This note is to aid anyone who is setting up a "brick" as a local oscillator for a microwave system. First will be a short general description and technical overview, followed by technical details of operation and tune-up.
OVERVIEW:The ubiquitous "brick" is a complete phase locked microwave local oscillator system. The VHF portion of the system consists of a crystal oscillator, a power amplifier, a phase detector, sweep and lock-on circuitry, and in some, an FM modulator. The microwave portion is made up of a power oscillator, (in some a power amplifier), a varactor multiplier and a filter. The system produces some tens of miliwatts at the microwave output frequency. The frequency stability is determined by the crystal oscillator. If better stability is required, the internal oscillator is phase locked to an external reference or replaced by a precision external oscillator.
CONFIGURATION: A reference signal in the 96-106 MHz range is produced by the crystal oscillator. After power amplification, it is applied to a step recovery diode. The SRD produces a spectrum in the 1.2 GHz to 2.2 GHz. range. The appropriate line of this spectrum is phase compared with the output of the power oscillator. The error signal from the phase comparator is fed through appropriate filtering to a varactor diode in the coaxial cavity of the power oscillator. This fine-tunes the cavity to the desired spectral line of the SRD. The output of the power oscillator is fed to a varactor multiplier (x6-x8 typ. ). The varactor output is filtered using a comb-line filter to produce the final microwave output. Lock-on is assisted by a sweep which is applied to the power oscillator.
STABILITY: The internal crystal oscillator is used only when stability on the order of +-5 Hz or less is required. There are two problems with the internal oscillator. First, only the crystal itself is in a temperature oven. The balance of the oscillator circuit is exposed to any temperature variations which may be encountered during operation of the system. This can lead to unpredictable drifts. Second, the crystal unit itself is of the TO-5 type. These can be obtained from some manufacturers, but are expensive. A better solution is to remove the crystal from the unit, disable the oven, and use the oscillator circuit as a buffer stage for an external oven stabilized oscillator. The frequency of the oscillator (internal or external) ranges from about 90 MHz to 107 MHz. A typical brick will use a multiplier of x96, x102, or x108 from the oscillator to the final frequency in the x-band range. Some fine 100 MHz ovened oscillators have appeared in surplus and are the basis of several SBMS rigs. (W6HCC, K6OW, WA6CDR and WB6CWN to name several using this system.) A second solution (not recommended) is phase locking the internal oscillator to an external 5 MHz or 10 MHz reference. This requires an amateur frequency crystal in the internal oscillator and a modification to use it as a VCXO. Phase lock boards are available from several sources.
CONVERSION: The first problem with using an external reference oscillator is getting the signal into the brick. Most bricks have a small coax connector which is used to monitor the internal oscillator. This may be used "as is" if you can find a matching connector. Otherwise, the connector may be replaced with a BNC or SMA. To use a BNC, the mounting hole for the original connector is tapped for the BNC. Without a tap, the SMA is recommended, since there is very little room for a nut inside the casting of the brick. Once a suitable connector is in place, use a 1000 pf. capacitor to couple to the oscillator circuit. The oven must be disabled (it wastes a lot of power if you let it run). A simple solution is to turn the temperature pot all the way to the low temperature end. The pot is located near the oven at the end of the brick away from the reference connector. A better solution is the ground the center arm of the pot. That will completely disable the oven.
POWER UP: Most bricks operate on -20 volts at 200 ma. to 400 ma. (Check carefully!! You may find one of the rare ones that uses +20 volts.) This voltage should be regulated, but from -19 to -21 volts is usually satisfactory. It is also important that the voltage be well filtered. Any ripple or noise on this line may show up as trash on your L/O! There are several monitor and control terminals on the side of a brick. The most important of these is the "phase" terminal. It will show the actual sweep and lock-up of the system. This is monitored with a DC coupled "scope" during tune-up. Some bricks have a pair of terminals which must be jumpered together to enable sweep in the phase locked loop. This junction also serves as the monitor point. If the internal crystal oscillator is used, the "xtal" terminal may be used to monitor its output. There is an "alarm" terminal on some bricks. This may be used as a loss-of-lock warning.
TUNE UP: To tune up the brick, a minimum of test equipment is needed. A cavity wavemeter, a detector, suitable attenuators and/or couplers, and a DC coupled "scope". A power meter is nice, but not required. (If a spectrum analyzer is available, most of this is academic!) If you have any crystal that can be used in the internal oscillator, (even better if it is the one that was originally used in the brick), it is a good plan to check the brick on its original operating frequency. This may be well away from its final frequency, but it is good to know that the brick will work before starting frequency changes. Monitor the supply current to the brick on initial power up. Very high or low current is an indication of problems. If you have a power meter, check the power output. This will be a good indication of what to strive for when retuning to a new frequency.
TEST: Connect the brick output to the wavemeter (through appropriate couplers and attenuators as required). Place a detector at the output of the wavemeter and connect it to one channel of the DC coupled "scope". Connect the other channel of the "scope" to the "phase" terminal of the brick. Monitor the power output if possible. Fire up the brick! If the brick locks up, you will see a DC level between -2 and -18 volts at the phase terminal and a DC level from the detector. On the end of the brick there is a shaft (usually about ¼ inch in diameter with a screwdriver slot ) from the cavity of the power oscillator. This is the rough tuning. Turn this shaft slightly (use care if it does not move easily, some have a lock nut.) and there will be a change in the voltage at the phase terminal. This indicates that the phase locked loop is tracking out the change in the power oscillator frequency. Continue turning the shaft and the loop will break lock. This is indicated by a sine or sawtooth sweep waveform on the phase terminal. Check the frequency. From this frequency and the frequency of the internal crystal oscillator, determine the multiplication factor. Most bricks are x102. This factor is important and will be needed to determine the reference frequency required for ham-band use. A typical brick might use a reference frequency of 100 MHz. and a factor of x102 to produce a microwave signal at 10,200 MHz. The multiplier system used in bricks by different manufacturers is different. The varactor multiplier may use a factor of x6 to x8 for x-band bricks. The typical factors (x96, x102, x108) are for an x6 varactor multiplier. This multiplier is found in most Frequency West and California Microwave bricks.
FILTER TUNING: The filter in most bricks must be returned for operation at 10,224 Mhz. This is the low side injection frequency for a 144 MHz IF. To re-tune the filter, it must be removed from the brick and reversed on the brick to expose the tuning adjustments. Most bricks have lock screws which are under the peel-off label in the top of the multiplier. Be sure to loosen these before attempting filter tuning. They use a small (0.050 in.) Allen wrench. It is a good idea to "walk" the filter to the proper frequency. To do this, disable the sweep by grounding the phase terminal. Use a power meter to monitor the output and slowly move the power oscillator toward the desired frequency. Re-tune each of the filter tuning screws for maximum power, then tune the oscillator a bit more in the desired direction and repeat the process. When the final frequency is reached, tighten the lock screws. As they are tightened, the power will vary slightly. Touch up the filter tuning for maximum power as the locking screws are tightened. When these procedures are complete, the brick will be ready to use and form a reliable and stable local oscillator for your system.


