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I'm pretty new to snowboarding... this is my third season. This summer I bought all new gear and am still trying to dial it in. I've had 4 full days this season so have had a lot of opportunities to make adjustments. I found that after a full day that my calves were really sore from fighting the angle of my bindings with where set to 15 degrees up from and 5 in the back. I made the angles less severe eventually ending up at 0 degrees front and back foot. After doing that I had my best days riding and found it was the most comfortable riding I've ever done. I don't have major hanging over for the front or back of my feet so thats no problem. I've seen all kinds of stuff on this site and on others saying 0 degrees is a bad setup but it really works for me... any opinions? Am I gonna die??? ;-)
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I've ridden 0/0 before if that's ultimately the most comfortable for you then have at it. I think in the long run you'll get excessive torque on your leading knee but if it works for you, it works.
Otherwise calf pain could be due to a few reasons first and most obvious is that you're using them more intensely than you normally due, (i.e., you're just not yet in good "boarding" shape early in the season). Another obvious culprit is forward lean. On most (all?) bindings you should have the ability to relax the forward lean. I'd turn it down to 0 or as close to 0 as it allows. You don't need it, and that will alleviate stress on your calf muscles.
zero is fine
Heck yeah riding at 0 degrees is ok! It all depends on you and what is more comfortable for you. If you feel comfortable when you ride at 0 degrees then who cares what anyone else thinks? Unfortunately, most people that ride with their feet ducked out are only doing it because they think it looks cool or because their favorite pro rides like that. They don't understand the actual mechanics behind it. I ride at 15 and -12 for my wider stance because with my feet that wide it would tweak my knees too much to keep them straight up and down at 0. With a narrower stance I might change my degrees to 12 and -12 or 12 and -9 or something like that. Everyone is different. A lot of times in the snowboarding magazines they will interview a pro and list his or her configuration and you'll notice that it varies a lot between the riders and the type of riding that they do. Good luck and happy shredding
Thanks guys. I have my highbacks set with no lean. I found that i was fighting the bindings from within my boots... my feet naturally wanted to straighten out and it was creating pressure points where I was twisting against my boots. I'm definitely not in good boarding shape as I'm pretty wiped out after a full day but my soreness is definitely less at 0. i may try a less sever angle and try again at some point this season
Even slightly toed out is a much more natural stance, but some people are pigeon toed or could have other conditions making them more comfortable at 0/0...
If it works for you, go with it, but if you haven't tried yet, try something mild like -3/+3 or -6/+6 and see if it's better.
No you won't kill yourself. :D
I am bow legged as hell so 0 stance wouldn't ever work for me. That being said, if it makes you ride better, then go for it. Just keep tweeking it in the future, your preference might change as your riding progresses.
I ride a duck 15 15, or 17 17 depending on the conditions, but I ride switch as much as I ride regular.
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The nice thing about snowboarding is that you can do whatever feels best :yahoo:
It doesn't matter, there are no rules to HOW you should ride. You don't have an "out-of-bounds" line or a uniform restriction like other sports
If you wanna rock 0/0 then go ahead.
I, for one am a natural stanced, goofy footed freestyle park/urban rider.
so (get this!:giggle:) I actually rock a massive 30/25
pic related!
Cheers to having it your way!
I do a slightly ducked stance 15/10. Works for me.
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In essence, It's easier to place weight on the balls of my feet than the side of my feet. Not only that, but because of this, it feels more stable than a 15/-15.
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This was the advice traditionally given to Americans in search of fame and fortune, that is that they should leave the East Coast and head into the great unexplored West of the United States.
I have little hope of fame (beyond this blog!) or fortune and am sadly no longer young, but I decided to follow the advice anyway and headed off to Gothenburg last week for my first "official" visit as Ambassador.
I come from Scotland and studied at Glasgow University. Arriving in Gothenburg and learning a bit about its history, I was struck not only by the obvious Scottish influences (Chalmers University, Keiller Park and many other Scottish street names), but also to the wider resemblances to the great Scottish West coast city.
Gothenburg, like Glasgow, had for many years a large shipbuilding industry, which has had to make big adjustments in recent years to new economic circumstances.
Like Glasgow, it has embraced culture – the world-famous book-fair was opening as I left. Locals tell me it also has Sweden's best football team, but I'm too diplomatic to pass comment on that!
Like Glasgow it is said to have perhaps more than its fair share of rain as well as a healthy rivalry with its east coast rival, Stockholm. Again I was (for once!) too professional to express any controversial opinions…
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The Feb. 19 Record-Courier article about Gov. John Kasich's Ohio Turnpike proposal really left a lot to be desired.
I'm particularly shocked that State Rep. Kathleen Clyde called for your readers to write letters opposing Kasich's plan for the turnpike.
Why? Governor Kasich's plan for the turnpike should be supported. I drive to work almost every day and use the turnpike, which is why I'm confused at why Representative Clyde is encouraging folks not to support it.
The new turnpike plan will not only create jobs for Ohioans, it will also rebuild and repair crumbling portions of road on the turnpike.
I support the turnpike plan because this is the first time in 20 years a comprehensive plan has been put together to address the turnpike. Tolls will be frozen at current levels for 10 years. Besides, the new turnpike plan will actually generate more money for cities and counties, so why attack it?
Having a reliable Ohio Turnpike is important to me. It makes sense that it's run by Ohio and not outsourced somewhere else. Could you imagine if the 65,000 jobs the new turnpike plan is supposed to create were outsourced to a different state or country?
