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72 Democrats Sell Out Public on Net Neutrality-They Side w/ AT&T
Seventy-Two Democrats Abandon Public on Net Neutrality
By Megan Tady, October 16, 2009
Seventy-two Democrats – count 'em – just backstabbed you. This afternoon, they sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission asking them to walk away from their plans to protect Net Neutrality.
They also defected from their own party, abandoning President Obama's tech agenda that supports a free and open Internet, where competition and innovation can flourish.
Wish I could say this is a joke, but the letter hit my desk an hour ago, 72 signatures included.
It's outrageous: Dozens of the lawmakers we've elected to look out for us in Washington are saying they'd rather hand the Internet over to a few powerful corporations than safeguard it for the public.
And the cause of this congressional panic? A progressive proposal that the FCC just wants to circulate for public comment.
In September, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced that the commission would expand rules to protect Net Neutrality, the principle that stops Internet service providers from blocking and controlling online content. On Thursday, the FCC will vote on a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish Net Neutrality rules, which is the first step in the regulatory process.
But the deep-pocketed telco lobby on the Hill is doing everything it can to derail protections for an open Internet. And it appears to be working. After all, the Dems' letter parrots telco talking points – they had to come from somewhere, and it certainly wasn't from the more than 1.6 million people who have signed a petition in support of Net Neutrality.
How is it that a handful of corporations are co-opting the debate, even as hundreds of thousands of people say, "Enough is enough"? This is a clear example of "special interests" vs. "real Americans." Corporations don't want any rules that prohibit them from acting as Internet gatekeepers – they don't even want the FCC to consider them. And they've got the influence and power to convince lawmakers to act against our interests and reject an open Internet.
But we're powerful, too, and we've got to show it. Now's not the time to be timid. We want two million people shouting for Net Neutrality to send a resounding message to the FCC that the public supports them.
Add your name to the petition for an open Internet right now. Then Tweet it. Facebook it. Ask your friends to do it. The fight for Net Neutrality is very real, and it's getting nasty.
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Remembering Rappers Delight-30 Years Ago It Was Born
by Davey D
Sugar Hill Gang came to life 30 years ago
With all the sudden deaths that have affected us this year-from Michael Jackson to Roc Raida to Mr Magic to local KPOO radio legend Clarence 'Swig' Swiggins its been hard to sit back, catch a breath and notice some of the landmark dates that have impacted our culture. My boy Bruce Banter from playahata.com hit me up to remind me that today was the 30th anniversary of Rapper's Delight by the Sugar Hill Gang.. Wow that's a long time…
I'm not sure of the exact date if it was October 13th 1979, but I do recall when I first heard the song it was definitely in the fall of 1979. I think almost everyone who was around at that time has a 'This is how Sugar Hill Gang' impacted me story.
I fondly recall, that Rapper's Delight re-energized what appeared to be a dwindling culture at least as far as the emceeing/rap aspect was concerned. Prior to SHG, I recall going to parties and cats would be on the mic rapping and rapping and rapping all night long. Some groups had nice routines. Others tried to put structure into what they were doing, but for the most part, many of those parties had dissolved into cats just having massive freestyle sessions on the mic to the point that it was overkill. The block parties as I recall were dying out and many of the more established acts had moved to the clubs. If you went to a jam, gone were cats flowing on the mic nonstop all night long. Groups would do a set and although they didn't have records, each act, whether it was the Cold Crush Brothers, the Crash Crew or Funky 4 Plus 1 More all had signature routines that folks went to go see.
The summer leading up to the release of Rappers Delight was interesting because, I recall hearing stories about how icons like Grandmaster Flash had moved on to 'blending' records and playing at discos versus being at parties cutting breaks and beats. Chic's Good Times which is what helped propel Rappers Delight was a massive hit and anyone who even thought about rapping loved flowing over the long Niles Rodgers bass laden break.
Also that summer I recall the Fatback Band's joint 'King Tem III Personality Jock. It was a cool novelty record, but dude sounded nothing like the emcees who you heard on tapes or saw at the early jams. He sounded like a radio disc jockey. Years later, we found out that the rap was a throwback to the rapping and rhyming that was around before Hip Hop as we know it. Black radio DJs always rhymed-People like Jocko henderson and DaddyO are a couple that come to mind. Many of these jocks did so as they would introduce songs. So while King Tem III struck a chord, it didn't shake things up the way Rapper's Delight did a few months later.
In my mind Hip Hop was kind of dying until Rappers Delight emerged and then all hell broke loose. The possibility of being able to make a name for yourself and reach the stars via recording a record got everyone back to writing rhymes and taking a renwed interest in emceeing.
The other thing I remember was that hardly anyone had ever heard of the Sugar Hill Gang. There was initial confusion because we all knew Sugar Hill was a section in Harlem, but one of the rappers in the song Big Bank Hank was calling himself Casanova Fly. There were only two people who used that name Casanova. One was Grandmaster Caz of the Cold Crush and the other was a 'hardrock' cat named Tiny who headed the Casanova Crew over on Webster Ave in the Bronx.. A lot of cats thought it was him rapping , which caused confusion because why use the name Sugar Hill when he was up in the Bx and not Harlem. ? It was just a matter of time before we all found out that SHG was a crew that was put together and the Casanova references was due to Hank borrowing Caz's rhyme books. I will post up the interview we did with Caz where he breaks all this down.. Its an interesting situation. All this lead to a couple of other questions
1-Why them and not use some of the more established, better known crews like Flash or Cold Crush or Theodore and Fanstatic Romantic 5?
2-Why use the word 'rap'? Prior to the release of 'Rapper's Delight', what became known as rap was emceeing or rhyming. Rap was what you did when you were hollaring at a female.
In anycase Rappers Delight was the song that let the world know what was occuring in New York and subsequently people all over the planet jumped in the fray and added their own seasoning to the mix…. At the same time it also represents the beginning of a culture being diluted and overtly influenced by a music industry which was dying at the time. Folks forget the music industry had raped a soulful music expression that was popular in the clubs and completely watered it down to a commercialized 'disco form'. In 1979 while Rappers Delight was blowing up..you also had alot of people running around and tagging on walls 'Disco Sucks'. The industry needed somethinfg to help it bounce back. Rappers Delight wasn't the answer in 79, the person who saved the industry was a cat named Michael Jackson, but thats another story.
Happy birthday Sugar Hill Gang and Rappers Delight.
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Far Right Wing Nuts Protest an Elementary School where Kids Sung Song About Obama During Black History Month
Anti-Obama Song Rally At School
BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Conservative groups plan to rally Monday near a New Jersey school where students performed a song celebrating President Barack Obama.
And that has district officials planning to beef up security at the B. Bernice Young School in Burlington Township, which houses kindergartners through second-graders.
The song drew national attention last month after a video of the performance, which occurred during a Black History Month assembly in February, was posted on YouTube. Conservatives say it shows how schoolchildren are being indoctrinated to idolize Obama, allegations school officials deny.
Citing concerns for the safety of students and staff, Superintendent Christopher Manno has asked organizers to reconsider the protest because classes will be held that day. Manno said protesters will not be allowed on school property and additional district staffers will be on hand.
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http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_jersey/091012_anti_obama_song_rally_at_school
BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) – A school for kindergartners through second-graders in a comfortable Philadelphia suburb has become the latest target of accusations by conservatives that schoolchildren are being indoctrinated to idolize President Barack Obama.
The controversy grows out of a school assembly during Black History Month in February, when gripes about the freshly inaugurated president were still mostly hushed.
That month, a group of smiley and fidgety students at B. Bernice Young School sang a medley of two short songs praising the president.
The first song begins, "Mmm, mmm, mmm, Barack Hussein Obama/He said that all must lend a hand/To make this country strong again."
The second one was set to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and included the refrain, "Hooray, Mr. President."
While the performance is seven months old, the outrage is new and came about because of the discovery of a YouTube video.
It's been fodder for conservative opinion leaders such as columnist and blogger Michelle Malkin and Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck.
