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WHAT'S IN THE PIPELINE
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Only forty-five more titles to Certify Weird.
Check back later today for the official unveiling of the winners of this year's Weirdcademy Awards.
Here's what's on tap next week: Alfred Eaker's contribution will be a mystery, wrapped in a ( Tarkovskian?) enigma. G. Smalley goes to the movies to report on Annihilation (hint: you should see it while you can). El Rob Hubbard catches us up on 2017's Satanic A Dark Song. And Giles Edwards braves the reader-suggested queue for Peter Greenaway's obsessive, 3+ hour experimental mockumentary, The Falls.
The increasing use of privacy settings continues to impede our quest to bring you, the faithful reader, a list of the Weirdest Search Terms of the Week, but here's what we saw. "girl gets dress bitten off by snake and says how expensive it was then gets eaten" probably describes a real movie; yet somehow, the query comes across as a little weird to us. A bit stranger is "want a penis long enough to pumpin a vagina .com". Kind of sad, really, but it's the addition of the ".com" that tips it from "pathetic" to "weird" for us. For our official Weirdest Search Term of the Week, we will go with "spitting impalement from old horror movie (unknown)" (not sure what extra value the parenthesized "unknown" is supposed to add, but it does add extra oddness).
We're moving Visitor of a Museum [Posetitel muzeya] into the out-of-print holding pen. With that adjustment, here's how the ridiculously-long reader-suggested review queue now stands: The Falls (next week!); Darc Arc; Genius Party; The Idiots; The Shout; "Premium" (depending on availability); Spermula; Killer Condom; The Godmonster of Indian Flats; I Am Here Now; Sir Henry at Rawlinson End; Moebius (1996);The Adventures of Picasso; Charly: Dias de Sangre (depending on availability); Anguish (1987); Buddy Boy (1999); Bliss (1985); La cicatrice intérieure; Avida (2006); Amazon Women on the Moon; Chronopolis; Metropia; Zachariah; Battle in Heaven; The Taste of Tea; Evil Ed; Cafe Flesh; Buffet Froid; Dunyayi Kurtaran Adam [AKA Turkish Star Wars]; The Signal; "Chick", Felidae; Decasia (2002); Killdozer; Electric Dragon 80,000 V; Strange Circus; Mad Detective; Revolver; Litan (1982) (depending on availability); La Razon de Mi Vida (pending English language DVD release); The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea; Bernie (1996) (depending on availability);Things (1989); Hair Extensions; Haggard; Svidd neger (depending on availability); RoboGeisha; Executive Koala; Coonskin; Time Masters; Hard Candy; Crash (1996); La Cravate; Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds (depending on availability); Alphaville; Savages; Big River Man; Little Deaths; L'Ange; La Teta y La Luna; Finisterrae; Breakfast of Champions; Vase de Noces; Lucky; Ichi the Killer; La antena; Mystics in Bali; Feherlofia; Versus; Birth of the Overfiend; A Dog Called Pain; Memento Mori; That Deadwood Feeling; Happiness; Let the Right One In; Porcile [AKA Pigpen]; Underground; Hotel (2004); Hardgore; Survive Style 5+; The Last Movie; Lord Love a Duck; I Married a Strange Person; Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale; "The Canadian Films of Paul Driessen"; And The Ship Sails On; Mondo Trasho; Marat/Sade; Space Thang; Drunken Wu Tang [AKA Taoism Drunkard]; Insidious (2010); The Earl Sessions (2011); Sitcom; They Came Back, Prometheus' Garden, "Harpya"; Bruce Lee vs. Gay Power; Dumplings; Return to Oz; "Star Maidens"; "The Mighty Boosh"; The Element of Crime; Lo; Roller Blade; Mind Game (2004); Dante's Inferno; Calamari Wrestler; Death Powder (1986); Big Man Japan (official review); Angel in the Flesh: The Confidential Report on Mr. Dennis Duggan aka The King of Super 8 (if it's released; the director says it might be); Static; "The Big Shave"; Incubus; Marebito; The Appointment (1981); The Cement Garden; Visions of Suffering; Singapore Sling (re-review); Koyaanisqatsi; Uzumaki [AKA Spiral] (official re-review); Hanger (2009); "Analog"; Daymaker; Nails; Monobloc (2005); Big Time; "Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions"; Vakvagany; Momo (1986); Organ; Dance with the Devil; Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster; "Alicia"; Space Is the Place (official review); Killer