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Q: How do I format the url: for a jQuery ajax() request in CakePHP so it won't add a question mark to the url? I'm trying to call the 'tariff' action of my 'countries' controller using jQuery ajax() and pass it a country name in the following format:
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However, with the following code ( set to GET ), it is calling this with the get ? added:
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Here's the code:
$(document).ready(function(){
    $('#CountriesIndexForm select').change(function(){
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            type: "GET",

            url: "/countries/tariff/",

            data: escape($(this).val()),

            success: function(html){

                $(this).parent().next('div').html(html);

            }
        });
    });
});

I understand its because the type is set to GET, but is there a fix for this?

A: make url manually
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A: You need to append that to the url parameters and leave out data, i.e.:
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A: Pass the parameter directly in the url field instead of using data
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Q: Swift Collectionview didSelectItemAtIndexPath not working I have UICollectionView with custom cell (xib file), I manage to display the collectionview but I don't manage to detect when I tap on a cell with the function :
func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, didSelectItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath){

Usually, I manage to do that, but this time I don't know why it doesn't work. Actually I'm using this pods "https://cocoapods.org/pods/SACollectionViewVerticalScalingFlowLayout"
My code is :
class ProjectsController: UIViewController {
    @IBOutlet weak var collectionViewGridFormat: UICollectionView!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        collectionViewGridFormat.registerNib(UINib(nibName: "ProjectsGridFormatCell", bundle: nil), forCellWithReuseIdentifier: "cellProjectGrid")

...

    }
}

extension ProjectsController: UICollectionViewDataSource, UICollectionViewDelegate {
func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, numberOfItemsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
        return 30
    }

    func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, cellForItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UICollectionViewCell {
        let cell : ProjectsGridFormatCell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier("cellProjectGrid", forIndexPath: indexPath) as! ProjectsGridFormatCell

        cell.lblProjectName.text = "Test project"

        return cell
    }

    func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, didSelectItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath){
        print("aa")
    }
}

But when I tap on a cell, "print("aa")" is not displayed.
Have I given enough information ? :)
Thanks for your help !! :D
Regards,

A: Is "User Interaction Enabled" checked under the Identity Inspector in Storyboard?


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They understand fully the particular needs of bilingual children, especially where literacy and writing skills are concerned.
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Before arriving in France in 1996, Chris taught in the infant/nursery sector in London for 16 years. She began working for Open Doors in 2000 when her son attended the school. Chris has British/French nationalities and was brought up in a bilingual environment as a child. Her own children have successfully followed a bilingual programme.
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Suzanne has been with Open Doors since 2008 as a teaching assistant for the Mat 2 and Mat 3 classes. She has a bilingual education, married to a French man and their bilingual daughter completed her primary education at Open Doors. With current experience teaching English in French schools successfully completing a course in child psychology, Suzanne fully understands the challenges of bilingual education today.
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She has been living in France since 2003, after moving from her hometown of Brighton in the UK. Faye has worked as an English tutor to both adults and children for many years and teaches English and Art at a local bilingual English school.
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Originally from New Jersey, Jackie has resided in France for 17 years. She holds a Bachelor of Arts diploma from William Paterson University, NJ (USA) and a French language certificate from CLA (Centre de Linguistique Appliquee de Besancon). Jackie has been an English language teacher with the Orgeval Acceuil for the past 3 years and an English language tutor for adults and children. Formerly an Open Doors parent herself, she has 2 children who have graduated from Open Doors.
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Christine Ockrent has had a groundbreaking career in television, as a producer of documentaries, an interviewer, a commentator, and as the first female news anchor in France. For the past nine years she was producer and anchor of the weekly current affairs program France Europe Express on France 3 Télévision, and she continues a weekly editorial on France 24. Ockrent began her career in broadcast journalism at the NBC News Paris bureau as a researcher, and then worked for eight years at CBS News's 60 Minutes, in their London office, giving her an extensive knowledge of the ways of American television news. But she made her mark back in France. In 1981, after the Socialist electoral victory of François Mitterrand resulted in the mass exodus of many veteran journalists from the two government-run stations, Ockrent took advantage of the opportunity to become one of the new faces on French television. She became the anchor of the seven-days-a-week, 8 p.m. newscast, alternating weekly with Bernard Rapp. In early 1983, Ockrent became the sole anchor and executive producer of the broadcast. In 1984 Frank J. Prial wrote in the New York Times that Ockrent "is proud of her success with what had been considered a conservative audience. 'There's no credibility gap,' she said, consciously or unconsciously addressing a managerial fear that has held back women news broadcasters in the United States. 'It shows that something is happening in this society when women can get accepted in this kind of responsibility.'"
Christine Ockrent was born in Brussels, where her father was a diplomat with the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation. She grew up in Paris, and graduated from the Institut D'Etudes Politique. She continued her studies at Cambridge University in Great Britain, and then worked as a journalist for the European Union Information Bureau (Bureau d'information des Communautes économiques européennes) in Paris. In 1967, she joined the NBC News Paris bureau as a researcher. The next year Ockrent joined CBS News as an assistant producer. She became an associate producer on 60 Minutes, based in the London bureau. She then served as European correspondent for the short-lived, People magazine-inspired Who's Who on CBS in 1977, after which she worked in radio and television in various capacities in Paris. In 1977, she became a freelance producer for ABC News's 20/20, as well as a producer for France's FR3. From 1980 to 1981, Ockrent served as the anchor and editor of the morning news on Europe 1 radio.
Then, in 1981, Ockrent became the first French female evening news anchor and editor in chief, for the Antenne 2 TV network. She caused quite a stir in assuming this position, becoming a closely watched and much-examined celebrity in France. Wrote Prial: "Just what Miss Ockrent does on camera that others do not is not easy to determine. She has been characterized as 'authoritative' and 'aggressive,' but she is not measurably more so than her male colleagues and competitors. Some television writers believe that she is popular because she is very competent, which is not unusual, and a very attractive woman, which is—at least on a major news program."
Ockrent also addressed the excitement, apprehension and uncertainty that accompanied her entry into this high-profile position. Wrote Prial: "She is both attracted and irritated by being France's foremost woman news anchor. 'With a woman, everyone is concerned with what she wears, how she looks,' she said. 'With a man, at least in this country, it doesn't matter. For me, having to go to the hairdresser three times a week is a real pain in the neck.'" On a lighter note, Prial continued: "She wears the same clothes on the air that she has worn through the day. 'I have to be careful not to get spots when I eat,' she said."
Responding to a profile in the Times of London that accused her of being a "tough character" and "an ice cube," Ockrent responded, "I felt…that I was doing a serious job, and therefore I didn't have to smile talking about war, for instance. The stereotypes are such that a woman who doesn't smile—that's terrible, it means she's abnormal. I kept not smiling because I didn't feel like smiling and talking about wars. I think that's what gave me the reputation of being 'an ice cube', and I was just being serious about my job. That was 20 years ago!"
Ockrent has had to weather other controversies as well. While in the early stages of her career as an anchor and executive producer her annual salary was quite modest in comparison to her American counterparts, by the late eighties the revelation of Ockrent's considerable salary at Antenne 2 prompted a strike by that network's employees in protest. Her marriage to politician, physician, and humanitarian Bernard Kouchner (who cofounded Doctors without Borders) recently led to some controversy. Agence France-Presse reported on May 23, 2007, that Ockrent, "who is married to Bernard Kouchner, a prominent left-winger named foreign minister in Nicolas Sarkozy's right-wing government…would continue presenting the weekly programme France Europe Expressuntil the summer, after which she would launch a new show 'with a different orientation.'" When the new political talk show, Duel on Three (Duel sur la 3) was announced, with Ockrent as anchor and editor in chief, the National Journalists Union (SNJ) questioned its credibility because of Ockrent's connection to the foreign minister. "'What will happen when the news is something like France's relations with Libya?' the SNJ said in a statement," according to a report by Agence France-Presse. Ockrent responded that this criticism was "sexist, misogynist and perfectly insulting." She continued, "One would never ask a male journalist what his ties were with this or that woman politician…In whose name is a woman supposed to sacrifice her professional career on behalf of her husband's?"
Never one to shy away from controversy or to give in to her critics, Ockrent continues with Duel sur la 3 on France 3. She also serves at this time as a commentator on France 24 TV, Europe 1 radio, and as a columnist in several magazines in France. Ockrent is often called upon to be a commentator on other programs as well because of her experience and expertise in national and international affairs. She has been decorated with both the Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur and Officier de l'Ordre National de Mérite. She is the recipient of the 7 d'or du meilleur présentateur du journal télévisé (1985), the Super 7 d'or (1985), the prix Stratégies (1985), and the prix Tézenas du Montcel (1998).
Ockrent serves on several boards, including those of the French Council on Foreign Relations (IFRI), the International Crisis Group (ICG), the Center for European Reform, Human Rights Watch France and Reporters Sans Frontières. She has been on the board of directors of METRO International since 2002. Ockrent is the author of twelve books, on both European topics as well as American subjects, including one on Hillary Clinton and another that examines the Kerry-Bush 2004 presidential race.