The notion that schoolchildren are being subjected to partisan politics rather than taught civics emerged earlier this month before an Obama speech to students was played in thousands of schools.
By then, unlike February, there was broader mistrust of Obama, particularly over his health insurance overhaul plans. Concerns that he would use his speech to students as a political tool grew partly because the White House initially released a lesson plan encouraging students to "help the president."
The plan was revised and the message to students was not overtly political.
News about the song brought a quick response from New Jersey's Department of Education. Spokeswoman Beth Auerswald said the department wants "to ensure students can celebrate the achievements of African Americans during Black History Month without inappropriate partisan politics in the classroom."
Auerswald said the state would also look into whether posting the video online violated the privacy of students.
Superintendent Christopher Manno defended the performance in Friday's editions of the Burlington County Times.
"There was no intention to indoctrinate children," he said. "The teacher's intention was to engage the children in an activity to recognize famous and accomplished African Americans."
He said he would not identify the teacher who led the song. State education officials said she retired at the end of the last school year.
The source of the video is not entirely clear. In Malkin's column, she said it was posted in June on the YouTube channel of author Charisse Carney-Nunes, who wrote the children's book "I Am Barack Obama."
The song medley was presented to Carney-Nunes, who had been invited to the school, as a demonstration of a project the children had put together, her public relations firm said in a statement.
"Charisse feels it is unfortunate that an event put together with sincere intentions to encourage literacy while celebrating the contributions of African Americans to our great nation has become political fodder and hopes cooler heads will prevail," the hoverFly media statement said.
The video was ubiquitous online Friday but was not listed under Carney-Nunes' feed.
Officials at the Burlington Township Board of Education did not return calls Friday to discuss the incident or how much public response it received, and the district's Web site was not available.
Leslie Gibson, the mother of a kindergartner and a second-grader, said the incident was not addressed in Thursday evening's back-to-school assembly.
Gibson said that while parents had different views about how problematic the song may have been, one thing was unanimous: They don't like having television trucks and reporters camped out on the streets near the school.
Friday afternoon, there were two police cars posted outside the building.
There wasn't much protest, though. One man, Chris Concannon, from nearby Magnolia, was outside hoping to speak with school officials about what happened.
"It's just like the Hitler Youth all over again," said Concannon, an unemployed 26-year-old former National Guardsman. "They should be learning history, but instead they're being taught to worship the president."
Wash. Times and Fox News now unleashing mobs on private citizens (including kids)
http://mediamatters.org/columns/200909290001
by Eric Bolhert
Last week, a Washington Times blogger posted a call to arms, beseeching readers to help the newspaper dig up more information regarding a long list of arts organization representatives who took part in a conference call with the White House on August 10. The call was part of a National Endowment for the Arts initiative, and it's a conference call that was secretly taped and has been wildly overhyped in conservative media circles as some sort of linchpin in a larger criminal enterprise being run out of the White House to politicize the arts. (There's no evidence the August 10 conference call broke any laws.)
Still, the Times was asking for help. It wanted readers to search through a spreadsheet it posted that included names of the arts representatives who participated in the NEA conference call. The Times wanted readers to snoop around online — doing some crowdsourcing — and find out everything they could about the arts reps.
In theory, of course, online dirt-digging and sleuthing makes perfect sense and represents a new era of participatory journalism embraced by the Internet. Josh Marshall and his reporting team at Talking Points Memo, for instance, famously used crowdsourcing to track policy positions of members of Congress during the debate over Social Security in 2005. Readers also chipped in and helped rifle through thousands of pages of memos that the Bush White House dumped at a time when the U.S. attorney scandal was widening. Thanks to Marshall's readers, TPM was able to tease out all sorts of interesting news leads.
Note, however, who the targets of TPM's crowdsourcing were: members of Congress and other major players in the federal government. Marshall urged his readers to monitor politicians and to read through government documents while focusing on people in power who are expected to be held publicly accountable.
But The Washington Times' disturbing call to arms? The paper wanted its readers to find out all they could about private citizens who work at little-known arts organizations and whose only connection to the spotlight was that they were invited to dial in to a conference call.
Times blogger Kerry Picket assured readers, "The people on the call didn't necessarily do anything controversial or wrong." Yet look at the kind of dirt Times readers were urged to dig up about the arts reps. Had they:
Been active in Democratic politics?
Made any campaign donations recently?
Blogged for The Huffington Post?
Believed in the 9-11 "Truther" conspiracy theory?
The obvious odor of Red Scare-era snitching that hung over the Times' wrongheaded project was too much to take even for some loyal conservative readers. Wrote one Times reader in the comments section:
As a Republican, this story makes me sick to my stomach. What is this? A witch hunt? McCarthy is back? As someone who lived through that, I am saddened to see the Washington Times engage in this type of behavior. STOP ACTING LIKE THIS. They are private citizens. I am a VERY proud Republican, but this is not who we are.
But increasingly, this is who conservatives have become. They've become a mindless mob, and the right-wing media, more and more often, are sending their overeager foot soldiers out on seek-and-destroy missions involving private citizens. They're even targeting innocent schoolchildren, like the group of second-graders in New Jersey that became a right-wing (mob) object of disgust last week after an old YouTube clip surfaced that showed the students singing a song in honor of the president of the United States. (You're supposed to recoil in horror at the mere suggestion of such a thing happening in America.)
The reason the Times' crowdsourcing bulletin was so misguided, and possibly even dangerous, was that the people the newspaper was urging to go digging for dirt were, by and large, the same type of people who are packing pistols at anti-Obama rallies, parading around with Hitler posters, and claiming the POTUS wasn't born in America. Meaning the right-wing mob, which suddenly decided last week that the NEA represented all that is evil in the world, is not all that stable and should not be setting its crooked sights on private citizens.
Again, original research and citizen journalism are both laudable pursuits. But in the hands of right-wing radicals who exhibit very little common sense and even less common decency, the witch hunts of peripheral players, including now-regular attempts to target children, no longer represent journalism in any recognizable sense. Instead, they're just unsettling — and dangerous — attempts at mob rule. They're a way to send a signal that anybody who is even marginally involved in public discourse can suddenly become a target of the mob. And then, all bets are off.
This trend of targeting private citizens is not new. But it has become more pronounced in recent weeks and months, as collective Obama hatred has pushed the GOP Noise Machine to ignore the boundaries of fair play. (Like posting the possibly stolen contents of somebody's Rolodex.)
The growing obsession with singling out children for mob ridicule is especially troubling. Recall in early August, it was an 11-year-old girl who became the object of right-wing taunts after she had the audacity to stand up at an Obama town hall and ask the president a question. Busted! The kid wasn't participating in public democracy. Instead, the mob called her out as a shifty, "in-the-tank questioner."
Fox News quickly channeled the blog attacks and posted this headline [emphasis added]:
White House Says Girl with Campaign Ties Chosen at 'Random' to Speak at Obama Town Hall
Campaign ties? The girl was in elementary school! How could she have had "campaign ties"? The only "tie" was that her mom was an Obama donor and supporter in 2008, a fact quickly discovered when right-wing bloggers began scouring Facebook photos and friends lists, as well as FEC filings, in search of info about the girl's mother, a "political hack." Why? To unmask the girl's "campaign ties," of course.
In other words, her mom did what a few million other Americans did last fall, yet in the eyes of Fox News, Michelle Malkin, and the mob leaders, that suddenly meant the woman's daughter had "campaign ties"? And for right-wing bloggers, that meant the kid was fair game for ridicule? That meant that, of course, she deserved to be mocked as a "leftist plant." (The caped crusaders online never unearthed a single fact suggesting that the young girl was coached on her question or that Obama knew what it would be before he called on her. By "plant," the mob simply meant the schoolgirl was the daughter of a Democrat, as if that were news or even relevant.)