Nun; The Nine Lives of Thomas Katz; Ascension; Mind Game; Brick; Creatures of Destiny; Goodbye 20th Century; Boxing Helena; Chappaqua; The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai; Man Facing Southeast; City of Pirates; Pink Narcissus; Teknolust; Dark Side of the Heart; Period Piece; "One Soldier"; Thriller: A Cruel Picture; The Million Dollar Hotel; Diamond Flash; Green Snake; The 10th Victim; Anatomy of Hell; Christ the Movie; Pola X; Phase IV; Welcome to the Dollhouse; Berberian Sound Studio; L'Inferno (1911); Heartbeeps; Bibliotheque Pascal; Marutirtha Hinglaj; A Pure Formality; The Mysterians; Rock n' Roll High School; Johnny Aquarius; Confessions of a Dangerous Mind; Citizen Dog; Criminal Lovers; The Cat in the Hat; The Sea That Thinks; In Search of the Titanic; Creating Rem Lezar; I Think We're Alone Now; Edward II (Jarman); Wild Tigers I Have Known; I Never Left the White Room; Faust: Love of the Damned; King Lear (1987); Alien Alibi; La Cabina; Kung Pow: Way of the Fist; Four Rooms; The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari; "Afraid So," Bhoner: The Movie; The Passion of Darkly Noon; Riki-Oh: The Story of Riki; Something Weird; Gorod Zero; Snow White and Russian Red; Sphere; Tout Va Bien; Flaming Creatures; A Woman's Face (1941), 8 1/2 Women; Nick the Feature Film; Only God Forgives; Nitwit; Homebodies; Celestial Wives Of Meadow Mari; Fiend Without a Face; Fear X; We Are the Strange; Confessions; Monday (depending on availability); Vigasiosexploitation (Vol. 1); The Slit; Tasher Desh; Womb; The Spirit; Surviving Life: Theory and Practice; Galaxy of Terror; Blind Beast; Príncipe Azul (depending on availability); Samgeori Geukjang (AKA Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater); Andy Warhol's Dracula [AKA Blood for Dracula]; Death Powder; As Filhas do Fogo; The Killing Room; Fiend (1980); Strangers in Paradise (1984); Vinyan; Fellini's Cassanova; Suddenly Last Summer; The Twonky; Emperor Tomato Ketchup; Frontier; Where the Dead Go to Die; Kárate a muerte en Torremolinos (depending on availability); Detention; The Fifth Season; Junkie (2012); The End of Evangelion; Gandu; Overdrawn at the Memory Bank; Dead Mountaineer's Hotel; Excision; Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural; A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness; Takeshis'; Om Dar-B-Dar; Live Freaky! Die Freaky!; Mécanix; Lucia (2013); Che strano chiamarsi Federico [How Strange to be Named Frederico] (2013); Cannibal! the Musical; A Quiet Place in the Country; Marketa Lazarova; House (1986); The Living and the Dead; In the Realm of the Senses; Shinbone Alley; Journey to the West [Xi you] (2013); Hitler: A Film from Germany; Never Belongs To Me; The Keep, Marebito;Theodore Rex; Pastoral Hide and Seek; Without Warning; Grimm Love; Alucarda; Impolex; Post Tenebras Lux; Tammy and the T-Rex; Waltz with Bashir; Le Orme [AKA Footprints on the Moon]; The Manipulator ; Casshern; The Magic Toyshop; "The Fool and the Flying Ship"; Memoirs of a Survivor; The Giant Claw; Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium; The Midnight After; The Last Wave; "Mouse Soup"; Encounters at the End of the World; Wave Twisters; Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam;That Day; Spookies; "God Hates Cartoons"; Perfect Sense; "Hansel and Gretel" (Tim Burton); The Devil's Chair; "Rabbits"; Little Murders; Allegro (2005); Messiah of Evil; Frankehooker; Throw Away Your Books Rally in the Streets; I'm Not There; Quicksilver Highway; "Hospital Brut"; Neji-Shiki; Dandy Dust; Palindromes (official review); Felix the Cat: The Movie; Freeway (1996); Totò che visse due volte; The Acid House (re-review); Hands of God (2005, d. Alyson Levy); Lakki… The Boy Who Could Fly [AKA Lakki… The Boy Who Grew Wings]; It's Such a Beautiful Day; Tomorrow Night; Poultrygeist; The Tracey Fragments; Jigoku no Banken: Akai Megane [The Red Spectacles]; Tierra; Operation: Endgame; Kafka; Terror 2000; You Never Can Tell (1951); The Hunger (1983); Endgame (2000); Dreams That Money Can Buy; 12 Monkeys; Hotel (2001); Passages From Finnegans Wake; Mazeppa; Vegas in Space; The Magus; The Assignment: The Witches Talisman; White Tiger; Mickey One; Toys; Wise Blood; Ghosts Before Breakfast; Silver Heads; Cool World; Village of the Damned (1960); The 4th Man; The Plague Dogs; Electric Dreams; Wizard of