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Has anyone tried the new acoustic pedals? https://www.zoom.co.jp/products/guitar- ... s/acoustic
Zoom seems to continue from where the A3 left off, but with two versions, the simpler one focusing on making your guitar sound good live, the advanced one offering more modelling and effects. Everything can be dialled in from the knobs, no menus and no display, which will make this much more user friendly than older zoom pedals!
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text: I have never fished or tied with rabbit zonker strips, until I recently starting tying flies for a trip to AK this summer. I am tying flesh flies in white, pink, orange, chartreuse, and purple. I really like tying these as they are simple and I would think will really have a lot of action when under water. I am just tying the strip in at the bend with a short section out the back, wrapping forward over lead and whip finish. Couldn't be easier. So I did a search to see what other patterns use rabbit strips and obviously I come up with zonkers and bunny leaches (which seem a lot like the flesh flies). I also saw a double bunny that S Behn had tied with two strips back to back which looked great. My question is how many of you tie with rabbit zonker strips and what other patterns are you using for trout here in the NW? Are you fishing them in lakes or rivers, both? Are these attractors where colors don't matter or do you find particular colors work better than others. Thanks for your thoughts. Mike


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Introducing the Fender PM-2 Deluxe Parlour Acoustic Guitar, coming from the brand new Fender Paramount series. Fender chose to create the Paramount range of guitars to bring you a set of instruments with an all-solid construction using high quality tonewoods and a bespoke preamp that effortlessly translates the overall acoustic timbre either naturally, or through an amplifier. The PM-2 Deluxe is a compact, comfortable Parlour acoustic guitar with plenty of top quality features to make it a must-have in your collection.
The PM-2 is shaped to a Parlour guitar body, which in recent years has again become very popular among guitarists. Although a Parlour body is characteristically smaller in size, the use of premium tonewoods and a first-rate preamp means that you won't lose out on a big sound output.
A solid spruce top pairs beautifully with the shape of the body, allowing your acoustic sound to be flawlessly projected. The rosewood back and sides partners the spruce to offer a versatile, dynamic range of tones. A decorative 1960s checkerboard pattern is used for the purfling and soundhole rosette, giving the PM-2 a distinctive appearance.
Fender have fitted a mahogany neck to the PM-2 Deluxe which has a well-known "C" profile and a smooth, comfortable playing feel. Aboard the neck is a 19-fret ebony fingerboard adorned with 60s style mop / abalone concert tone inlays to guide you from one fret to another.
The PM-2 Deluxe Parlour is equipped with the Paramount preamp, which further enhances your acoustic tone. The Paramount preamp has a bass and treble EQ to contour your sound accurately. The preamp also includes a conveniently built-in tuner to ensure your strings remain as correctly tuned as possible. The Phase control switch plays an important role in reducing any feedback or unwanted noise that you can sometimes get when playing live, thus this is incredibly handy onstage. The Fender / Fishman preamp invigorates your acoustic output through any desired amplifier.
Fender have fitted an ebony bridge with compensated bone saddle to the lower bout of the guitar to ensure that the connection between the body and strings remains in tact.
Open back nickel tuners sit firmly attached to the headstock, with black buttons which feel easy and comfortable to adjust.
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Maranda of Jolts & Jollies was our January 2012 Daring Cooks hostess with the mostess! Maranda challenged us to make traditional Mexican Tamales as our first challenge of the year!
Firstly I need to apologise to Maranda, I made a massive mess of this challenge. Hopefully my epic fail wont set my standard for the rest of the Daring Kitchen, Daring Cooks' Challenges this year.
When I first read the challenge I was really excited. I love Mexican food and I have been playing around with it a bit of late. The other bonus was that I had most of the ingredients, no specialty shopping needed. This was an added bonus as we had just returned back from holidays.
I actually have never come across a tamale in Sydney. I am sure you must be able to find them somewhere? (quick net search says Bodega & Flying Fajita Sisters?) They don't grace your typical Mexican restaurant here.
What exactly is a tamale? Everyone has heard of the expression 'hot tamale'. I had heard of them, seen them on cooking travel shows, but never eaten one. Tamales are a traditional Latin American dish, made with a masa dough. They can be filled with meats, cheese, fruits, vegetables anything basically. Wrapped in corn husks, they are then steamed or boiled.
I mentioned earlier that I made a bit of a mess of this challenge. Where did I go wrong? I had blue masa mix (blue corn tortilla mix) in the cupboard and decided to use that. May have not been a clever idea as the recipe used masa harina which is a yellow corn tortilla mix.
Then the recipe called for lard or vegetable shortening. I must admit when I read lard I shuddered slightly. Not due to the actual ingredient, but was the memory of my last attempt of using lard. That was a Daring Bakers' Challenge, beef and oyster pudding, sadly that also ended up an epic fail. I decided to use Crisco which is a vegetable shortening. May not have been my right choice.
When I prepared the dough I didn't have to add the suggested water as it was very soft, almost like a paste. I went ahead anyway. In retrospect I should of scrapped it and started again using less shortening, making it by feel.
The chicken filling on the other hand was a win. I made my stock from scratch and then used the chicken from that for the filling. The green chile sauce is fantastic, extremely tasty. I actually made double the amount due to using a big can of tomatillos. The excess sauce was used on tacos and other meals.
My tamales wrapped & ready to be steamed
My limp looking tamales after being in the steamer for 30 minutes
I didn't source dried corn husks to wrap my tamales in. Instead I used baking paper. I do think that the use of corn husks would have aided in keeping the tamales firm, another mistake on my behalf.
Tamale unwrappedThe tamale split open to reveal the gorgeous chicken filling
Sadly it was the dough that let me down. Once tamales were steamed the dough became very short and was slightly grainy to taste. I am not going to repeat the comments the boys made about the look of them. They didn't like them at all.
Sally and I were slightly more adventurous. I didn't find them too bad. Yes the dough wasn't the best, but I was happy to pick out my filling with a little of the crumbly short dough. Sally thought they were awesome and would of eaten them all if allowed.
My darling Sally waiting patiently (as she does) for some more tamales. (You can still see some of her war wounds from operation in December, sock covers her skin graft that still needs TLC)
For Maranda's recipe and some decent pictures, please check out this link. If you are not interested in making the tamales, I still recommend you try the chicken filling for tacos, wraps or even sandwiches.
Due to the boys not liking them from their taste test in the kitchen, they didn't actually make it to the dinner table. No fancy plated pictures, sorry.
Will I give them a go again, not sure. I would like to try them made by somebody who knows what they are doing. After that I will work out if I want to retry. When looking at Maranda's pictures they do look awesome. The filling and the green chile sauce have both made it to my tried, tested and will make again file.
Have you ever had an epic fail in the kitchen where your family have turned their noses up at it, but you didn't think it was that bad?