The right wing's latest attack on children was even more astonishing. Fresh off her humiliating claim that 2 million people showed up at the September 12 anti-Obama rally in Washington, D.C., (she was only off by 1.9 million), Malkin urged readers to wallow in disgust over the fact that 18 New Jersey 7-year-olds sang a song in honor of the new president.
Directly and indirectly, the second-graders were attacked as being "creepy," "Obama-worshipping drones" and cultish members of the "Hitler Youth." Why? Because they sang a song during Black History Month that honored the accomplishments of America's first black president. The whole thing was "sick," the hate mob announced.
Why so sick? Because it was just like what Hitler did! (Again with the Hitler fetish from the far-right fever swamp?)
[W]hen those of us who study history see videos like the one below, it chills us to the bone. It is decidedly reminiscent of the indoctrination techniques that took place in 1930s Germany.
That's right: A massive, mandatory, state-run indoctrination initiative implemented by a fascist German dictator was just like when a single school teacher in New Jersey independently, without the slightest involvement from the government, decided to teach second-graders a song about Obama. The comparison is almost too dumb for words. And am I the only one who thought the story would have worked as a pseudo-scandal only if the kids were videotaped singing the praise of another country's president? But in the loopy world of right-wing media, it's disgusting and disgraceful and cultish when kids today sing the praises of the president of the United States.
Welcome to Bizarro World, where patriotic schoolkids are now the enemy.
The whole senseless attack was painfully dumb and misdirected and represented a shocking invasion of the schoolchildren's privacy. But the mob had selected its target, which meant that the conservative media had to play along and hype the tale as incredibly important and potentially dangerous. In a desperate attempt to attach some drama to the story about kids who sang nice things about the president, FoxNews.com posted this ominous headline and subhead:
Elementary School Students Reportedly Taught Songs Praising President Obama: Nearly 20 young children are captured in an online video as they sing songs that overflow with campaign slogans and praise for "Barack Hussein Obama," as they repeatedly chant the president's name and celebrate his accomplishments. [The original headline can be seen in the page's URL.]
"Captured." Like, the little elementary schoolkids were trying to pull a fast one, but the news hounds at Fox busted them good! The comedy was that by "captured," Fox meant some parent or teacher taped the kids and put it on YouTube, like four months ago. But in the hands of Fox, the kids had been captured.
Mob rules, indeed.
But whenever the right wing ignites the crazies, it's no laughing matter. And in the case of the "sick," "creepy" second-graders signing up for duty in the "Hitler Youth," predictably, after much breathless snooping, the name of the offending elementary school was indentified and its phone number was posted online. And just as predictably, threats of violence began to pour in.
According to a Fox News online report:
The tension at B. Bernice Young Elementary School escalated to such a degree Thursday that the school was placed temporarily on lockdown after its principal received death threats over a YouTube video that showed nearly 20 children being taught songs lauding the president, though back-to-school night events continuing as planned Thursday night at the school.
Ironically, the Fox report was quickly scrubbed, and any mention of looming right-wing mob violence was edited out of the news story. Editors at Fox News can erase all the unseemly mentions of death threats they want, but when right-wing mobs online are whipped into a frenzy and sent out to attack private citizens, they always leave a mark.
By Davey D • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Barack obama, BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, Far Right Wing Nuts Protest a Elementary School where Kids Sung Song About Obama During Black History Month, N.J, Superintendent Christopher Manno
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When he should appoint a director from among the many employees of his ministry, the examination must encompass all the female staff in his ministry who prima facie have the basic skills required. If he must choose the candidate from among the many general public, his examination must encompass those sectors of the inhabitants where an acceptable female candidate is prone to be found. This does not imply that the minister must search, at any cost, to locate an unknown female candidate who has the required skills.
If implemented, the guidelines would change many aspects of every day life in Israel, the place gender segregation is allowed on buses, at funerals, in health care and on radio airwaves.
The Education Committee led to the establishment inside the Ministry of Education of a physique empowered to alter curricula, syllabi, and textbooks so as to ensure the inculcation of larger equality.
It is the only group in Israel with an integrated approach to women's health, utilizing an awareness- and prevention-driven model quite than a disease or service-based agenda.
But the impact on marriage patterns highlights the different questions ladies and men face when mapping out their private and skilled paths.
Objectively, the candidates fulfil the necessities of the position and the qualifications, and according to the fabric before us no-one doubts that this was a correct alternative, that befits the requirements and expectations of a director in that organization. In this situation, I do not suppose that we should always intervene in this matter, for the explanation that continuing adopted by the Minister and the consideration which led him to determine the query of the number of the candidate usually are not — within the special circumstances of this appointment — beyond the scope of reasonableness. We are left with the argument that setting aside the appointments will harm the candidates who have been appointed and who have already assumed their new positions.
The Untold Story on Israeli Girls You Have To Read or Be Overlooked
In the face of gender equality legislation, religious figures proceed to advertise and implement gender segregation in public spaces. The case of Affirmative Action displays one clear example of the profitable complementary work of women's advocates in the Knesset and in the nonprofit sector.
Up In Arms About Israel Women?
He fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War for Israel's independence and the wars following. Ruth Mayer Ruth Mayer was born in 1936 in Tel Aviv to dad and mom who immigrated to the British Mandate for Palestine in the Twenties from Romania and Latvia. Like many Jewish individuals israeli women in Europe main as a lot as and during WWII , Mayer's household wished to immigrate to Israel. It is what's taught and known as the Jewish homeland in all Jewish and Torah (the Jewish/Hebrew Bible) teachings.
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Gender equality is way from realized in Israeli society overall; ladies in Israel earn on average 35 p.c lower than their male colleagues and are grossly underrepresented in management roles throughout completely different sectors and in local government. When it involves the proportion of female legislators within the Knesset, Israel's House of Representatives, Israel perennially lags behind the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development member country common for female legislators, which as of 2017 is only 28.eight %. Moreover, while Israel was the third country traditionally to democratically elect a feminine head of state with the election of Golda Meir in 1969, a comparison of the charges of performing female parliamentarians throughout 193 nations in 2019 lists Israel as 54th worldwide. In 1975, a reform in native authorities legal guidelines designated the position of mayor as the one directly elected political workplace .
It's a versatile career in that it's attainable to work part-time, change to different settings mid-career and obtain work-life stability," she defined. Ironically, these numbers really replicate a major improvement over the previous few decades. Although between 1961 and 1999 the variety of acting female Knesset Members by no means rose above twelve, or 10 p.c of performing MKs, representation surged between 1999 and 2015 from 14 to 29 feminine MKs. The 2015 elections continued this upward development, with female MKs ultimately occupying 36 out of 120 seats after the retirement of a quantity of male MKs through the twentieth Knesset session, permitting Israel to quickly surpass the OECD common.
It is no accident that the minister chose to painting Jewish Israeli girls as "loyal companions" to the "Zionist pioneers" and never as "pioneers" themselves. Even although in another texts — each authorized and non-legal — ladies are portrayed as equal partners in the effort to "build a new society," the picture of girls as "loyal companions" to the male pioneer is sort of widespread. In addition, the minister's justification of the legislation presents it as a "reward" for women's "good conduct," not as a fundamental right to which girls are entitled as equal citizens of the state. This notion of girls being "incomplete citizens" has numerous other manifestations. The largest increase in women's political leadership has been in the sphere of local government. While the number of women MKs has remained comparatively secure because the early days of the state, the variety of girls taking part in native politics has elevated systematically.
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A vehicle includes a mirror mounted near the roof for reflecting an image generated by a display source. The display source and mirror are shaped and positioned to provide a virtual image of the image generated by the display source which is focused at infinity.
