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Altitude crazy +/-137679m
I have a trouble with altitude since 3 exits on bike.
I use Locus Map Pro 3.25.3 on my Nexus 4 (running with Android 5.1.1).
The altitude / elevation goes from -137679m to 137679m whereas I ride 80km .
You can see a screen capture attached .
My altitude setting in Locus Map is "Automatic correction, use altitude decalage, no pressure sensor.
What is going wrong ? What should I do?
Good day Denis,
to be true, I never saw such problem, interesting.
May you as first, export your track to GPX file and attach it here? I would like to check if whole track has incorrect values, or it's just few points that cause this mess.
Also did you tried any other application? Just to check if it is Locus only issue.
Last, when you open GPS screen in Locus, elevation values visible here at bottom are correct?
Thank you.
Hi Menion,
I attach the GPX file as demanded. I hope you will find what is going wrong.
This trouble has already happened the last three times, whereas I had no trouble before since I used Locus Map on the same Nexus 4, for almost 1 year. I had not changed anything on my phone.
When I open GPS screen in Locus, elevation values visible at bottom are correct (see 3rd attached file).
I tried another elevation application and the elevation value is the same as the Locus one (see 2nd attached file).
Thank you for solving my trouble
Good day Denis,
thank you for additional information, it helped! Issue is in method how Locus Map compute automatic offset in last few kilometers west of 0° longitude!! Issue found and fixed! Till next version I may suggest to set average elevation offset for your area as I see around 47.5 m or use NMEA offset value.
Sorry for a complications and thanks for reporting of this ugly issue.
It is great if you have found the fixing ! I will try tomorrow with an exit on my bike. I will let you know.
But, if I set the average elevation offset around 47.5m, will the elevation values be correct on my route ? How does it work ? Is it better than NMEA offset value ?
After that, I will wait for the next version with the fixing as soon as possible ;-) . When will you launch it ?
It is a problem, I'm just leaving on vacation and then I plan some more changes in app, so new version will be published somewhere in middle of October.
I forget to mention: if you track has incorrect recorded values like one you send me, use in track detail screen > tools > fill elevation tool. This use downloaded HGT files and replace all recorded values with quite usable ( mainly for non-alpine areas ) elevations. So you may use this also in cases, you set offset incorrectly.
Please check our manual for Altitude manager here: http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php?id=manual:user_guide:tools:altitude#altitude_offset , it should give you some answers.


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Lampeter (Welsh: Llanbedr Pont Steffan or, more informally, Llambed) is a small market town in Ceredigion, South West Wales.[1] It is at the confluence of the River Teifi and the Afon Dulas.[1] It is the third largest urban area in Ceredigion after Aberystwyth and Cardigan. One of the oldest universities in Britain, The University of Wales, Trinity St David, is located here.[2]
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Award-Winning Podcast "How Did This Get Made" Bringing Live Show To Richmond's Dominion Energy Center In July
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June 4, 2019 – (Richmond, VA) - Have you ever seen a movie so bad, it's good? Paul Scheer (The League, Black Monday), Jason Mantzoukas (The League, Brooklyn 99) and June Diane Raphael (Grace & Frankie, Long Shot) are experts in the best of the worst of cinema. On the award-winning HOW DID THIS GET MADE, they gather their funniest friends and subject themselves to a cinematic nightmare—and then podcast the results. Now, you can be in on the conversation live on Saturday, July 20th , 7:30PM at Dominion Energy Center.
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Friday, May 31, 2013
Rained Out Before The Rain
At 7:15 tonight, the Busch Stadium grounds crew put the tarp on the field. It wasn't raining. At 7:50 tonight, the game was postponed. It wasn't raining. We signed off at 8:00 tonight. It wasn't raining. I live 37 miles north and west of the stadium. Twenty minutes into my drive home I ran into one of the most violent storms I have ever seen. I was driving 35 to 40 miles an hour in unbelievable rain, strong winds and nonstop lightening. At 8:30 the storm hit Busch Stadium. Great move by the Cardinals in their cancellation of the game tonight even though it wasn't raining.
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Fargo's Moving Picture Extravaganza! Kick-Ass
Mark Miller and I have a torrid relationship. His comics are always focused on big ideas sprinkled with cynicism and lack any real humanity. This isn't exactly a bad thing, but it's not something I personally enjoy. However, when his book Wanted was adapted, I found it a genuinely fun movie. It wasn't a good flick in all fairness, but it was certainly enjoyable in its own little way. So when his more ambitious comic Kick-Ass was slated for an adaptation, with the intent of a hard R-rating, I was optimistic. So, how did the film adaptation turn out? Let us find out, as we take a look at..
Kick-Ass was released in 2010, with writing and directing duties being handled by Matthew Vaughn. It stars Aaron Johnson as the titular hero, with Chloe Grace Moretz, Nicholas Cage and Mark Strong providing backup. The story revolves around High-School student Dave Lizewski, who decides to take it upon himself to become a superhero and fight crime. With no superpowers, he quickly finds himself hospitalized after an attempt to take on two local thugs. Once recovered, he restarts his Kick-Ass persona and ends up a national celebrity, drawing attention to the local superheroes known as Hit Girl and Big Daddy, who use far more extreme and bloody methods to get their work done.
One of the great things about Kick-Ass is that, for a superhero flick, it works as a genuine thriller. There is a real semblance to the narrative, with events all gelling together in a very believable way. Set-pieces do not simply occur, they are all carefully implemented into the overall story. This is something I feel is a problem in most superhero movies. Even the Dark Knight felt more like an anarchic collection of action set-pieces than an actual narrative, although one could argue that was the point. Kick-Ass however, has a genuine flowing narrative that links everything together, with character motives intertwined into the action taking place on screen.
This isn't to say Kick-Ass is a 'serious' film. It certainly has many fun moments, and the whole film has a good amount of black comedy to keep the mood up. This works both for the film and against it. While some scenes are hilarious, sometimes the comedy detracts from the emotion of the scene. Specially, a certain section of the movie involving a live web broadcast lost some depth of tension and horror due to a line of dialogue muttered by Kick-Ass in voice-over narration. That scene still functioned fine however, and was certainly one of the most dramatic, weighty scenes I've seen all year, so much so that it made me cry. That's right, a scene in a supposed super-hero action-comedy made me cry.
Really, Kick-Ass isn't actually that much of a comedy film. At heart, it is a dark, emotional and violent as hell thriller, with elements of action and comedy sprinkled on top. Those who want to have a fun time will certainly get that, but there is a lot of emotion in the film, with some genuinely sad scenes that affected me quite deeply. This is where the subjective side of me comes into play, as it was something I really enjoyed. Those who simply want to switch their brain off and watch people kick-ass (sorry) in creative ways will get that, but they may feel interrupted by the more emotionally-charged scenes and exchanges.
Kick-Ass has a strong narrative with plenty of emotional punch to go along with it
These moments would be nothing without the characters however. While Kick-Ass is the titular character, the two most interesting are certainly the father and daughter team Big Daddy and the eleven year old Hit Girl, played by Nicholas Cage and Chloe Grace Moretz respectively. They play two superheroes who have been working their way through crime-boss Frank D'Amico's army, mainly through the use of blades and fire power. Kick-Ass see's them as the 'real superheroes', and they really are. Hit-Girl is a genuinely exciting character who steals every scene she is in, being given real life and spark by the excellent Chloe Moretz. The rest of the acting in the film is excellent, but Moretz really shines out as the brightest light.
Although the acting is all of a high-quality, that doesn't mean every character is. Dave has a crush on his fellow student, Katie, who, while she isn't a bad or even underdeveloped character, certainly isn't very believable. She is essentially the epitome of a 'good' or even 'perfect' girl. Attractive, clever, caring and a volunteer at a needle exchange, she is completely flat compared to the rest of the flawed characters the movie presents us. With such a flat character, the relationship between her and Dave is not very sweet, and also seems to develop far too quickly and perfectly, with some very clichéd lines of dialogue that originate from the pair spoiling an otherwise tight script.
