to determine the bandwidth
For example An 8-bit bus which will be 1-byte data width operates at a cycle rate of 1,000 MHz (1,000,000 times per second) , it can transfer 8 Mbps (1 Mbps).
Device management is a category which uses above mentioned two types of busses i.e. serial and parallel. We can define serial communication as it is the process of sending data in a line, one bit at a time. Parallel communication bus is the bus for several bits sent at a time, as a whole, on a link with several parallel channels.
Memory busses– It is the interface between the RAM and the motherboard
Front Side Bus (FSB) – The Front Side Bus is the interface between the CPU and the motherboard, specifically the North Bridge/Memory Controller Hub.
AGP Bus – AGP/Pro (Advanced Graphics Port) is the interface based on 32-bit PCI standard system
EIDE Bus (Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics) – used for IDE hard drives include a device controller mounted on the drive.
System Bus or ISA Bus/EISA Bus (Industry Standard Architecture)- The ISA bus was the first PC interface, introduced by IBM on the AT computers as the system bus. It was the first 8-bit bus that could run at 8 MHz (8 MB/second of bandwidth) which was upgraded to a 16-bit bus (16 MBps) . it is now being extended to 32Bit and we name it as Extended Industry Architecture (EISA) bus.
PCI Bus (Peripheral Component Interconnect) – EISA replaced by PCI as the system bus for our home computers , PCI is now a standard bus on PCs , Macintosh, Sun, and Alpha machines. PCI is a 32-bit bus operating at 33 MHz (133 MBps). The PCI standard supports a 64-bit (266-MBps) .
SCSI Bus (Small Computer System Interface) – A high-performance device interface, it is designed not only for hard drives but also for scanners, optical drives, and other high-capacity and high-bandwidth devices , not necessarily mounted inside the computer.
By definition a port can be defined as a city with a harbor where ships can load or unload. In computer, a port is a type of electronic, software or programmatic docking point through which information can flow within our computer or outside from our computer..
Latest Motherboard Example
Now-a-days , we have latest motherboard examples such as "arduino" board, with a microcontroller chip named AVR microcontroller . www.arduino.cc
These motherboards used for switches , sensors and lights . Arduino boards are able to read inputs – light on a sensor, a finger on a button, or a Twitter message – and turn it into an output – activating a motor, turning on an LED, publishing something online. You can tell your board what to do by sending a set of instructions to the microcontroller on the board
Hardware Definition
To define computer hardware, it is the collection of physical parts of a computer system which includes the case, keyboard, mouse and monitor along with inside parts which includes hard disk, motherboard, video card, RAM, processor, PCI cards and many others.
Basic components of the computer
CPU or Process
Memory Unit
Basic Input Devices , Output Devices and both Input/Output Devices
Input Devices:
Tablets(graphical or digital)
Video Capture Hardware
Mouse (pointing device)
Pen Input
OMR(Optical Mark Recognition)
OCR(Optical Character Recognition)
Punch card reader
MICR (Magnetic Ink character reader)
Magnetic Tape Drive
Output Devices:
Monitor (LED, LCD, CRT etc)
LCD Projection Panels
Computer Output Microfilm (COM)
Visual Display Unit
Film Recorder
Both Input–Output Devices:
Headsets (Headset consists of Speakers and Microphone. (Speaker act Output Device and Microphone act as Input device)
Facsimile (FAX) (It has scanner to scan the document and also have printer to Print the document)
Audio Cards / Sound Card
Software Definition
Computer Software Definition is a general term used to organize the collection of computer data and instructions. We can describe the computer software definition into two main categories: one is system software used for non-task-specific functions and other is application software, used by user for specific tasks.
Types of software
Application software – is the programs that users use to complete any specific task Examples of applications include word processors, database programs, Web browsers, development tools, drawing, paint, image editing programs, and communication programs. Application software is platform for user.
System software- is mainly the operating systems and any program that supports application software. Systems software are the programs that are dedicated to managing the computer itself, such as the operating system, file management utilities, and disk operating system (or DOS).
Middleware – is sometimes used to describe programming that provides bridge in between application and system software. for example, using a application software designed on Windows and we want to use on Unix , the middleware will help from using in between two platforms . .
System unit can be defined as a house of all connections of peripherals, along with the disk drives and removable storage media such as CDs and USBs.
The Back of the System Unit includes ports – the term port can be defined as the connection points at the back of the system unit:
Power input – it is where to plug in the PC's electrical power cord
Keyboard port – this special dedicated port is just for the keyboard
Mouse port – this special dedicated port is just for the mouse
USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports – are general-purpose connectors found on newer PCs
Serial port – this 9-pin connector is one of the oldest and most universal ports found in the back of a PC. Before the introduction of USB in the mid 1990s, serial ports are heavily used.
Parallel port – virtually as old as the serial port, the 25-pin parallel port has been updated a number of times over the years. Despite the growing prominence of USB, it remain a popular means for connecting printers.
Video port – this unique three-row, 15-pin connector is where the monitor connects to the system unit
Audio ports – these are used to connect speakers, microphones, and other audio devices
Game port – also known as a joystick port, this 15-pin port connector can be used both joysticks and for MIDI musical devices
Modem port – this looks like a telephone jack
– Modems enable one computer to communicate with other computers via a telephone line
There are two connectors in a modem: one is an IN jack, which is use to plug the computer into the wall jack, and the other is an OUT jack, which is use to plug in telephone
Network Interface – it is not a port and sometimes referred to as an Ethernet connector. It connects a PC to other PCs in a Local Area Network (LAN).
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Vermilionaire: An inhabitant of Southern Louisiana who benefits from the region's rich culture and environment.
If you're reading this blog, you probably know that everything you put in your mouth has an impact on the environment. Because our global system is interconnected, your food choices also affect farmers and eaters across the globe. Eating is not just an individual act; it's also a political act.
When the leaves of New England begin to glow with crimsons, purples and golds, many of us remember that it's time for crimson, purple and gold apples to be picked, packed, sequestered in storage sheds, or processed into cider, butter, sauces or pies.
Apples exemplify that taste of the fall for many of us, but just what kind of apples we taste depends upon just where exactly we live, and how well we know our neighboring orchard-keepers.


