Part of the jubilee celebrations were several visits to TV and Radio stations where special guests presented our Communities, its spirituality, charism, founder and pastoral work in which Sisters, Brothers and Priests are involved.
We were very happy to have special guests joining us for these celebrations. Among them were: Bishops of London, Toronto, Hamilton and Detroit and also Fr. Aleksander Ogrodnik, former General Superior; Fr. Jan Kaszuba, Superior Delegate for Caribbean Islands; Fr. Lucjan Lepek, Superior in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Rector of the Catholic University of Lublin, Fr. Antoni Debinski. Special welcome was prepared for the Michaelite Sisters who not only came to celebrate with us but also are for the first time in Canada: Sr. Maksymiliana Ciepala,Vicar General and Sr. Dawida Ryll, General Secretary.
On the last day of August our Community welcomed our General Superior Fr. Kazimierz Radzik, who together with Fr. Jerzy Sosinski, General Treasurer came from Poland to do pastoral visit. Their official visit will take them to all of our confreres and their places of ministry: London, Lucan, Sarnia, Toronto, and Detroit. They will also participate in the main celebrations of our Jubilee year. We hope their visit, though official will also be cordial and full of rest.
It is noteworthy to mention as well, that on that day one more member of our Congregation was added to our Canadian community. Fr. Piotr Wojakiewicz comes to us from Castel St. Elia, Italy and will be helping at St. Mary's Parish. Fr. Piotr, we hope you will not miss too much of your Italian pasta – our Canadian is as good if not even better.
On the first day of August history was made in the annals of our Congregation, as the Michaelite Fathers took the custody of St. Clare of Montefalco parish in Grosse Point Park, Michigan, USA. It is our first Michaelite parish in the USA. Until then, the parish was administered by the Augustinians Friars from its beginnings in 1926. Fr. Andrew Kowalczyk was appointed as the pastor. Fr. John Burczyk will serve as the Administrator of the parish until Fr. Andrew receives his immigration papers. The parish has an elementary school for about 140 students where Servite Sister is the principal. There are around 750 families registered in the parish. The nearby parish of St. Philomena is clustered with St. Clare. As we embark on this new and exciting journey south of our border we ask for prayers and we invoke special intercession of St. Michael.
Shortly after we finished celebrating Canada Day, our community rejoiced with a visit of our seminarian from Cracow, Poland, Jacek Majbrodzki. Jacek is a theology student and comes to us for summer English language experience. He will reside at Our Lady of Czestochowa parish and will be helping the parish during the summer vacation.
We also welcome a new addition to our Canadian community. Our General Superior at the petition of our local Superior transferred Fr. Eugeniusz /Eugene/ Dziedzic from Poland to Canada. Fr. Eugene was ordained in 1996 in Poland and his last appointment was in Miejsce Piastowe where he was the vice principal of a school run by the Michaelite Fathers. Fr. Eugene will be helping in London and Toronto while other priests take their summer vacation. Fr. Eugene and Sem. Jacek – welcome to Canada and we hope you will like it here.
With millions of Canadians we gathered on the first Sunday of July to celebrate, pray and give thanks for our country. This Sunday also had begun very busy times for those in transition to take new assignments in their pastoral ministry within our Community and Diocese. Four members of the Michaelite Community were involved in the moves this year.
Fr. Jan Burczyk, after being the pastor of St. Teresa parish in Etobicoke, Toronto, for ten years, was transferred to our headquarters in Melrose. Fr. John was appointed as the Superior of the Michaelite House and a new Director of the Retreat Centre. In addition to this assignment, Fr. John will be the administrator of St. Clare parish.
Fr. Adam Gabriel, after seven years of ministering as the pastor of Holy Angels parish in St. Thomas was appointed as the new pastor at St. Teresa parish in Etobicoke, Toronto.
Fr. Andrew Kowalczyk, after five years of ministering in Melrose, was named pastor of St. Clare of Montefalco parish in Detroit, Michigan.
Fr. Jacek Kokosa, was assigned to Holy Redeemer parish in Walleceburg as the Associate Pastor.
To all those involved in the moves we wish many blessings in their new environment.
The end of June brought the first day of summer and it turned out to be the time of full activities in our Community. First Br. Janusz Kolbusz passed the Ontario Driver Licence test, then the Community gathered for the last meeting before summer vacation, then Fr. Wladyslaw Krukar was taken to the hospital for two weeks, finally farewell celebrations for those involved in the moves this summer: Fr. Jan, Fr. Adam and Fr. Jacek. Simply buzz around the house. With Canada Day fast approaching we start our well deserved summer break.