A much stronger relationship is the one shared between Hit Girl and Big Daddy. It is a very sweet relationship, with both characters being likeable despite their murderous ways. The action sequences in the film really kick off when these two are on screen, although they are never seen fighting together which is a shame. Hit Girl gets the majority of the screen time out of the pair and the Vaughn puts her to great use. All her action scenes are great fun to watch, with a wonderful John Murphy soundtrack orchestrating her every flip and gunshot.
While the action scenes are well-made and choreographed, they are let down by the sometimes distracting CGI blood spurts. The movie is very bloody, and as such the amount of CGI blood is high, and at times quite noticeable. A fight that takes place in a corridor has far too much of it, and while it doesn't spoil the overall fighting, it definitely takes away from the effect. This is a small complaint however, and the fight scenes and shoot-outs are overall spectacular with a scene involving a strobe light being the best fight scene I've seen in a long time.
The final fight scene is a let down however, seeming to ditch the more realistic and gritty aesthetic the movie had presented and instead choosing to bombast the audience by taking the action to a larger scale, which doesn't really work. The scene is still great fun to watch, but the final moment in particular spoils the tone of the movie slightly, being completely over the top, which is a complete contrast to the down-to-earth feel the movie had throughout beforehand.
Hit Girl supplies the movies best moments, both in the action scenes and in the more emotional scenes
This blend of action, great characters and a surprising amount of emotion is why Kick-Ass is such a great film. With some of my points I may of sounded a little harsh, but they were mostly nitpicks in an otherwise fantastic movie. Kick-Ass is something different, a bloody, fun, emotional and exciting flick that turns the superhero genre on its head and looks at it from a different perspective.
I recommend it to everyone who is a fan of thrillers, who is a fan of super-hero flicks and who is a fan of great, clever action set-pieces. Hell, I would even go as far as to recommend it to those who enjoy comedies, as I had more fun and laughed more at this then any other comedy I have seen this year. From the opening score to the final line, Kick-Ass had me smiling, laughing, crying and in disbelief in equal measure, and there is no other film I can truly say that about.
Really? I thought it was the other way around...
OT: I'm kind of surprised you thought of it more as a thriller than anything else. I found it as an action-comedy, and up until I saw Scott Pilgrim, it was the funniest film I had seen all year.
Apart from that one error I mentioned up there, and one questionable use of the word "Specially", ie: using it to begin a sentence, the review was good. You managed to balance it fairly well, and kept the obvious gushing to a minimum.
I'm really surprised you laughed at this more than Scott Pilgrim though, as I found it way funnier.
Most of the streets in this film (the more scarier areas) are from the city of Hamilton Ontario Canada.
In fact those same streets are also used in the movie "Defendor".
Another good movie about a man who fights crime in his spare time... And like Kick-ass; it too puts a whole different spin on the question "Why don't people become superheroes?"
I loved this movie. I didn't expect it to be as much fun as it was!
Great review Fargo.....and as always, I agree with almost everything in your post >>
I will definitely agree on the part about Dave's love interest. Everything seemed to wrap up too nicely and too quickly for my tastes.
I personally liked the ending in the comic better concerning that plot point, but nonetheless, it was still a great movie that I enjoyed thoroughly.
No, Big Daddy was totally played by an eleven year old girl. Couldn't you tell? <.< *quickly edits*
I still saw it as an action-comedy mainly in tone, but the actual story and narrative is somewhat more of a thriller, as in the people Kick-Ass is coming up against are genuinely evil, cruel people unlike the standard roster of super villains, as well as the final act of the film which is incredibly dark by superhero film standards.
To be honest, I thought the book didn't handle it very well either. Her initial reaction was fine and made sense, but the whole
was incredibly cynical and gave me the impression Mark Miller didn't really care about his characters, but more on ideas. Then again, that's the impression I've had from every single one of his comics.
I never read anything else of his other than Kick Ass and honestly, I dont think it was handled well either, just that it was handled better than the movie.
The whole sending of those pictures really weirded me out though. Mainly because I've known people to do that and it's probably the meanest possible thing you could do to someone like that >>


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I cleared up my stuff and returned my bag to my room after the last class on Sunday before setting off around the show floor to look at some quilts.
I used to take a lot more photographs but now most everyone has a camera on their phone, and there are pictures to be found everywhere. I just took a few and they weren't all very good.
Here are a few interesting ones…
The big award winners are hung along the front of the hall. This is Bouquet Royale by Margaret Solomon Gunn. It's a variation of the Lucy Boston block with beautiful quilting. It won the World of Beauty award of $7,500.
Each winning quilt is displayed with a co-ordinating flower arrangement. Even after a week, they still looked good.These two friendly faces caught my eye in another part of the room. Portrait Noir by Trish Morris-Plise (quilted by Sandra Bruce) on the left and and Chuck Close Two by Sandra Bruce on the right.Other people taking pictures always intrigues me…The Cherrywood Lion King challenge quilts made a wonderful display.I love the embroidery on these warthogs from Marilyn Smith.
It's not all quilts! I stopped to look at these beautifully made Swiss/European Children's wear from the collection of Trix Buhlmann-Eppie. And on the theme of children, this is The Boundless Energy of Children by Ruth de Vos of Mount Nasura in Australia, part of the Quilt National exhibit.Soap Bubbles by Keiko Goke is a happy quilt from a display of Japanese quilts.Embroidery details…I stopped to look at the African inspired quilts. This is Orange Africa by Peggy DeLaVergne. The black outline design is a Maridadi fabric. Super embellishments!There has been an exhibit of handmade quilts from France the last few years, Quilts de Legende, sponsored by Bohin. They are newly made quilts inspired by the spirit and style of 19th century France.
I always love a well made hexagon quilt. This is Potomac, stitched by Annick Tauzin. (also shown in today's featured image at the top of my post)These broken dishes were hand pieced by Aline Joulin for her Chesapeake quilt.I had to take a good look at the clamshells that were part of Martine Lanux's quilt, In Memory of Ann Randoll, inspired by a British quilt.And of course, I do love a Folk Art style piece. This is USS Constitution, made by Jocelyne Picot.with a closer look at the lion!
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HELTIBRIDLE, Lela 1894-1976
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Date: 9/17/2013 at 10:15:37
Mrs. Heltibridle Rites Were Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Harry Heltibridle, 82, of Steamboat Rock, who died June 22 at the Grundy County Memorial hospital after a long illness, were at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Alice Church of God, north of Conrad.
The Rev. H. L. Heim officiated and burial was in the Alice cemetery.
Vocalists were Royce Luiken and John Frerichs Jr., organist Mrs. Harry Luiken. Pallbearers were Donovan Heltibridle, Darwin Heltibridle, Lauren McCall, David McCall, Eugene Callaway and Robert Callaway. Mrs. James Boston, Mrs. Rick Moeller and Mrs. Larry Hansen took care of the flowers.
Lela L. Heltibridle was born in Grundy county, Jan. 15, 1894, the daughter of Peter and Maggie Baasch, and married Harry Heltibridle Sept. 16, 1914. They lived on a farm in Grundy county until they moved to Steamboat Rock in 1950. She was a member of the Alice Church of God, and the Dorcas Society of the Baptist Church at Steamboat Rock.
Survivors include her husband, two sons, Dwight Heltibridle and Lyle Heltibridle of Grundy Center, three daughters, Mrs. Howard (Thelma) McCall of Eldora, Mrs. Glen (Lola) Callaway of Steamboat Rock, and Mrs. Edward (Irene) Naumann of Eldora; nine grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren.