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D. Make sure that the DPMs can communicate with each other.
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to an SVM virtual volume.
moved to an SVM virtual volume.
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Presidency gives more details on $1b excess crude fund
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The Presidency has given further details on how it disbursed the $1 billion withdrawn from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) for security was spent.
The Senior Special Assistant on Media and publicity, Garba Shehu, on Monday gave a breakdown of the N876.9 million already spent from the money domiciled at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
According to him, a balance of $123,111,571.29 remained unspent at the CBN.
The withdrawal became a subject of controversy between the Presidency and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following a demand by the latter for explanation on what happened to the cash withdrawn in 2017.
Spokesman to the PDP, Kola Ologbodiyan, had at a news conference on Sunday, alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) used the $1 to fund its campaigns for the last general elections.
The President's spokesman in a reaction to the PDP allegation, promised to shed more light on how the cash was applied.
Shehu said: "Here is as much detail as we can provide at this time concerning the $1 billion from the ECA which withdrawal was authorised by the National Economic Council (NEC).
"The record we have is that the Buhari administration paid $496,374,470 for a dozen Super Tucano fighter aircraft for the Air Force in a direct, government-to-government (no Contractors or Commission Agents) transaction with the government of the United States of America. They are due for delivery in 2020.
"Other military procurements for critical equipment have been made. These are for the Nigerian Army (NA) and the Nigerian Navy, (NN) amounting to $380, 513,958,71.
"These procurements include money for the purchase of Navy Lynx helicopters. Total amount spent so far: $876,888,428.71. The equipment paid for have due dates of delivery of between six months to two years.
"Balance of the money that is unspent as at today is $123,111,571.29."
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The Presidential spokesman said that the entire expenditure involved in these exercises is on the basis of government-to-government procurement.
He added: "In cases where the Nigerian government dealt with equipment manufacturers, their home governments have in all cases given guarantees to the federal government.
"Again, it is important to stress that no contractors or commission agents have been involved in the procurements under discussion.
"All $1 billion was domiciled in the CBN and to date, not a single dollar of it has been transferred to the Ministry of Defence or any other ministry, agency of government, individuals or political party office as was the norm under the PDP administration.
"We note that the PDP made so much of a report claiming that the National Security Adviser, NSA had declared the entire amount of $1 billion on as missing. The NSA could not have said this.
"I'm sure we have the correct story to tell. Without approval of end-user certification as issued by his office, no arms can lawfully enter Nigeria.
"In these days of fake news, citizens including political parties pretending to the role opposition parties must be careful about the reports they work with."
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aged, O tiger among men, came out and gathered there to behold the fight. And the crowd became so great that it was one solid mass of humanity with no space between body and body. The sound the wrestlers made by the slapping of their arms, the seizing of each other's necks for bringing each other down, and the grasping of each other's legs for dashing each other to the ground, became so loud that it resembled the roar of thunder or of falling cliffs. Both of them were foremost of mighty men, and both took great delight in such encounter. Desirous of vanquishing the other, each was on the alert for taking advantage of the slightest lapse of the other. And, O monarch, the mighty Bhima and Jarasandha fought terribly on in those lists, driving the crowd at times by the motions of their hands like Vritra and Vasava of old. Thus two heroes, dragging each other forward and pressing each other backward and with sudden jerks throwing each other face downward and sideways, mangled each other dreadfully. And at times they struck each other with their knee-joints. And addressing each other loudly in stinging speeches, they struck each other with clenched fists, the blows descending like a mass of stone upon each other. With broad shoulders and long arms and both well-skilled in wrestling encounters, they struck each other with those long arms of theirs that were like maces of iron. That encounter of the heroes commenced on the first (lunar) day of the month of Kartic (October) and the illustrious heroes fought on without intermission and food, day and night, till the thirteenth lunar day. It was on the night of the fourteenth of the lunar fortnight that the monarch of Magadha desisted from fatigue. And O king, Janardana beholding the monarch tired, addressed Bhima of terrible deeds, and as if to stimulate him said,--'O son of Kunti, a foe that is fatigued cannot be pressed for if pressed at such a time he may even die. Therefore, O son of Kunti, this king should not be oppressed by thee. On the other hand, O bull of the Bharata race, fight with him With thy arms, putting forth as much strength only as thy antagonist hath now left!' Then that slayer of hostile heroes, the son of Pandu, thus addressed by Krishna, understood the plight of Jarasandha and forthwith resolved upon taking his life. And that foremost of all men endued with strength, that prince of the Kuru race, desirous of vanquishing the hitherto unvanquished Jarasandha, mustered all his strength and courage."