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Recently I reviewed an automobile trip through Nicaragua and Costa Rica to illustrate the route and the difficulties of travel through that area. Today I would like to review a journey across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, which many feel is the Book of Mormon's "narrow neck of land." This account was written by John Hackett in 1859 and subsequently published in the New York Times under the title of The Tehuantepec Route. Hackett was a gold miner/adventurer returning to the United States by way of the Tehuantepec "shortcut." For those who would like to read the full account it can be found here. I will only give an abbreviate chronology of his actual crossing of the isthmus.
Tuesday, February 21. Their party disembarked on the Pacific side of Tehuantepec at the village of La Ventosa at 6 am. They were then transported 15 miles into the city of Tehuantepec by coach. This coach trip took them 3 hours. Then they waited in Tehuantepec until 5 pm when they resumed their jouney again in a coach. They traveled all night, stopping only for one hour to changes horses. At 6 am they arrived at a place called Almaloya where they stopped to eat and rest for 2 hours. At 8 am they continued on, this time riding horses, mules and donkeys. At 4 pm, after riding for 33 miles (or 8 hours), they arrived at a place called Sanderson's. There they ate and slept until the following morning. They resumed their journey at 6 am, again riding horses, mules and donkeys. By 10 am they had traveled 15 miles and stopped for lunch. One of the party dies of fatigue and the heat. After burying him, the resume the journey, however, now they are walking as they cannot endure the discomfort of riding. At 5 pm they arrive at a place called Suchil (Suchilapan?) which is the head of navigation of the Coatzacoalcos River. At this point they had traveled about 120 miles. It has taken them 3 days and 2 nights with only one night of sleep. They expected to find a steamer awaiting them at Suchil, but it was not there, so they sleep the night at Suchil.
Coatzacoalcos River
Friday, March 4. At 12 noon a canoe arrives bringing mail from the steamer which is stranded on a sandbar downstream. At 2 pm the party boards canoes and head downstream to locate the steamer, which is supposedly only 15 miles downstream. With the aid of the current, they assumed that they would reach the steamer by dark. At this point they were all dispirited and discouraged due to the fatigues of the journey. The river was flowing at about 2.5-3 miles an hour, but the rivers was full of snags and sand bars. They had still not found the steamer by nightfall, but encountered a canoe from the steamer heading upstream. They find out that the steamer is still a days travel downstream.
Saturday, March 5. After toiling all night on the river, they finally sight the lights of the steamer at 2 am and shortly thereafter are on board. They are too tired and miserable to sleep, especially when they learn that they are still 50 miles upstream from Minatilan on the gulf coast. They finally arrive at Minatilan at 5 pm and board a home bound ship and are finally out to sea at 9 pm.
According to my calculations, their time traveling was as follows:
Riding in horse drawn coach 15 hours
Riding horses, etc. 12 hours
Walking 5 hours
Traveling on river by canoe 12 hours
On river by steamer 11 hours
For a total of 55 hours. This is two full 24 hour days, plus 7 hours, not counting time to rest, eat or sleep. If we break it up into long 12 hour days it would be 4.75 days travel. And as can be seen, Hackett only walked 5 hours of the trip. The rest of the way he was either riding, floating with the river current, or being transported by steam power. If a person were to walk the entire distance, it would take much longer than this, probably double the time.
As you can observe, Tehuantepec cannot be crossed in a day by an average person as the Book of Mormon requires.
The Richardson Pan-American Highway Expedition is perhaps one of the greatest automotive stories of all time. In scope and magnitude it surpasses those pioneer automobilists that first crossed the United States at the turn of the century The Richardson Expedition crossed not only this country but encompassed the area spanning two continents-crossing trackless wilderness, endless mud. un-chartered territory and obstacles of every sort that Mother Nature could throw against them. So begins the story in the 1982 Plymouth Bulletin.
In considering travel, as it relates to Book of Mormon geography, it is often good to review early accounts of travel in a given area. Today I would like to review an account of one of the first automobile trips from North America to the tip of South America. This was undertaken by Sullivan Richardson in the 1940s. The excerpts and photos are from the article in the bulletin, and these in turn were taken from Richardson's book titled Adventure South (now out of print).
The section I am interested in reviewing is that part of their trip from Rivas, Nicaragua, to San Jose, Costa Riva. For those interested in reading the complete account, refer to the Plymouth Bulletin article. The point I would like to emphasize is that the route Richardson took (from Rivas along the shore of Lake Nicaragua to the Sapoa River, and then up the Sapoa River valley to the city of La Cruz) is the same route that was used anciently, was used in 1940, and is still in use today. This was the Book of Mormon "narrow pass". Richardson's Nicaragua/Costa Rica account follows.
From Managua south to Rivas there is a dry weather road traveled by automobiles. We averaged 12 miles an hour. And from Rivas south, there were forty miles to the Costa Rican border through which only meager bull-cart trails existed.......
In Washington, E. W. James had told us something of the country south of Rivas.
"There is one trail," he said, "going along the Pacific Coast which is traveled somewhat by bull-carts. I have no idea if you can get through it. If there is any current travel at all, however, it is probably your best bet. The alternative is to find your way down Lake Nicaragua to the Sapoa River valley. If you can negotiate fifteen or twenty miles of that valley and finally reach La Cruz, you should be able, dry weather permitting, to follow slightly better trails to San Jose."
The information given us by the Maillo brothers [a competing team of drivers traveling north through Central America] tallied exactly with that of Mr. James, regarding the routes south of La Cruz once we got inside Costa Rica. But their story of the Pacific side of the isthmus from Rivas south was most discouraging. We were certain we could climb hills, if we wanted to repeat Mexico's mountain stretch of two miles a day, with Indians and block and tackle! But we had little stomach for that. We voted unanimously to try Lake Nicaragua and the Sapoa River valley.
In Rivas we made inquiries. Again good fortune was with us. We finally found a big Nicaraguan who owned a Finca up in Sapoa valley and who made the trip-on horseback quite regularly.
"Seguramente, Senores," he said cordially. "You can travel it that way. The 'camino real' back in the bush from the lake, is very bad. But on the packed sand of the water's edge you have no trouble to reach Sapoa!"
It sounded wonderful. We were glad we'd made the decision to try that route instead of the Pacific coast.
The Finca owner had a laboring man, who knew every foot of the way to Sapoa, and up the river valley to San Dimitas, from which point we'd have no trouble following a "good" trail to La Cruz. We took the masso [manso?] as a guide, filled up with gasoline, left Rivas and started for the shores of Lake Nicaragua.
"How long will it take us to reach Sapoa?" we asked the boy. He was about twenty-one.
"Six hours, no more, Senores", he said positively in Spanish. He understood no word of English. "Only six hours. She is thirty miles, of good hard sand along the water's edge." At the end of the third day he was still telling us just as positively, it was only another half hour to Sapoa!
The trouble was not the hard sand of the water's edge when we could get on it. But every quarter of a mile or so, great volcanic ribs of rock came up out of the lake: ribs over which we could not possibly go, and they would force us back up onto the main bank of the lake and into the trail which wound around through the trees.
Every time we left the water's edge, we had to cross a wide strip of deep soft sand to reach the bank. Innumerable times we got stuck and spent hours trying to get out. Way back in the United State some army man, knowing of our trip plans had suggested we get a series of cubic inch boards, 12 inches long and of good hard wood, drilled al both ends and with insert small cables through them. When we got stuck in soft sand, dirt, or even some mud, we could put the end of this cable ladder with its cross sticks of solid wood, beneath the rear wheels-the sticks would be about six inches apart-and by pegging down the opposite end of the "ladder" up near the front wheels, we'd have four or five feet of good traction which should get out of most difficult spots. (The contraption could be rolled up when not in use, by sliding the sticks of wood together, and wrapping the spare cable around the roll).
Topo map of Sapoa narrow pass area
Time and again along Lake Nicaragua, we used this "army mule" to get out of deep sand. Finally we decided the sensible way was to work half as much beforehand, and much less afterward. When there was no other way than to cross the sand strip, we'd spend half hour hunting up all the loose pieces of wood, limbs, sticks, and branches we could find, lay them across the sand where we expected the wheels to go, then revving the motor to a great roar, we'd let in the clutch and lunge forward over the "corduroy road" with sticks and chunks of wood flying from the spinning wheels. Usually we got through without stalling.
There were times too, when we actually drove out into the lake to avoid logs or bad rocks which blocked the way. This we always did only after the most careful investigation to be certain the sand or gravel out in the water would hold us up. But even with all our care we never drove into that lake without anxious moments until the car was finally on the beach again. Somehow it seemed too risky: too hopeless, should anything happen with nothing but water and soft sand to stand on!
The one pleasant thing about those three days was that when the heat became so intense we felt we couldn't stand it longer; we could strip off our clothes on a moment's notice and dart out into the cooling waters of the lake. It was wonderful.
It was more wonderful, however, to think we were actually nearing the southern boundary of Nicaragua.
"One more day, maybe, and we'll have the country behind us," I said that third night when we were actually only a mile or so above Sapoa. "That is, if we can get up the river as easily as this boy says we can."
"Yeah," observed Arnold. "But remember he said we could make Sapoa in six hours."
I said no more, but next morning when we finally stood on the beach, with the cluster grass huts of Sapoa hanging up on the sandy hillsides above us, I was grateful we had only ten miles farther to the Costa Rican frontier.
My notes written on Friday night, April 4th begin: "Camped under a high bluff of the Sapoa River about a mile and a half from San Dimas, COSTA RICA: We have made it through Nicaragua, every foot of the way:
Next day while we were still following the Sapoa River valley-and that river ran well back into the highlands of northern Costa Rica......
As we approached Chomes, we came at last to a series of bad mud holes. Passing horsemen again came to our assistance, pulling us out of one with ropes tied to their saddles. And as we drove on, they warned us about the final one we'd encounter right at the entrance of town. They said to be especially careful there, because we'd never be able to cross where the horses did.
We reached the place all right, and were still trying to find a way over when the riders caught up with us again. They stopped to watch. One of them rode his horse in to show us just how deep the mud was. It seemed that for a few feet it was an ordinary water hole, and then it dropped into slimy thin mud, more than knee-deep to a horse, for another thirty feet before dry lard was reached.
There was no way around it. On one side was a pasture. But the bog was worse and wider inside the pasture than on the road. The other side was heavy bush, and more bog.
"I wonder if I'd get through," Arnold said. "if I really hit with speed." We translated for the riders. They laughed and shook their heads.
By this time many of the town's male population had gathered to watch the strange white car from North America get through the hole. It seemingly had something of a reputation.
"Well, if you stalled, there are enough men here to drag you on through." I said finally. "But I don't know what the car would look like after you got out.
Besides, you might easily break something."
"Looks don't count,"' Ken put in. "And if there is no other way, you have to risk the breaks. I'm for it."
For ten minutes more we talked. It was getting late. A few of the bystanders began leaving apparently deciding we weren't going to tackle it.
"Let's give it a try, huh?" Arnold said once more. "Maybe it'll surprise us."
"No doubt: But you're the driver."
He got in, backed up more than a hundred yards for a run, turned on the windshield wiper, revved up the motor and lunged forward. The crowd yelled and whistled.
We've never seen a sheet of mud stand on edge before. This one did. It exploded in one quick eruption and for a flashing second looked like a great black drape, hanging from nowhere, blacking out the lunging car. The first impact of the automobile sent showers of the smelly stuff high into the tree branches overhead, and well out over the assembled group of tattered hats and overalls. Small boys fell to the ground laughing and shouting. Their elders flipped mud from their arms and clothes. The motor died almost at the instant of impact, but the sheer force of the car's speed carried it almost across the hole. The front wheels were actually on dry land when movement halted. The whole body of the car was one great mass of mud.
It took some time to get the motor running again, then with the help of about thirty men and boys, yelling and lugging on the rope tied to the bumper, the car came on out. Next day we found the radiator core was plastered full of mud, now dried hard and solid so no breath of cool air could reach the motor. Radiator water boiled furiously. The motor was red-hot.
It took us two hours with nails; sticks and much water to get the core open again before we could continue our journey. And the natives of Chomes will remember the big white car and the mud-hole as long as will we of the expedition.
That was our last difficult spot on the trail leading out of the jungle to the main road, which ran up from Punta Arenas on the Coast, to the highland capital. San Jose.
From Chomes on, we were permitted to enter the great fincas of well-to-do Costa Ricans, and cross their lands on trails which they themselves used: where ordinary bull-cart traffic was not permitted. We rolled along through grass at times almost high as the car: through heavy palms and between great spreading trees which walled and blanketed the wide flat pasture country of the land barons. Once more, when we finally drove out of the last Finca and joined a road where prints of automobile tires ran through the dirt, we were immeasurably happy. The print of a rubber tire in soft ground! How indescribably important that can become!
The road up the mountains to the Capital, though traveled constantly by automobiles in dry weather, was a nightmare in rain. We had met two young couples in a little restaurant at Esparta where we stopped to eat lunch after getting out of the last jungle Finca. They had left San Jose the day before and were on their way to the coast at Punta Arenas for vacation.
"The road is inexpressibly bad," said one of the young men in excellent Spanish. "You will have great trouble. The grades are intensely steep, and very, very slick. We were frightened several times coming down for fear we'd slide off. I have no idea what it will be like climbing up!"
The young man's comment about the road was completely accurate. Bishop's Hill, with its gouged-out snake bend, was an impossible grade for our travel-weary car loaded as it was, and beaten as it had been by the hundreds of miles north to the Rio Grande. More passersby helped us up. But that was only the beginning. The grades got worse. A helpful motorist with no load offered to haul a part of our luggage. We gratefully agreed, and after he'd gone we wondered what fools we were to trust a stranger with our precious expedition equipment, even to take it up the mountains to San Ramon from which eighty miles of pavement ran on to San Jose. There was no use worrying now, however, we'd know if we'd made a mistake when we called at the hotel where the man said he'd leave the bags.
But even with that part of the load gone, the car still wouldn't climb those fantastic grades in mud. Cars that regularly traveled that road had mountain gears. Others didn't tackle it in rainy weather.
On the worst part of another mile-long grade we stalled again. No traffic could pass us either way. A passenger bus came up behind, its great low-speed transmission whining. They stopped and yelled. We were doing all we could but a foot at a time was the most we could make, and we were blocking rear wheels after every try.
The bus unloaded. Men passengers and the driver got in behind our car and began to push. It took more than half an hour to reach the top and they stayed with us every foot of the way.
"You are just started", the driver said as he drove on. "Grades are much worse ahead."
"What will you charge to take one man and our luggage to the top'." we inquired when we overtook him at a bus stop half a mile ahead.
"Six colones," he replied after a moment's consultation with his conductor and a look at our duffle bags and equipment.
It was a deal! In forty-five minutes the bags and equipment were at San Ramon. And so was I. (Whenever it became necessary for one of us to leave the expedition the lot fell to me. Arnold, too, spoke some Spanish, but we dared not let him leave the car. Should anything go wrong with it, Kenneth and I would be helpless.) The luggage we'd given to the earlier motorist was also there. Costa Ricans could be trusted. An hour later the empty Plymouth pulled up and after having climbed those grades sitting on the back end of the passenger bus, I had felt we'd be lucky if the expedition car would pull them under am circumstances. But here it was. And only an hour behind me!
We went into the hotel washed, ate our first real meal, came out to the car again and rolled along the pavement for two hours into San Jose. We'd made it!
Note: The same trip today would take about 7-8 hours driving 50-60 mi. per hr. (that's the speed limit) on fairly good two lane roads that basically follow the same route. The highways in Nicaragua are generally better than those in Costa Rica.