Governor Kasich made a wise and smart decision in keeping the turnpike here in Ohio and he should be supported.
It seems these officials are trying to support Democrat Ed FitzGerald's candidacy for governor, as he led opposition to the turnpike before a plan was even introduced.
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@Trawl...Kasich can't just wave a Magic Wand and produce money, can he?...No he cannot. Only Obama can thru the FED.
Fred, if readers go to the above URL and read the article where Ms. Clyde states her objections the reader will see your letter has little to nothing to do with Ms. Clyde's and others objections. The Kasich plan only makes sense to those who failed simple arithmetic. Freezing tolls AND using toll money to pay off loans AND redistributing more toll money throughout the state? This validates the concerns about maintenance funding being cut. Kasich can't just wave a Magic Wand and produce money, can he?


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Andrew Armishaw has swapped windswept Britain for, well, windswept Chicago, as he seeks to build HSBC's profile in the US. Jonathon Edgley meets the driving force behind the bank's expansion…
It came to me as something of a surprise that, on my first introduction to Andrew Armishaw, CIO of HSBC Holdings for North America, he answered with more than a hint of an accent from the North of England – Yorkshire, to be more precise. Although no doubt softened by the two and a half years he has spent in Chicago overseeing the expansion of HSBC's considerable IT organization, Armishaw's accent still suggests the determined, uncompromising traits for which Yorkshiremen are famed – an idea reinforced by the fact that the weekend before we speak, he has managed to find probably the only bar outside of England showing the soccer playoff final between Swansea City and Barnsley FC, the team he's supported since childhood.
So what does a man from the one of the largest banking brands in Britain bring to HSBC's US operations, where outside of New York State – and despite being one of the top 10 financial services organizations in the country – its profile is still being built? That's what this interview hopes to find out.
Winds of change Our discussion starts by addressing the current feeling that the role of the CIO and IT is changing, a point to which Armishaw agrees, albeit with a cautionary note. "Whilst I think the role of the CIO is changing, you can't take for granted the basics, the bedrock of the role. If you don't deliver very high quality, very highly resilient, very high performing and cost-effective systems, you don't get the opportunity to do the other things. You've got to deliver your projects with a lot of focus, energy and drive."
But assuming you get the basics right, Armishaw concedes that there are some interesting developments taking place. "The first, and it's one we do here at HSBC, is to try and run the technology organization as if it was a commercial company – wholly owned. We don't do business for anyone else, but we basically run it, we have an annual price list, we have to drive down our prices each year, we allow the business to consume what they can afford and it's our job to try and drive efficiency through it. We try and make our IT services appear as if you were buying them from the outside, so you get a sense that we care commercially and so that you can benchmark them."
Typically, the technology group supports most if not all businesses for HSBC in North America, from applications and data centers to networks for virtually every business. As such, it has a great picture as to what's going on in those businesses – and in some cases is the only large-scale group that has that full picture. "As all banks are challenged to get more out of their business, we are one of the groups with a window as to what's happening in all parts of the organization," he says. "We have to play a much more active roll in saying how we leverage those components across the businesses – it's a huge thing, and I think it's one of the reasons why the management group here are very committed to always having the IT group at the senior table." This is something of a refreshing change for IT.
Armishaw also believes that IT is increasingly becoming a big communicator of the brand. "You need to communicate the brand over the internet or through an ATM. If you look at most banks, the vast majority of the transactions now are through direct mechanisms. You need to think of yourselves as communicators of the brand of the bank, so you'd better be intimate with what the organization stands for and what it's trying to communicate."
But, as with any amount of change, it is imperative to fully appreciate the bottom line. "Never take for granted the day your systems aren't working and you can't get your projects in," advises Armishaw. "People don't want to talk to you about the other stuff, they want to know why the ATM is down."
Singing from the same hymn sheet Early in our discussion, Armishaw mentions the importance of focusing on aligning business with IT and why this is so important. Pressing this point further, he explains that the main reason for this is because banking is now so centered around technology.
One of the upshots of this is that, despite it's increasing prominence, not everyone has followed this development with the same amount of enthusiasm – I'm sure we all know of 20-year veterans who swear that a pen and paper or flip chart are the only business imperatives and can often be heard enquiring why 'people don't use the phone anymore'. "You still have a lot of senior people in the business who have developed in their career without a lot of hands on involvement with the IT function," he says. "It's absolutely our responsibility to explain what we do, what the services are and how they're core to those businesses; they should also feel they are driving the agenda. I think in a lot of companies, business executives don't feel that they drive the technology agenda, they just get to vote on it on rare occasions."
There's an emotional aspect to this as well. "I think a lot of IT groups don't present themselves as a service provider, they don't treat their businesses as customers, they're somewhat divorced and disengaged from them. So there's a practical element that says that if we understand the business, we're going to develop the right systems and the right infrastructure. IT therefore needs to show it's very engaged with that business and very excited about making that business more successful, and that you understand the technology group can only grow and prosper if the businesses grow and prosper. It's a very simple philosophy."
Of course, there's still the hurdle of differences in approach between IT and business staff that need to be taken into account. "We all have pictures in our head of the typical characteristics of people in business, whether they're from IT, sales or senior management – not all of which are necessarily flattering. So it is important to get past these stereotypes and appreciate what we all bring to the table."