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Ventura County Home Sales For Last Month were 26.9 percent below the average number of sales – 24,115 – the lowest since 1988. Sales haven't been above average for any month in more than seven years.
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Day 11 of this page to post reshuffling. For all I raved about Water For Elephants, I never saw it again. It was really pretty though.
With stunning visuals and a mesmerizing score, "Water for Elephants" is a movie worth any price of admission.
Directed by Francis Lawrence ("I am Legend," "Constantine") and based off the same novel written by Sara Gruen, "Water for Elephants" was picked for review in this week's "You Voted" section on the CNM Chronicle Facebook page (Facebook.com/CNMChronicle).
Primarily set in the midst of the great depression in 1931, the film begins in what is believed to be present day with an old man (played by Hal Holbrook), who we find out to be an older Jacob, standing outside the circus as he waits for his son to arrive. While waiting, the older Jacob meets the current circus boss Charlie (played by Paul Schneider) and proceeds to tell him about the greatest circus disaster to ever occur.
While older Jacob begins to speak, the scene transitions to the 1930's and older Jacob becomes younger Jacob (played by Robert Pattinson). Younger Jacob is on his way to take his final test before he can graduateCornellUniversity with a degree in Veterinary Sciences.
Unfortunately for Jacob, in the midst of the final exam he is called away to find out his parents have both been killed in a car accident. Unable to retain his home and without any money, Jacob walks the rails until he hops on a train. Soon does he find out, the train is owned by the Benzene Brothers Circus.
Greeted by a cast of Coochie's, performers, show hands, roustabouts, and others, Jacob soon finds himself welcome and in work. Once he speaks with the head boss August (played by Christoph Waltz), Jacob finds himself the circuses premiere Veterinarian.
After being named veterinarian, Jacob formally meets August's wife, Marlena (played by Reese Witherspoon). His first action as Veterinarian is to determine how much longer the show's star horse has before he will have to put it down
After telling August that the horse needs to be put down immediately, August determines that the horse should work for a couple more shows. Jacob disagrees and after August leaves, he takes a pistol to the head of the horse while Marlena holds it. It is at this point where the audience first notices the sadistic cruelty of August. August and his men grab ahold of Jacob while on the train between cities and proceed to begin to throw him off. But in a split second, on the last count of three, Jacob flies into the train wall and August commences to tell him that while he disobeyed, he may have saved Marlena's life in the process.
In need of a new star act, August surprises everyone with an elephant named Rosie (played by Tai the elephant), he acquires at the next stop. The elephant is to be the next star act and Jacob is to be her handler, which forces Jacob and Marlena to spend time together.
As time progresses, Jacob and Marlena grow closer to each other and to Rosie, developing a relationship that builds throughout the movie. While their relationship builds, August's behavior grows more and more grotesque; beating Rosie when she misbehaves, degrading Marlena, and misusing Jacob. As time progresses the only question is who will make it out alive?
The film is easily Lawrence's best work as the visuals in every scene are breathtakingly classic and are only enhanced by an at-times overwhelming score. The dialog and action on screen build throughout the movie and seemingly climaxes with a scene where it seems the "Big Top" will come crashing down.
The movie benefits with strong performances by Witherspoon (who, at times, has almost a Marylyn Monroe type quality), Waltz (who grows more chilling and dastardly with each second of the movie) and surprisingly Pattinson (whose twilight fame will underscore his solid, seemingly classic, performance).
The scene stealer however is easily Tai the elephant. Tai's antics in the training by Pattinson, the visuals of her after confrontations with Waltz, and her role in the climax of the movie will leave you awed by what is going on on-screen.
"Water for Elephants" is easily the best movie in theaters and could come away being one of the best of the year. Think "The Notebook" meets "Casablanca" (but in a circus). Don't miss it.
(((Rating))) "Water for Elephants" 4.5-of-5 stars. This film is recommended.


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Andy Zaltzman Boldly Unbuttons The Cloak Of Civilisation, But Is Perplexed And Perturbed By What He Finds Lurking Beneath.
Note: This review is from 2008
Sometimes he picks his words perfectly. His take on the 'give a man a fish…' maxim about alleviating world poverty, for example, is a beautifully pithy summary of global economics. He's not always so sparing with his language, however and can launch into diatribes about all that's wrong with the world that become too convoluted and wordy to ever be funny, even if the argument is flawless.
He's frighteningly well-read, and his set swoops around every great – and quite a few not-so-great – issues of the day, pulling together stands to make thought-provoking points such as how British Gas owner Centrica could alleviate global child poverty in an instant. He's not so much stand-up comedian as stand-up commentator – a label that's especially apt given his penchant for sporting analogy.
Often the point is better than the joke, but when he can distil the grand ideas into a punchline of pure silliness, it is quite special. There's certainly enough of these in the first half of the show to justify the ticket price, even if some fall flat. But since he is preaching to the choir, his audience is forgiving of the slips, joshed along by Zaltzman's willingness to joke about the performance of individual lines.
Part two is shakier, as he returns in velvet jacket and lime-green bow tie – his mad-professor sprawl of ginger hair meaning he's one of the few people able to pull that look off. He's here to announce the 'Zaltzman World Awards' in topics such as democracy and hypocrisy.
The mcguffin doesn't work very well, with the enforced structure slowing the gags right down, especially the strained mea culpa finale in which Zaltzman accepts he's just as much part of the world's problem as anyone else.
Zaltzman's often been a comic who needs editing, and the same is true of this year's offering, which is about 25 per cent genius, 25 per cent valid arguments, and 50 per cent 'huh?'
Reviewed by: Steve Bennett
Review date: 1 Jan 2008
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Title: The Fairest of Them All
Author: Carolyn Turgeon
Age Group: Adult
Genre: Fantasy/Retelling
Series: N/A
Star Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
The bottom line: A deliciously wicked retelling of the cherished fairy tale, Snow White, with Rapunzel as the evil stepmother? Twisted, freaky, human? If you sound interested in either of those things, this book is definitely worth checking out!
This book was sent to me by the author in exchange for an honest review.
In this gorgeous, sexy retelling, a young naive Rapunzel invites a young man into her bed--a young man who happens to be a prince. When their night of passion is interrupted, Rapunzel learns that her beloved is to wed another. The pair have a beautiful infant, Snow White. Rapunzel, scorned and alone, wastes away in her tower. But when the queen mysterious dies, Rapunzel becomes queen. Thinking she may at last have the life she has longed for, she discovers that her heart is darker than she realized.. And that her jealousy just might swallow her..
What I enjoyed:
-I loved the premise of this novel--I love retellings, but once I realized Rapunzel was the evil queen, I was completely sold
-The pacing of this novel was breakneck--I was enchanted the whole while and I couldn't put it down
-The prose of this novel was epic and gorgeous, and I was just mesmerized
-Rapunzel, the surprisingly human Evil Queen in this retelling--I really felt for her as she grew in the story, and through most of it, I was sympathetic and wanted a happy ending--she was all mad darkness and bitterness, and it was really intriging to see her evolve as a villain
-Manthena, Rapunzel's mother and best friend--I really liked her as a character and I really enjoyed watching hers' and Rapunzel's relationship
-Snow White, the sweet, vulnerable young beauty, all the while hiding a great mind--I also enjoyed her as well
-I loved the way the novel incorporated other fairy tales as well, in a way so subtle it took me a moment or two to notice
-I loved, loved, loved the ending, and I enjoyed the way it did justice to all the characters
What could've been better:
-Josef--I didn't like him for most of the novel
I loved The Fairest of Them All--a dark, rich fairy tale retelling reminescent of Grimms' fairy tales. Next on deck: The Vault of Dreamers by Caragh M. O'Brien!