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Oneida man arrested for 7th offense OWI
by: Natasha Geiger
APPLETON, Wis. (WFRV) — A 55-year-old man from Oneida was being held at the Outagamie County Jail after being arrested for his 7th offense OWI.
An Outagamie County Sheriff's Deputy stopped a 1998 pickup truck Friday morning going southbound on I-41 at Richmond St.
There were multiple 911 calls indicating the vehicle was all over the road. The deputy observed the truck swerving and not staying in its lane when he initiated the traffic stop.
The man admitted, "I should not be driving."
He was arrested for his 7th offense OWI, Operating after revocation and unsafe lane deviation.
by Addy Bink / Jul 18, 2019
(WFRV) -- The latest viral trend, the #FaceAppChallenge, has just about everyone posting artificially-aged selfies on social media.
FaceApp, available for download in the app store, allows you to take a photo before applying an old-age filter.
With the high temperatures already underway for much of Northeast Wisconsin, it's important to remember to keep our pets cool.
According to Storm Team 5, the heat index, or what the temperature feels like, could break 110 degrees in some parts of the state Friday.
Warren Gerds/Critic at Large: Review: Lovely 'She Loves Me' taking audiences back in Menasha
by Warren Gerds, Contact me at warren.gerds@wearegreenbay.com. Watch for my on-air Critic at Large editions on WFRV-TV at 6:20 a.m. Sundays. My seven books are available in Green Bay at Neville Public Museum and Bosse's. / Jul 18, 2019
MENASHA, Wis. (WFRV)
On the back shelf of the library is a book with a handsomely tooled dark red leather cover, the kind that's hardly made anymore. Just by its substance, it asks to be opened. The book has been in the library a long time. As the book is opened, the "read me" scent of library books rises. This book goes way back, as do the pictures and images in it. If this book could act and sing, it would be "She Loves Me."