Someone please sit this ho down and tell him to mind his business.
Rodman was out in L.A. yesterday when we asked about his plan to head back to DPRK to visit his tiny, little, missile-obsessed "friend" with the weird haircut.
The Worm told us he'll do everything in his power to sway Jong-un into releasing American Kenneth Bae — who was sentenced to 15 years hard labor in North Korea for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government.
Think it's a joke? Watch the man tell himself below.
Considering that N.Korea pretty much wants us all dead, Dennis might have to resort to some very desperate measures if he wants Kenneth Bae released. Hopefully Kim Jong-un isn't into anything too freaky-deeky.


On Wednesday morning I was drinking coffee and idly glancing through the job ads in the Society section of the Guardian. These have been the subject of much mockery in other papers, but I'm all in favour of them, mainly because they help pay my wages, but also because behind all the ghastly jargon and verbiage (does "develop and implement strategies as well as being delivery-focused" mean anything to anyone?) there are people doing some quite hard work for not a lot of money.
Though I did wonder what the Department for Work and Pensions needed with a Head of Staff Engagement and Leadership Visibility. "Now, sir, if you'll just put on this red and yellow checked waistcoat and this emerald green stovepipe hat, everyone will be able to see you!"
I was interrupted by a phone call. It was an elderly woman who told me her name, and then launched into a long and bitter complaint. She seemed to be under great stress. As I pieced her tirade together, it emerged that the council had nailed a wooden notice to a tree in her garden, and even though three different people had promised three different times to remove it, nothing had happened, and what was I going to do about it?
I said, politely I hope, that she had a wrong number, and after a startled pause, she hung up.
My thought was that this woman needed someone in a job you never ever see advertised. I would list it as "Very nice person required". There would be no jargon about intercommunicating or people skills. It would simply say "kindly manner essential". When you phone the Very Nice Person, you never get a list of instructions to key in other numbers.
You don't get a bored operator who calls up another number but abandons you when they don't answer. There are no recorded voices telling you to try later.
Instead the Very Nice Person says: "Ooh, that's awful, you've phoned three times and nobody's been round! Well, that's the planning department for you, and I'm going to put a rocket up them!" Or: "No binmen? You're the fifth today. They've skipped your street, the silly sausages! I'm going round there right now to give them what for!" Our council tax is now a very large sum. I'm sure they could afford to employ a lot of Very Nice People, and they would spread far more happiness than any number of leadership visibility officers.
· It seems strange, in a week when we learned that Noel Edmonds was to receive £3m over two years for presenting the almost entirely skill-free programme Deal Or No Deal, that there is a new quiz on BBC4 about punctuation.
Well, it's also about word meanings, dialect, slang, derivations and so on, but there are plenty of apostrophes and semicolons too.
I did a taping the other day, and we got on to the correct plurals of "yes" and "no" ("yeses" and "noes"), which gave me the chance to reprise the old joke about the Speaker calling a vote, "the ayes to the right, the noes to the left", and a new MP saying "Blimey, sounds like a Picasso portrait", which was apt in the week that one of Picasso's paintings of Dora Maar went on public view for the first time in 40 years, and, yes, her eyes are to the right and her nose is on the left.
On the other team was Henry Blofeld, the cricket commentator, who was charming. We talked about great moments in Test Match Special. He said that the celebrated "the batsman's Holding, the bowler's Willey" was apocryphal, or at least never broadcast, whereas the equally famous remark by Jonathan Agnew, "Botham just failing to get his leg over" was all too real, and of course made Brian Johnston collapse in helpless laughter for quite some time.
· Thanks once again for the lavish supply of gap year emails for our new book, Don't Tell Mum. They really are terrific. One particular favourite came from a young woman who is working in Yaroslav, a city 150 miles north-east of Moscow. It has been very, very cold there. She and two English girlfriends went on a day trip to Moscow.
"We ended up sharing a carriage full of drunk 'businessmen'. One of them had passed out in the loo, so to punish him the scary conductor-woman had locked him in for the duration of the journey. Unfortunately this meant that we had to pee in between the carriages on to the tracks while the train was still moving. This required us to be agile, firm-footed and resistant to the outside temperature (minus 25). I was none of the above, but my pea-sized bladder forced me to try my luck.
"Sadly the train lurched while I was pulling up my trousers, and my bottom froze to the metal outside of the train. I have never been in such a quandary. The idea of tearing myself off and leaving the best part of my bottom stuck to the Yaroslav express was horrifying, but the alternative, staying affixed to the outside of the carriage until spring, was equally unattractive. Eventually I wrenched myself free, but I fear my poor buttocks will never be the same again."
· On the corner of a street near our local farmers' market I saw a sight I haven't seen since my childhood: a French onion seller, complete with onion-festooned bike and a beret. I felt sure that if it hadn't been so cold, we'd have been able to see his striped blouson.
He had very good English, and said that like all French onion men, he came from Roscoff in Brittany. In the last century, he said, there were 1,500 working in southern England, but now there were just 27 of them.
The onions were very good, firm and sweet, though I don't think I would want to eat them raw, like apples, as he suggested. But it was a pleasing reminder of a vanished world, like seeing a Ford Zephyr, or a Bakelite radio.