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Matthew Newton announced Friday that he would not be involved in actress Jessica Chastain's film Eve amid resurfaced allegations of assault and domestic abuse.
Newton, who signed on as a director and writer for Eve, reveals he told Chastain and other producers tied to the film on Thursday that he would be leaving the project.
"Since the announcement of this film, the responses, which are powerful and important, have not fallen on deaf ears. I am profoundly aware that I have a responsibility to lead where I have failed in the past," Newton said in a statement.
"I can never undo the harm that I've caused the people I've cared about and I carry that shame and responsibility with me every day. Over the past eight years I have been working extensively with healthcare professionals to help me overcome my addiction and mental health illness," he added. "For the past six years I have lived a quiet and sober life. All I can do now is try to be a living amends and hopefully contribute to the positive change occurring in our industry."
Chastain, who is slated to star in the action movie, is also a prominent anti-sexual harassment activist and Time's Up movement organizer, and recently came under fire for bringing Newton onboard. A Care2-sponsored petition with 7,765 signatures date called on Newton to be removed as a director and writer.
"The Australian director has a history of violent abuse against multiple women. In 2007, Newton pleaded guilty to physically assaulting then-girlfriend, actor Brooke Satchwell," the petition reads. "Despite all of this, Jessica Chastain wants to give Matthew Newton a pass? We don't think so. #TimesUp for rich and powerful men being absolved of horrific abuse against women."
Matthew Newton was also been accused in 2010 of "two unprovoked assaults," by then-fiancee Rachael Taylor, who was given a two-year domestic violence order against the director. In 2011, the director was arrested for physically assaulting a 66-year-old taxi driver – the charges were later thrown out.


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Hair-Raising Halloween Movies
October 30, 2017
It's that time of year again: The time when children go out to collect candy from random strangers whilst dressed up in costumes. For those people who would rather stay home or go to the theater to be spooked by a movie, here are three horror films (PG 13 or lower) that will scare you stiff this Halloween.
Cast: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Rudy Modine, Rachel Matthews
Directed by: Christopher Landon
Synopsis: Blumhouse (Split, Get Out, Whiplash) produces an original and inventive rewinding thriller in Happy Death Day in which a college student (Jessica Rothe, La La Land) relives the day of her murder with both its unexceptional details and terrifying end until she discovers her killer's identity.
REVIEW: Blumhouse Productions has returned with another spooky Horror/Mystery film: Happy Death Day. This film is very much like Groundhog Day with a plot revolving around a person reliving the same day over and over again. If you had wished that Groundhog Day had more blood and suspense, then this movie will serve you as a great form of entertainment. Although predictable to some viewers, Happy Death Day will have you constantly guessing many different suspects as the mascot-wearing masked killer until the end. (Currently has a 68% Rating on Rotten Tomatoes)
The Sixth Sense
Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Bruce Willis, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Synopsis: In this chilling psychological thriller, eight-year-old Cole Sear is haunted by a dark secret: He is visited by spirits. A helpless and reluctant channel, Cole is terrified by threatening visitations from those with unresolved problems who appear from the shadows. Confused by his paranormal powers, Cole is too young to understand his purpose and too terrified to tell anyone about his torment except to child psychologist Dr. Malcolm Crowe. As Dr. Crowe tries to uncover the ominous truth about Cole's supernatural abilities, the consequence for client and therapist is a jolt that awakens them both to something harrowing — and unexplainable.
Review: As one of M. Night Shyamalan's first and best movies, it's easy to say that this movie is one of the films that proved that horror movies could be scary without blood and gore. With one of the best plot twists in cinematic history, this flick will be sure to give a spook this Halloween.
(Currently has an 85% rating on Rotten Tomatoes)
The Visit
Cast: Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie
Directed by: M.Night Shyamalan
Synopsis: This movie is the terrifying story of a brother and sister who are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong trip. Once the children discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing, they see their chances of ever getting back home are growing smaller and smaller every day.
Review: Another M. Night Shyamalan film, and maybe even creepier than the previously mentioned one, The Visit provides effective jump scares, disturbing imagery, and, surprisingly, lots of laughs. In my opinion, this is among one of M. Night Shyamalan's best films, even if the dialogue is a little too puny at times. Just be sure not to watch it at your grandparents' house!
(Currently has a 65% rating on Rotten Tomatoes)
If you're trying to find a genuinely creepy or twisted horror, I would highly recommend one the the movies on this list. Enjoy these films and have a spooky Halloween!


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Cybersecurity is a business risk that goes far beyond IT. Board members of companies are increasingly concerned about protecting the valuable assets and operational equipment of their organizations that may be vulnerable to cyber attacks. Enterprises need to sit up and take note of the current dynamic cyber environment and proactively take preventive action.
Dragos is a leading provider of industrial cybersecurity. Recently, the company released version 1.4 of its Dragos Platform. This platform is an industrial cybersecurity software that codifies threat analytics to provide operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) practitioners with visibility of ICS assets and prescriptive procedures to respond to opponents.
Also, the Dragos Platform comprises customer feedback from existing deployments as well as data from the Dragos Threat Operations Center. It uses this platform to assess and detect cybersecurity threats in industrial organizations across several advanced manufacturing sectors.
The Dragos Platform is designed on the basis of its DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) capabilities for the visibility of ICS assets and threats. DPI capabilities allow contextual depth protocol analysis, providing accuracy and speed in identifying thousands of assets. This characterization enables evaluations of normal or abnormal usage and communication patterns required for automated asset identification and threat detection.
Dragos Platform v1.4 further supports asset visibility with new geographic map views to locate and understand industrial assets in addition to its existing DPI capabilities. It also provides enhancements for threat detection and answers through new content packs and productivity enhancements for analysts. The latest content packages include new threat behavior analytics, customized investigation playbooks, device fingerprints, and ICS protocols to speed up response time for analysts and reduce dwelling time. Usability and productivity improvements of security analysts include new pivoting and filtering options to navigate and improve workflows throughout the application.
With the new Dragos Platform version 1.4, the company has enhanced the Dragos Platform's user experience and accessibility—allowing increased visibility of industrial environments, faster insight into the health and status of deployed sensors. Also, it provides a more in-depth understanding of industrial assets and the ICS threat landscape.'
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Managing Someday-Maybe's
GTD has been working well for me, but there is one problem it has mitigated, but not solved.
All the ideas for things I can't do anything about right now, but might want to do someday: the someday-maybe list. DA only ever describes it as a "list", but a list is far from sufficient for organizing and keeping track of too many things spread out over too many categories.
I'm currently playing around with a category-and-subcategory file system, where I can just stick ideas in the file for the (broad) categroy. There is no way I can review every idea in every category every week, but I'm hoping that if I can get this system set up, I can at least review all the categroies and subcategories, and only dip down to the actual ideas for those sub-categories there's a chance I'll pursue in that coming month. But I'm having trouble making the idea quite fit: the categories need to be broad enough that I don't need to re-work them every time I come up with a new idea, but not so broad as to be useless for review purposes.
This is in addition to my "pending" file, which is for someday-maybes that I'm thinking I might start in the next month or so: the ones I don't want to get lost in the morass of the larger someday maybe system.
How do you all deal with someday-maybes? Does the "list" mentioned in the book suffice, or do you have a more elaborate system? Has anyone found anything that works well?
Some list, some not
I have had a basic list of household projects for a while now. Things like "pave a walkway to the garbage can" and the like. It's actually a fairly long list, and mostly I haven't been able to do anything about it since my kids were born nearly 2 years ago. :) It's good just as a list of things not to forget, and I generally don't think about them after I write them down in this list. At one point I added time and rough cost estimates to each, but since I'm not actually doing any of them, this doesn't really assist my decision making process.