We all love the movie Up, right?
Well perhaps the world's greatest home builder Blair Bangerter has taken his love for the film to the max. . . He built an exact replica of the house in Utah!
We adore to find Up inspired pieces and between our previous article where National Geographic set a house into the clouds and this REAL house, we are closer to our dreams becoming a reality! We think we should ask Mr Bangerter if he would let us come over for a cup of tea… but he may have quite some trouble trying to get us to leave. Hee hee!
It seems that building your home inspired by a film is more common than you would think!
Check out Kenny Caperton and Emily Currier's house in North Carolina … Do you recognize it? Well perhaps you would on Halloween! Yup, this film was inspired by the horror film itself … I think we would be too scared to try and sleep in this one!
Ahhh… The White House … Wait! That's not the White House!
There is actually a lot more replicated White House's than you would think, but this version living in Virginia was the one that was used in the movie Independence Day. This house is an exact replica of the original, at a fifth of the size! Phew! Imagine the maths for that one!
Well well well! If it isn't The Simpsons!
This real life version of the worlds favorite cartoon families home was built in Nevada as a contestant prize … They don't make prizes like they used to, right? When initially built, this home had the bright colours inside and out and over 1500 props to make it hard to believe you weren't living in the TV! Stupidly the contestant took the money over the house (Fool!) and after being open for a month and a half for tours, this house got toned down and sold to an average Joe. We think someone should sort that one out!
Wow, I hope the person who purchased the home appreciates it. I would love to own the house inspired by Up!
Us too! I don't think it is actually for sale…. no one could bare to part with an adorable house like that, right?!


These stories profile real casting projects that required the dedication and expertise that Judy Keller Casting brings to the field.
We needed to search for a male 45-60, who actually had a Coronary Stent to be the host of the video that would be viewed in hospitals. He needed to be able to work comfortably with a teleprompter and feel comfortable with medical copy. At the same time he needed to be compassionate and empathetic to put patients at ease. It was a tall order, but we did it.
We needed to find 8 real women, not actors ranging from 30-60 years old from the tri-state area. They had to be willing to use the ROC product for a number of weeks prior to the shoot and feel comfortable talking in front of a camera about the positive results on their skin. We also had to find a Fashion Guru like Tim Gunn to make them look and feel 10 years younger. A great makeover story!
We needed to find 30 real women from all walks of like who had inspirational and motivational reasons to want to lose weight. To find these 30 women we had to pre-screen over 300 women. These women had to have a minimum of 20 lbs. and a maximum of 45 lbs. to lose and no pre-existing medical condition. The women had to commit to a daily vigorous exercise routine for 6 weeks. Ultimately the client needed to find 10 women who had the greatest success with the program for the final video. These 10 women are the success story.
We had to cast for a diverse group of high school girls from around the country, who wanted to be seen but afraid to be judged. Client was seeking girls who were articulate, independent thinkers and dreamers. We had 2,000 applicants, we selected 200 girls and asked them to submit a video about themselves, ultimately 17 girls were chosen. This campaign has already received national recognition for the important messages it gives to teenage girls.


Found a Corvette C5R power wheel for our next project.
Is the turbo too much? I could lose the cast iron half and just polish up the compressor section. Sticking out the hood like certain infamous Grand Nationals you may remember. Thinking of making this a "flagship" project more than something that will be for sale. Probably 24 volts, 10mph or so. It should be capable of opposite lock!


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The Meillant castle is a historic manor in Meillant, built in the 15th century; it has been listed as an official monument since 1963. this renaissance castle offers visitors the opportunity to discover the traditional architecture through unique themed visits. It is characterized by its Late Gothic style.
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Abbaye de Noirlac5.44km from Meillant castle
The Noirlac abbey is an abbey Cistercian situated Bruere-Allichamps, near Saint-Amand-Montrond, in the department of Cher. It is one of the best-preserved Cistercian abbeys. Acquired by the department of Cher in 1909, restored from 1950 to 1980, it is currently a cultural meeting center, member of the European network of meeting centers 4, 5. Noirlac Abbey is a member of the Charter of Cistercian abbeys and sites in Europe.
Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil13.31km from Meillant castle
Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil is a 14th-century castle built on the grounds of an earlier 12th-century castle in Ainay-le-Vieil, France. The castle has been listed as a Monument Historique since 1968 by the French Ministry of Culture. The castle, now part of Jacques Cœur's tourist route, has been nicknamed "the little Carcassonne" because of its circular shape. It is now one of the best-preserved fortresses of the 14th century.
Château de Culan28.86km from Meillant castle
This unique historic building in France, with its 70-meter façade, is governed by imposing circular towers, crowned with well-preserved wood hourds. It s construction began in 1180. it was once owned by Sully and also the Price of Condé. The castle, listed as a monument historique at the start of the 20th century. tody the chateau is beautifully restored and is maintained in good condition. The castle is open to visitors every day from Easter to the end of October.
Bourges Cathedral34.21km from Meillant castle
The Cathedral of St Etienne of Bourges, built between the late 12th and late 13th centuries, is one of the great masterpieces of Gothic art and is alsoa good example of the unity of design. It was dedicated to Saint Stephen and It is the seat of the Archbishop of Bourges. One of the majestic and beautiful buolding in this area and its architecture is truly wondrful.
Palais Jacques Coeur34.57km from Meillant castle
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The 18th-century Château de Nohant is where George Sand, the famous French author of The Devil's Pool, spent her childhood and various key moments of her life. It was located in the village of Nohant. A majestic 6-hectare garden boasting a wonderful rose garden, meadow orchard, flower garden, kitchen garden, and the wooded park is set around this castle. \Now this castle functions as a museum where the works of Sand wrote and of many other important artists and writers of her time are been kept
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(l-r) On horse (named Nig): Harold Ross, Howard Hunt, Milo Ross, Josephine Sharp (arm only), Janelle England, Edward Sharp. Standing: Ruby Sharp, Lucille Maw, Milo Sharp.
Most of these children are descendants of Milo and Lillie Sharp. Janelle England and Lucille Maw I believe are other Sharp cousins but not descendants of Milo and Lillie. This photo was taken in Plain City, Weber, Utah.


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Q: Traverse through a DAG-like structure to produce another DAG-like structure in Clojure I have a DAG-like structure that is essentially a deeply-nested map. The maps in this structure can have common values, so the overall structure is not a tree but a direct acyclic graph. I'll refer to this structure as a DAG for brevity.
The nodes in this graph are of different but finite number of categories. Each category can have its own structure/keywords/number-of-children. There is one unique node that is the source of this DAG, meaning from this node we can reach all nodes in the DAG.
The task is to traverse through the DAG from the source node, and convert each node to another one or more nodes in a new constructed graph. I'll give an example for illustration.

The graph in the upper half is the input one. The lower half is the one after transformation. For simplicity, the transformation is only done on node A where it is split into node 1 and A1. The children of node A are also reallocated.
What I have tried (or in mind):

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*Write a function to convert one object for different types. Inside this function, recursively call itself to convert each of its children. This method suffers from the problem that data are immutable. The nodes in the transformed graph cannot be changed randomly to add children. To overcome this, I need to wrap every node in a ref/atom/agent.

*Do a topological sort on the original graph. Then convert the nodes in the reversed order, i.e., bottom-up. This method requires a extra traverse of the graph but at least the data need not to be mutable. Regarding the topological sort algorithm, I'm considering DFS-based method as stated in the wiki page, which does not require the knowledge of the full graph nor a node's parents.

My question is:

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*Is there any other approaches you might consider, possibly more elegant/efficient/idiomatic?

*I'm more in favour of the second method, is there any flaws or potential problems?

Thanks!
EDIT: On a second thought, a topological sorting is not necessary. The transformation can be done in the post-order traversal already.

A: This looks like a perfect application of Zippers. They  have all the capabilities you described as needed and can produce the edited 'new' DAG. There are also a number of libraries that ease the search and replace capability using predicate threads.
I've used zippers when working with OWL ontologies defined in nested vector or map trees.
Another option would be to take a look at Walkers although I've found these a bit more tedious to use.