It's the personality that's important Being careful not to generalize, Armishaw typifies the characters of IT and business employees. "IT people are pretty analytical, are good at structure and are good at projects and breaking things down and delivering. Business people on the other hand, tend to be more commercial, entrepreneurial, wanting to do things fast." As such, you can often get a clash in approaches: the "I've got an idea, I want to do it on Monday" business approach, versus the "here's my structure, here's my project methodology, here are my controls" IT approach.
Although this is in part an exaggeration to make a point, there is also some truth to it, and some common ground must therefore be found somewhere in the middle. "IT needs to realize that we cannot grow as a technology group unless we make commercially good decisions and are nimble. Similarly business must realize that it's not IT's job to develop systems quickly and poorly without quality and thinking through the infrastructure; it just won't work."
Armishaw points out that it works best when these two groups are very closely engaged and understand the benefit of the different approaches. As such, one of the things Armishaw is very keen on is moving people between the IT and business disciplines to get a greater appreciation of the underlying business (see The Apprentice sidebar). "We're having some success at this because it does give people a different view. Nobody has the monopoly on the right answer in this, but I do think it's important the IT people understand that in the end, if you're not supporting and driving commercial success it doesn't matter. You need to understand how your structure, controls and projects help the organization be more commercially successful.
"As we all know, sometimes what is commercially successful isn't always logical. What consumers buy, and what they like and do isn't quite as rational as we think. What we encourage our IT people to do is really understand why our businesses are commercially successful or not. Look at why we have an advantage with customers rather than just analyzing the process – why are we successful, what are the things that make the difference to end customers and the reasons they buy and how can IT influence that?
"We encourage people to get out to branches, call centers and onto the internet to understand how customers buy and what drives them to buy, because sometimes the results might surprise you."
The driving force I ask whether this is an admission that IT is there primarily as a service to the business, facilitating their demands as opposed to driving development – and to a point, Armishaw agrees that it is. "In general, I would say all the best products I've seen have had a very clear business sponsorship, there's no doubt about that." But of course, as Armishaw continues to explain, IT still has a responsibility to shape the agenda. "If they see things being built that they think are either impractical or not commercial, then you've got to raise that. If you just do what you're asked that's not enough. You have to look at what you're asked and you have to present alternatives and explain why what might appear to be a very good commercial way of doing something isn't.
"With the best will in the world, you've got to educate them from time to time. You have to be in the position to influence the agenda, not just execute it."
It's this focused approach that has enabled the tough Yorkshireman from across the pond to quietly build something of a success story at HSBC. You certainly wouldn't want to bet against him gaining even further success, and in the past few months his efforts have increasingly gained recognition from both the media and his peers. Oh, and for the record, Barnsley won the final. It looks like Armishaw knows one or two things about backing the right team.
The IT services apprentice There have been many attempts to solidify disparate groups within business; some have been successful, some not so. Amongst the more recent initiatives, one that sticks out above the rest is Armishaw's take on the popular TV show The Apprentice as a means to educate his staff on the ways of the business world. This wasn't your typical team bonding event that wears thin after a couple of hours and is forgotten the next time the e-mail server goes down. This was a genuine learning experience for all involved.
"We took 330 senior level IT staff from the US, Canada and some from Mexico and for three days we didn't talk about technology. We said if you're going to really understand this commercial agenda and hope both to practically and emotionally engage with a business, then why don't you create and run a business.
"We split them into 20 groups and over the course of three days they had to brand themselves, pitch for venture capital funding, create a trade fair and financial plan. There were no technology disciplines required from them. We also did sneaky things; half way through we said to them the IT group has come back and said it's going to cost twice their original estimate, etc. So the whole sense was to understand what it feels like to be operating in an environment where you're trying to generate new business and you don't control all the levers, but also to open our eyes up to the kind of skills we have that we don't usually reference on a day-to-day basis.
""If you look at our people, a lot of them have an accounting or marketing background or they do stuff outside of work that calls on a set of skills that they don't think they use in the office because they think their job is to analyze code design. So as well as to create awareness it was also to dust down these skills and you suddenly find we've got some incredibly creative people who can create eye catching marketing material, some people who can think through the commercial implications.
"People were surprised because they would normally turn up to this event and expect to be told about UNIX and mid tier infrastructure, etc. but we didn't talk about any of that. They basically worked extremely hard for three days and created a very high level of engagement. It has embedded a much more commercial outlook throughout our technology group that has been recognized by the business and our CEO here, so much so that we have since run another three subsequent events for 500 people. It's reinforced this notion that IT is an essential part of the banking business and we've got to drive our IT agenda with the commercial focus.
And the business feedback? "I get this on an informal level so I'll ask directly. I think people have been incredibly interested and think it's a novel approach. We also ask our businesses to score us every half-year on a range of categories and basically in the last 18 months these have been on a nice upward path. So when they get to vote they are saying we are more inline with their agenda, we're more committed, more responsible – those types of things. We can say both rationally and emotionally that it's had an impact.
?We've now run it in the UK and we're running it in Hong Kong. We're probably going to export it to our Mexico group as well. What's nice about it is we did it internally and are now rolling it out to the rest of the HSBC group. It's a good example of the power of HSBC, if you have a good idea you can get it to a lot of people very quickly."
You're hired: Armishaw on staffing matters "We have a retiring chief operating officer who only half-jokingly said IT is five percent hardware, 10 percent software and 85 percent people. I think it's true.
"As people are typically choosing between the same two to three technology approaches it's your ability to make the right decisions and execute them that makes the difference. My view is that the extent to which you attract and manage people better than the competition is probably going to be a bigger factor than whether you made the right technology decision. Technologies come and go but people tend to stay with us longer than particular technologies.