I have a list of projects at work, some of which can't be started until something else happens. I review the list weekly alone and with my boss to consider the current status of each. This list is separate from the household list above, for practical reasons..
For personal wannas, I've had a christmas wish list for years that includes whether the idea was given to any family members and if so, when. This also is separate from the other two lists, and gets reviewed frequently from October to mid-December and then left cold for 9 months or so.
I am not really a follower of GTD (reading it now, just bought it), so I don't have any lists of personal wishes other than the ones above. Usually wish and action are closely coupled for anything I want to do--like buy a book or rearrange my files or scrapbook or whatever. So there's not really a 'pending' list there because I'm a serial projector..that is to say I have one subject that I beat to death, learn all I can about, and then drop like a stone. Then I pick up another, learn all I can, beat it to death, and drop it. I don't really think about another thing to go learn about until I'm done with the one I'm on now.
But I think, based on other people's summaries of GTD, that my various someday lists loosely correspond with the "Context" concept. There's no point in reviewing my household list when I'm in a meeting with my boss, and no point looking at the Christmas list until fall, so those are separated out so I can 'not' look at them when I don't need to.
But 'context' seems like a pretty loose concept itself. I could have a someday list with context "$1000" and separate out all the items I would like to do if I had an extra grand lying around. Or a "week" list of items that will take a week to complete. Category and subcategory would be too much detail for me at the moment because my job is not really visionary and neither is my life. I don't have so many wishes that I need to separate them that granularly. But if you've got that many wishes, more power to you.
I use 43Things--I can keep
I use 43Things--I can keep notes on my progress, print as I see fit, and get cheered on by others. :)
1 list or a page of lists
Hi Linda,
I'm also starting out with implementating a GTD approahc in my planning system.
One thing that has hit me with the Next Action & SomeDay MayBe (SDMB) lists, is that if your not careful you end-up trying to either a) try and find an item in a mega long list or b) having manage a whole heap of separate lists, and equally lose the overview.
Where i am at the moment is that I have 1 master NA list, this is an A5 piece of paper, on the front side it has 15 small @____ Lists each with 6 lines (the page has 3 of these lists across, and 5 lists down; 3x5=15). I use these mini-lists to track the most common next action contexts that I have (the empty heading "_____" lets me change these as I need to from week to week.)
On the reverse side of the page I have a @_____ Notes page where I can simply track other one-off next actions that don't fit into a standard context on the front side.
re: the SomeDay MayBe lists, intially I setup a SDMB page at the back of my weekly to-do section of my binder. What I have since found is that there are a few catagories that represent 80% of my SDMB's. So what I have done is create a seprate list or page for those main area's and then a general someday/maybe list. This has worked well for "work" (excuse the pun).
What I am thinking of doing for my personal SDMB's is to create a similar page to the Next Actions page that I described above. This time I would probably divide the A5 page into 4 separate lists (2 across , 2 down) for those "top-hitter" categories and then as ingle full page list for the reverse side of the document for every other SDMB item.
Rather than create a list of gazillion SDMB item's I'm going to try and review this list quarterly, see what is aligned with my goals and put 2-3 items in each category on my current goals list.


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It's no secret that I love asymmetrical clothes.
The unique and often very flattering silhouette they create always appeals to me. I talked about that in length in my article on how to wear asymmetrical clothing.
Today I like to show you some asymmetrical looks I recently wore and will also give you ideas on some fabulous asymmetrical clothing currently available online.
First up, there is my asymmetrical top and skirt from In Good Company which have become wardrobe favorites. The top especially is so comfortable to wear. Although the front is belted the back is unbelted and therefore flowy and breeze for the hot weather.
I also wore this top with my favorite skinny cropped pants from Zara.
Here is the asymmetrical skirt again. This time with a red and white printed top that I acquired in the In Good Company sale.
An asymmetric top also looks fabulous in a casual outfit. This is a super comfortable outfit where I layered a mashed top from Porto (now on sale!) over a long camisole from Stella Carakasi.
Leggings too are from Stella Carakasi. I have them in several colors; they are so comfortable for summer. The necklace makes the overall look more special and adds more dimension and texture to the outfit. I acquired it at a small boutique in Vancouver. You can see how I wore these leggings in another outfit here. Be sure to check this brand for a wide range of fab asymmetrical tops. Another good brand for asymmetric clothing is Eileen Fisher.
Below are some fabulous asymmetrical looks you can currently buy online (visible on website only). For even more options visit the 40+Style symmetrical clothing shop page.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) released a statement on Wednesday cheering red-state Senate Democrat losses during the 2018 midterms as "Kavanaugh's revenge."
"What has been referred to as the 'Kavanaugh Effect' should actually be called 'Kavanaugh's Revenge,'" Sen. Graham said on Wednesday.
What has been referred to as the #KavanaughEffect should actually be called:
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) November 7, 2018
The South Carolina senator noted that "virtually all" Senate Democrats running in "Trump states" who voted against confirming Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court were defeated last night.
Sens. Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) all voted against confirming Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, despite multiple polls across those many states showing their constituents wanted the president's nominee confirmed to the Supreme Court.
"Virtually all Senate Democrats running in Trump states who voted against Brett Kavanaugh were defeated," Graham continued. "Their constituents held them responsible for being part of a despicable smear campaign orchestrated by the left."
Polling analysts have to call the race for the Montana and Florida Senate races; however, both Sens. Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Jon Tester (D-MT) voted against Kavanaugh and could meet the same fate as Heitkamp, McCaskill, and Donnelly.
The South Carolina senator continued:
These Democrats showed more allegiance to the left than to their constituents who support qualified, conservative judges like Brett Kavanaugh. Their votes against Kavanaugh crystallized how out of touch they had become on major issues in the eyes of their constituents who supported President Trump.
Liberal Democratic Senators and activists efforts to destroy Brett Kavanaugh ended up destroying Red State Democrats. Hopefully this resounding rejection of the Kavanaugh smear campaign by voters will make it less likely that this will occur again in the future.
Graham noted that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), the only Trump state Democrat that voted for Kavanaugh, won re-election during the 2018 midterm elections.
"Finally, the lone Democrat who voted for Brett Kavanaugh – West Virginia's Joe Manchin – won re-election by three points," Graham concluded. I'm confident that if he had voted no, he would have lost his race too."


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We leap into the lives of mother and daughter, Jessie and Thelma Cates, on what appears to be a typical Saturday night in their quiet existence. But on this night, Jessie asks for her father's service revolver and calmly announces that she intends to kill herself. Laced with humour and a bit of the macabre, 'night, Mother is a searing portrait of a family in crisis.
Night, Mother
Fiona Douglas and Diana Volpe
Director - Robert Tsonos
Producer - Sometimes Y Theatre
Author - Marsha Norman
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Several examples of civil disobedience are found in the New Testament. When Peter and John were arrested by the Jewish authorities and commanded not to speak or teach in the name of Jesus, they answered:
"Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge; for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard." Acts 4:19
So they went on teaching in public and were arrested again. The high priest said to them:
"'We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us.' But Peter and the apostles answered, 'We must obey God rather than men."' Acts 5:28
It was a brazen statement before a hostile crowd. But to fully understand what was happening here, we have to look at what took place just hours before this meeting.
But a curious thing happened that night which delivered a very clear theological statement to the early Christians.