Will 5 females be happy in the Barney pet cage?
Re: Will 5 females be happy in the Barney pet cage?
That cage is plenty big! According to the cage calculator, it is spacious enough for 12 mice, but I wouldn't keep that many together of course. Groups of 3-5 are the most manageable, in my opinion, so 5 is a good number to start with. Any number of mice more than 6 isn't recommended to someone without a lot of experience with groups. A group of mice larger than 7 or 8 isn't recommended at all, as you'd likely run into some serious issues with groups splitting and fighting.
Thank you very much for the reply Im debating whether to put them in the Barney or to buy a smaller cage so that they'll bond with me easier. I want to give them space but I'm concerned that they'll be more skittish or less inclined to want to interact with me, as I've heard sometimes happens. Do you think keeping them in the Barney cage be completely fine?


It's amazing. We use it to do very effective SQL tuning.
I tested this on a Postgres database and hints work beautifully. This is a long awaited extension for PgSQL which makes it much more usable.
When time is of the essence, hints are often the only solution. The normal session level commands supported by Postgres are frequently inadequate because all that is needed is to fix a single SQL. Praises and kudos to the authors of this long awaited extension.
No cons. If the hints are not needed, don't use them.


I've seen these large 1300 mugs many times with decals of ships etc on them.
This one however has DENNIS handpainted on it.
the outside however is a dull matt boring colour with bands of oxide that help a little.
The 1164 mug - the glaze is a mottled warm brown, not sure if it's a honeyglaze that hasn't matured properly or not?
I seems that every time I post a photo another older one drops off.
Way back then I reduced photos to put them into the galleries so the main pics are small. I don't do this anymore as I found a way for the site to reduce them.
I haven't come down to earth yet and may have missed some things that should have been addressed while away, so if you have something that you want me to see, please bump it and I will see it in the latest topics.