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Daddy put Daisy on a shelf!
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Published: 06 May 19
Retail Food Group pulls products with extended use-by dates
Cakes by Michel's Patisserie were reportedly sold up to six months past their use-by date.
Retail Food Group (RFG), the owner of Michel's Patisserie, announced it is withdrawing products following reports that say the company was knowingly selling cakes and other goods past their used-by dates.
"RFG follows strict standards with regard to food quality and any product date extension was granted following written approval from the supplier and with consumer safety top of mind," the company said in a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange.
"Regardless, RFG has taken voluntary action and is in the process of withdrawing any products which had received approved date extensions from our suppliers."
RFG, which also owns the Gloria Jean's, Pizza Capers, Brumby's and Donut King brands, said that it had requested shelf-life extensions with less than 1% of its 1,000-plus supplier network "where appropriate and safe to do so".
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As Gaza death toll mounts, Cairo tries to mediate Hamas-Israel truce
Cairo attempts to hammer out ceasefire between Hamas and Israel as Gaza toll hits 15 dead, hundreds injured
Dina Ezzat , Thursday 15 Nov 2012
Egypt's president Mohamed Morsi (R) meets with Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniya (Photo: Reuters)
Egyptians protest Israeli assaults on Gaza outside Arab League
Egypt President Morsi says Israel aggression in Gaza 'unacceptable'
Gaza death toll hits 15 as rockets kill 3 Israelis
Egypt political figures, forces voice outrage over Israeli aggression in Gaza
Egypt FM calls on US to end Israeli assault on Gaza
Having recalled its ambassador to Tel Aviv in reaction to ongoing Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, Cairo is now attempting to mediate a negotiated truce between Palestinian resistance group Hamas and Israel.
In televised statements on Thursday, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said he had been in contact with various parties in an effort to secure an end to Israeli aggression on the besieged coastal territory.
"There is one way to do this: impose a truce between Hamas and Israel," said one Egyptian official. "We are working on this with the Americans."
Throughout the past few weeks, Cairo has been attempting – without success – to mediate a truce between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers. On Thursday, Cairo called on the US government to urge Israel to be more responsive to truce proposals.
Washington, however, has not made any promises to pressure the Israeli leadership in this regard.
"What we hear from the US and from the Europeans is that Israel has the right to exercise self-defence in the face of rocket attacks coming out of Gaza," said one Egyptian diplomat.
He added, however, that Washington and other world capitals were keen to see an end to Israel's ongoing aggression against Gaza in hopes of avoiding the further destabilisation of an already-volatile Middle East.
This said, concerned Egyptian officials and Cairo-based foreign diplomats say they don't expect the latest round of Israeli aggression to end overnight.
"We're hoping this doesn't last too long, but, realistically speaking, it's unlikely that these attacks will go on for less than a few days – maybe even a week," said one Egyptian official.
For now, Cairo appears to be drawing the line at withdrawing its ambassador.
"The prompt withdrawal of the ambassador from Tel Aviv is a very strong reaction for now," said another Egyptian official. "Now we're going to see how Israel will respond to the truce proposals."
He added that the few examples of economic cooperation between Egypt and Israel were predominantly carried out by the private sector.
"We don't have much government-to-government cooperation," the official said. "We could, in another symbolic move, act to suspend this cooperation, but this wouldn't really mean much."
Economic ties between the two countries are limited to the Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) agreement between Egypt, Israel and the US, which grants Egyptian clothing manufacturers zero-tariff access to the US market as long as their products contain at least 10.5 per cent Israeli input.
In New York, Washington and other world capitals, Egyptian diplomats are reiterating demands articulated by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in a Thursday phone call to US counterpart Barack Obama: Israel must stop the aggression on Gaza.
"We cannot accept the Israeli argument that the aggression was prompted by rocket attacks [from the Gaza Strip], since these rocket attacks come within the context of the continued Israeli occupation and blockade of Gaza," said Nazih Naggari, deputy spokesman for Egypt's foreign ministry.
"UN Security Council Resolution 1860, which ended Israel's Operation Cast Lead attack on the Gaza Strip in 2009, included clear language on the need to end the occupation, as stipulated in relevant UNSC resolutions 242 and 338," he added.
"The international community cannot just accommodate the Israeli narrative," Naggari concluded. "It must examine the situation within the context of occupation and deprivation."
According to UN figures, the Gaza Strip continues to suffer soaring rates of unemployment and poverty, while public services – including sanitation and education – remain in a state of dilapidation due to Israel's five-year-old siege of the Hamas-governed territory.
Egyptian authorities, meanwhile, stress the need for vigilance at the flashpoint Rafah border crossing.
"We have orders to immediately allow injured Palestinians across the border into Egypt, but this doesn't mean we're opening the border to unlimited traffic," said a security source.
"We're trying to accommodate the people of Gaza, but we also have security concerns in the Sinai Peninsula and we can't let the situation there get out of control," he added.
Unjustified and disproportional use of violence as always......
Hamas is a direct product of Israeli oppression of the Palestinian people. Whilst I dislike Hamas intensely, especially the way its police force treats Palestinians in Gaza and also its horrific violation of women's rights, Israel once again uses disproportionate force against a people that have been very ill treated. The Palestinians were not always Hamas. When they needed the world to speak out and help them, little support came and so now the degeneration into suicide bombing. We all know that Gaza is one of the largest prisons on Earth and that the Israeli government has no intention of allowing a viable Palestinian state to come into being.I am glad that the Egyptian government is taking a stand, although once again I have deep reservations about the MB. It is like double jeopardy. Nevertheless Israel cannot and should not be allowed to continue its abuse of an entire nation unabated. For how long does it think it can survive without any efforts to make peace with its neighbours?
Karim Abdullah
egypt support of Hams will weaken if not sever its relationship with Arabs enemy Iran. gaza will be a thorn in our enemy Zionist Israel.
Easy to settle : Just tell Tel-Aviv ....
Just tell Tel-Aviv that Cairo will immediately exchange ambassador with Teheran if Tel-Aviv doesn't stop immediately.


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The Monasterio de San Jerónimo was built by El Florentino, El Indiano and Diego de Siloé. The altarpiece is a wonderful piece. Its layout conforms a single nave Latin cross, covered by a Gothic fan vaulting with side chapels and the most notable octagonal apse which the magnificent altarpiece fits to. The convent owns several cloisters. The first of them is Gothic, with basket-handle archs, fantasy images capitals and beautiful Plateresque fronts, works of Siloé and his school. The second one conformed in an early Renaissance style and its dimensions are smaller.