"One thing that may be a surprise is that in the US we probably have to explain more about HSBC than we would in the UK. Outside New York State we are not as well known as we would be in Asia or Europe. What we do here is spend a lot of time explaining the organization and what people are joining. The second thing we emphasize is that technology is crucial for the development of the company and that we report into the highest levels – the chief executives of the individual businesses and of the overall American Corporation. So everywhere we have a management seat at the table.
"The next thing we emphasize is that whilst you're joining a bank, your also joining a technology group with around 28,000 people globally, so we're actually a pretty big technology company. Within the scope of financial services, just about every type of technical challenge/project/infrastructure you can think of exists, so if you want variety we've got it, and particularly if you're interested in how the world is developing globally then it's hard to think of a better organization to join.
"And then, once you're here, we will put a tremendous amount of emphasis on development and we're very clear that the top people will get rewarded. Today that seems to work pretty well and I think the name is getting recognized in the areas we're operating in. I think technical people are concerned with what areas they are going to be working in, whether they are going to be stuck in a particular area, whether they are going to be able to develop their particular skills – within our particular organization, if you're good enough you're going to get ample opportunity to develop."
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* OBEX Push server for receiving files (optional, most devices natively provide this service)
* OBEX Push client and server can use WiFi for high-speed transfers when both are connected to same network.
* Bluetooth FTP Client
* Discover / pair devices from within FX File Explorer
Updated Dropbox client.
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RAR Extractor Pro v2.02
Requirements: 4.0.3 and up
Overview: RAR Extractor Pro is a simple, easy-to-use and quick compression/decompression app, archiver, assistant, extractor, manager and even a basic file explorer
* Support extract most of common archive formats,include: rar, zip, gz, rar, tar, 7z, iso, jar
* Support compress folder to zip, 7z or tar archive file.
* Support pack/unpack file in background
* Support pack/unpack encrypted archive file.
What's New
fix bugs
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App Manager v3.37 (Donated)
Requirements: 4.0 and up
Overview: Easier, advanced alternative to the built-in app manager
Do you hate the multiple steps it takes to just uninstall your apps ?
Do you sometimes install many apps in order to find one that suits your needs, but then you hate the time it takes to uninstall the rest?
Do you need to reset/uninstall apps frequently ?
Do you have a third party launcher and hate the fact that installing apps puts shortcuts on the old launchers?
Wanna try getting rid of some of the bloatware your device has (*) ?
If so, this is the app for you !
This app has plenty of features, especially for rooted devices:
• Easiest uninstaller - single click on an app to uninstall it
• Batch operations of apps : uninstallation, share, disable/enable, Re-install, manage, open in Play-Store or Amazon-AppStore.
• APK files management
• Removed Apps history viewer
• Customizable Widgets, for uninstalling the recently installed app or clearing its internal/external data
• Normal/ROOT uninstallation of apps . Using ROOT, it's much easier and faster
• Shows all kinds of apps, and not just those that you can launch. For example: widgets, live wallpapers, keyboards, launchers, plugins,...
• Auto-handling of apps that have admin privileges, allowing you to revoke them and uninstall the apps
• Auto add shortcuts to newly installed apps, no matter how you've installed them. Also choose exactly which launcher will have the new shortcuts
• Various operations on selected app:
• Run
• Share app as link or APK file
• Manage
• Open link on play store.
• Kill background processes
• Stop app (needs ROOT+Honeycomb)
• Clear internal storage (ROOT)
• Create shortcut, including hidden ones
• Search the Internet for app's name/package
• Disable/Enable app (ROOT)
• Re-install
• Sort apps by size, name, package, date installed, date updated, launch time
• OS uninstallation integration
• Useful shortcuts to built in apps
• Filter apps by:
• System/user apps
• Enabled/disabled apps
• Installation path: SD card / internal storage
• Ability to uninstall system apps (Root , might not work on some cases)
• Shows app information: package name, date installed, build number, version name
• Auto-cleaning of external storage files of apps that the OS didn't remove them right for some reason
• Theme chooser, in case you don't like the cards UI
Best of all, it's free ! ! !
Permissions explanations
• INSTALL_SHORTCUT - allows the app to create apps shortcuts, either manually or automatically (upon installation)
• KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES - allows the app to kill selected apps
• READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - allows the app to check if there is taken space on selected app, in order to allow to reclaim it
• WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - to clear the external storage of selected app
• ACCESS_SUPERUSER - for rooted devices only, allows many more cool features, for example background uninstallation
• ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE , INTERNET- for ads
• BILLING, GET_ACCOUNTS - for donations
• GET_PACKAGE_SIZE - for getting apps' sizes
• GET_TASKS , PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS - to get recently launched apps
• Uninstallation of system apps is a risky operation. I do not hold any responsibility in case the functionality of your OS is damaged in any way when using this feature
•Some system apps cannot be removed due to restrictions enforced by the ROM itself, but the app will try handling it the best it can, and sometimes a restart is needed to see the result
• You can remove the ads by donating as much as you wish
• I've worked for a long time on this app, and I have plenty of features I have in mind to add to it
• Please feel free to rate the app and show your opinion (preferably via the forum) on which features you'd like to have for the next versions.
What's New
Minor bugs fixes and updated Google libraries
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Hermit • Lite Apps Browser v9.0.3 [Premium]
Requirements: 4.4 and up
Overview: Lite Apps are fast and lean Web apps, tightly integrated with Android. They save battery & cannot track you because they don't run in the background. With Hermit, you can create your own Lite Apps from any Web site, or pick from our free curated collection of ready-made Lite Apps.