"But an angel of the Lord came at night, opened the gates of the jail, and brought them out. Then he told them, "Go to the Temple and give the people this message of life!"So at daybreak the apostles entered the Temple, as they were told, and immediately began teaching." Acts 5:19-21
After Peter was arrested and jailed (again) for preaching about Jesus this happened:
"The night before Peter was to be placed on trial, he was asleep, fastened with two chains between two soldiers. Others stood guard at the prison gate. Suddenly, there was a bright light in the cell, and an angel of the Lord stood before Peter. The angel struck him on the side to awaken him and said, "Quick! Get up!" And the chains fell off his wrists. Then the angel told him, "Get dressed and put on your sandals." And he did. "Now put on your coat and follow me," the angel ordered. So Peter left the cell, following the angel. But all the time he thought it was a vision. He didn't realize it was actually happening. They passed the first and second guard posts and came to the iron gate leading to the city, and this opened for them all by itself. So they passed through and started walking down the street, and then the angel suddenly left him. Peter finally came to his senses. "It's really true!" he said. "The Lord has sent his angel and saved me from Herod and from what the Jewish leaders had planned to do to me!" Acts 12:5-17
When Paul and Silas persisted in preaching the Gospel they were arrested, beaten badly and thrown into prison. But they didn't stay there long:
"A mob quickly formed against Paul and Silas, and the city officials ordered them stripped and beaten with wooden rods. They were severely beaten, and then they were thrown into prison. The jailer was ordered to make sure they didn't escape. So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks. Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening. Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off! The jailer woke up to see the prison doors wide open. He assumed the prisoners had escaped, so he drew his sword to kill himself. But Paul shouted to him, "Stop! Don't kill yourself! We are all here!" Acts 16:22-28
Now if you and I tried to spring someone from jail, we would be breaking the law and end up in prison ourselves.
But here we have God doing exactly that.
The jail break in Acts 5 left a very clear message to the early church — when it came to preaching the gospel they were not subject to human laws — which led the Apostle Peter to say Christians must "obey God, rather than men."
But the Apostle Paul is adamant in issues not pertaining to this exemption; the early Christians were subject to those in authority unless they put restrictions on their freedom to worship, freedom to witness or their freedom to enjoy His Word.


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I watched the newly released QUEEN & SLIM well over a week and a half ago, and because of its content – especially its ending – I am still unraveling and digesting my thoughts on the film. With that in… Read More ›
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GIVEAWAY: advance screening of QUEEN & SLIM on Thursday, November 21 (Philly, PA)
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This was my FIRST DIY piece of furniture and I am thrilled with the outcome!
Since I am not really one to go for the rustic cottage look I wanted this DIY coffee table to have a bit more of a modern feel. I chose a grey gel stain to do the job. It gave the table a thicker stain but I am still able to see some of the wood grain beneath it.
I also have two young boys that play on this table so I gave it three coats of Poly on it for some protection. But the best part of this table is that it can get all dinged up and it just makes it look better!
Ana White has the best tutorials & free plans to get a crafter to switch to the dark side and become a DIYer!
I did a full blog post on my progress throughout with a lot more pictures.
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Estimated Cost
$50 For Materials I didn't want to spend too much on a first attempt build. Thankfully we had some extra fence boards for the top enough 2×4's hanging out in the garage so I only had to buy 2×2's, the bottom board for the table, Screws, Stain & Polyurethane
Estimated Time Investment
Weekend Project (10-20 Hours)
Type of Wood
Top Boards are Cedar the rest was builder basic...no clue what it was!
Finish Used
Varathane Gel Stain in Weathered Grey
Non Yellowing Poly, three coats as I have two boys that are eager to play on this thing!
Non Yellowing Poly, three coats as I have two boys that are eager to play on this thing!
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to study the effects of legalizing marijuana, reversing his position of just a year ago, stating that marijuana was a "gateway drug."
In his budget address on Jan. 16, the governor, who is trying to fill a $4.4 billion funding gap, says he wants to study the health impact, economic impact, criminal justice impact, and other consequences of legalizing the drug in New York, Syracuse.com reported.
In 2014, he signed a bill called the Compassionate Care Act that allows marijuana to be used for medical purposes in the state.
As recently as last February, however, he seemed to have made up his mind on its recreational use.
"It's a gateway drug, and marijuana leads to other drugs and there's a lot of proof that that's true," Cuomo said last February, according to the New York Daily News.
Part of the reason he's considering it, he said, is because nearby states have, or are going through the motions, of legalizing it.
"New Jersey may legalize marijuana. Massachusetts already has. On the other hand, Attorney General Sessions says he's going to end marijuana in every state. So you have the whole confluence of different information," Cuomo said during his presentation to the Legislature, according to the New York Law Journal.
"I think we should fund [the Department of Health] to do a study. Let them work with state police and other agencies. Look at the health impact and economic impact."
A public opinion survey conducted by Emerson College found that 62 percent of New York voters supported decriminalizing marijuana for adults 21 and older.
However, the study, which said it used landline, cell phone, and online responses for its data, had a sample size of only 600 people.


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Red is the name given to a regional fairy of Gillitie Wood who has gone through the Test and become human.
Her best friend is her fellow fairy-turned human, Ayilu. She and Red's first appearance was made in Chapter 8: Broken Glass and Other Things.
Red was raised in the forest, but together with her friend Ayilu decided she wanted to become human, and so they had to find someone to kill them to complete the Test. While searching they found Antimony Carver down in Annan Waters. She did not want to kill them (she was rather horrified by the idea) but they kept her company anyway until she was saved by Kat. Not long after this, Ysengrin showed up and ate them (much to their delight).
After Red and Ayilu became human, they initially drifted apart and were no longer friends. Red was convinced that this was because she no longer had the incredibly spiky hair she had sported as a fairy. This is where she reappears and makes a longer appearance in Chapter 15: Red Returns. Annie and Kat attempted to convince her that their drifting apart was more likely due to other factors, like Red being jealous of Ayilu's other friends. However, she insisted otherwise, so they took her to get her hair cut and restyled (she hadn't known that hair could be cut without pain). Much to Kat and Annie's shock, Red's reunion with Ayilu went precisely as she had predicted, as Ayilu instantly begged to be her friend again once she saw her hair.
Next time she's seen is only on less than one page in Chapter 32: From The Forest She Came where she was one of many recruited by Annie to convince Kat to become friends with Annie again.
Red makes another large appearance in Chapter 36: Red Gets a Name. Antimony joins Red and her classmates in etheric form, where they show off by forming the ether into illusions of their favorite memories. However, things start heating up when Ayilu seems to summon a "Gol-Shogeg", which everyone knows is a big slug monster that causes instant death. The Gol-Shogeg then appears to kill Ayilu's etheric form, and everyone is overcome with grief. Red, knowing of Ayilu's mind-manipulating abilities, is not fooled, and attempts to explain the trick. But then, Antimony yells at the girl and calls her Red. This counts as an official naming, much to Red's delight, as it means she no longer has to go to class, gets to have her own clothes, get a job, and hang out with other named beings (which usually doesn't happen until graduation). Immediately after receiving her new name, she rudely ignores Ayilu, who does not have an new name yet. The two end up brawling, which the other fairies see as a sign of inspiring friendship.
List of Appearances
- Chapter 8, Page 8 (As a fairy)
- Chapter 15, Page 8 (As a human, major role in this chapter)
- Chapter 32, Page 14 (only two panels)
- Chapter 36, Page 8 (Major role in this chapter)


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rodolfo replied to Tido's topic in General chit chat@Tido I've been using Linux desktops on a vast number of physical and virtual systems from enterprise to dinky toys, standardizing on plain Debian and LXDE for robust and stable systems. The LXDE-desktop uses even less ressources than XFCE and is particularly suited for small boards. The choice of desktop ( XFCE ) and Ubuntu bloat are somewhat contrary to the idea of Armbian as a lean and robust distribution. If your seriously interested in Linux desktops opt for the real thing and set up a lightning fast LXDE desktop based on Debian stable. In combination with x2go terminal server you'll experience a vastly superior and universal desktop world. Enjoy !