The present invention pertains to a vehicular display providing information to a driver of the vehicle, and more particularly to a vehicular display in an overhead console.
It is desirable to display vehicle information such as the vehicle's directional heading, outside temperature, inside temperature, vehicle speed, keyless entry training information, and other information to the driver of the vehicle. The information is preferably displayed at a location which is both convenient for the driver of the vehicle and does not interfere with the driver's field of vision through the windshield. Ideally, the driver should not be required to look away from the road for long periods of time in order to read the display information.
Some rearview mirror assemblies integrally include a display of information such as the time, warnings of low oil pressure, excessive water temperature, low fuel level, and seat belts unfastened. The information displayed in the rearview mirror is convenient for drivers of the vehicles as they are accustomed to looking at the mirror while operating the vehicle. However, the information display reduces the reflective surface area of the mirror and thus interferes with the driver's rear vision.
A particularly advantageous display location is above the rearview mirror in a rearview mirror assembly. An example of a display above the mirror in a rearview mirror assembly is disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/567,390 filed Aug. 14, 1990, entitled ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE OPTIONS, and assigned to the present assignee. An information display above the mirror does not physically interfere with the driver's field of vision through the rearview mirror as the information display does not utilize the surface area of the mirror. Furthermore, the displayed information is convenient as it is directly above the reflective surface of the mirror.
Overhead consoles located above the rearview mirror and between the driver and passenger sunvisors also may include electronic displays for vehicle information. Examples of overhead consoles are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,505,054 entitled MAGNETIC SENSOR MOUNTING SYSTEM issued to Clark et al on Mar. 19, 1985; U.S. Pat. No. 4,546,551 entitled ELECTRIC CONTROL SYSTEM issued to Franks on Oct. 15, 1985; U.S. Pat. No. 4,677,381 entitled FLUXGATE SENSOR ELECTRICAL DRIVE METHOD AND CIRCUIT issued to Geerlings on Jun. 30, 1987. Each of these consoles includes a display located above the vehicle's rearview mirror. The display location is convenient for the driver of the vehicle and does not interfere with the driver's field of vision.
Although vehicle information displays in overhead consoles and above-the-mirror in mirror assemblies do not interfere with the driver's field of vision, the driver must focus on an image which is relatively close to the driver's head. Because the driver is typically looking down the road and focusing at objects a significant distance outside the vehicle just prior to reading the display, the driver cannot quickly and easily focus on the displayed information. Further, if the driver wears bifocals or trifocals, the driver must adjust his head position to bring the reading portion of his eyeglass lens into position for reading the display.
So-called heads-up vehicular displays include a half mirror or a partially reflective surface positioned within the driver's field of vision to display information to the driver of the vehicle. These systems provide a virtual image remote from the vehicle. However, these systems include a partially reflective surface within the driver's line of sight, such as on a dashboard or in the vehicle's windshield above the steering wheel. Thus, the displays may interfere with the driver's line of vision if the image in the reflective surface is strong. Further, the partially reflective surface is mounted on the windshield or the dashboard where ambient sunlight reduces the strength of the information image in the reflective surface and direct sunlight can completely obscure the image. If the image is weak, the driver has difficulty seeing the image on the reflective surface.
The system of the present invention represents an improvement over the prior art by displaying information at a location which does not interfere with the driver's field of vision and provides a virtual image remote from the vehicle. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention a curvilinear target mirror is mounted within a vehicle in an overhead position and reflects an image produced by a display source. With such a system, the virtual image of the display source image is remote from the vehicle. Accordingly, the driver does not have to focus at a relatively short distance to read the display after focusing on remote objects through the vehicle's windshield or rearview mirror even though the mirror is relatively close. This feature is particularly advantageous to drivers who wear bifocals or trifocals which must be physically moved to focus on objects at different distances. Additionally, the full mirror image is easily discerned in all ambient light conditions.
FIG. 6a and FIG. 6b is an electrical circuit diagram, partly in block and schematic form, of a programmable control circuit and transceiver for the display system of the present invention.
Referring initially to FIG. 1, there is shown an information display system 10 embodying the present invention and which includes a target mirror 11 which in the preferred embodiment is mounted within an overhead console 12 attached to the roof structure of a vehicle 13. Overhead console 12 is approximately centrally located adjacent the top edge of windshield 14, typically just above the rearview mirror 18 located between the driver sunvisor 16 and the passenger sunvisor 17. Target mirror 11 reflects an image generated by a display source assembly 22 such that the virtual image of the display source image seen in mirror 11 is remote from vehicle 13. Overhead console 12 also includes map/reading lamps 23 and 24 which are actuated by switches 25 and 26 respectively, a garage door opening transmitter (not shown),a switch 27 for actuating the garage door opening transmitter; and a three position code selection control switch 28 for operation of any one or more of three garage door receivers. Examples of overhead consoles including features other than the target mirror 11 are illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 4,558,899 entitled COLLAPSIBLE VISOR issued on Dec. 17, 1985; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,738,481 entitled OVERHEAD CONSOLE OF A VEHICLE issued to Watjer et al on Apr. 19, 1988.
Mirror 11 is preferably adjustably mounted within an overhead console 12 as illustrated in FIG. 1 using a ball and socket adjustable mount as seen in detail in FIG. 2 which shows the structure with the console housing 29 removed and part of the headliner 15 broken away. A base 34 (FIG. 2) is attached to the roof header 40 of vehicle 13 by threaded fasteners 35-39 in a conventional manner. Header 40 in turn is welded to the roof 61 of vehicle 13. Mirror 11 is coupled to base 34 by a universal joint 44 to allow adjustment of the mirror. Joint 44 includes a ball 46 with a projecting arm 47 attached to a rear mounting bracket 48 of housing 50 for mirror 11. Ball 46 pivots within socket 49 secured to base 34 in a conventional manner. Housing 50 includes a frame 52 which surrounds and supports mirror 11 and a backing plate 54 to which bracket 48 is secured in a conventional manner. Plate 54 is secured to the rear of housing 50 by a plurality of fastening screws 55. The joint 44 and mirror housing thus is of the type used in connection with rearview mirrors to allow mirror 11 to pivot such that the driver of the vehicle can adjust the position of mirror 11 for an optimal view of the virtual image displayed.
Mirror 11 is preferably positioned within overhead console housing 29 below roof 61. Console housing 29 together with roof 61 shade mirror 11 from sunlight. Consequently, a clear, well-defined image is generated in mirror 11 regardless of ambient light conditions and the position of the sun.
Display source assembly 22 is also located in the roof area of a vehicle and is positioned to project an image onto mirror 11 for display to the operator. Assembly 22 includes a display source 62 located within a housing 63 attached to the roof 61 of vehicle 13. Display assembly 22 is preferably mounted within the housing 29 of the overhead console 12 (FIG. 1). Display housing 63 is coupled to support member 64 by a threaded fastener (not shown) which is received in slot 74 of support member 64 which is attached to spacers 65 and 66 by four threaded fasteners 67, 68, 69, 70. Spacers 65 and 66 are attached to roof 61 of vehicle 13 by an adhesive if the spacer is plastic, or by spot welding if the spacer is steel. Spacers 65 and 66 include threaded bores (not shown) which receive threaded fasteners 67-70.
The display source 62 is conventionally mounted on a printed circuit board 71 (FIG. 6b) in housing 63 to position the source 62, such as a vacuum fluorscent display, in a plane generally parallel to and facing mirror 11 to project a virtual image in target mirror 11 which is easily discerned by drivers regardless of their driving position and height. A fine focus adjustment device 65 (shown schemetically in FIG. 6b), such as a hand wheel focus knob or a manually actuated electric motor, may be included in assembly 22 for adjusting the position of the display source 62. The fine adjustment moves the display housing 63 in slot 74 of support member 64 allowing the driver of the vehicle to precisely focus the image in target mirror 11 for their particular driving position.