Hermit creates icons for your Lite Apps on your launcher home screen. Lite Apps appear in the list of Recent Apps, in the Share Menu, can show you Notifications, support Android Nougat Multi-Window Mode, and are much better integrated with the Android operating system than simply opening up a web page in a browser.
No other browser lets you customize as many settings as Hermit does, and they're saved individually for each Lite App.
- Theme Colors
- Custom Icons
- Text Zoom
- Desktop Mode
- Frameless Mode
- Full-screen Mode
Hermit shows absolutely no ads, even in the forever free version. We do not track you, or sell your profile, or do anything else that many other supposedly "free" apps do.
- NO HISTORY TRACKING. Hermit does not save browsing history. Use Hermit confidently for private browsing.
- AD BLOCKER: No plug-ins required. Regularly-updated block list. No subscription fees. No root required.
- Popup Blocker.
- Do Not Track setting.
- Location permission asked every time (no background location).
- No background access to Photos, Videos, or Files.
- Native Apps blocked. You cannot get a virus or malware from Hermit Lite Apps.
- NATIVE SUPPORT FOR AMP. Hermit is the FIRST AND ONLY BROWSER with native support for automatic Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), which load 4× times faster and are 10× smaller than regular Web pages.
- No background battery drain.
- Data Saver mode.
- Images on/off.
- JavaScript on/off.
- Other browsers open a new tab every time you click on an icon, and make you wait. Hermit launches instantly if you already have the Lite App open.
- App is tiny, only 2 MB.
Swipe in from the right edge of the screen in any Lite App to access the Quick Settings sidebar. So many customization options!
Hermit is a FREEMIUM app, which means there are two options:
- FREE FOREVER: All features are 100% enabled in the Free Forever version. No Ads. No nags. Only TWO LITE APPS are supported.
- PREMIUM: Paid option, which supports an infinite number of Lite Apps.
We do not track you, or sell your profile, or do anything else that many other supposedly "free" apps do.
We want you to know that our only source of revenue is the Premium version. If you would like to see new features & support our ongoing development, we request that you purchase the Premium version.
We will gladly offer you Hermit Premium for free if you're a student: See https://hermit.chimbori.com/help/students
Hermit works on Android KitKat and above, but requires Lollipop for certain features:
— Photo and video uploading
— Recent Apps integration
— Status bar theme color
What's New
• Facebook Notifications, using a new feature called Web Monitors
• Web Monitors: Track changes to any Web Page: https://hermit.chimbori.com/features/web-monitors
• Quickly add many new Lite Apps at once
• Pick custom icons while creating Lite Apps
• Auto-Updates for all Lite Apps: get new features automatically
• Sticky buttons in left drawer for Close, Customize, …
• Special settings for Premium users
• Faster startup time & performance improvements
See https://hermit.chimbori.com/changes !
● Premium features Unlocked
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Block Apps - More Productivity v1.03.1 [Premium]
Requirements: 4.1+
Overview: With Block you can finally get to do what you wanted to have done two hours ago, by getting back the control over your app usage. Are you a procrastinator? Then this app is perfect for you!
Spending too much time on Facebook? Block it! Still watching YouTube videos late at night? Block it!
Create schedules
You can create multiple schedules (also called blocks), where each schedule has a list of apps to be blocked. Select a time window and the days you want the apps to be blocked, and you are good to go! The schedules will be activated automatically, and idle when the screen is off to be friendly for your battery. An active block cannot be turned off, so that it prevents you from using distracting apps. Being productive, that is the plan!
Quickly start a block at any given time
To start a block immediately at any given time, just swipe it to the left in the list. Set a duration, and the apps will be blocked for that time period. Works great in combination with a Pomodoro timer.
Undo your changes
Handy little snackbars pop up at the bottom of the screen to allow you to undo any changes you made to a block. So when your plan was not do delete that block, you can press undo and the block pops right back up in your list.
A notification is displayed in the status bar to remind you of any active blocks, including their ending times. You can of course also turn off this notification if that is your preference.
Widgets can be placed on your home screen to start a block with a single press, which is ideal for studying. Place one on your home screen next to a Pomodoro timer, and you are set up for success.
Tasker support
Using Tasker to automate your workflow? You can now use it to start blocks as well! More Tasker features will be coming in the near future, and if there is anything specific you would like to see added please send me an email.
Feel free to leave any suggestions or improvements at [email protected], or leave a rating here in the store!
* Added a Frequently Asked Questions page.
* 24h blocks will now update or be removed properly after they 'end'.
* Blocks automatically reactivate after the app is updated.
* Further layout improvements.
* Many small bug fixes and improved foreground app detection.
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Auto Optimizer v5.4.3
Requirements: 4.0+
Overview: "Auto Optimizer" has been featured by many media outlets.
- Auto optimize your device to keep it functional!
- Easy to use, highly effective, faster processing speed!
- Optimize instantly with just a tap on the home button. → Achieve a smooth operation on your device.
- Display memory and battery info on the status bar or overlay.
- Equipped with a powerful battery saver function. Battery life will be significantly improved!
- Equipped with functions to clear various histories and caches.
- Auto optimization execution condition and details can be set.
- Advanced settings are also available for display during execution.
- Optimize instantly with just a tap on the shortcuts.
- Realize the fastest possible processing speeds by eliminating unnecessary processes.