Your initial set of resource assignments might have been a thing of beauty. But, you know projects have a way of changing. And that might mean you have to change resource assignments. Project has several features to help you tweak resource assignments just the way you want. Ah, grasshopper, but first you must learn to master these features.Suppose you want to change assignments to squash a five-day task into four 10-hour days. By setting the Task Type field, you can tell Project whether to change work, duration, or units in response to your task changes.Then there's effort-driven scheduling, which means the effort — that is, a task's total work — stays the same. You usually add resources to a task to shorten its duration, which is why Project turns on the "Effort driven" check box for every new task. The work stays the same and with more resources pitching in, the task finishes in a shorter duration. If resources disappear, a task will take longer for the remaining resources to finish.The "Effort driven" check box appears in the Task Form and on the Advanced tab in the Task Information dialog box.Test Tip: Effort-driven scheduling doesn't apply to changes to resources already assigned to a task. It's triggered only when you add or remove resources from a task.Project meetings are the same duration no matter how many people attend, so the total work balloons as the attendee list expands. For tasks like these, turn off the effort-driven check box. As you add attendees, the total work increases (along with the task cost, a great reason to run efficient meetings).
What if your customer asks for enhancements or problems crop up? If you want to add resources to complete additional work, turn off the effort-driven check box. Add resources and Project increases the total work based on the units you assign. After you make the changes, turn the check box back on.
The Assign Resources dialog box is your best friend when it comes to changing assignments. You almost can't go wrong answering "Assign Resource dialog box" to a question on Microsoft's exam, 70-632. As you add or remove resources, Project asks what you're trying to accomplish and changes the assignments appropriately. The Assign Resources dialog box also can stay open while you do other work.
When you open the Assign Resources dialog box (on the Standard toolbar, click Assign Resources) and select a task in a task view, the resources assigned to the task appear at the top of the list preceded by a check mark.
To remove a resource from the task, select the resource and then click Remove. The check mark disappears, Project clears the resource's Units cell, and the resource slinks back to its berth in the list of unassigned resources.
To assign another resource to the task, in the Resource Name column click the name of the resource and then click Assign. To change the units for the new assignment, in the Units cell type the percentage.
To replace one resource with another, select the resource you want to replace and click Replace. In the Replace Resource dialog box, select the new resource and click OK.
When you're done changing assignments, select another task in the Gantt chart table or close the Assign Resources dialog box. If a green feedback triangle appears in the upper left corner of the Task Name cell, Project needs some instruction from you about what you want to do.
Figure 1. You may see this dialog when you make a change to resources.
"Reduce duration so the task ends sooner, but requires the same amount of work (person-hours)" is the right choice when you want to keep the work the same and change the duration based on the units you specified. Because shortening duration is the most common reason for adding resources, Project selects this one automatically.
"Increase total work because the task requires more person-hours. Keep duration constant." keeps the same duration, but changes the work based on the units you specified. If the customer has asked for a few more things that will take more time, this is the option you want.
"Reduce the hours that resources work per day. Keep duration and work the same." is what you want when you want to redistribute work to all the resources on a task. Project calculates the units for each resource based on the duration and work.
The three options are similar when you remove resources but move duration, work, and units in the opposite direction.
When you change assignments, you might want duration, work, or units to stay the same. If a deadline looms, you probably want to reduce duration while changing resource units. Or you might want to keep the resource units the same when you add more work. The "Task type" value (Fixed Units, Fixed Work, and Fixed Duration) tells Project what variable you want to keep the same.
Duration. Project adjusts the work based on the assigned units.
Work. Project adjusts the duration based on the assigned units.
Units. Project adjusts the duration and keeps the work the same. The program has a built-in predisposition toward changing duration before work.
Duration. Project adjusts the units to keep the work the same.
Units. Project adjusts the duration.
Work. Project adjusts the duration, because the program is predisposed toward changing duration before work.
Work. Project adjusts the units to keep the assigned duration.
Units. Project adjusts the work to keep the assigned duration.
Duration. Project adjusts the amount of work, because project is predisposed to changing work before units.
In a task view, select the task you want to modify.
Turn the "Effort driven" check box on or off, if necessary.
Choose the resource you want to assign.
Type a value in the Units field or in the Work field.
Assign more resources, if necessary.
Click OK. Project recalculates the appropriate task and resource assignment values.
If you changed the "Task type" field or the "Effort driven" check box, change them back to their original values and then click OK one more time.
Think You Know How to Tweak Resource Assignment? Test Yourself!
Two resources are assigned to a Fixed Units task to interview the customer about change requests. Your project sponsor wants you to limit travel costs, so you decide to send only one person on the trip. How do you remove one of the resources from the task?
Answer A: In the Task Form, change the task type to Fixed Duration. Select the resource you want to remove and then press Delete.
Answer B: Select the task. In the Task Form, select the resource you want to remove. Press Delete.
Answer C: Select the task. In the Task Form, right-click the resource you want to remove and then choose Remove from the shortcut menu.
Answer D: Select the task and open the Assign Resources dialog box. Select the resource you want to remove and then click Remove.
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Answers B and D are correct.
You can delete a resource assignment in the Assign Resources dialog box or directly in the Task Form. You can also delete a resource by choosing Delete Resource from the Edit menu or on the Resources tab of the task Information dialog box.
Answer A is incorrect. Changing the task to Fixed Duration will reassign all the work hours to the remaining resource without increasing the task duration, which will probably make for painfully long work days.
Answer C is incorrect. Right-clicking the table in the Task Form displays a shortcut menu with choices for the information you want to see, such as Resources, Predecessors, Successors, and so on.


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I agree with you, it is a very important lesson, to learn to move on from a situation like that.
That is one heckuva telling phrase. It gave me pause. I had to stop and read it again. And again. There has been so much sitting-and-spinning going on of late in the world that I am a part of. And this reminds me that sometimes I am the one responsible for keeping the spinning going. I need to release and move on. Only then can I continue looking UP (my word for the year). Thank you, Luann, for always so eloquently stating just what I need to hear.
I feel so badly when I read blog posts like this because I want to reach through the screen and hug and help.
I hate days like those. Worse than being pecked by a duck.
You are a blessing, Luann. We all have those moments where things come out of left field and catch us completely off-guard. We have no control over that, or other people's motivations (usually insecurity in my opinion). The important thing is always to remember who you are, not dwell on the negative, move on, and not look back. Your insights help us all do just that. Thank you.
My goodness. We must have been born under the same star, because we had the same kind of baffling experience this week. These unexplainable things happen, and it is hard to stop shaking your head and wondering why. I think that all we can do is look for the lessons in them, do our best to forgive, learn from the bad experience, then go where the light shines. Good deeds and creative sharing is healing medicine.
I heard a wise person say once "what you resist, persists". It's ok to be angry, sad, think life is unfair, etc but dwelling on it is counterproductive. Thank you for your insightful post. We all need to be reminded frequently that it's really more useful to move on than to dwell or try to figure out why things happen the way they do. We have to pick our fights and sometimes they're just not worth it.