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Which One Is The Most Popular Fosjoas Electric Scooter?
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There are hundreds of electric scooter brands worldwide. Each brand offers dozens of choices. Among all the brands and types, which is the most popular electric self-balancing scooter? The performance of Fosjoas intelligent electric scooter is determined by a high-tech intelligent chip built-in. It commands the intelligent e scooters to make corresponding movements with riders.
Moben Intl Co., is now a leading brand in the market which is middle priced. It has produced many cool products with high cost performance. Among all brands in the world, Fosjoas electric self-balancing scooter keeps a low profile and follows its own route. In the recent years it has won the heart of many loyal fans. Fosjoas launches new products quickly in the market. Fosjoas designers catch the most fashionable elements and integrate them into designing, which is favorably received by customers.
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Programming the HDC20X0 Devices
Texas Instruments | Programming the HDC20X0 Devices | Application notes | Texas Instruments Programming the HDC20X0 Devices Application notes
SNAA312 – August 2018
The purpose of this document is to familiarize the user with the HDC20X0 devices by providing
programming configuration examples, and pseudo code. The HDC devices are integrated humidity and
temperature sensors that provide excellent measurement accuracy (RH accuracy typ. 2% RH,
Temperature accuracy typ. 0.2°C) with very low power consumption. The device measures humidity
through a capacitive polymer dielectric. This sensing element is placed on the bottom of the HDC2010,
and the top of the HDC2080 device. The HDC2010 features a WLCSP (Wafer Level Chip Scale Package),
while the HDC2010 features a WSON package. The humidity and temperature sensors are factory
calibrated with calibration data stored in it's internal non-volatile memory.
Device Functional Modes ...................................................................................................
Single Acquisition ............................................................................................................
Continuous Acquisition ......................................................................................................
Interrupt Pin Functionality...................................................................................................
Understanding The Output Data ...........................................................................................
Conclusion ....................................................................................................................
Appendix A ...................................................................................................................
Single Acquisition Configuration ........................................................................................... 3
Continuous Acquisition Mode: TIMER BASED .......................................................................... 4
Continuous Acquisition Mode: INTERRUPT BASED ................................................................... 5
Output Registers ............................................................................................................. 8
Address 0x00 Temperature LSB Register ................................................................................ 8
Address 0x00 Temperature LSB Field Descriptions .................................................................... 8
Address 0x01 Temperature MSB Register ............................................................................... 8
Address 0x01 Temperature MSB Field Descriptions
Address 0x02 Humidity LSB Register..................................................................................... 8
Address 0x02 Humidity LSB Field Descriptions ......................................................................... 8
Address 0x03 Humidity MSB Register .................................................................................... 9
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Configuration Registers ..................................................................................................... 9
Address 0x0E Reset and DRDY/INT Configuration Register .......................................................... 9
Address 0x0E Reset and DRDY/INT Configuration Field Descriptions .............................................. 9
Address 0x0F Measurement Configuration Register .................................................................. 10
Address 0x0F Measurement Configuration Field Descriptions ....................................................... 10
Device Functional Modes
The HDC20X0 has two modes of operation: sleep and measurement mode. After power up, the HDC20X0
enters sleep mode. In this mode, the HDC20X0 waits for I2C instruction to set programmable conversion
times, trigger a measurement/conversion, or read/write valid data. When a measurement is triggered, the
HDC20X0 wakes from sleep mode to enter measurement mode. In measurement mode, the HDC20X0
converts temperature or humidity values from integrated sensors through an internal ADC and stores the
information in their respective data registers [0x00 - 0x03]. The DRDY/INT pin can be monitored to verify if
data is ready after measurement conversion. The DRDY/INT pin polarity and interrupt mode is set
according to the configuration of the Interrupt Enable and DRDY/INT Configuration registers . After
completing the conversion, the HDC20X0 returns to sleep mode.
Two different types of ADC conversions (measurement modes) are available in the HDC devices: Trigger
on Demand and Auto Mode.
In Trigger on Demand mode an I2C command triggers the measurement conversion. After the
measurement is converted, the device remains in sleep mode until a new trigger is written.
Auto Mode is a continuous operation, adjusting the RESET and DRDY/INT Configuration Register enables
the user to select from 7 different conversion frequencies (from 5Hz to 1/120Hz). In auto mode, the
HDC20X0 wakes from sleep to measurement mode based on the selected sample rate.
Single Acquisition
Startup Sequence
After power up, the HDC20X0 is in sleep mode waiting for I2C input commands. To configure the device
to collect both the humidity and temperature data in single acquisition mode, select TRIGGER ON
DEMAND in CONFIG register (0x0E), select the desired Temperature and Humidity resolutions and the
Temperature + Humidity measurement configuration in MEASUR_CONFIG register (0x0F).
Reading Procedure
To initiate a single measurement, the bit MEAS_TRIG is set to '1' in the MEASUR_CONFIG register. The
device will exit from sleep mode and perform a single measurement. After the conversion, the device will
update the respective measurement register and will return to sleep mode. The register can be accessed
through a pointer mechanism. When reading from the HDC20X0, the current pointer location is used to
determine which register to read -- the pointer location points to the last written register address. To
change the address for a read operation, a new value must be written to the pointer. This transaction is
accomplished by issuing the slave address byte with the R/W bit set to '0', followed by the pointer byte.
The pointer auto increments, therefore it is possible to read all 4 bytes of information related to
Temperature and humidity in a single transaction, this is shown in Figure 1:
Example Flowchart For A Single Acquisition Configuration
Startup Sequence:
Write 0x0E, 0x00
Write 0x0F, 0x00
Perform two 2 byte I2C Write Transaction in the form:
START, ADDRESS & W Bit, ACK, 0x0E, ACK, 0x00, STOP
START, ADDRESS & W Bit, ACK, 0x0F, ACK, 0x00, STOP
Start Conversion:
Perform a 2 byte I2C Write Transaction in the form:
Wait Conversion
~2 ms
Instruct your MCU to NO-OP for a number of CPU cycles equivalent to 2 ms
Use an MCU Timer feature to return to this loop after 2 ms has elapsed
Read Output:
Write 0x00
Read 4 Bytes
Decode Output:
/216*165-40 C
/216*100 RH
START, ADDRESS & W Bit, ACK, 0x00, STOP
Then perform a 4 byte I2C Read Transaction in the form:
START, ADDRESS & R Bit, ACK, TLOW, ACK, THIGH, ACK, HLOW, ACK, HHIGH, STOP
The 8 bit values TLOW and THIGH must assembled into a 16 bit value
The 8 bit values HLOW and HHIGH must be assembled into a 16 bit value
See Page 7 for more information
Figure 1. Single Acquisition Configuration
Continuous Acquisition
to collect both the humidity and temperature data in continuous mode, select the desired Auto
Measurement Mode (AMM) in CONFIG register (0x0E), and select the Temperature and Humidity
resolutions and the Temperature + Humidity measurement configuration in MEASUR_CONFIG register
(0x0F).
To trigger the start of the measurements, the bit MEAS_TRIG is set to '1' in MEASUR_CONFIG register
(0x0F). The device will exit from sleep mode and will start to periodically convert the measurements based
on the selected sample rate in the CONFIG register (0x0E). After each conversion, the device will update
the measurement related registers and re-enter sleep mode. The register can be accessed through a
pointer mechanism. When reading from the HDC20X0, the current pointer location is used to determine
which register to read -- the pointer location points to the last written register address. To change the
address for a read operation, a new value must be written to the pointer. This transaction is accomplished
by issuing the slave address byte with the R/W bit set to '0', followed by the pointer byte.
Temperature and humidity in a single transaction, this is shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3:
Example Flowchart For Continuous Acquisition Mode: TIMER BASED
Wait Output Data
Rate (ODR) Time:
Instruct your MCU to NO-OP for a number of CPU cycles equivalent to 1 s
Use an MCU Timer feature to return to this loop after 1 s has elapsed
Figure 2. Continuous Acquisition Mode: TIMER BASED
Example Flowchart For Continuous Acquisition Mode: INTERRUPT BASED
Write 0x07, 0x80
Perform three 2 byte I2C Write Transaction in the form:
START, ADDRESS & W Bit, ACK, 0x07, ACK, 0x80, STOP
Set Interrupt
Configure your MCU to generate Interrupt when HDC pin DRDY = HIGH
Then put the MCU to sleep
Interrupt?
When HDC Conversion completes, DRDY pin transitions to logic HIGH
MCU Interrupt wakes MCU and resumes execution
Figure 3. Continuous Acquisition Mode: INTERRUPT BASED
Interrupt Pin Functionality
Interrupt pin functionality is shared between Data Ready and Event Interrupt functionality. Enabling the
interrupt pin for Data Ready (DRDY) can help reduce the power consumption of the system as the
MCU/CPU will enter sleep when the HDC device is making temperature and humidity measurements, and
awaken the MCU/CPU for communication through it's DRDY interrupt pin. To verify that data is ready after
manual conversion, the DRDY/INT pin should be monitored. If monitoring this pin is not possible, it is
recommended that the user program the device for auto mode and program the sampling rate of the
device to perform periodic automatic conversions.
Additionally, the DRDY/INT pin can be set for interrupt capability based on input alarm thresholds for
either temperature or humidity measurements.
Understanding The Output Data