- Flexible settings to fit the way you use your smartphone, including detailed auto-executing conditional settings.
- Check detailed information about the state of your device, including the ability to display remaining memory.
[Memory release / Clear cache / Clear history]
- Execute when home button is tapped
- Execute when screen is turned off
- Execute by memory usage rate
- Execute at a set interval
- Manually execute with just a tap on the shortcuts
[Battery saver]
Depending on the device and the usage, the battery consumption can be reduced approximately by 1/10 to 1/3 while the screen is off.
[Display memory info]
Displays free memory size or free memory(in %) or used memory size or used memory (in %) on the status bar or overlay.
[Display battery info]
Displays remaining battery life on the status bar.
[Ultra memory release]
When free memory is very low, the Android system terminates running processes.
"Ultra memory release" function uses this method to release memory.
May not work properly depending on the specifications of the device or OS.
Also has various other useful functions.
■Recommended for those who:
- Want an automatic execution app
- Want to be able to set exclusion of memory release
- Want an app with a high memory release rate
- Want an app with a fast processing speed
- Want an app that execute with a single tap
- Want an app without advertisements
- Want an app for non-resident automatic memory release / clear cache
- Want an app for good battery life
- Want to display memory info on the status bar or overlay
- Want to display battery info on the status bar
■List of functions
- Memory release (task killer)
- Clear cache
- Clear history
- Resident type settings
- Auto-execute by memory usage rate
- Auto-execute at a set interval
- Auto-execute when screen is turned off
- Execute when home button is tapped
- Exclusion of memory release settings
- Clear history settings
- Sound effect of execution settings
- Display mode of execution settings
- Widgets
- Shortcuts to each functions
- Battery saver
- Ultra memory release
- Display memory info
- Display battery info
- Detailed device info
What's New
We optimized the configuration of the application.
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Wheres My Droid Elite v6.2.0 [Unlocked]
Requirements: 4.0.3+
Overview: If you have lost your phone you may be wondering, now what? Don't panic you have several options. You do need to act fast, the longer you wait the less chance you'll have of recovering your phone.
Find My Phone!
The first find your phone app on the Android Market continues to get better and better. Now with more features, it is easier than ever to track down your lost phone.
Wheres My Droid Features
~ Find phone by making it ring/vibrate
~ Find phone using GPS location
~ GPS Flare - Location alert on low battery
~ Text your attention word
~ Passcode protection to prevent unauthorized app changes
~ Notification of changed SIM card or phone number
~ Stealth Mode hides incoming text with attention word
~ White/Black list to control who can use the app via text
~ No battery drain
Advanced Security Features in Pro
~ Take pictures with the devices camera
~ Remotely lock device - Requires Android 6.0.1 or less
~ Remotely wipe SD card
~ Remotely wipe phone data
~ Prevent app from being uninstalled - Requires Android 6.0.1 or less
~ Hide the app icon
~ Use a landline to activate the app
~ Customizable ringtone when lost
Premium Features in Elite
~ Geofencing
~ Auto Theft Detection
~ Passive Location Updates
~ Location History
~ View Contacts and Call Log
~ View Device Stats and Nearby Wi-Fi
Lost Phone?
Where's My Droid can turn the ringer volume up and make your phone ring. The app can also get the GPS coordinates with a link to Google maps if you're not near enough to your phone to hear the ringer. You have the freedom to track your phone from anywhere with a text messaged attention word or with our online Commander.
Stolen Phone?
Feel secure knowing that a thief won't be able to access your personal information on your lost phone. In the Pro version you are able to wipe and lock your stolen phone. Locking your phone will make it unusable while you try to track your lost phone's location. If there is no hope of finding your phone, then you can erase your personal information with the wipe feature.
The app does require a lot of permissions. For more details on why the app needs these permissions visit WheresMyDroid.com
What's New
- Bug fix for GPS speed in kph.
- Improvements to features that send emails.
- Code optimization to reduce app size and increase performance.
- Bug fix for Do Not Disturb mode on Android 7.0+. Be sure to go to the Ring Setup menu if you are having problems making the phone ring.
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Unique Controls FULL v2.0.2 [Unlocked]
Requirements: 4.4+
Overview: Unique Controls - Change the way you use your device. This app brings you 2 great features that changes the way you use your device as soon as you get used to them you will never want to live without them again
Unique Controls - Change the way you use your device
This app brings you 2 great features that changes the way you use your device as soon as you get used to them you will never want to live without them again
The first one "Halo" is a little bubble that hovers over all your apps. Halo gives you quick access to your notifications (similar to facebook chat heads but for every app) by showing them in a beautiful and intuitive way. You can launch, dismiss and scroll trough all of them.
The second feature is "Pie Controls". Pie controls gives you the power of gesture navigation in whatever app you are. Simply swipe up from the bottom of the screen to reveal a beautiful menu with your favorite actions.
Both of them are extremely customizable so that you can really make them your own.
So what are you waiting for, try it out and use android as it should be:)
Full Version
This app comes in all its uniqueness with the bulk of its features granted to you for free. But if you purchase the full version, all settings are unlocked, allowing you to customize every aspect of the app. The full version allows you to change the colors, change halos behavior, pin apps to halo to access them at any time, blacklist notifications, add your own actions to pie with up to two rows and much, much more. Get it now!