Is there a tested/reliable wifi implementatin on OPi PC?
rodolfo replied to twinclouds's topic in Allwinner H2 & H3El cheapo dongles are a mixed bag. You get what you pay for. Vendor info is largely missing or plain bull. Some work, some do not. Stick with the ones that work.
Is there a tested/reliable wifi implementatin on OPi PC?
rodolfo replied to twinclouds's topic in Allwinner H2 & H3@twinclouds Using the same subnet will most likely cause routing problems. You could use network-manager ( nmtui ) - check documentation - to setup your type of use case.
Is there a tested/reliable wifi implementatin on OPi PC?
rodolfo replied to twinclouds's topic in Allwinner H2 & H3Hi twinclouds, Try https://forum.armbian.com/index.php?/topic/1237-opi-one-wireless-success/
Board suggestion (split from Ethernet config issues)
rodolfo replied to sniffyjaay's topic in General chit chatHi sniffyjaay, SBCs are not really the right choice for the "Standard things" ( kind of a WIN-$ type desktop with office, multimedia and some python stuff ) you'd like to run on them. A decent desktop experience depends on snappy processing, fast storage, networking, quality display and keyboard/pointerdevice. As the common web experience goes up in sheer bloat smoke, SBCs are just overwhelmed with all the nonproductive bull. A cheap used laptop upgraded with SSD and an ultrafast LXDE-Debian, MACOS or WIN desktop is hard to match when trying to mimick it by turbo-charging an SBC. SBCs are just wonderful gadgets when their strenghts are used. Desktop use stresses their weaknesses. I personally employ them successfully as thin clients and remote desktop servers ( think visualizing IOT ) but mostly use them as specialiced servers, routers, secure cloud etc... Use cases like POS, simple kiosk solutions, low energy stuff all profit from SBC designs, but not the data-gathering slavery tools of big data abusers. Best of luck.
Upgrade Debian to Ubuntu? What to Backup?
rodolfo replied to apollon77's topic in Common issuesDebian and Ubuntu are two entirely different distributions. While Debian is the foundation for free software and bound to stricter rules, Ubuntu is a commercialized spin-off prone to vendor lock-in and possibly abuse of free software. If you'd like to change to Ubuntu, my advice would be to start with a current download, for an upgrade to Debian stretch ( currently in testing, probably stable by the end of june ) you can follow Debian instructions for update/dist-upgrade. In any case image your existing installation so you can later mount it to recover settings etc. for your new system. Good luck. Personally I'd advise you to stay with Debian and avoid the bloat created by the offshot Ubuntu.
Accessing Net attached storage (NAS)
rodolfo replied to Geneous42's topic in General chit chatYou are lucky to have found Armbian and get a tip from the wizard @Igor. The vendors of OrangePi simply refuse and/or are unable to provide any working software other than some quickly thrown together junks of hastily copied malware. Follow the tip and contribute to Armbian if you like the results. Best of luck.
Which Orange Pi has 1GB network speed?
rodolfo replied to JohnQPublic's topic in Allwinner H2 & H3There's no USB3 as @Igor mentioned. For a tested working solution with a USB3-LAN-dongle on USB2-port plus on-board GLAN see https://forum.armbian.com/index.php?/topic/3576-nanopi-neo-2/&page=2#comment-30231 LAN-speed will be limited by USB2 ( 480mbps ) to about 330mbps
Max current 5v gpio power of Orange Pi Lite
rodolfo replied to danybr's topic in Allwinner H2 & H35V GPIO pins on OPI LITE are directly connected to 5V power in socket and also to USB 5V without protection. I've even been back-feeding power through one of the USB-ports. You can probably safely draw some <1000mA powering your sensors ( not actuators....) from the GPIO-pins, just make sure to use a decent power supply for the board. Best of luck.
debian live-boot with armbian
rodolfo replied to iiivanich's topic in Allwinner H2 & H3Sounds great - please share
h3consumption -e on problem with armbian <5.20
rodolfo replied to fedyhd's topic in Allwinner H2 & H3"h3consumption -e" relates to internal GbE of the board as defined in FEX, not external USB adapter.
h3consumption -e on problem with armbian <5.20
rodolfo replied to fedyhd's topic in Allwinner H2 & H3Updates/upgrades usually run without a hitch. Best practice is to always clone/backup your current system before doing any changes. Good luck.
I just did a short upgrade/update/reboot on the NEO2 boards to make sure they run the latest builds and then did some short test with requested output Hope this helps. Have a nice day.
I'm just testing NANOPI NEO2 use as firewall/jumpstation. Network performance of Nanopi Neo2 with latest nightly Armbian is very pleasing. Testing setup : - NEO2, SDcard SANDISK 8Gb/Class10, RT8188EU Wifi-Dongle on USB-port, powered via MicroUSB from 5v/3A IKEA charger - NEO2, SDcard SANDISK 8Gb/Class10, RT8153 GLAN-Dongle on USB-port, powered via 5V/GND UART-connector from 5v/3A IKEA charger - Direct GLAN-link between NEOs - Uplink to EXTERNAL GLAN via rt8153 - Uplink to WLAN Router via RT8188EU . Results : Direct link NEO2 to NEO2 via onboard RJ45 ( simulating 10 concurrent connections on GLAN ). Uplink NEO2 via RT8153 USB-LAN Adapter ( simulating 10 concurrent connections on Uplink GLAN ). Uplink NEO2 via ( ultracheap ) RT8188EU USB-WiFi Adapter ( simulating 10 concurrent connections on Uplink WLAN in noisy 2.4Ghz mess ). No optimizations were done, just stock Armbian from nightly build. Power consumption idled at 300mA and reached 500mA (dual LAN) and 600mA (LAN+WiFi, but mainly due to silly microUSB power ) during full blast data transfers. Simple heatsinks ( 14x14 mm, not the original monsters with the silicon 'heating pad' ) were used on both boards to keep temperatures below 70. I am very pleased with the results, especially the combination of onboard GLAN ( private network ) and USB-LAN dongle ( external uplink, WAN ). With some simple firewall rules you've got a mighty little firewall/jumpstation. Next will be the addition of low-power fast msata-SSDs via USB headers for a tiny luxury NAS. Keep up the fun ! Update : Same old story but battery-buffered ( homebrew dual-18650 LIPO pass-through charging ...) Stable operation while plugging/unplugging during data transfers. More fun to come.....
Data loss when unplug power
rodolfo replied to zakk's topic in Allwinner H2 & H3Did you sync the data written and do proper shutdown before unplugging ? Unplugging without powering down is just like shooting your tyres to stop a car


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Huge Mindset Factor For Creating Network Marketing Success
Believe it or not, if you miss this one huge mindset factor for creating network marketing success, then everything you are doing is getting you nowhere.
It will be a frustrating battle, wondering why your ads are not getting results. Wondering why no one seems to want to join you. Wondering why your content gets no shares, likes, comments, or traffic.
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Believe it or not, you have lots of value to provide, or you have plenty of access to the value. Value in network marketing success can be provided through information like this business announcement. It can be addressing the problems your product fixes.
If you have access to endless amounts of marketing training and education, then it becomes as simple as learning it, then sharing what you learned. Others will get value from you, and see you as the expert, or a person they can learn from.
You also need tools to get the job done. Using capture pages, to giveaway value in exchange for a name and email address, can help you to build a list of customers and builders. All successful network marketers build lists, and so should you.
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If you began building your own custom funnels, then you become valuable. When people see your face and hear your voice on the videos, and in the content you publish, they have someone to relate to. It's like pulling off the mask, and becoming more of a person they can relate too.
This becomes the most powerful way at building network marketing success, and building the trust of others.
Simply just using the default funnels, landing pages, and videos, may get your company's name across, but does not get YOU across to your customers. Ask yourself, do you signup more, and buy more from people you know, or people you don't even know exist?
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Now you understand the "overall" way of creating success. You need to become valuable, and make your name and face a household name.