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Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho says he spent time with Sir Alex Ferguson before kickoff at Manchester United.
A "distraught" Ferguson missed the post-match media conference after their Champions League elimination.
Asked about the no-show, Mourinho said: "I talk to him during the game, but did not have much time. I was fortunate to spend 45 minutes with him before the game, it's always better to spend a nice time chatting and privately."


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Redknapp playing mind games?
Harry Redknapp claims that he does not know if the money from the Sulley Muntari deal will be given back to him to reinvest in further signings - surely this is mind games from Redknapp?
I find it hard to believe that we would have sold Muntari had we not had plans lined up for others, or done so on the understanding that the money generated would be allowed to be re-used to sign the further 3 players that Redknapp feels he requires - a left back, central defender and right winger.
We do have a new training ground to pay for as well, but I would hope that players are not being sold to pay for this, as what good would a brand spanking new facility do us if we are not able to sustain our league placing, ideally improve upon it, therefore being the kind of club that deserves such facilities...
As I have said, maybe the selling of Muntari will come back to haunt us, but so long as this money in reinvested into buying the quality players that we want I feel myself that this was the right thing to do - if it is not given back to buy players then we would have made a mistake in selling!
This time of year managers put their poker faces on - its all cloak and dagger stuff - Redknapp seems to have the same one all the time before pulling something out of the fire, sadly his poker face is not very good anymore as he is not very good at bluffing... at least I hope not as I would be horrified if despite all the talk, we did not walk the walk and reinvest that money into making us even stronger...


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France coach Laurent Blanc has named his final 23-man squad for Euro 2012, with Yoann Gourcuff and Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa being left out.
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France coach Laurent Blanc has named his final 23-man squad for Euro 2012, with Yoann Gourcuff and Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa being left out.
Lyon midfielder Gourcuff has struggled this season and he failed to impress in last weekend's 3-2 victory over Iceland.
Meanwhile, the absence of Yanga-Mbiwa from the final list is no major surprise.
He captained Montpellier's Ligue 1 title-winning team, but has yet to be capped by Les Bleus and Blanc feels he has enough cover in the centre of defence.
Marseille striker Loic Remy had already been ruled out from Laurent Blanc's initial 26-man list due to injury.
Sochaux's Marvin Martin, Blaise Matuidi of Paris Saint-Germain and Gael Clichy of Manchester City all made the cut, with the latter winning his place due to the absence of Eric Abidal, who is recovering from a liver transplant he underwent in March.
France 23-man squad:
Carrasso (Bordeaux), Lloris (Lyon), Mandanda (Marseille); Clichy (Man City), Debuchy (Lille), Evra (Man Utd), Koscielny (Arsenal), Mexes (AC Milan), Rami (Valencia), Reveillere (Lyon); Cabaye (Newcastle), Diarra (Marseille), Malouda (Chelsea), Martin (Sochaux), Matuidi (Paris St Germain), M'vila (Rennes), Nasri (Man City); Ben Arfa (Newcastle), Benzema (Real Madrid), Giroud (Montpellier), Menez (Paris St Germain), Ribery (Bayern Munich), Valbuena (Marseille).