Speed and Time; Motel Hell; Youth Without Youth; Following; Calimari Union; LFO; Helter Skelter (2012); Golem (1980); Sonatine; Gwen le Livre de Sable; The Outskirts (1998); Izo; The End of August at the Hotel Ozone; Werckmeister Harmonies; I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle; Brothers of the Head; Mystery Men; A Writer of Ghost Stories; Next Door [Naboer]; The Loved One; The Mirror; Until the End of the World; Catch-22; Overturn: Awakening of the Warrior; The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians; Onibaba; Einstein's Brain; The Beguiled; Fateful Findings; Bad Lieutenant; Magdalena Viraga; Le Météore; Fish Story; Coming Apart; Fatty Drives the Bus; Anna and the Wolves; Midori; Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice; Rows (2015); Horror (2002); Hysteria; I Married a Strange Person; Hentai Kamen; Future War; Decoder; The Hole; Human Nature; Andy Warhol's Bad; The Great McGonagall; Bone, "Hen, His Wife"; A Journey Into Bliss; Subway (1985); Cheap Smokes; Gory Gory Hallelujah; The Adolescence of Utena; "Red, White and Zero"; Orlando; Tokyo Decadence; Who Can Kill a Child; Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space; The Tune; The Virgin Psychics; Siesta; Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia; The Thingy: Confessions of a Teenage Placenta; Newsboys: Down Under the Big Top; Onirica: Field of Dogs; La Distancia; L'intrus (2004) [The Intruder]; Jacky in the Kingdom of Women; Ex-Drummer (re-review); Earth Minus Zero; Shakes the Clown; Spermicide; The Fabulous Baron Munchausen; The Ring Finger; Sauna (2008); Adam's Apples; Fight Club; Dark Star; The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer; Cast a Deadly Spell; "Bobby Yeah," Cat Sick Blues; "Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story"; The Last of Us; Die Fighting; Dead Billy; Hail the New Puritan; Deathgasm; Kamikaze Girls; The Eternity Man; Pistol Opera; Deafula; BoXed; Velvet Goldmine; Turbo Kid; The Cannibals (de Oliveira); Los Parecidos [The Similars]; Darktown Strutters; Underwater Love; Tales of Hoffman; Remainder; Deep Dark; Aaaaah!; Devil's Rain, Jubilee, Welcome Home Brother Charles; Kung Fu from Beyond the Grave; Tough Guys Don't Dance; Straight to Hell; Love, Honor and Obey; George Washington; Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?; "Flowers and Bottoms"; Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak; EGG.; The Complaint of an Empress; Makkhi; The Dog's Night Song; Big Meat Eater; End of the Road; Prayer of the Rollerboys; Cool Cat Saves the Kids; "Penda's Fen"; Imprint; Kultur Shock!; Melancholie der Engel; The Aimed School; The Mask (1961); Shackled; Hukkle;Beg!; Juliet of the Spirits; The Lickerish Quartet; Gothic & Lolita Psycho; The Wild World of Batwoman; Carnival Magic; "Am I Normal? A Film About Male Puberty"; "The Flood" (TV, 1987); The Mouse and His Child; Walker; It Couldn't Happen Here; Spork; Mr. Blot's Academy; Track 29; Speed Racer; From Morn to Midnight; Human Animals; U-Turn; Blood for Dracula; Blood, Bullets, Buffoons; Mishima: Life in Four Chapters; ¡Vivan las antípodas!; The Woman in the Fifth; Slipstream; Malatesta's Carnival of Blood; Izo (2004); Essex Spacebin; Funny Bones; The Vagrant; "Factory Witch"; Dante 01; The Legend of 1900; Blak Mama; Artemis 81; Dancer in the Dark; Brotherhood of the Wolf; Body Troopers; Jawbreaker; Rocks in My Pocket; Samurai Rauni Reposaarelainen; The Golem; Blood-Spattered Bride; Hitler Lives!; Trapped in the Closet; Penitentiary III; Aachi & Ssipak; Cosmos; Pig; Kung Fury; Whatever Happened to Vileness Fats; Roots of Evil; Combat Shock; Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath; and Les garcons sauavges [The Wild Boys].
OUT OF PRINT/NOT YET ON REGION 1 DVD HOLDING PEN: We're holding off on reviewing these in case they get an official release down the line: Liquid Sky (re-review); Celine and Julie Go Boating; The Real McCoy (we're now of the opinion that this portrait of "Hanoi Rocks" singer Andy McCoy is unlikely to be released in any form); Themroc; Happy End; Habfürdő [Bubble Bath] (Hungarian), Angel's Egg (reviewed, but still awaiting release), Arrebato, The Last Days of Planet Earth; Jack and the Beanstalk (1974, Japan); The Drifting Classroom; Uncle Meat; 1 Day; Vermilion Souls; The Annunciation (1984); Visitor of a Museum [Posetitel muzeya].