The measured temperature and humidity data are sent to the output register: TEMP_LOW, TEMP_HIGH,
RH_LOW and RH_HIGH. Temperature data are represented as 16-bit numbers, so the complete values
are given by the concatenation of the low and high register:
TEMPERATURELSB = TEMP_HIGH <<8 + TEMP_LOW;
HUMIDITYLSB = RH_HIGH <<8 + RH_LOW;
Convert the output value
TEMPERATURE qC
HUMIDITY %RH
§ TEMPERATURELSB ·
¸ u 165 40
§ HUMIDITYLSB ·
¸ u 100
Temperature Calculation Example:
1. Output registers:
TEMP_LOW = 0x5E;
TEMP_HIGH = 0x64;
Temperature value in hex:
TEMPERATURELSB = 0x645E
Temperature value in decimal:
TEMPERATURELSB = 25694
Temperature value in degree C:
§ 25694 ·
TEMPERATURE qC ¨ 16 ¸ u 165 40
© 2
24.67qC
TEMP_LOW = 0x3B;
TEMPERATURELSB = 0x293B
Humidity Calculation Example:
Output registers:
RH_LOW = 0xDC;
RH_HIGH = 0x42;
HUMIDITYLSB = 0x42DC
HUMIDITYLSB = 17116
¨ 16 ¸ u 100
26.11%RH
In this application note, configuration examples and pseudo code were presented to familiarize the user
with the different configuration options of the HDC20X0 family of devices.
The following different acquisition modes and Interrupt capability have been discussed:
1. Trigger on Demand to generate a single acquisition.
2. Auto mode to perform continuous acquisitions
3. INTERRUPT based functionality for DRDY/INT pin
Mathematical conversion of digital code to respective temperature and humidity readings have also been
included for reference.
Table 1. Output Registers
TEMP_LO
TEMP_HIG 0x01
RH_LOW
RH_HIGH
Address 0x00 Temperature LSB
Table 2. Address 0x00 Temperature LSB Register
TEMP[7:0]
Table 3. Address 0x00 Temperature LSB Field Descriptions
TEMPERATURE [7:0]
Temperature LSB
Address 0x01 Temperature MSB
Table 4. Address 0x01 Temperature MSB Register
TEMP[15:8]
Table 5. Address 0x01 Temperature MSB Field Descriptions
TEMPERATURE [15:8]
Temperature MSB
The temperature register is a 16-bit result register in binary format (the 2 LSBs D1 and D0 are reserved
bits, and must be set to '0' in formula). The result of the acquisition is always a 14 bit value, while the
resolution is related to one selected in Measurement Configuration register. The temperature can be
calculated from the output data with:
§ TEMPERATURE >15 : 0@ ·
Address 0x02 Humidity LSB
Table 6. Address 0x02 Humidity LSB Register
HUMIDITY[7:0]
Table 7. Address 0x02 Humidity LSB Field Descriptions
HUMIDITY [7:0]
Humidity LSB
Address 0x03 Humidity MSB
Table 8. Address 0x03 Humidity MSB Register
HUMIDITY[15:8]
Humidity MSB
The humidity register is a 16-bit result register in binary format (the 2 LSBs D1 and D0 are reserved bits,
and must be set to '0' in formula). The result of the acquisition is always a 14 bit value, while the resolution
is related to one selected in Measurement Configuration register. The humidity can be calculated from the
output data with:
§ HUMIDITY >15 : 0@ ·
HUMIDITY %RH ¨
Configuration Registers
Table 10. Configuration Registers
0x0E
SOFT_RE
AMM2
HEAT_EN
DRDY/INT
_EN
INT_POL
INT_MODE
0x0F
TRES1
HRES1
MEAS_CO
NFIG1
MEAS_TRI
Address 0x0E Reset and DRDY/INT Configuration Register
Table 11. Address 0x0E Reset and DRDY/INT Configuration Register
SOFT_RES
AMM[2]
DRDY/INT_EN
Table 12. Address 0x0E Reset and DRDY/INT Configuration Field Descriptions
0 = Normal Operation mode, this bit is self-clearing
1 = Soft Reset
EEPROM value reload and registers reset
AMM[2:0]
Auto Measurement Mode (AMM)
000 = AMM disabled. Trigger on demand.
001 = 1/120Hz (1 samples every 2 minutes)
010 = 1/60Hz (1 samples every minute)
011 = 0.1Hz (1 samples every 10 seconds)
100 = 0.2 Hz (1 samples every 5 second)
101 = 1Hz (1 samples every second)
0 = Heater off
1 = Heater on
DRDY/INT_EN pin configuration
0 = High Z
1 = Enable
Table 12. Address 0x0E Reset and DRDY/INT Configuration Field Descriptions (continued)
Interrupt polarity
0 = Active Low
1 = Active High
Interrupt mode
0 = Level sensitive
1 = Comparator mode
Address 0x0F Measurement Configuration
Table 13. Address 0x0F Measurement Configuration Register
TRES[1]
HRES[1]
MEAS_CONF[1 MEAS_CONF[0
MEAS_TRIG
Table 14. Address 0x0F Measurement Configuration Field Descriptions
TRES[1:0]
Temperature resolution
00: 14 bit
10: 8 bit
11: NA
HRES[1:0]
Humidity resolution
MEAS_CONF[1:0]
Measurement configuration
00: Humidity + Temperature
01: Temperature only
10: Humidity Only
Measurement trigger
0: no action
1: Start measurement
Self-cleaning bit when measurement completed
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Justice Kennedy Learns a New Word
By parkercountyblog on May 6, 2015
by Phyllis Schlafly, Founder & CEO of Eagle Forum, 05/05/15 –
Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy learned and used a new word during the Supreme Court's oral argument about Marriage. He said, "The word that keeps coming back to me in this case is millennia."
He wasn't talking about the new voting bloc of young people called the millennials. He was referring to the thousands of years in which the public has honored marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
"And suddenly," as Justice Stephen G. Breyer said, "you want nine people outside the ballot box" to change that by judicial fiat. That sounds like somebody is seeking government by judicial supremacists instead of by "We the people" (as our Constitution says).
The verdict of history that extends even farther back than the U.S. Constitution is why Kennedy said "the word that keeps coming back to (him) in this case is millennia." Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. added, "Every definition that I looked up, prior to about a dozen years ago, defined marriage as unity between a man and a woman as husband and wife."
It was not only the longevity of the husband-wife definition of marriage that troubled the Justices but also its universality. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. pointed out that, "Until the end of the 20th century, there never was a nation or a culture that recognized marriage between two people of the same sex."
Alito noted that in ancient Greece, for example, only opposite-sex couples could be married even though same-sex relationships were openly tolerated. That proves the definition of marriage is not borne of prejudice or "animus" against homosexuals.
The same is true of the non-Western societies of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Incidentally, have you noticed that only Christian small business people have been harassed and sued for refusing to participate in same-sex marriages, even though our fast-growing immigrant populations of Muslims, Hindus and other faiths are also opposed to that concept?
The use of same-sex marriage to attack Christian businesses, but not businesses run by members of other religions, demonstrates what is really driving the demand for a new constitutional right to same-sex marriage. It is simply the latest attempt to destroy Christian institutions and discredit Christian beliefs.
The same-sex-marriage advocates like to say that as many as 37 states have already made same-sex marriage legal, and they use the argument of inevitability to pressure the rest of us to go along.
The truth is that only 11 of the 50 states authorized same-sex marriage by the legislative process, and only three of those were ratified by a vote of the people; the others were dictated by judges, who are now being asked to impose the same rule on the U.S. Territories of Guam and Puerto Rico.The best precedent for what the Supreme Court should do about gay marriage is the assisted suicide case of 1997 known as Washington v. Glucksberg. At a time when assisted suicide was illegal in every state, a lawsuit asked the Supreme Court to rule that suicide with a doctor's assistance is a form of individual liberty protected by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
Although the Justices were as deeply divided on social issues then as they are today,the Court unanimously declined the invitation to create a new constitutional right. Then-Chief Justice Rehnquist wrote in his majority opinion that judges should limit their rulings to "fundamental rights and liberties which are, objectively, deeply rooted in this Nation's history and tradition" — which assisted suicide, like same-sex marriage, clearly is not.
Two years ago, when the Supreme Court heard California's Proposition 8 case, Justice Scalia famously asked gay marriage attorney Ted Olson, "When did it become unconstitutional to exclude homosexual couples from marriage? 1791? 1868 when the 14th Amendment was adopted?" After much hemming and hawing, Olson finally admitted, "I can't answer that question."
Echoing the gay advocates, Obama's Solicitor General Donald Verrilli told the Supreme Court that "it is simply untenable … to wait until the majority decides that it is ready" for same-sex marriage. In other words, goodbye to government "of the people and by the people" and welcome to government by unelected judges.
Asking the Court to reject the will of the American people and impose a new rule that is not "objectively, deeply rooted in this Nation's history and tradition" means, as Rehnquist warned in 1997, that our beloved Constitution would be "subtly transformed into the policy preferences of the members of this Court."
Phyllis Schlafly is a lawyer, conservative political analyst and author of two new books published last year, "Who Killed the American Family" and the 50th anniversary edition of "A Choice Not An Echo." She can be contacted by email at phyllis@eagleforum.org. To find out more about Phyllis Schlafly and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at http://www.creators.com.
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Brubaker May 6, 2015 at 2:52 pm
I'd be shocked if the almighty "Supremes" do not legislate from the bench and illegally and unconstitutionally order all 50 states to legally legitimize the faux marriage union of the unnatural and immoral sexual relationship between two persons of the same sex.
Since when has upholding the crystal clear delineation and limits of government power spelled out in the U.S. Constitution ever been a priority of the U.S. Supreme Court?
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."
– Sir John Dalberg-Acton
Save the illogical emotional arguments of homosexual marriage. I have an older brother who is "out of the closet" and openly living the homosexual lifestyle. Based on that sibling's explanations and what I know of a nephew's sexual orientation, I believe that many who live the homosexual lifestyle are born with that inclination. That is not to discount that there are those who choose this same-sex orientation for whatever personal reasons. It is still unnatural and immoral.
Even 10 years ago, this politically-correct conversation would never have made it into the mainstream conversations of our society as a serious legal possibility. 10 years…or less…from now, we will be way, way past this issue as gay marriage will have been legally legitimized and forced upon us all and the legal issues before our activist Supreme Court will be to legalize pedophilia, then on to those who prefer beastiality…children and animal rights be d*mned as long as the perverts get their unnatural sexual thrills.
The pedophilia rights people are already making limited headway to legally legitimize their sexual perversions.
"There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt."
– Niccolo Machiavelli