You only need Xposed Framework if you want to use Floatings Windows!
android.permission.INTERNET: this is for Crashlytics only, which will automatically send me stack trace logs if the app crashes. No other information is being sent.
android.permission.VIBRATE: To give haptic feedback.
android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW: To draw halo and pie controls over other apps.
android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE: To show you the wifi state in pie controls
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE: To show you your network connection in pie controls
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED: To automagically start the halo pie controls goodness after reboot
android.permission.BILLING: To provide in app purchases
android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE: To toggle wifi
android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE: To toggle wifi
android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN: To toggle bluetooth
android.permission.BLUETOOTH: To toggle bluetooth
android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS: To switch to the last app with pie controls
android.permission.CALL_PHONE: To use direct call shortcut with pie controls
android.permission.BIND_DEVICE_ADMIN: To lock the screen with pie controls
android.permission.BIND_ACCESSIBILITY_SERVICE: To perform clicks
android.permission.BIND_NOTIFICATION_LISTENER_SERVICE: To read notifications and show them in halo
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What's New
Changelog within the app;)
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MiXplorer v6.15.6.BETA_B1706221
Requirements: 2.0+
Overview: Mi File Explorer is an awesome file manager.
MiXplorer is a fast, smooth, beautiful and full-featured file manager with a simple user interface.
This app is completely free, no Ads and never gonna be a paid app
It supports Android 2.0+ (SDK 5)
I hope you will enjoy it.
The best way indeed is to explore yourself. But here's a brief list of essential features:
Easily themable with customization option which lets you select any color you like.
Unlimited Tabbed browsing and Dual panel in landscape mode and Drag and Drop between panels also supported.
Easily create Tasks to multitask Copy, Move, ... operations.
Different various View Modes and Sorting Options for each folder separately!
Customizable bookmarks drawer with essential file types already categorized.
Advanced search functions.
Export/Import all preferences and bookmarks and customized skins.
Extract and create 7z and Zip/Zip64 (splitted-encrypted), TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, GZIP, BZIP2 and extract RAR (splitted-encrypted - No Rar5 yet), XZ, APM, CAB, ISO, ARJ, AR, LZH, LHA, CHM, MSI, WIM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB, NSIS, LZMA, NTFS, FAT, VHD, MBR, SWM, MSLZ, CramFS, Dmg, ELF, MachO, Mub, PE, Split, Xar, Z, Udf, HFS, SquashFS, PPMD.
All your cloud storage needs accessible from one single app. Choose from 19 providers:
Mega.co.nz, Dropbox, Box, Yandex, HiDrive, Baidu, Mediafire, Kuaipan, Kanbox, IDrive, Hubic, 4Sync, Google Drive, Copy, Meo, OneDrive, pCloud, SugarSync, VDisk.
+ clouds which support webdav like (Yandex.ru, OwnCloud, 4Shared, MyDrive.ch, DriveHQ, CloudMe, CloudSafe, ...).
Root access for all advanced operations.
User and System app management with data backup ability for rooted devices.
EncFS volumes supported for all storages.
File encryption and decryption using Aescrypt file format.
FTP/HTTP Server built in.
MP3 Tag Editor.
Built-in Image Viewer (it supports GIF animation).
Built-in Media Player.
Powerful Text Editor.
SAMBA, FTP, SFTP, WEBDAV, BLUETOOTH supported as well.
And many more awesome features for you to explore!
Fixed paranoid EncFS problems.
And some other tiny fixes and changes.
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|1,151 sq. ft.
|Property type
|Minimum Stay
NEW and LUXURIOUS air-conditioned 2 bedroom apartment beautifully furnished to a very high standard and in a PRIME POSITION on the third floor with a large terrace overlooking sub-tropical gardens and one of the large swimming pools of this fine development.
STAYING HERE perfectly combines the peace and tranquillity of relaxing by the pool in acres of lovely gardens with, just a short walk away, the fine sandy beaches of exciting and chic Puerto Banus with its world famous marina and mega-yachts and the shops, restaurants, clubs, bars and vibrant night life.
For the perfect apartment and the perfect holiday – you need look no further!
THIS APARTMENT is equipped with FREE FAST Wi Fi INTERNET + SATELLITE TV. It has marble floors throughout, a large lounge/dining room with leather suite and dining table for 4 that leads onto a spacious south-west facing terrace for eating alfresco and enjoying the sun from morning right through to sunset. BEDROOM 1 has twin beds which can be apart or pushed together with a marble en-suite bathroom. BEDROOM 2 also has twin beds which can be pushed together and an en-suite marbled bathroom.
POOLS AND GARDENS: There is a choice of 2 large shaped swimming pools with shallow ends for children plus their own small pool. Lifeguards are usually on duty. Sun-loungers are provided. The pools are in beautiful well-kept sub-tropical gardens with paths lit by path-lights in the evenings.
PARKING: There is a reserved secure parking space under the apartment building of the apartment plus there is ground level parking. A LIFT also goes from garage level to the apartment floor.
COSTA DEL SOL AREA: 320 days a year of sunshine speaks for itself and means the Costa del Sol is the perfect all year round coast to visit with the certainty of hot summers and mild winters. The area around Puerto Banus has everything you could wish for to make your holiday varied and interesting.
PUERTO BANUS is the chic, fashionable port for the rich and famous to pose on their mega-yachts. 'People-watching' can be a fascinating pastime and here is probably one of the best places in the world to do it! Lining the marina are lively restaurants, cafes and tapas bars for all tastes and budgets as well as shops of every kind including many top-class fashion shops. And, of course, at night there are the bars and clubs that provide Puerto Banus's vibrant nightlife.