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Georgia Ports Authority has approved rail and gate expansion projects that will significantly increase capacity at GPA's Garden City Terminal – the single largest container terminal in all of North America.
"A strong Southeast U.S. economy, on-terminal expansion, and investment by private logistics firms throughout the region have resulted in phenomenal growth for Georgia," said Executive Director Griff Lynch. "But these record volumes could not have been possible without the tireless dedication of the men and women responsible for moving this cargo. From the GPA and the International Longshoreman Association, to the stevedores and logistics community, thank you for a job well done."
In addition to record container volumes, Lynch reported to the Board that total tonnage for all terminals climbed by 25 percent, from 2.6 million to 3.2 million tons, for an additional 661,290 tons of cargo. Breakbulk tonnage, primarily the movement of lumber, steel and autos, also increased by 14.7 percent, signifying the growing strength of construction and manufacturing in the U.S. Southeast, he said.
On Monday, the board approved expenditures of $42.27 million as part of GPA's $128 million Mason Mega Rail Terminal. The project will not only expand the Port of Savannah's on-dock rail capacity by 100 percent, but position Savannah to rapidly increase service to an arc of inland markets from Memphis to Chicago. A total of $90.7 million has been allocated to the project thus far. Construction is slated to begin next month and be completed by the end of 2020.
The board also approved a $13.2 million project to expand the existing Gate 8 at Garden City Terminal. The addition will help the GPA seamlessly absorb future growth and offer a better link to the Jimmy Deloach Parkway, which provides a direct truck route to Interstate 95. The project will expand the terminal's gate infrastructure by 12.5 percent for a total of 54 truck lanes.
"In addition to expanding capacity, we will also reduce the impact on our local community," Lynch said. "The new pre-check lanes will reduce truck congestion and the Mega Rail Terminal will significantly reduce or eliminate rail crossings."
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Q: Printf with carriage return printf("Hello%cWorld\n", '\r');

Outputs:
World

Because '\r' moves the cursor to the beginning of the line
Can I trust that all terminals have this behavior?

A: lib curses will tell you the capabilities of your terminal.

A: .0x0d in ASCII encoding is '\r', in this case
printf("Hello%cWorld\n", 0x0d);

is equal to
printf("Hello\rWorld\n");

A common C programming error is to assume a particular encoding is in use when, in fact, another one holds.
However, it works on most computers as @Joachim Pileborg said.
BUT I suggest to use '\r' instead of 0x0d, for portability and the latter looks like a magic number, which makes others who read your code even yourself feel confused someday.


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Q: Ways to design "web app" backend in C? I decided to turn a program I wrote into a "web app". It's all C. I know it can be easily set up as a CGI binary on Apache, but doing so requires spawning a new process for every single little request, which seems resource intensive and possibly slower than even PHP. Is there a scalable alternative? ASIO or something? If so, what libraries are available? Or should I just turn the program into a PHP extension?
My question is basically, can you list all the software/libraries that allow a binary to eventually interact with Javascript on a client?

A: FastCGI seems like the obvious candidate


This family has officially been in front of my lens at least twice a year for the past four years. Crazy!! And I love it. Every session is unique in it's own way, and I know for a fact that Jennifer prints them big for her walls...so it's a total win.
Thanks again, girl! As always, fun times with your family. See you in a few months!


Hey would-be-mom, you are now 36 weeks pregnant! or in your 37th week if that is how you count it.
Congratulations! By the end of this week, your pregnancy may be complete. Your baby can be born any day now. All infants are different but a normal 37-week old is generally about 18 inches tall and weighs between 2.5 to 3 kg. Most of your baby's system are fully developed now and almost ready for the outside world. His blood circulation is working perfectly and the immune system will be able to fend off infections outside the womb. The lungs though fully developed will be jump started once your baby is outside the amniotic fluid. The digestive system is the only notable exception which will take some time to develop after birth. This is because your baby is being fed by the umbilical cord and the digestive system though developed hasn't been operational. Read more information about the growth this week of your baby.
Your baby is gradually dropping inside you and you may start to feel increased pressure in your lower abdomen. This is called lightening or engagement. Your lungs and stomach will eventually get an opportunity to stretch a little, making digestion and breathing easier. However, walking may become increasingly uneasy – some women even say it seems like the baby will drop out. (Do not worry, it cannot happen!) You may feel like you have to pee all the time. Don't worry its because of the increased pressure on the urinary bladder. Some women may also experience urinary incontinence during this period. Hope you have been practicing your pelvic floor exercises as they are a real help during this time.
Walking does become increasingly difficult during this period as the baby's head pushes down into your pelvis. You may have adopted a penguin-like waddle which is common among women at your stage. Don't worry the D-day is round the corner, will happen any day now!
Now is the time your dream of having your baby will become a reality, after those nine long months of waiting and what not! Make sure you are in constant touch with your spouse. You need his emotional support and he may have to drive you down to the hospital when the moment arrives. Ensure that your car is always ready and the hospital kit is packed. Also, if possible you should ask your mother-in-law or your mother to be present during the time. It is always comforting to have friends and family around at this time.