Display source 62 generates an object image of information such as the vehicle heading, the vehicle speed, keyless entry training information, garage door opener training information, outside temperature, and inside temperature, as well as warnings such as excessive water temperature, low oil pressure, alternator, seat belt unfastened and low fuel level. Display source 62 is most preferably a vacuum fluorescent display controlled by a driver circuit 75 (FIG. 6b) mounted on circuit board 71 in housing 63. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a display source 62 for displaying vehicle heading information and exterior temperatures includes 3 characters, each of which is 8 mm high for generating alphanumeric vehicle heading information or numeric temperature information. It also includes 3 fixed characters which are 3 mm high for displaying a calibration indication "CAL", and finally, a temperature indicator including a 2 mm circle and an overlaid character which is 4 mm high, the circle and overlaid character selectively forming "°C." or "°F.". The total width of all the characters is 24 mm. The display produces a light image having a brightness between 600 and 1200 foot Lamberts, and most preferably outputs an image with a brightness of 900 foot Lamberts. The display uses blue/green phosphorous, although other phosphorous colors may be used. Circuit 75 is electrically connected to the vehicle's electrical system by cable 73. A particularly advantageous control circuit 75 for display assembly 22 is disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/567,390 filed on Aug. 14, 1990 and entitled ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE OPTIONS, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
Display source 62 is preferably positioned approximately halfway between center C (FIG. 3), which is the center of the sphere formed by extending spherically concave mirror 11 into a complete sphere, and mirror 11. Axis A extends through the center of mirror 11 and display source 62. The driver's left eye 72 and right eye 73 are illustrated on opposite sides of axis A in FIG. 3. However, the image in target 11 remains clear so long as both of the driver's eyes 72 and 73 remain within the area defined by sides Sa and Sb of angles α and B. For the 7.62 cm×12.7 cm mirror used in the prefered embodiment, angles α and B are 15°. Angles α and B are increased by using a larger mirror. If one of the driver's eyes moves beyond the area defined by angles α and B, the driver will see a double image in mirror 11.
With reference to FIG. 4, the vehicle driver's left eye 72 is positioned below mirror 11. The display source 62 is positioned below roof 61 such that as mirror 11 is adjusted for drivers with different heights, the image from display source 62 will remain in mirror 11. Thus, display source 62 is positioned adjacent roof 61 to insure that the display source is not positioned directly between the driver and mirror 11 when a tall driver is operating vehicle 13. Accordingly, display source assembly 22 does not block the image in mirror 11 when a tall driver 72a (FIG. 4) is operating vehicle 13 and adjusts the mirror to position 11a. For short drivers, represented by left eye 72c, the mirror is adjusted to position 11c. An average height driver 72b adjusts mirror 11 to the central position represented by mirror position 11b. Consequently, tall drivers 72a see the image of the display source 62 in lower reflective surface area of mirror 11 whereas a driver of average height 72b sees the image in the central surface area of the mirror and a short driver 72a sees the image in the upper reflective surface area of mirror 11.
The relationship between the position of the display at infinity mirror 11 and the virtual image (FIG. 5) is defined by the following equation: ##EQU1## where: f is the focal length of mirror 11 (f=1/2 the radius of a spherical mirror); d is distance from object to mirror; and i is distance from mirror to the virtual image. Thus, the virtual image is a distance "e" between the driver's eyes and mirror 11 plus a distance "i" between mirror 11 and the virtual image. In one implementation of display according to the invention, the distance between the display source 62 and the target 11 is approximately 30.5 cm and the focal length for the spherical mirror 25 cm. Thus, the distance from the eye position to the virtual image is greater than 122 cm and the virtual image will appear to be at infinity.
Having described the overall preferred display system and its relationship to the vehicle, a description of a circuit 75 for driving the display source is now presented in connection with the circuit diagrams of FIGS. 6a and 6b.
The radio frequency transceiver circuit 76 (FIG. 6a) is mounted within the housing 63 of display assembly 22. Transceiver circuit 76 receives radio frequency signals from a remote keyless transmitter (not shown) and garage door opening remote control transmitters (not shown). The radio frequency circuit 76 also transmits radio frequency signals to a receiver to activate garage door opening mechanisms (not shown) responsive to a GDO switch 27 (FIG. 6b) and a three position switch 28. Three position switch 28 is used to select the frequency or the digital code of the signal transmitted by transceiver 76. A particularly advantageous radio frequency transceiver circuit is disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/567,390 filed on Aug. 14, 1990 and entitled ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
A microcontroller 77 (FIG. 6b) controls the circuit operation and may be a commercially available IC 68HC05B6, which includes a nonvolatile memory 78; however, any appropriate microprocessor may be used. Transceiver circuit 76 is connected to nine terminals 80 of a microcontroller 77 through 9 conductors in cable 79. The 9 conductors include 7 frequency and/or code selection conductors for coupling a control signal from microcontroller 77 to transceiver 76 which controls the frequency or code of the signal generated by the transceiver. The 9 conductors also include an input conductor for coupling an activation signal from the microcontroller to transceiver 76 and output conductor for coupling a detection signal from transceiver 76 to microcontroller 77. The activation signal from microcontroller 77 controls transceiver 76 to transmit a signal for activating a garage door opening mechanism.
An interrupt input terminal 81 of microcontroller 77 is connected to receive interrupt signals from several input sources. Thus, the output conductor from transceiver 77 in cable 79 is connected via a diode 82 to interrupt input terminal 81 of the microcontroller. Interrupt input terminal 81 is also coupled to a left map lamp switch 25 through a pull-up resistor 84 and a diode 85. A right map lamp switch 26 is similarly coupled to interrupt input terminal 81 of microcontroller 77 via a pull-up resistor 87 and a diode 88. The cathodes of diodes 85 and 88 will be held at a high logic level (approximately 5 volts) by pull-up resistors 84 and 87, respectively, until switch 25 or switch 26 is closed, which will lower the cathode potential to a low logic level (ground potential). A courtesy input 90 is coupled to interrupt input terminal 81 of microcontroller 77 via pull-up resistor 91 and a diode 92. Courtesy input 90 is connected to courtesy switch 110. Pull-up resistor 91 holds the cathode of diode 92 at a high logic level when the vehicle doors are closed. When one or more of the vehicle doors are open, courtesy input 90 will have a low logic level thereon, which will cause the cathode of diode 92 to be at a low logic level. Thus it can be seen that pull-up resistor 91 holds input terminal 81 high until the cathode of one of the diodes, 82, 85, 88, or 92, is brought to a low logic level, which will cause the diode having a low logic level on the cathode to be forward biased to pull input terminals 81 to a low logic level.
Switch 25 is connected to left map lamp input terminal 95 and switch 26 is connected to right map lamp input terminal 96. Input terminals 95 and 96 of microcontroller 77 will have low logic levels thereon when switches 25 and 26, respectively, are closed. Microcontroller 77 is connected to the courtesy switch 110 via interface circuit 100. The microcontroller input connected to courtesy switch 110 has a low logic level thereon when the courtesy input is at a low logic level indicating one of the vehicle doors is open. Microcontroller 77 is connected to the output lead of from transceiver circuit 76 in cable 79. The transceiver outputs a low logic level signal to one of terminals 80 of microcontroller 77 when an RF signal is detected by transceiver 76. The microcontroller is responsive to an interrupt, which will be detected by interrupt terminal 81 having a low logic level thereon, for reading input terminals 80, 95, 96 and 114 to determine the source of the interrupt. The microcontroller will then control the map lamps, the transceiver, etc. . . . , on the basis of which input terminal, 80, 95, 96 or 114 has a low logic level thereon simultaneously with the interrupt input terminal 81.
An interface circuit 100 is connected to the vehicle electrical system via wiring harness 73a and to microcontroller 77 via data bus 111 to couple input signals to the microcontroller. Switches 101 and 102 provide information indicating the locked condition of the vehicle doors to the microcontroller. Interface circuit 100 connects a key cylinder switch 103 to microcontroller 77 whereby microcontroller 77 detects the existence of an ignition key in the cylinder. The ignition-on sensor switch 104 and a motion detecting tamper switch 105 are coupled to microcontroller 77 through interface circuit 100. An alarm disarm switch 106 is connected to microcontroller 77 responsive to which the microcontroller disarms the security alarm when a key is used to unlock the driver or front passenger door. The unlock and lock enable switches 107 and 108 are associated with a gear shift lever for providing a park position and a drive position control signal to the microcontroller. A headlight on switch 109 provides information regarding the headlight activation condition to microcontroller 77. The courtesy light switch 110 provides a signal indicating all the status of the vehicle doors. All of these input switches provide a binary 0 or 1 through their coupling to ground or +5 volts depending on their state of actuation to provide a ten-bit binary signal to the microcontroller input terminals 102 which responds to provide a variety of control functions through a conventional output interface circuit 115 output interface 115 is connected to the vehicle electrical system via wiring harness 73b. A data bus 111 comprises eleven parallel data lines for each of the inputs 100-110 which is connected to a respective one of eleven input terminals 114.