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I really hate that Celine and Julie Go Boating still has not received an R1 release, rendering it more or less ineligible. If any film deserves to be on any list of weird films, this one has got to be on the short list. It's the 70's precursor to Lynch's Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, and Inland Empire, all rolled up into one alchemical highball. Where is Criterion when we need them?


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We decided to name our new collection after iconic figures. We consider each piece of furniture to be iconic, so it made perfect sense that we named each one after very famous and special people. This post is about our special piece of furniture we named after Neil Armstrong.
July 24th, 1969: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". Neil Armstrong made his famous first steps on the moon, and with that, he became one of the most influential and well-known figures who ever lived.
Ask any young student from any corner of the world, "Who was the first man on the moon?" and you will always get the answer "Neil Armstrong." This here is the legacy of an iconic man who has inspired thousands over the world into the pursuit of space. He very much wanted the exploration of space to be an accomplishment that was important for this planet and everyone on it.
Armstrong even during his youth and growing years was a driven individual who sought to do the impossible. He developed a fascination with flight at a very early age and had earned his student pilot's license at the age of 16.
Armstrong was called to Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida in 1949 before he could complete his degree. There he earned his pilots wings at 20 years of age, making him the youngest flyer in his squadron.
In 1950, during the Korean War, he flew 78 combat missions. During one of his reconnaissance missions, his plane was shot down by the anti-aircraft fire. He had narrowly avoided a crash landing, but the encounter resulted in his starboard wing taking some damage. He was able to bail out by parachute over friendly territory.
Later during the years, Armstrong became a skilful test pilot for NASA, flying right to the atmosphere's edge. He flew in the experimental rocket-powered, missile-shaped aircraft the X-15, which tested the limits of high-altitude flight. During his long career as a pilot, Armstrong flew more than 200 different aircraft, from jets to gliders and even helicopters.
Though Armstrong gained fame after the successful moon landing, he remained humble and stayed out of the media spotlight. He was famously reticent about his accomplishments, preferring to focus on the team that helped him get to the moon rather than his first steps. "I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work," Armstrong said in an interview with CBS's "60 Minutes" program in 2005.
In another interview, when asked what it feels like to have his footprints remain on the moon's surface for thousands of years, Armstrong said, "I kind of hope that somebody goes up there one of these days and cleans them up,"
On the 7th of August 2012, Neil Armstrong was admitted to the hospital for heart surgery. He remained there until his death on August the 25th.
It was unbelievable what Neil Armstrong accomplished in his life. With his courage, calmness and strength, he influenced millions of old and young people. He did so that the hearts and minds of mankind become open to face the strange, wonderful cosmic worlds of boundless space.
If there was something Neil Armstrong could pass along to the future generations, it was his conviction to do the right thing.
The Armstrong armchair features beautiful flowing curves and is the latest piece in our contemporary seating range. Just like Neil Armstrong, this chair is a part of the modern era and will always be in fashion.

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Q: Simple circuit to limit current through a FET I am looking for a simple circuit which can be used to limit the current flowing through a FET. There is a bus line which is pulled up to the battery voltage (12V) by a 510\$\Omega\$ resistor. A FET pulls the line low to transmit a pulse along the bus. In some cases it may be occur that the bus is directly connected to 12V, in which case the current through the FET needs to be limited.
We would probably use a 2n7002 FET, so the current needs to be limited to below 300mA. It does need to be able to sink up to about 200mAThe FET needs to provide a hard pull down, so adding an inline resistor is not an option.
I looked at using current limiting diodes (such as those from Central Semi) which have the perfect type of characteristic, but the current limit is too low.
What options are there which are simple and have a low component count?

A: Can you use an LM317 voltage regulator configured in current limiting mode?
If you can live with the 1.25 volt drop.

A: Why can't the FET do its own current limiting? Isn't a FET basically a voltage to current converter?
Instead of providing 5v (or whatever) to the gate to switch it on, could you use a resistor divider to provide about 3.8v which will automatically limit the current to about 300mA.

As stevevh mentioned, there is some variation around this value. You would have to determine how much variation there is, and whether or not this variation causes it do go out of spec.
The variation at 3.7v doesn't seem to be caused by temperature.

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This paper reviews the development of subject information gateways within the UK Higher Education community. The paper describes the eLib programme, which was responsible for the development of a range of gateways. The progression of several gateways from relatively simple catalogues of Internet resources to subject communities incorporating supplementary search engines is outlined. The paper concludes with suggestions for future developments for the gateways.