But Puerto Banus is not all glitz - it has gently shelving sandy beaches on both sides of the marina with private beach clubs for that special treat - champagne lunch with freshly caught seafood! There are many great golf courses and countless other places to visit such as - a water park, safari park, zoo, casino, bullring, karting circuit and much more.
MARBELLA TOWN presents both the old and new faces of the Costa del Sol and is just a 10 minute taxi ride along the famous Golden Mile, which has more fine beaches, restaurants, bars and great shopping. El Casco Antigo, Marbella's charming Old Town, is a warren of whitewashed streets with authentic tapas bars and is an exciting place to visit day or night. And don't miss Marbella's famous Orange Square.
RHONDA the historic mountain town is a short drive away through Andalucia's breathtaking mountains. Further afield you can easily reach GRANADA or take a bit longer and go to SEVILLE or GIBRALTER or even across the Med to Tangiers! And along the coast don't miss the quaint seaside fishing village of Nerja.
GOLF: The La Dama de Noche golf course is just behind the apartment where you can even play at night on its floodlit course. Minutes away is one of the finest courses on the Costa del Sol - La Quinta Golf and Country Club. Its golf Academy has a state-of-the-art swing analysis system. Puerto Banus is in the heart of Andalucia, one of the world's most popular golfing playgrounds where there are over 50 Championship Golf Courses of high quality with excellent facilities and the great weather means they are playable all year round!
This property was ideal for our needs. We were 4 ladies travelling together so the 2 bathrooms were great. The kitchen was very well equipped with everything we needed. The grounds/pool are kept immaculate. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and would definitely return and recommend to others.
A fully equipped apartment with everything you need for a perfect holiday. Quiet location where sun beds are available all day long around a beautiful swimming pool. Added extra - underground parking and a welcome pack.😀
I have stayed in these apartments twice, once in May 2013 and once in August 2012, both times with friends.
Its a 5 - 10 minute cab ride from Peurto Banus (€15) and if you are not in heels and want to walk to the beach it a nice 30 minute walk. 10 Minute walk to the nearest supermarket.
All the rooms are very clean and comfortable and the balcony looking over the pool is lush. Great for sunbathing and eating outside in the evening.
The perfect apartment for a family or a girls holiday who don't mind being slightly away from the buzz of Peurto banus.
We were a group of 3 girls, we went out for a week to celebrate a friends 21st. The communication with Martin before we arrived was excellent and with the reps while we were there. The location was perfect for us, a 20 minute walk to Peurto Banus and 5 minutes in a taxi which was only 8 euros. We had a great view of the pool from our balcony which caught the sun in the evening. The balcony was very spacious with table and chairs and two sun loungers which were very comfy! The pool was very clean and a great area to chill around.
The apartment was lovely and very well maintained, we were provided with all the kitchen utensils you would need. Cleaning products such as dishwasher tablets were provided too. The bed linen was very fresh and clean as were the beach and shower towels. The bathrooms were also very clean and spacious.
We would recommend this apartment to groups out for a good time and even families, if we came back to Peurto Banus we would definitely stay here again. Great holiday and lovely apartment!
We were a group of four guys out for a long weekend. Communication with owner beforehand was great - happy to answer any questions and provided a lot of information for us before we travelled. Met the rep fine, showed us around etc.
The apartment is very nice. Lots of kitchenware, lots of space, bathrooms very nice, beach towels provided. Pool area was the major draw for us and it proved to be a great spot to relax. The only thing we would say is that the beds aren't the biggest: we are all 6ft+ and legs were hanging off the edge, just about wide enough for us. Fine for kids but I think parents will find the beds small (even if pushed together).
The walk isn't short into Puerto Banus but it's about 10/15 minutes, so not too bad. Iceland is a five minute walk away, though we went into PB to Cortes Inglese.
All in all, it's a lovely place. We really enjoyed our stay here and would definitely recommend it. If we ever return to the area, we would most likely return here. Thanks for a great stay!
Hemos disfrutado diez días del apartamento. El complejo la Dama de Noche está muy bien situado, a 10 min andando de Puerto Banús y la playa, y ofrece un ambiente muy tranquilo con seguridad privada, piscinas con hamacas, padel, aparcamiento privado y un gran bar restaurante dentro de la misma urbanización. En cuanto al apartamento tiene unas magníficas vistas a la piscina (tal cual se ve en las fotos), es muy amplio y tiene todo lo necesario para disfrutar la estancia. Como nota negativa la persiana del dormitorio principal está rota, con lo cual la claridad en mi caso me impedía dormir bien, aunque toda vez que ya lo notificamos a la propiedad suponemos que será arreglado de cara a la próxima estancia.
|No additional mandatory fees
|Refundable Damage Deposit
CLICK THE BLUE 'Enquire Now' WORDS IF YOU WISH TO PAY IN CURRENCIES OTHER THAN UK POUNDS.
Booking Conditions:
The rental includes 'meet and greet' on arrival, free Wi Fi, all utilities including electricity, bedding, linen, apartment towels + pool / beach towels and normal cleaning after departure.
25% of the rent is paid when you book. 75% of the rent and the security deposit are paid 6 weeks before your holiday. Rents quoted are for funds received. For lets up to 6 nights, the first 3 nights are at the weekend rate and the remainder at the weekday rate.
Check-in is 4pm onwards or can be earlier and as soon as cleaned if there were departing guests the previous night.
Check-out is by 11am or later if the apartment is not occupied the following night.
Variable seasonal opening of pools.
Smoking is allowed ONLY on the terrace.