The microcontroller 77 includes thirteen output terminals 113 connected by thirteen parallel output conductors in data bus 116 to output interface circuit 115 which comprises a plurality of driver amplifiers such as FET amplifier circuits for providing control output signals. The control output signals are used either directly for controlling vehicle controlled devices such as courtesy lights or for activating existing vehicle control circuits such as a horn relay, a trunk release relay, door locks, ETC. The various outputs are specifically labeled for one embodiment of circuit 75, it being understood that circuit 115 comprises a driver circuit of suitable current carrying capacity for each of the output conductors associated with each of the controlled items indicated. Data bus 116, therefore, comprises a parallel dataline for each of the controlled outputs such that more than one can be actuated at the same time.
Microcontroller 77 provides a keyless entry system responsive to a remote transmitter (not shown) for unlocking the driver door only, the driver and passenger door, the vehicle trunk, or locking all the vehicle doors. Keyless entry functions optionally include automatic locking of the vehicle doors when the vehicle's transmission is placed in park; all doors are locked after a predetermined delay; all doors of vehicle 13 are locked when the last door is closed; walk-away lighting; a security alarm; and illuminated entry. A particularly advantageous keyless entry system is disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/467,541 entitled VEHICLE SYSTEMS CONTROL filed Jan. 19, 1990, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
Four terminals 123 of microcontroller 77 are connected to an electromagnetic field sensor 124 through four parallel conductors in a cable 125. Particularly effective compass circuits for generating the vehicle heading information are described in detail in U.S. Patent CONTINUOUS CALIBRATION issued on Sep. 4, 1990; U.S. Pat. No. 4,953,305 entitled VEHICLE COMPASS WITH AUTOMATIC U.S. Pat. No. 4,546,551 entitled ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM, issued Oct. 15, 1985; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,424,631 entitled ELECTRICAL COMPASS, issued Jan. 10, 1984, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Signals from one or more temperature sensors (not shown) mounted externally and/or internally to vehicle 13 are connected to a temperature circuit 127 via a conductor 128. Temperature circuit 127 in turn couples an output signal on conductor 129 to the temperature input terminal 130 of the microcontroller. Temperature sensors may be provided in the form of thermistors, and temperature circuit 128 may comprise a buffer for interfacing between the sensor(s) and microcontroller input terminal 130.
A power supply 133 provides a regulated +5 VDC reference potential on terminal 134 and a regulated +12 VDC reference potential on terminal 135. Circuits for providing the regulated voltages are well known and accordingly will not be described in further detail herein. Power supply 133 receives power from the vehicle battery VB via a battery conductor 136 and a ground conductor 137. A vehicle ignition signal is applied to power supply 133 at ignition sense input terminal 138 through conductor 139. Wiring harness 73c includes conductors 136, 137, 139 and 128.
A nonvolatile memory (NVM) 78 is connected to input/output terminals 140 of microcontroller 77 via a bidirectional bus 141, and retains status information when the ignition of vehicle 13 is turned off. FET switches 142 and 143 are connected to output terminals 144 and 145 of microcontroller 77 via conductors 146 and 147. Output signals from terminal 144 of the microcontroller 77 control map lamp switch 26 is actuated or courtesy input 110 changes switch 142 to actuate left map lamp 23 when either the left state. Output 145 controls switch 143 to actuate right map lamp 24 when either the right map lamp switch 25 or courtesy input 110 changes state.
A garage door opener (GDO) switch 27 is connected to a GDO switch input terminal 148 of microcontroller 77 via a pull-up resistor 149. Switch 27 controls the microcontroller to train to a remote transmitter of a garage door mechanism or to transmit a stored control signal for a garage door mechanism. A three position slide switch 28 is connected to input terminals 150 of microcontroller 77. The slide switch positions correspond to memory locations for GDO control signals. Accordingly, a signal to be transmitted by the trainable transmitter will be retrieved from the memory location corresponding to the switch position.
Display 62 generates the source image for information display system 10. Display 62 may be provided by a vacuum fluorescent display which draws a large current (on the order of 150 mA). Display driver 152 is connected to output 153 of microcomputer 77 via bus 154. The display circuit includes a transistor which will disconnect the display driver to eliminate the large current drain when the vehicle is not turned on. The vacuum fluorescent display source 62 is preferably a reverse display such that the reflected image in target mirror 11 is readable to the driver of the vehicle 13. Display source 62 preferably includes alphanumeric, numeric and warning symbols. The warning symbols include excessive water temperature, low oil pressure, low fuel, seat belts unfastened and emergency brake actuated. The alphanumeric and numeric characters display vehicle heading information such as N, S, NE, SE, NNE, SSE, etc., the speed of vehicle 13; the interior and exterior ambient temperatures; and training information. The display thus displays information which informs the driver of a variety of parameters and that the garage door opener circuit has trained to a remote control transmitter; that the vehicle security alarm is activated; that the doors of vehicle 13 are locked; and that last door closed will lock all the doors of the vehicle responsive to control from keyless entry circuit 13.
Programs for microcontroller 77 are shown in co-pending patent applications Ser. No. 07/567,390 entitled ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE OPTIONS and Ser. No. 07/467,541 entitled VEHICLE SYSTEMS CONTROL, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
In operation, upon entering the vehicle, the driver of the vehicle adjusts the rearview mirror 15 and the display at infinity mirror 11 for the operators driving position. Mirror 11 magnifies the image and presents a virtual image of the display information which is remote from the vehicle. The display at infinity mirror 11 is positioned above rearview mirror 15 in a position where it may be viewed by the driver of the vehicle without taking his or her eyes off the road for an extended period of time. Because vehicle operators are typically in the habit of looking at the rearview mirror, looking above the rearview mirror to view the image reflected by mirror 11 does not interfere with typical driving habits. Additionally, the placement of mirror 11 is out of the line of sight of the driver of the vehicle, and thus will not distract the operator of vehicle 13 during normal operation of the vehicle. Target mirror 11 is also positioned below the vehicle roof in such a manner that the vehicle roof shades the reflective surface from incident sunlight.
Thus it can be seen that a display is disclosed which provides vehicle information to the driver in a convenient and safe location. Additionally, the mirror provides a display which is focused at infinity such that the driver of the vehicle will not have to focus at a close object to view the information display. This is especially advantageous to persons who wear bifocals or trifocals as the same portion of their eyeglass lens may be used to view the display as is used for viewing objects outside the vehicle.
It will become apparent to those skilled in the art the various modifications to the preferred embodiment of the invention as described herein and can be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
further including a base positioned within said overhead console, said mirror pivotally attached to said base whereby the driver may adjust the position of said mirror for different driving positions of the driver of the vehicle.
2. The focus at infinity display as defined in claim 1 further including means for adjusting the position of said display source to focus the virtual image viewed by the driver.
wherein the position of said display source is adjustable to focus the virtual image viewed by the driver of the vehicle.
4. The focus at infinity display as defined in claim 3 wherein said mirror has a magnification of 7.
5. The focus at infinity display as defined in claim 4 wherein said display source is a vacuum fluorescent display.
wherein said display source is a vacuum fluorescent display.
whereby said overhead console and said display assembly are mounted to said roof structure and said mirror is mounted in said overhead console at a position above a rearview mirror and between vehicle sunvisors such that the vehicle driver viewing said mirror sees a reflection of said virtual image in said mirror which has an altered focal distance.
wherein the position of said display means is adjustable to focus the virtual image viewed by a driver of the vehicle.
9. The vehicle headliner display as defined in claim 8 wherein said mirror has a magnification of 7.
10. The vehicle headliner display as defined in claim 9 wherein said display means includes a vacuum fluorescent display.