Kelly, B., & MacLeod, R. (1999). Subject-based information gateways in the UK. Poster session presented at WWW8, Toronto, Canada.
Subject-based information gateways in the UK. / Kelly, Brian; MacLeod, R.
1999. Poster session presented at WWW8, Toronto, Canada.
Kelly, B & MacLeod, R 1999, 'Subject-based information gateways in the UK' WWW8, Toronto, Canada, 11/05/99 - 14/05/99, .
Kelly B, MacLeod R. Subject-based information gateways in the UK. 1999. Poster session presented at WWW8, Toronto, Canada.
Kelly, Brian ; MacLeod, R. / Subject-based information gateways in the UK. Poster session presented at WWW8, Toronto, Canada.
N2 - This paper reviews the development of subject information gateways within the UK Higher Education community. The paper describes the eLib programme, which was responsible for the development of a range of gateways. The progression of several gateways from relatively simple catalogues of Internet resources to subject communities incorporating supplementary search engines is outlined. The paper concludes with suggestions for future developments for the gateways.
AB - This paper reviews the development of subject information gateways within the UK Higher Education community. The paper describes the eLib programme, which was responsible for the development of a range of gateways. The progression of several gateways from relatively simple catalogues of Internet resources to subject communities incorporating supplementary search engines is outlined. The paper concludes with suggestions for future developments for the gateways.


It is Transfiguration Sunday. We will explore the powerful image of light. Jesus has come as the light of the world. What does this mean for us? Not only this, but we are told that we receipients of this light. It is embedded in us and shines out to the dark world around us.


Red Hook Initiative WiFi is a collaboratively designed mesh network. It provides Internet access to the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, NY, and serves as a platform for developing local applications and services. Red Hook Initiative has built the network in partnership with the Open Technology Institute, putting human-centered design and community engagement at the core of the project. The community expanded the network significantly following a natural disaster in Fall 2012.
1 Main network anchors are trusted community organizations.
2 Solid relationship with technical support provider from outside of the community.
3 Community-led design process emphasizes local needs and enhances engagement.
4 Rapid prototyping of applications designed for the local area network.
Red Hook is the northwestern corner of Brooklyn, jutting out into the Hudson Bay. It is cut off from the rest of the borough by the Gowanus Expressway, which carries traffic from points south into lower Manhattan. The neighborhood is home to approximately 5000 residents of Red Hook Houses public housing and other low income areas near an expressway, as well as a gentrifying section with many small businesses closer to the water. Many industrial sites, an Ikea and a number of public parks fill out the area.
RHI WiFi's initial plan was to provide wireless access to the Internet in and around RHI's building, which is near the expressway and the Red Hook Houses. Schloss and Baldwin installed a Ubiquiti Nanostation on the roof and a Linksys router inside the building, connected via ethernet. They connected the Linksys router to the center's modem. This installation provided an opportunity to prototype early versions of RHI WiFi local applications. When residents or visitors to RHI connected to the wireless access point named "Red Hook Initiative WiFi," they were directed to a website on a local server. On this website was a "Shout Box," a local digital message board allowing everyone to leave a comment or a note behind and participate in the project.
In March of 2012, Baldwin and Schloss installed an additional Ubiquiti Nanostation on the roof of an apartment building overlooking Coffey Park and much of the rest of the neighborhood. A resident of the building with social ties to RHI donated the electricity and rooftop access. With this vantage point on the neighborhood, the possibility of a wireless network connecting public spaces began to take shape. Initially, the Coffey Park wireless access point was not connected to the Internet, but was connected to a GuruPlug Server. The basic, low power server hosted a local web page on the network and a "Shout Box" similar to the one running in RHI.
RHI WiFi uses OTI's CommotionWireless firmware running on Ubiquiti routers. Commotion is a free and open-source communication tool that uses mobile phones, computers, and other wireless devices to create decentralized mesh networks. Most importantly, Commotion allows network development to occur dynamically and organically - so the community can decide where and how the network should grow. Commotion networks are sustainable without a connection to the Internet, which makes them resilient to outages; they can distribute access to applications hosted on local servers or on the routers themselves.
● Spark civic and community engagement by addressing local needs, interests and culture.
● Foster trust, interdependence, and reciprocity throughout the community.
● Merge digital and physical community spaces.
● Ensure that people know about mesh / have software installed before a communication outage occurs.
● Access to the Internet (at home, via mobile, and at neighborhood kiosks).
● Accountable community participation (FAQs, electronic bulletin boards, SMS enabled features).
● Access to resources (employment and skills sharing).