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Breastfeeding Revisited: from 2015!
I've posted 3 times here on the idiocy of American attitudes toward breastfeeding, in public, or just the sight of bare breasts displayed by women (Oh, horrors): here, Here, and Continue Reading →
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The steady, inevitable, secular advance is readily apparent in the data cited by two recent articles describing significant changes in the US population. First up, James Haught, in an article Continue Reading →
WHY WE CAN WIN The following is a an edited excerpt of an anonymous conversation from a discussion thread from one of my classes. "I go to a private christian Continue Reading →
The Mythicist Milwaukee team is hosting another informative conference in October featuring a whole afternoon of excellent secular speakers capping it off with the much awaited debate on the existence Continue Reading →
It's not a purposeful lie, and that's true of all religions. Overwhelmingly, the people that taught you your religion, sincerely believed it too, because the folks that taught them did, Continue Reading →
So I'm here in Wash DC with the Secular Coalition for America (SCA), the lobbying group formed by all the major non-believer/secular groups in the US to promote separation of Continue Reading →
Elizabeth King, a budding young Chicago writer, has an interesting plaint in the Washington Post describing how tough it can be to shake off the indoctrination of religion in I'm Continue Reading →
Dan Dennett. Philosopher of Science and Mind. Evolution Explainer Extraordinaire. This past spring, Salon magazine published an excellent article on Dan's thinking on the future of religion in the Information Continue Reading →
Dr. Darrel Ray and his Secular Sexuality podcast! On this weeks installment I get interviewed about all things atheist and sexual and psychology and religion and the Pope and gay Continue Reading →
The Gideon mini-New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs. And on the first page it proclaims: "The Bible contains the mind of God…its histories are true" It is that time of Continue Reading →


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Sunday, 29 March 2009
Blog Candy with a Twist!
Hooray I've managed to make a card at last my mojo has seriously disappeared, that & the fact that I've been working extra cos we are soo short staffed meant a definite lack of crafting lately. But I managed to make this card for Karen at Crafty Goings On's challenge to "make a card that either uses a download or stamped image that you have coloured in".
This card is for my very dear friend Kelly's birthday (it's not til May but when I saw this download I thought it would be perfect for her). The image is from Charmed Cards & Crafts & is called "Girls About Town". I coloured the image with my distress inks added some photo corners, punched flowers, gems, ribbon & a greeting. The papers are from Pink Petticoat.
(Sorry about the blurry photos again I forgot I was going to get hubby or son to take photo to see if they were any less shaky than me lol).
Posted by Tracey at 12:03
Labels: Birthday, Challenges, Girly
4 comments:
- Zoe said...
I lvoe this card :) Gorgeous image beautifully coloured and teamed up with such fab papers :D
- 30 March 2009 at 13:38
- Karen Mortensen said...
It's just gorgeous!! Good luck in the draw! ♥
- 31 March 2009 at 08:43
- Kim Dellow said...
Beautiful card Tracey, the image and papers work so well. Kimx
- 5 April 2009 at 10:01
- K said...
Thank you for your kind comment on my blog. I like your cards and I like this image :)
- 19 April 2009 at 21:40
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The head of Los Alamos National Laboratory issued a memo to employees Monday condemning a story published Sunday in The New Mexican that exposed missteps at the lab that had played a part in a WIPP radiation leak. The story also addressed efforts to downplay the dangers of LANL transuranic waste that had been sent to the nuclear waste storage facility near Carlsbad.
The newspaper's investigation, which took six months and included interviews and a review of thousands of documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, found that LANL documents provided to Waste Isolation Pilot Plant officials and regulators about the waste drum's contents failed to mention several components: organic kitty litter, the unusually high acidity of the waste and a pH neutralizer. Now, those components are being eyed as possible factors in the chemical reaction that caused a LANL drum to burst, leading to the radiation leak.
On Feb. 14, when the drum ruptured inside the underground storage facility, more than 20 workers were exposed to radiation. The plant has not reopened since, stranding thousands of barrels of waste from Cold War-era nuclear weapons production at national labs throughout the country. Fully reopening WIPP is expected to take up to five years and cost at least $550 million, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
"Over the weekend, many of you may have read a story in the Santa Fe New Mexican suggesting that Los Alamos National Laboratory was hiding scientific theories about the accident at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant," lab Director Charles McMillan wrote in his memo sent to LANL employees just before 5 p.m. Monday. "I want to assure you that nothing is further from the truth."
According to McMillan's statement, obtained by The New Mexican, he took aim at a portion of the newspaper report about the lab's delay in sharing a memo with WIPP personnel that likened the contents of the burst waste drum to explosives. The story reported that a May memo by LANL chemist Steve Clemmons asserted he had determined the waste in the drum that ruptured held the same components as three patented explosives.
"The Lab was very open with the Department of Energy and the Carlsbad Field Office about hypotheses under evaluation, with daily discussions on all efforts to discover the cause of the breach and to ensure the safety and security of the remaining drums," McMillan wrote in the memo to lab workers Monday.
But emails that were the basis for the news report contradict McMillan's memo. Those messages, colored at times by outrage from WIPP officials about what they weren't told by LANL, show that despite daily briefings between WIPP and Los Alamos personnel about the ongoing investigations into the leak, a week passed before WIPP officials learned of Clemmons' findings about the potentially explosive mixture in the waste.
Officials at WIPP became aware of Clemmons' memo only after a Department of Energy employee at LANL leaked it to a colleague in Carlsbad, who then shared it with them. The discovery prompted decision-makers at WIPP to postpone a scheduled expedition by employees to collect specimens for scientific testing in the area where the drum burst.
Don Hancock, director of the Nuclear Waste Safety program at a watchdog organization, the Southwest Research and Information Center, has read the string of emails about the May memo. He said the story the messages tell is clear: "The LANL people were not being truthful with WIPP and DOE folks in May," Hancock said. "That's a problem."
Greg Mello, executive director of the watchdog Los Alamos Study Group that monitors the lab, has read the emails and shares Hancock's opinion that LANL was not as forthcoming with WIPP or the Energy Department as McMillan's memo suggests.
"The director is trying to protect the morale of the laboratory," Mello said. "I think it's wishful thinking. He says the lab was open with the DOE and with WIPP. It wasn't open, but perhaps by LANL standards it was. LANL openness standards are so opaque that secrecy is normal."
As reported Sunday in The New Mexican, the lab last week issued a statement that scientific experiments eliminated Clemmons' findings as the cause of the radiation leak at WIPP.
Other portions of McMillan's message to lab employees supported findings from the news report. He acknowledged the lab had not accurately documented the contents of the waste drum that ruptured, and that the waste in the drum that burst had been processed at the lab. The addition of neutralizer was not authorized by a permit issued by the New Mexico Environment Department.
McMillan's memo made no mention of a theory discussed in emails that organic kitty litter had been added to the waste as an absorbent — rather than the inorganic clay kitty litter that previously had been used — because of a typographical error in a revision to a manual that instructs workers how to package waste at the lab.
"McMillan's memo doesn't mention that this mixture violated basic chemical common sense," said Mello, a former state environmental inspector whose duties included observing activities at the lab. "Nobody should mix these things — period. You should never mix nitric acid and nitrate salts with any organic fuels."
Investigators have identified wheat-based kitty litter as a potential fuel in the chemical reaction that led to the radiation leak. The lab began using the organic variety in September 2012.
The month before the switch, a new waste packaging policy that explicitly called for organic litter took effect at the lab. A waste handling expert at WIPP reported in an email to a colleague that a typographical error is believed to have resulted in the change.
The lab has repeatedly refused to publicly say why it switched to organic kitty litter. The lab did not respond Thursday when asked why McMillan's memo did not address the typo theory.
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