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This Day in History: November 25th- The Accidental Sinking of a Floating Bridge
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This Day In History: November 25, 1990
On November 25, 1990, the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge broke into pieces and sank to the bottom of Lake Washington. After a week-long windswept rainstorm, the old bridge succumbed to the forces of nature and gradually disappeared beneath relentless waves. Since the bridge's demise was a gradual process, the local media could gather at the scene, allowing everyone enjoying their Thanksgiving holiday weekend to follow along at home. One witness said, "It looked like a big old battleship that had been hit by enemy fire and was sinking into the briny deep." He added, "It was awesome!" Luckily, no-one was hurt.
When the bridge opened for business on July 2, 1940, Washington Governor Clarence Martin described it as "original, distinctive, striking and graceful — a product of this great state's vision and constructive spirit." The floating bridge, originally called the Lake Washington Floating Bridge or the Mercer Island Bridge, was considered a marvel of engineering. It was also the "biggest thing afloat", easily dwarfing the ocean liner the Queen Elizabeth; its closest competition.
By November 1990, the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge (renamed in 1967 after Washington's highway director) was in need of repairs after 50 years of service. (A twin span had been built parallel to it to accommodate the thousands of commuters who used it daily.) During construction, workers had cut holes into the hollow concrete pontoons on the old bridge and failed to close them up before the long holiday weekend. When a heavy storm hit, the pontoons filled up with water and submerged under the surface.
This, of course, was not a happy situation, and last-ditch efforts were made to pump out the pontoons, but it was much too late. By that point, news helicopters were circling overhead as the bridge began to creak and sag. As the morning turned to afternoon, portions of the bridge broke off and disappeared under the water. Finally, the last pieces upended, tilted, and then slid to the bottom of Lake Washington. If you listened closely, Celine Dion was warbling a dramatic ballad somewhere off in the distance.
Predictably, there was arguing between the State Highway Department and the construction company over who was at fault. In the end, the construction company had to pay out $20 million, so you can draw your own conclusions.
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PAW Patrol: Meet Everest (DVD)
The popular Nick Jr. series gets a new addition to the team in this "paw"-some DVD.
Written by: Chris Mitchell | September 3, 2015
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I'm glad to see Nick Jr.'s Paw Patrol is still going strong, as it's easily one of the best shows on the network. To help make an already great team of heroic pups even better, they're getting a new addition with the female husky pup Everest in the PAW Patrol: Meet Everest DVD. Featuring seven episodes that bring over an hour and a half of fun, this is one disc kids will bark and wag their tails for.
Things kick off with Everest's debut in the aptly titled "The New Pup". Here the PAW Patrol sets out to save their friend Jake when he becomes lost in some nearby ice fields. Luckily there's a new pup that's used to the cold and knows just what to do to save him, and that's the new heroine named Everest. After she joins the gang, there's "Pups and the Big Freeze" where a winter storm creates havoc all over Adventure Bay, leaving things up to Ryder, Rubble, and Everest to help those in trouble while also clearing any snow and ice they come across. The other five episodes here will have kids and quite possibly their families glued to their seats as they watch the pups come to the rescue of others. Whether it's helping out a family of deer that's stuck on a snowy hill, or finding Alex's lost backpack on the first day of school, these pups are always on a fun-filled mission.
As with the previous DVD releases of this show, I had a good time watching it along with some of my younger cousins. The visuals and sound come through really well for a DVD, as the colors and animation seem to pop off the screen. Those looking for any kind of bonus features will be disappointed, but the seven episodes on here do come with optional Spanish and French audio tracks, and will keep anyone who watches them more than entertained.
Those looking for a fun way to spend time with their kids will want to pick up the PAW Patrol: Meet Everest DVD. What it lacks in special features is more than made up by the exciting, well chosen episodes in this collection that is sure to have viewers howling with delight.
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Senate President: Police Want To Nail Me By All Means
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has urged Nigerians to disregard the allegation by the police linking him with the 5 April robbery in Offa, Kwara state.
Saraki, in a statement by his media adviser,Yusuph Olaniyonu, described the allegation as baseless and another ploy by the Police to implicate him by all means.
"Let it be known that there is no way I could have been associated with armed robbery against my people," Saraki said.
"When the Offa robbery incident happened, I was the first top public official to pay a visit to the place and right there in the palace of the traditional ruler, I put a call through to this same Mr. Ibrahim Idris, the IGP, requesting him to make certain specific security arrangements as demanded by the people.
"Members of the public will remember that on May 16, 2018, I alerted the Senate about the information passed on to me by my State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatai Ahmed, over a plot by the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, to frame me up by getting some suspected cultists arrested in Ilorin to implicate me. It is believed that the timely leakage of the plot in that case aborted the use of the suspected cultists to implicate me. Now, it is the Offa bank robbery suspects that are about to be used.
"This plot is concocted to embarrass me and, in the mind of the IGP, it is his own response after his refusal to honour the invitation by the National Assembly, headed me, for him to come and offer explanations on the rampant killings and violence across the country.
"Like the earlier one, this frame-up will also fail as I hereby state categorically that I have no link with any band of criminals.
"As a person who has utmost respect for the rule of law and all constitutional institutions, when the invitation from the Police is formally extended to me, I will be ready to honour it without any delay.
"It is however sad that this abuse of the criminal investigation process aimed at intimidating and over-overawing the legislature, thereby obstructing it from doing its work, is a big threat to our democracy ", the Senate President stated.
The police in a statement earlier today alleged that five of the ringleaders of the Offa robbery attacks mentioned Saraki and Governor Abdulfatai Ahmed as their armourers and financiers.
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HMD Global unveiled the Nokia X71 together with the flagship Nokia 9 PureView in the early hours of today in Taiwan. The Nokia X71 is the first Nokia phone that will come with a punch hole display, as well as the first X-series phone that will be launched outside China. Check out its other features, full specification as well as price and availability.
The Nokia X71 will come with a 6.36 inch FJD+ display with an impressive quoted 93% screen to body ratio, and a punch hole that houses the 16MP selfie shooter. It will also come with a Snapdragon 660 chipset paired with 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage. The internal storage can be expanded further up to 256GB via a microSD card slot.
At the rear panel, you will find the Zeiss branded triple camera setup comprising of a 48MP main, 8MP wide-angle, and 5MP depth sensor units. Beside the camera lies the LED flash, while below it you will find a traditional fingerprint sensor. The phone has a 3.5mm headphone jack.
The Nokia X71 is part of the Android One program and runs on Android 9.0 Pie. It will be powered by a 3500mAh battery which can be topped up via the 18W fast charger included in the box.
The Nokia X71 price in Taiwan is TWD11,900, which is approximately $385 in the United States of America, and €345 across Europe. The phone will be released and made available for sale starting from April 30, 2019. According to rumours, this same phone will make its way into the global market as Nokia 8.1 Plus.