● Local Information System (historical archive, landmarks).
● Multilingual (Spanish, Arabic and Tagalog).
● Playful interface to promote exploration.
In the summer of 2012, Baldwin joined OTI's staff, and OTI brought additional tech expertise to the collaboration along with experience closing digital divides and developing community-controlled infrastructure. The organization's experience in Detroit and Philadelphia provided guidance on how to collaborate with communities that have been socially, geographically and technologically isolated within cities.
● Where's the B61 Bus? - An application for accessing real-time bus locations and arrival times using data from the Metropolitan Transit Authority's BusTime API (launched October 9, 2012).
● Stop & Frisk Survey - A survey application that residents can use to document police interactions in Red Hook and improve public safety (launched October 17, 2012).
● RHI Radio - An online radio station, streaming content produced by the Youth Radio Group at RHI (under development).
On October 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy devastated low-lying Red Hook along with much of the surrounding region. Amid power outages and flooding, the need for access to communications systems for information about what was happening and where help was needed became crucial. The RHI building was one of the few locations that had managed to keep power and, as a result, RHI WiFi had stayed up through the storm. In the days immediately following the storm, up to 300 people per day were accessing the network to communicate with loved ones, learn what was happening in the rest of the city, and seek recovery assistance.
Text messaging was the most widely – and in some cases the only – means of communication for neighborhood residents after the storm, so in a matter of days, OTI developed RHI Status - an SMS to Map plugin for Tidepools using the Tropo Application Programming Interface (API) for handling SMS messages and the Google Geocoding API for handling natural language addresses. RHI Status provided a means for residents to text their location and needs to a contact number, which automatically maps the information in Tidepools with threaded discussion so others in the community can respond.
As recovery progressed, Frank Sanborn, a Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) Innovation Fellow, reached out to RHI about expanding the network to further support recovery efforts in Red Hook. Sanborn recruited volunteers from NYC Mesh and HacDC, a Washington, DC based hackerspace, and coordinated with the International Technology Disaster Resource Center (ITDRC). OTI already had a store of routers at RHI from before the storm. With technical direction from OTI and operating according to the goals established by RHI, the team set up a FEMA satellite link on the roof of RHI and installed a Commotion router on the roof of an auto body shop down the block from RHI. Previously, the owner of the shop had been reluctant to host a router, as he did not see a benefit in doing so. However, as the community rallied in response to the crisis, the auto body shop became a key link between the Internet gateway at RHI and the router overlooking Coffey Park, which had by then become an important aid distribution point for Red Hook. Although the satellite uplink was offered for only 30 days and provided modest bandwidth, the mesh network could distribute the Internet connection to key locations where residents, first responders, and recovery volunteers needed it most.
As the community came together to respond to the storm, the need to grow this resilient communications infrastructure became clear. With power and water still off in much of Red Hook in the following month, many local organizations and residents reached out to help. Brooklyn Fiber, a local Internet service provider (ISP), volunteered an additional gateway to RHI WiFi. To add the gateway into the mesh, OTI, RHI and Brooklyn Fiber installed a 5 GHz Ubiquiti Nanostation Loco router running AirOS (to receive the fiber signal), and a Ubiquiti Nanostation running Commotion (as a wireless access point), on the 3rd floor of the Visitation Church Rectory on the west side of Coffey Park. The church was also without power at the time, but the team installed an uninterruptible power supply that could run the routers for 12 hours at a time.
Since the storm, RHI WiFi has supported approximately 100 users per week even without promotion of the resource. Data collected by Commotion on current DHCP leases, as well as the Google Analytics on the landing webpage, show that residents appear to be primarily connecting using Android devices and Apple iPod Touches. In addition, many residents use the computer workstations in the RHI media lab as well as the wireless available in RHI. RHI is serving as both a physical and social anchor for the wireless network, driving digital adoption, educating the neighborhood, and coordinating relief efforts.
● Donated labor from local residents and technologist.
● Institutional support from RHI and OTI.
● Hardware (~$50 to ~$85 each router).
● Installation (3-5 work hours for two people per site).
● Bandwidth (donated by RHI, Brooklyn Fiber, and FEMA).
● Training program for local residents to maintain and expand network as part of a municipal employment program.
○ Already-established relationships with key community stakeholders.
○ A heightened level of technological literacy in the community.
○ Pre-positioned wireless network equipment in the neighborhood.
● The most challenging investment is in the initial organizing and design phase before any value is realized.
● Community-designed applications add value to a local network, even at a small scale.


Exeter-born midfielder Liam Sercombe is looking forward to making up for lost time when the season begins all over again, after having missed the latter half of last season through injury.