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Q: strlen() warning concerning conversion between pointers | C99 | CLion C99 | CLion 2020.3.1
While using the strlen() function, CLion showed the warning
"Passing 'unsigned char [20]' to parameter of type 'const char *' converts between pointers to
integer types with different sign"

The program compiles and executes as desired, though.
Relevant code:
unsigned char arr[20] = "foo";
unsigned int len = strlen(arr);

If someone could please help me understand the warning and has a good way to fix it, that would be much appreciated.

A: Strings shouldn't be unsigned.  Change the type to char arr[20].

A: The reason of the warning is that the function strlen expects a pointer of the type char * while you are using an argument expression of the type unsigned char * and there is no implicit conversion from one type to another.
Just use explicit casting to the type char *
size_t len = strlen( ( char * )arr);

Otherwise change the element type of the array from the type unsigned char to the type char.
It is better to declare the variable len as having the type size_t because it is the type of the returned value of the function strlen.

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extern LIBLOG_HIDDEN struct listnode __android_log_transport_write;
extern LIBLOG_HIDDEN struct listnode __android_log_persist_write;

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__END_DECLS

#endif /* _LIBLOG_CONFIG_WRITE_H__ */

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E3 2019 ⋮ Gaming
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540p handheld, 720p, with dynamic resolution enabled, on screen.
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Set to launch this year both digitally and in retail, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Complete Editionfor Nintendo Switch comes with the base game, as well as every piece of additional content ever released. This includes both story expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, as well as all 16 free DLCs. In total, the Complete Edition offers over 150 hours of gameplay, for the first time playable truly on the go. The game is being ported to Nintendo Switch by Saber Interactive in close cooperation with CD PROJEKT RED.
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Loretta Elizabeth Wuertz, age 95, of Waite Park, MN died October 14, 2018 at St. Benedict's Senior Community, St. Cloud.
Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, October 19, 2018 at 10:00 AM at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Waite Park, MN. Visitation will be Thursday, October 18, 2018 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM at Benson Funeral Home, St. Cloud, MN and one hour prior to the service at church on Friday. Burial will be in St. Benedict's Cemetery, Avon, MN.
Loretta was born on March 26, 1923 in Avon, MN to Peter and Barbara (Mergen) Ludwig. She was married to Othmar Wuertz on June 5, 1944 at St. Margaret's Catholic Church, Lake Henry, MN. Loretta worked at JC Penny's for many years. She was a member and active volunteer at St. Joseph's Catholic Church and school where she volunteered in many capacities, the cakewalk at the church festival and Christian Women. Loretta was also a member of St. Bertha's Card Group, Waite Park Senior Citizens, and Madonna Mission Group. Loretta was an avid 500 card player, and no bid was too high for her. She liked to play Scrabble with her children. Loretta had a green thumb, could grow anything she wanted in her garden, and it gave her great joy. Loretta had a very strong faith and connection to God. She still said her prayers in German, her first language.
She is survived by her children, Robert (Doris) Wuertz of Fridley, MN; Henry (Pam) Wuertz of Blaine, MN: Lester (Barb)Wuertz of Richmond, KS; Ramona (Tim Maselter) Wuertz of Cambridge, MN; Beverly Fisher of Spring Lake Park, MN; Annette Wuertz of Roseville, MN; Joan (Jerry "Fred") Fredson of Eagan, MN; Katherine Mrozek of Fridley, MN; Patrice (Scott) Alexander of Roseville, MN; Paulette (Steve) Schwegman of St. Cloud, MN; Caroline (Joe) Martinez of Tomah, WI; siblings Mike Ludwig of Melrose, MN; Herb Ludwig of Buffalo, MN; Florentine Zipko of Maplewood, MN; Anita Guiliani of Maplewood, MN; 28 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Othmar on Sept 13, 2001; infant daughter, Mary Jane; son-in-law Wayne Fisher, sisters, Genevieve Ludwig, Katherine Ludwig, Florence Graham, Olivia Salzl, Mary Ann Fasbender and an infant sister; brothers, Celestine, Peter, and Robert Ludwig and an infant brother Michael.
The family would like to thank the staffs at Ridgeview Place, St. Benedict's Senior Community and CentraCare Hospice for the care they provided Loretta.
Memorials are preferred to the Loretta Wuertz Scholarship Fund at St. Joseph's Parish.
Filed Under: Benson Funeral Home
Categories: Obituaries


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Amendments proposed to the Local Government Bill [Lords] - continued House of Commons
Mr Nigel Waterson
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr David Curry
Mr Peter Atkinson
Mr Tim Loughton
Clause 20, page 13, line 18, leave out 'or other action taken,'and insert 'prior to their enactment,'.
Clause 20, page 13, line 32, at end insert—
'(f) to advise the executive on the future discharge of its executive functions.'.
Hilary Armstrong
Clause 20, page 13, line 40, at beginning insert 'Subject to subsection (4A)'.
Clause 20, page 13, line 40, leave out 'may not discharge any' and insert 'may by resolution of the authority discharge'.
'(4A) If or to the extent that a local authority's function of conducting best value reviews under section 5 of the Local Government Act 1999 is not the responsibility of an executive of the authority, the authority may arrange for their overview and scrutiny committee (or any of their overview and scrutiny committees) to conduct such a review.'.
'( ) A sub-committee of an overview and scrutiny committee may not discharge any functions other than those conferred on it under subsection (5)(b).'.
'( ) Where a member of a relevant overview and scrutiny committee finds that a decision by or on behalf of the executive ought to be subject to immediate review he may, with the agreement of two members of the relevant overview and scrutiny committee, cause the decision to be delayed until that overview and scrutiny committee has considered the matter'.
'( ) Subsections (2) and (5) of section 102 of the Local Government Act 1972 are to apply to an overview and scrutiny committee of a local authority, or a sub-committee of such a committee, as they apply to a committee appointed under that section.'.
Clause 20, page 14, line 28, at end insert 'or a sub-committee of such a committee'.
Clause 20, page 14, line 33, at end add—
'(12) The authority shall appoint officers to assist the overview and scrutiny committees in discharging their functions, and such officers may not also report to the executive.'.
'(7) Any of the Head of the Paid Service, the Monitoring Officer and the officer appointed by the authority under section 151 of the Local Government Act 1972 may issue a summons to a meeting of an overview or scrutiny committee and may place on the agenda of such committee any matter which falls within the responsibility of such committee'.
Clause 21, page 14, line 35, leave out 'or held in private' and insert 'unless necessary to exclude the public for individual items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 (all reports) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.'.
Clause 21, page 14, line 37, leave out from 'decide' to end of line 39 and insert 'which parts of its meetings, and which parts of any committee of the executive are to be held in private.'.
Page 14, line 34, leave out Clause 21.
Schedule 1, page 66, line 11, leave out 'the deputy mayor of the executive' and insert 'his deputy (referred to in this paragraph as the deputy mayor)'.
Schedule 1, page 66, line 13, leave out 'of the executive'.
Schedule 1, page 66, line 27, leave out 'or the authority'.
Schedule 1, page 66, line 27, at end insert—
'( ) In the case of a local authority in Wales, the deputy mayor is entitled to the style of "dirprwy maer".'.
'( ) Section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 does not apply to the function of determining the number of councillors under sub-paragraph (2)(a).'.
Schedule 1, page 66, line 38, leave out paragraph 3.
Schedule 1, page 67, line 2, leave out 'of the executive'.
'( ) The reference in sub-paragraph (9) to a committee or sub-committee of the authority includes a reference to a joint committee on which the authority is represented or a sub-committee of such a committee.'.
Schedule 1, page 67, line 33, after 'appointment' insert 'by the elected mayor'.
Schedule 1, page 67, line 34, leave out 'advisory'.
Schedule 1, page 67, line 35, leave out 'advisory committee or committees' and insert 'committee as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (12)'.
'Meetings of executives and executive committees
. A member of a local authority who is not a member of the authority's executive is entitled to attend, and speak at, a meeting of the executive, or of a committee of the executive, only if invited to do so.'.
Schedule 1, page 69, line 13, leave out from 'the' to 'which' in line 14 and insert 'maintained schools which are maintained by the authority concerned and'.
Prepared 9 May 2000