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Saw Carbunketrumpet online this am and since I was in procrastination mode I figured we might as well meet at perk instead of packing – after all they leave Sunday.
After I got back to the tacoshack, I decided to start on the bathroom first and clean out under the sink. Even in closed cabinets here dust is a big factor so I washed everything first in order to pack it. Reorganizing my party supplies box and packing up my desk will be next on the agenda today.
Power been off and on this afternoon.


when I am trying to create a order with va01. After entering a Sold-to-party and selecting sales area. I am getting a partner selection pop-up box. there are 2 entries there, If I select one of the partner, I am getting RED light. What does this mean ?? how can I get rid of this red lights.
IN Xd03, I am seeing 2 ship-to-parties. please advise.
please check in VD05 if there is a delivery block for either the Ship-to or the Sold-to. also re-check if the ship-to has been extended to the relevant sales area of the document.
Are you sure that your ship to party and sold to party are same? Pls check. If they are not same then you may choose the other ship to party .
Otherwise if you want to get rid of these two ship to parties, then you may go to the ship to party's customer master and block it. then you go to the partner tab page in the customer master of sold to party and delete the row having different ship to party, and maintain ship to party same as sold to party and save.
As suggested check whether that Ship to party is assigned to that sales area or not, Secondly Go to XD05, and enter ship to party number and check whether that ship to party is blocked or not.If blocked, remove the block and carrry on.
Going back to your original post I tried to replicate in my test system. What I see is when the pop-up with the ship to choices initially displays the first entry is checked --- which also happens to be the same # as the sold to ---and the light is green. Then when clicking that selection in the pop-up --I have have actually caused deselection -- the light goes red & by just continuing (i.e. not selecting again) I get the same warning messages you did.
So guessing it's a matter of making sure you actually do select whatever ship to applies - give it a try.
This red light is just due to imporper selection by clicking on ship to . When you get the red light you try to click / select again the same ship to.. and it should be green.


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This route takes us past Parliament, the Supreme Court, and the Museum of Civilization.
Run north from City Hall along the canal to the Ottawa Locks, then turn left to run along the Ottawa River Pathway below Parliament Hill to the Portage Bridge. Turn around and retrace your path back to City Hall.
Follow the 5 km route above and cross the river on the Portage Bridge into Quebec. Turn right and run along the Voyagers Pathway, up by the Museum of Civilization, and get onto the Alexandra Bridge. Cross back into Ontario, past Majors Hill Park, and rejoin the canal at the National Arts Centre and finish at City Hall.
Follow the 7 km route above and continue to the Pretoria Bridge. Turn around and finish at City Hall.


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Q: Error Installing PyInstaller for Python 3.7 on Windows 10 I used the command pip install pyinstaller to installer PyInstaller for Python 3.7 on Windows 10, but the Command Prompt gave me the following errors:
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pywintypes'
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ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'cffi'
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During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
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SyntaxError: invalid syntax
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Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\MUHAMM~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-6_q2lzs2\pyinstaller\

I installed the midule cffi, then tried to install pywintypes but it was not found.
Any help? Thanks in advance.

A: I got that problem.
The solution was
python -m pip install pip==18.1

then just
python -m pip install -U pyinstaller

A: UPDATE as of 2019-07-09
The changelog for PyInstaller==3.5 does state that they now support Python 3.7 on Windows 10.
I updated my answer to account for several necro-bumps "it works now", "the second answer should be accepted" and "downvotes" disregarding the time at which the question was asked. The second answer was not the actual solution back then, it clearly fails to state that
pip3.7 install PyInstaller==3.5

is a solid fix since 2019-07-09. The question however was asked long before that date.

BEFORE 2019-07-09
Not a solution to your problem, but PyInstaller does not support Python 3.7.

A: Here's what worked for me:
downgrade pip to 18.1 by typing:
python -m pip install pip==18.1

After that just run :
python -m pip install -U pyinstaller

and it should finish it with no errors. Then you can upgrade pip
python -m pip install –upgrade pip

A: Pyinstaller for Python 3.7 version worked fine
Please use below installation for python 3.7
pip install pyinstaller==4.0 --no-build-isolation

A: You Should Downgrade the pip first:
python -m pip install pip==18.1

then try to install pyinstaller:
python -m pip install -U pyinstaller

since there are newer pip versions, you may notice an orange color warning at the end of installation:

You are using pip version 18.1, however version 21.0.1 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'python -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.

Go ahead and install the newer version of pip.


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Missoni appoints Livio Proli as CEO
At a time when the Covid-19 pandemic is hitting the fashion industry hard, forcing companies to close down completely for two months, Missoni has announced a major change in leadership, to everyone's surprise. The Italian label has strengthened its executive team by creating the post of CEO, appointing Italian manager Livio Proli to the new role. Missoni has told FashionNetwork.com that Emilio Carbonera Giani, the general manager in charge of the label since 2015, left the company on Monday.
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After Italian investment fund Fondo Strategico Italiano acquired a 41.2% stake in Missoni in June 2019, a new management team took charge of the label, with Carbonera Giani as general manager, Angela Missoni as president and Michele Norsa as vice-president.
Proli comes from Giorgio Armani, the group where he spent most of his career, and which he left in March 2019. He was appointed General Manager of the Giorgio Armani group in September 2009, notably in charge of operations and of the commercial side of the business.
He previously led Simint, a manufacturing company bought by Armani in 1996, when it changed its name to GA Operations. Proli was appointed CEO of GA Retail and GA Operations. He was one of the last members of Armani's long-standing senior executive team to leave the group last year. Until June 2019, Proli was also at the helm of Olimpia Milano, the basketball team owned by Giorgio Armani.
"Livio Proli is tasked with growing Missoni's business in an ambitious and sustainable fashion, taking also into account the new social, economic and financial situation that will be brought about on international markets by the domino effect of the Covid-19 pandemic," stated Missoni in a press release.
"I am sure that Livio Proli, with his talent and wealth of experience, will be able to tap Missoni's potential and lead his team effectively, while also making sure it will evolve and adapt to the difficult circumstances we find ourselves in," said Angela Missoni, who is also the label's creative director.