The 23-year-old is yet to play a competitive fixture in 2013, following a broken ankle sustained against Barnet over the festive period. However he made the trip to Chesterfield on the final day of last season – and while he didn't feature in the matchday squad, it was a good reminder of what he had been missing.
"It was good for me to be back on the coach with the other players and having a bit of banter," said Sercs. "It was a bit too soon to risk me or put me on the bench, but that was ideal for me really just to be part of the warm-up and being back on a pitch.
He conceded that despite all the anguish of having to watch on from the sidelines, the timing of the injury has worked out fairly well in the circumstances. His recovery has synchronised perfectly with the beginning of pre-season, and Liam feels fighting fit to go all guns blazing into 2013/14.
"It's always a bad time to get an injury, but if you're going to choose a time for one then that wasn't the worst time," he continued. "At least this way I'm back and fit in time for pre-season and the friendlies. It's been a short summer because the physio gave me a good programme to get me back into shape and get my ankle stabilised.


WASHINGTON (AP) — The Dalai Lama has opened the Senate with prayer.
With nearly a dozen senators listening raptly, the Dalai Lama said that if you speak or act with a pure mind, happiness will follow.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid thanked the Dalai Lama for his prayers and words of encouragement.
The Dalai Lama is Tibet's Nobel Laureate. He gave up his political role as the leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile in 2011.


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Kantilal Bhuria, Indian Politician
Kantilal Bhuria is an Indian politician and is the representative of Indian National Congress. He is a former Cabinet Minister and has also worked extensively for the welfare of backward sections of the society.
Kantilal Bhuria is a renowned politician of India and represents the Indian National Congress. He was the Minister of Tribal Affairs of the Republic of India till July, 2011. Led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the year 2009, Kantilal Bhuria was promoted to the rank of Cabinet Minister in the Government of United Progressive Alliance. He has been the in charge of several important positions in the Indian politics.
Early Life of Kantilal Bhuria
Kantilal Bhuria was born on June 1st, 1950 in Mordundia, Jhabua (Madhya Pradesh) to Late Nanu Ram Bhuria and Late Ladki Bai. He graduated from the Chandrasekhar Azad College in the Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh and took his Masters Degree from the University of Ujjain. He has earned the degree of M.A. and L. L. B during his academic life. He is an agriculturalist as well as an advocate by profession.
Political Career of Kantilal Bhuria
Kantilal Bhuria initially was designated as the District President of Congress Seva Dal, district of Jhabua from 1976 to 1977 following which he held many other significant positions in the Indian political arena. In the year 1998, 1999 and 2004, Kantilal Bhuria was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Jhabua constituency of Madhya Pradesh. In the year 2009, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Ratlam constituency. Previously Kantilal Bhuria was the Minister of State in the Ministry Of Agriculture and the Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. He has been the member of 12th Lok Sabha, 13th Lok Sabha and 15th Lok Sabha. He has held a number of important positions throughout his career. He has also extensively worked for the upliftment of Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes and poor people.
Other Ventures of Kantilal Bhuria
Apart from politics, Kantilal Bhuria has also been involved with other organizations. He has served as the President of Chandrashekhar Azad College, Jhabua from the year 1973 to 1974. Since 1980 to 1981 he has been a Senate Member of the University of Ujjain. The Executive Meeting of Asia Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development, Japan, was also attended by him.
Personal Life of Kantilal Bhuria
Kantilal Bhuria is married to Kalpana Bhuria since 19th November 1981 and the couple has 2 sons. He has also been an athletics champion in the Vikram University in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.
Positions Held by Kantilal Bhuria
Year Positions Held
1976-77 District President, Congress Seva Dal, Distt. Jhabua
1977 Secretary, M.P. Congress Committee
1978 President, Ranapur Block, Distt. Jhabua
1980-97 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1987-90 Parliamentary Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh
1987-90 Minister of State, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh
1993-98 Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh
1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha
1998-99 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
1998-2003 Chairman, Madhya Pradesh Parliamentary Cell, Government of Madhya Pradesh
1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1999-2004 Member, Committee on Human Resource Development; Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
22-23 May 2004 Union Minister of State without portfolio
23-May-04 Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)
31 May 2009-19 July Union Cabinet Minister, Tribal Affairs
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It turns out there is some inconsistency in the online use of command line tool versus command-line tool. First, I found some examples without hyphens: What is the Command Line Tools Package? and Top 10 Command Line Tools. Then I found a different use, from Wikipedia, that was hyphenated: Command-line interface. But the article has an "issues" flag and, oh yes, it's Wikipedia; not a good academic reference. I next found Command-Line Reference from Microsoft – with a hyphen. And then I found another from Microsoft, this time without a hyphen: Using command line tools for networking information. And finally, two more from Microsoft – with hyphens: Windows 7 command-line tools and programs and How to create a command-line toolkit for Windows. It seems like the hyphens have an edge, but I wanted a more definitive answer.