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"Nervous breakdown," replies lyricist Swanand Kirkire, with a smile. "I was very scared but (producer) Vidhu Vinod Chopra and (director) Rajkumar Hirani had faith in me."
A month after the release of Lage Raho -- a huge blockbuster -- Swanand feels elated that he managed to meet everyone's expectations, especially since the Mumbai Hindi used in the songs sounded perfect.
For Swanand, 36, life has seen all kinds of ups and down. He started as a theatre director, went on to become a television serial writer, then a chief assistant director, dialogue writer, singer and now, lyricist.
After graduating in commerce from Indore, Swanand always felt films were where his interest lay. His father Chintamani and mother Neelambari were classical singers but he never showed interest in singing.
He had a chance meeting with actor Ashish Vidyarthi in Indore during his college days in 1993. Vidyarthi encouraged his dreams, and so, he went to Delhi and joined the reputed National School of Drama.
"Since then, I have always wanted to be a director," Swanand laughs. "Even today. But I ended up singing, penning lyrics, dialogues and became popular."
The first tryst came with direction was when Swanand wrote and directed a play on freedom fighter Bhagat Singh in New Delhi.
During his theatre days, he learnt that Manju Singh, a television serial producer, was looking for a writer for his serial Swaraj, also on Bhagat Singh. The next thing he knew was that he was on a flight to Mumbai, and had a plush apartment in Warden Road. Swanand thought life would be a bed of roses. But when the serial ended, Swanand was thrown into a life of struggle. He had to give up his apartment and settle down in Goregaon, a Mumbai suburb.
Talking about those struggling days, Swanand says, "Mumbai is a very fair city. It is the city of dreams for every outsider. If one has talent, he is welcome to this city. But it takes time."
A friend introduced him to filmmaker Pankaj Parashar, who in turn, introduced him to director Sudhir Mishra. Mishra was doing a serial called Talash, with his assistant Ruchi Narain.
"I was very happy to be working with Sudhir Mishra because I loved his earlier work. He told me to assist him while he was making Calcutta Mail, Chameli and then Hazaron Khwaishen Aisi," recalls Swanand.
It was in the shooting of Hazaron where he was asked to arrange a song for the film, with a mix of classical and north Indian tunes. He wrote the beautiful Bawara man dekhne chala ek sapna, whose music was composed by Shantanu Moitra (who later went on make music for Parineeta and Lage Raho Munnabhai).
Shantanu introduced Swanand to director Pradeep Sarkar, and Swanand was inducted into the Vidhu Vinod Chopra production house.
So how does he write lyrics considering he has no literary background? "I draw inspiration from life rather than books," Swanand explains. "I am not a born poet. My writing comes from observing people."
"Like, see the words Bole toh bole, kaisi hogi hai; and Khopdi ke khopche mein khalbali machae (in Lage Raho Munnabhai). This is Mumbai slang and I learnt it on local buses and trains. The Mumbai language is complete bhelpuri and there is so much to learn."
But he says he has read the works of poets like Majrooh Sultanpuri, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Bhawani Prasad Mishra, Nirala, Gulzar and Javed Akhtar.
Next, Swanand will pen the dialogues for Chopra's Eklavya, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan and Vidya Balan. He will also write the lyrics for Pradeep Sarkar's next film with Yash Raj Films, and the script of Sudhir Mishra's next, starring Shiney Ahuja and Soha Ali Khan. He is also busy with advertisement jingles.
Film should be like this.At Least Yearly once they should direct such type of films.
Sub: LAGE RAHO SWANAND !!!!!


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