Whether by design or by accident, every social tool is an instance of a generalizable social model. The model is defined by the types and modes of social interaction built into the system as enabling bias. As they are used over time by users, social tools become social systems — a necessary combination of both technical features and user practices. Again, over time, individual user practices communicate (to other users), and cause reinforcing feedback loops and iterative cycles within the system such that social practices emerge. These practices are stabilizing and binding, for they lay down tacit codes of conduct and behavior that facilitate the growing competencies of users.
As social tools develop over time, with their users, they become increasingly complex. Timed right, this complexity is embraced by users — it not only "enhances" user experiences, increases diversity and variety of features and functionalities, extends to other systems/tools, it differentiates the system. In systems theoretical terms, this internal differentiation is required if a system is to handle increased levels of activity and information. In social systems, this increased activity comprises of both mediated symbolic action and communication. Symbolic action takes the form of represented, normalized, and signifying activity: ratings, votes, likes, leaderboards, rankings, and many other non-individual, impersonal, generalizable forms of social differentiation and action. (A Like for one is a Like for all.) Communication is personal, individual, communicative and expressive, and is non-generalizable — thus unavailable to the system for generalized absorption. There is no "aggregation" or interpretation of user communication within social systems. At best, limited sentiment and semantic extraction (trending topics, number of communications (posts, tweets, @replies, comments), and user-supplied semantic declarations (#hashtags, tags, and supplemental sentiments such as ratings and votes).
Social differentiation permits the system to increase its internal referentiality. That is, internal connectedness and the functionality of connectedness. Actions connect to reactions, confirmations, shares, permalinks, and so on — each nest of connections enabling greater access to system contents now and in the future. Emphasis by the system on real time connectedness speeds up system activity. Emphasis on horizontal connectedness increases the system's navigability. Think twitter vs Wikipedia. The former is designed for realtime content consumption; the latter, for topical content relatedness.
A further and salient feature of social tools is their inclusion and exclusion of user actions and activity, communication included. The amplification, distortion, symbolic representation, and bracketing of social interaction is a universal feature of mediating social systems. Some acts and actions are amplified (distorted) by how they are made to appear online. Others are bracketed out. Users adapt to and become competent at how these mediation effects reflect on them, represent activities of others, and produce ongoing social interaction. Social systems become uniquely world-like, and each is as distinct a world as, say, genres of film distinguish themselves. What works in some social systems doesn't work in others (we call this frames, or context).
It's interesting, then, to compare social tools to tease out their interaction models. Let's try a few, in brief.
Facebook is built on friend relationships, lacks social ranking systems, and has designed for a wide variety of interactions and communication. One might say that it has a tonal preference for mediated relationships — a design reflecting the psychology of its founder, perhaps, or simply a design born out of college-age socialities. Facebook friending is interpersonal (mutual friending), Likes have become a universal gesture of attentiveness, attentiveness is baked into algorithmic news item surfacing, and symbolic activity is related to people and to the personal. Facebook is about the "status of our friendships" — and offers a means to maintain friendship.
Twitter is for speed, and is on the development path to recuperate and preserve content (tweets) lest it implode under its own velocity. Speed and volume of activity in twitter results in a social system that creates invisibility problems — further complicated by the fact that the counter to invisibility is repetition and redundancy. "Am I being heard" might be the catchphrase for twitter, because the tool is designed to fashion the illusion of conversation with users followed, when in fact tweets are read by followers. The follower model, which is asymmetric and unilateral, offers a solution for some: reciprocity. But reciprocal following is no guarantee that followers pay attention: this is twitter's fundamental social challenge, and the greatest threat to its longevity. Perhaps for this, its current drive to build features based less on tweeting and more on the user/brand, on its platform as plumbing, and on "tweet this" as a global action available from any web page.
Turntable.fm is interesting in that it is a synchronous experience. If twitter is "am I being heard," turntable is "am I being listened to." That one is being heard is a given (for the most part). The site seems interested in developing towards greater social differentiation of users: this by points and followers for djs, and navigation not by sound but by visual representation of social activity (named rooms, number of listeners in room, proportion of dj spots used, etc). Liking (or not) a song feeds into points for djs, allows a room to fall into synch (the visual of bobbing heads), and of course qualifies "am I being listened to" (do they like what I'm playing). The manner in which turntable.fm transforms and extends the user's ego online is very compelling — music users like that others like, too, creates a strong social affirmation because it persists for a stretch of "shared" time.
Empire Avenue, one could say, is about the "sum of me." The majority of user actions and thematic activities on Empire Avenue involve numbers and the peculiar world of magnitudes. I say this because it is not just numbers, as increments or proportions, or even as relative numbers, but also the culturally-informed numbering quality that is "magnitude." (Magnitude is a numerical quality meaning "great," "greater," and "greatest" and is the property of a type of number that has all three of these in social form — it's a socially meaningful, or socialized number.) Empire Avenue might appeal to those who relate to and enjoy counting and being counted, who get a reward from quantifying, and who grasp numbers as a substitute for Self worth and an attribute of Self worth. Of course, the game references the stock market, and so numbers are expressed as prices. The core social activity in Empire Avenue is not content creation, but the symbolic transaction of buying/selling other users. Not surprisingly then, reciprocity becomes a social tactic — effective but ultimately merely a means of iterating game play.
Google+ is brand new, and so it is early yet to say what it's interaction model will become. But interestingly, Google+ Circles makes a metaphorical adaptation of a social concept — that people do not relate to each other socially across one graph equally. That people's relationships are asymmetric, unequal, dynamic, and non-transferable is of course a social fact. Google+ has chosen to make this lumpiness explicit, allowing users to assign people to named circles. The catchphrase for Google+ might therefore be "in or out," for this is the social dilemma friend circles poses. Circles are not transparent among users, so social solutions (other than reciprocation, which is based on trust and faith, for there is no social norm possible until there is transparency and a means to hold users accountable for reciprocation) are hard to come by. Furthermore, Google's emphasis on personal utility over social system design is reinforced by the fact that Circles are for content/feed consumption more than for talk amongst Circles. They can as of yet not be shared, overlapped, or properly targeted and addressed. There's on other peculiarity of circles: they do not include the user. Why Google chose the circle, which is for "a group of others not including me," rather than a hub, I'm not sure. For a hub is a more accurate social relationship model — and in its metaphor, is more inclusive and socially group-like than a circle (which is more a grouping than group-like).
Social interactions emerge within social systems in the shape of socio-technical competencies and practices. Each system is unique, technically and socially. We are still only learning how technical, feature, and system architectures result in varying social dynamics, interactions, practices, and outcomes. But it should seem clear from this comparison that differences between systems are indeed real and profound, each resulting in social dynamics that express the particular social milieu a system's design supports. Dynamics that in turn shape not only a company's future prospects, but in many ways those of the industry overall.


After 30 years of playing role playing games still have a good deal of appeal to me. Here are a collection of files which I hope you find useful.
This started as a off hand comment, and grew to be surprisingly popular. Since sednagames.com is no more, I have decided to rehost this here.
These are a work in progress and I will be updating them from time to time. Click on the picture for a larger preview and click on the link for the pdf file containing 4 on a single page.
First Cut - Very plain and simple, with 2 flavors both with and without background art.
Second Cut - This incorporates the feedback I received. Its designed so the DM rarely needs to consult a character sheet.