Okay, but what about capitalization?
At this point, you will probably not be surprised that when it comes to title capitalization, there is disagreement among the various style manuals. I think I like Command-line Tool, which agrees with the Microsoft technical style manual (referenced here).
The Apache Taverna project does not have a style guide (other than what I'm putting together) and is not following APA guidelines or the Chicago Manual of Style. In true open source fashion, we decide what makes sense for Taverna.
When I throw my two cents into the discussion, I'm going to propose the following rules for writing about the Taverna Command-line Tool.
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I don't understand what makes this cross-domain, and how to not make a cross-domain request. Can somebody help explain this concept to me?

A: It seems your server does not support POST method for that endpoint. Please check https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/405 for more explanations.

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The Attorney General's Office confirmed receipt of the materials but declined to comment.
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"Astonishingly, these details have even been completely concealed from the Clark Family, which does not promote transparency in the slightest," he wrote.
It is routine for the department to keep its findings confidential, with the district attorney deciding which parts of the investigation to make public in its report.
Though state law and current case law gives wide latitude to officers in their use of deadly force, Clark also pushed for criminal charges against the officers who fired on his brother, urging "the community of Sacramento to come together to put pressure on District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert to press full charges against these officers."
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Line-up Types
Percussion: Congas
Rhythm: Piano
Rhythm: Bass
Percussion: Timbales
Melodics: Violin
Percussion: Hand
Rhythm: Guitar / Tres
Percussion: Bongó
Hand-held percussion instruments add texture, thickness and depth to a song, and as such their importance should not be underestimated or overlooked. The rhythms they interpret mostly emphasise the pulse, except the clave itself. They are commonly played by the singers, and help with the vocal phrasing of the song.
The main percussion instruments to begin with are the maracas, güiro and clave. Other common instruments are shakers, chékere (shékere), the metal güira, tambourines and cowbells, but we'll focus on the first three.
Maracas are rattles, originally of hollow gourds filled with beads. As well as gourds, the capsules are now made of hide or plastic. Various combinations of size and shape of capsule and bead material affect the volume and pitch of the rattle. The maracas are matched as a sexed pair; the higher pitched being the macho (male), and the lower being the hembra (female). Maracas are a 'try before you buy' commodity since you'd want to be sure that you like a set's weight, balance, pitch and volume. I prefer small dense beads for their higher pitch.
The güiro is a single large gourd scored with horizontal grooves on one side, and holes cut into the other so that it can be held. A small-diameter rod, also held horizontally, is run over the grooves to produce a ratcheting sound. The güiro is a rare percussion instrument because of its analogue nature, where one does not need to listen to two successive beats in order to determine tempo. Apart from the gourd version which is notoriously fragile, güiros are also available in plastic, fibreglass and wood. I find the Meinl wood güiro a good compromise between warmth of tone and robustness.
Clave are at their simplest, a pair of turned hardwood rods which are struck together. They are matched as sexed pairs, one higher in pitch than the other. Some fancier sets involve a hollowed out hembra with a cavity carved out the centre to help form the resonating chamber. My personal favourite is simply a pair of short rods made of rosewood and coated in a strong hard varnish.
Brands to investigate as a starting point are Latin Percussion, Meinl, and Toca.
What to play
All of patterns described below are extensively covered in Sulsbrück's excellent instructional video.
Maracas: there are two patterns; the first is a simple even pattern alternating every quarter note (suitable for boleros and modern salsa); and the second is a syncopated, flowing ride pattern (usually suited to more traditional son forms).
Güiro: there are two patterns; the first is a slower pattern with emphasis on the downbeats (suitable for up to mid-tempo songs like chachachá); the second has an emphasis on the eighth-note pick-up before the downbeat and the downbeat itself (suitable for uptempo music).
Clave: son clave, then rumba clave. Bombó stability is the most important issue in playing clave effectively (link to relevant tutorial).
Latin-American Percussion: Rhythms And Rhythm Instruments From Cuba And Brazil by Birger Sulsbrück. (External link)
Salsa Guidebook For Piano & Ensemble by Rebeca Mauleón. (External link)
Play Bongos & Hand Percussion Now: The Basics & Beyond, Book & 2-CD Package by Richie Gajate Garcia. (External link)
The Studio Percussionist, Volume 1 - DVD by Luis Conte. An inspiring insight into the role of a studio percussionist, featuring an eclectic mix of instruments. (External link)
Additional resources are available on www.descarga.com under Instructional -> Afro-Latin Percussion (External link)


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