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The Great 2011 Review Contest [Reviews: 200]
Page « 1, 2, 3 ... 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 »
mjohnson092088
Metal Slime
Spoonweaver wrote:
The Graphics in this game were above passable. This was some of Nate's best work. The mouth part, that I posted a screen shot of, really surprised me.
i think that tileset came from the jormandgundling's belly from wandering hamster.
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy... So here's some lunchmeat... Sandwich, maybe?
Spoonweaver
Oh.. I didn't actually notice.
I'm investigating that right now.
Oh man, why wasn't this brought up during the contest?!
.......damit Nathan, you tricked me. Maybe you said you had ripped those, and I didn't notice, maybe you didn't. Either way I was under the belief you had made all those graphics.
Newbie Newtype
Reigning Smash Champion
I knew those tiles looked too good to be Nathan's.
I did give him specific permission to use them, and I do think he mentioned it somewhere. Maybe in the contests thread?
Fenrir-Lunaris
New thought?: I regret voting this to 3rd place. I should have made it tied for first, but I wanted to play up Nathan Karr's game a bit because it was the best game he's ever made.This game is pretty darn good, but I don't suggest playing it.
I'm happy with the results myself, and No Eat is the best game Nathan Karr's made so far. From what I hear he's actually working on cleaning it up and even adding a bit of content to it, so it'll be interesting to see what it looks like after all the changes go through.
Not so with RD, there's no going "family friendly" with that one. But it does do a few things with it battles that I haven't seen in many OHR games, and if anything it's been more of an excuse to experiment with the transforming mechanics present in the newer nightly builds of the engine. So here's a few of the things it DOES do right, and if anyone wants to steal them, then by all means let's see them in a cleaner game. My verdict? - Transforming is awesome.
-> Most enemies suffer from the "Going Red" gimmick in that they power-up when reduced to a critical threshold of HP.
-> There's an enemy that has certain stages where it visibly swells up before bursting and dealing a large chunk of damage to the player. (how exactly it survives "exploding" is up to the player's imagination)
-> A dragon "brood mother" that spawns eggs. After a while the eggs hatch into little baby dragons.
-> The whole FF4 Bahamut fight where the enemy in question counts down, then transforms its appearance to unleash a devastating attack before reverting back. Superficially this is pretty much the same as the swelling-up bomb enemy.
-> Rita Repulsa's whole "make my monster grow" thing.
To friends long gone, and those I've yet to meet - thank you.
charbile
Checking No Eat's readme, I don't see any mention. Pretty sure he mentioned it somewhere else, yup.
Transforming enemies is very awesome. It's a step below animating enemies, but leagues above static ones.
One thing I have to credit Fen with is using that Fist of the North Star sound effect: after hearing it, wondering what it was from, I finally introduced myself to the most manly of manly anime. This is my preferred style of pop/cult reference, where I can find out about something I may have never cared to discover before. The same with that Harbinger thing that was pointed out. (still looking forward to the walkthrough.)
Nice to see Spoon reviewing some. Though I think most of these games really don't deserve much of a review, it's been fun to see what people think, (even if Giz is a super suck-up.)
Master K
Or maybe it doesn't have to survive. It could burst and that would end the battle. However, the final step in the attack would also erase the enemies rewards. Meaning, if you want the reward, kill it before it goes ka-boom!
Quest Game
Game info on the download page: "Educational game uploaded for transportation purpose. Please don't rate, and especially don't review yet."
You naughty, naughty people! Should be ashamed of yourselves.
Well, here goes :3
Saying it was for transportation purposes, it gave the impression this might be some kind of driving safety interactive school project kind of thing. Looking at what's in the zip file, it seems to be more like the author doesn't have a flash drive. There's an artwork and documents folder. Taking a peek, while it's a good sign that the author has documented their story, reading the few paragraphs that are there, I'm not expecting much. At this point, the interest is to see how well they implemented what little they wrote.
Graphics aren't bad. They remind me of Moytra's slightly, like if Newbie Newtype were half his current Kitten Master level.
Can't really write anything else. I have to agree with the author's wishes on this one.
Judgment: Don't review yet.
Ruin (25% Demo)
Best title screen so far. No contest. It's a cloaked figure on a mountain looking down at a castle and village. There's rain, but it doesn't look like it so much as it adds an interesting grainy film texture effect. (What is that logo image for HOCBJ Software?! a sippy box?)
Good intro, though the pacing of all the camera pans is a bit much. Need to speed it up, get the player pumped. Now's not the time to slow it down.
The graphics are wonderful. Top tier for an ohr game, excluding the ones where the artist has an understanding of certain technical things that's lacking here. Things like, knowing when and how to use gradients and that you don't need to use them for everything, being more selective with diffuse/dither shading, and basically knowing it's okay to not shade, understanding the overall palette color-contrast of a scene. Choosing colors wisely, not because the brick must be bright red, the floor a yellow brown, the overalls a bright blue, ie coloring the individual parts with the entire game screen in mind.
Love the hero's haircut. Finally, an ohr game where I get to play a manly man. Suggestion: for his portrait, give him bigger eyebrows. They look too wimpy compared to his beard and guile poof.
Derf talks too much. Need to cut text in the wakeup scene.
The prospects (side quest) menu is great. This game has some serious rpg meat to it that none so far have had.
Wow. If you explore the first house, you can find items where you wouldn't think you would. For instance, I found Derf's private journal, and after reading it, it asked what city was mentioned. Answering correctly, it gave me EXP points! Though I'm not 100% on the 'were you paying attention' aspect, it is a very nice touch.
You can search most anything. And you can push NPCs around.
Died in the first random battle on the overworld. While it's neat that the hero is smaller and moves slower there, it's not exactly more fun this way. Pacing, pacing, pacing. Don't draw anything out unless you mean to for special, limited effect.
I accidentally started a new game instead of loading, and noticed you can load from the in-game menu. It crashed the game.
Completing the first side quest earns you the ability to sprint. Don't know if the 'A' key is the best for this. Though it said it may not work everywhere, it's confusing if it can't work in the map or map thereafter once you get it.
Explored the underwater city, which is really neat. This is what rpgs are all about. Naturally, I died at the first random encounter.
I keep dying. I don't think it's best to have 1 hero face randoms stocked with 3 different types of enemies at the very beginning, who each can do things like poison, lower speed, etc. I've made the mistake too, and you don't have to change it for me, but it would feel wrong to not say this.
Judgment: Definitely worth a play.
PS, the quit arrow npc looks funny cause it begins by pointing down. A better solution would be to show a text box with a yes/no choice, and script a game over there (if you can without it returning to the title).
NO EXE FILELELELELEE
The title screen isn't much. But the subtitle: "beware of the void" has me hyped. It's a better title than the actual title.
Starting the game at x=0, y=0, I find myself on a grassy field full of houses. BUT! And this is important: I can see it all on a single screen, the first NPC I talk to says something short and highly interesting. So far the design is flipping expectations by doing no-no's in a way where they are okay.
Well, I was trying to be positive. The weapons in the store decrease speed by 5, and give only 5 or so to attack. It's not worth it. The writing and maps just bombed.
I love some of the flavor text, but the rest of this is pretty bad.
Judgment: In the right hands, this could be made into a winner.
Next up is Spellshard and Star Quest! Until next time~
Half of my current Kitten Master level is Motrya itself. Half of that looks way different from Quest Game.
SDHawk
You know. Maybe a DPS-esque (damage per second) display might be a good addition to the editor so people have an idea how to balance speed/damage.
Also yeah, I apologize for all the games that really don't need 5 reviews that are in the list. Next year I'll try to figure out some way to filter out the 100% newbie games. (with an opt-in for authors who really want their newbie game called out several times.)
Damage per second is a really good idea.
Don't know how to make the contest better. I don't mind the bad games so much as... games that don't have much to them, or who haven't fully realized their plot or design, who have so little that can be said about them... it's difficult to review one if a couple of people already have, who have said more than there ever was to say about it.
Maybe some rule like, if you feel the game is really bad, too short, etc, you can opt to write 3 paragraphs on what you would do, where you would take the game if you were serious about it. (with bonus points for every other user who gets offended haha)
And I was measuring Kitten Master levels as exponential. Sorry if that came out wrong. It only makes me wonder why you aren't using your MAX POWER
Yeah it's mostly the games with nothing in them that I meant- if it's bad then at least there's something to talk about. The substitute idea sounds like a better way to deal with it than outright removal.
You could just do what I do and ramble about something tangentially related to the game for 2 paragraphs


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angular.module('myApp.sell', ['ngRoute'])

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                $routeProvider.when('/sell', {
                    templateUrl: 'pages/4.viewSell/sell.html',
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        .controller('SellController', function ($scope, $q, $http, cartService) {
            $scope.init = function () {
                $scope.cart = {};
                $scope.getUsers()
                        .then(function () {
                            $scope.getClients()
                                    .then(function () {
                                        $scope.getProducts();
                                    });
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                $scope.cartData = cartService.getProducts();
            };
            $scope.getUsers = function () {
                var defer = $q.defer();
                $http.get('/api/getUserList')
                        .success(function (response) {
                            $scope.users = response;
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                                if ($scope.users[i] === $scope.currentUser.user) {
                                    $scope.cart.barber = $scope.users[i];
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                            }
                            defer.resolve();
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                return defer.promise;
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            $scope.getClients = function () {
                var defer = $q.defer();
                $http.get('/api/getClients')
                        .success(function (response) {
                            $scope.setPeopleList(response);
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                            alert("can't connect to database")
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            $scope.getProducts = function () {
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                        .success(function (response) {
                            $scope.products = response;
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                $scope.cartData = cartService.getProducts();
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                $scope.cart.client = person;
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@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *businessName;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *businessType;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *addressLine2;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *ratingDate;
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *postCode;

@property (nonatomic) int ratingValue;
@property (nonatomic) int confidenceValue;
@property (nonatomic) int hygieneValue;
@property (nonatomic) int structureValue;

@property (nonatomic) float latitude;
@property (nonatomic) float longitude;

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