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With App Portal, your employees can request the apps they need from an easy-to-use universal enterprise app store for both desktop, cloud and mobile apps. This industry-leading solution provides robust functionality that empowers users to serve themselves while still maintaining complete control of the request, approval and fulfillment process. App Portal Self-service features include:
- Consumer-Oriented Shopping—Users browse a store that lists all the apps available to them for each of their devices (PCs, Macs, and mobile devices). Apps are organized by category to simplify navigation. The catalog includes attributes such as cost, delivery time and the approvals required, if any. During checkout, App Portal will even recommend mobile versions of apps for their registered devices like a phone or tablet.
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- Automated Approval and Fulfillment—Upon checkout, App Portal initiates the fulfillment process. It routes the request to the appropriate managers for approval. If approvers don't respond within a specified time period, it reminds them that they need to take action. Once all approvals are received, App Portal submits the request to the software deployment system or mobile device management system to install the application and verifies successful installation.
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Gift Bag 2006: Carlos Night Light from Show
Welcome to our Simple Holiday Gift Bag in which we give gifts away to our readers. We are giving away one each day through December 22. All the info is below. Happy Holidays!
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Description: This is a novel approach to the traditional night light and very LA. Carlos is a small porcelain night light with a sweet disposition (7" high, not lifesize!). He gives a warm glow when lit and comes with a clip socket, 7.5 watt bulb and a snap together medical cone to keep everyone safe.
Out of 300 emails, Forrest C. from Albuquerque, NM gets the Sputnik Pendant Chandelier from Jayson Home & Garden. Her house is currently being renovated (see below).
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The new lending rule changes on insured mortgages are:
- Maximum amortization changed to 30 years from 35 years
- Maximum advance on refinancing your home is reduced from 90% to 85%
- Government will no longer insure lines of credit, so that reduces HELOCs to 80% (conventional mortgage)
The only change that will affect a purchaser is the reduction in the amortization. A owner-occupied property can still be purchased with 5% down.
The changes for numbers 1 & 2, are effective on March 18th & number 3 on April 18th.
Most of my pre-approvals were done on the 35 year amortization period. We will be contacting all our pre-approved clients to advise them of the change & if this does affect them, they will have to make their purchase before the March 18th deadline. The closing can be after that date.
We anticipate our non-bank lenders, ING, Merix, First National Financial, Street Capital) will still lend up to a 35 year amortization on conventional mortgages as this change affects
High ratio insured mortgages only.
Last spring when the Government introduced the new qualifying rule on variable rate mortgages (having to qualify the mortgage at the Bank of Canada's 5 years posted rate of 5.19% instead of the 3 year posted rate of 3.69%), these non-banks have continued to qualify their mortgages the old way on conventional loans.
The major banks for some reason had to apply the new rules to all types of mortgages.
If you have clients who could be affected by the change, they should be buying now. After March 18th, they could be looking at a cheaper property.
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St. Augustine police are looking for a woman who they believe stole a cell phone from the Target in St. Augustine.
The woman stole the cell phone on Nov. 9 and then drove away, according to a St. Augustine Police Department release. Surveillance cameras captured images of the woman and the vehicle.
Sgt. McCaulley said a full description of the vehicle is not available. Some people said it was a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Others called it a minivan.
A description of the suspect was not available, he said.
Anyone with information about the woman's identity can call police department Sgt. Pat McCaulley at 825-1092. To remain anonymous and possibly be eligible for a cash reward, anyone with information can call CrimeStoppers at 1-888-277-8477 (TIPS).


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What does Forest mean in Greek?
This page is about the meanings of the acronym/abbreviation/shorthand Forest in the International field in general and in the Greek terminology in particular.
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- forest, wood, woods(noun)
- the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
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RE: "It was never about slavery."
I disagree.
If you take slavery out of the dispute, I don't see how you motivate millions of soldiers - North or South - to run across open fields into direct gunfire.
I mean, would you risk your life today to stop California or New York City from seceding?
Not me.
In 1860, as war talk heated up, half the people in America had lived their entire lives within 100 miles of their birthplace.
Very hard for me to believe that farmers in Vermont got so agitated about farmers in Georgia seceding from the Union that they went to war.
I do believe the southern soldiers disliked the idea of a government far away telling them how to live and what to pay them among other things.
You are correct. It was about slavery. Southerners did not want to be enslaved by northerners and their all powerful federal government.
There was a third nation, Mayland, that seceded from the South. Mayland had no slavery. The people there were brutalized by the North. I have visited some of the caves where the people lived for years hiding from the invading Yankees.
It was nothing about slavery. Most slaves and indentured servants for several centuries from England were white.


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Katie + Adam
My dad says we met on "Iamstalkingyou.com," which is half true. I noticed him on my cousin's Tinder, did some minor internet stalking, found his Instagram and sent him a direct message. Then I told him a lie about how I came to find him. The truth came out eventually.
The first time we said "I love you" I was really sick. It was the first time he saw me without makeup, and I couldn't have looked worse. I was a sweaty, snotty mess, and he came over to make me soup and give me a cuddle. I said it first.
We got married in Central Park at the Bethesda Fountain (aka, the Friends fountain.) Our parents, siblings and a few friends were there, and two of our friends married us. That Sunday, we had a reception at the Brooklyn Winery with about 50 of our friends. It was so nice to break it up and have a wedding weekend.
We wrote our own vows, and not surprisingly, we said some of the exact same things to each other. It was pretty wild actually. When he was saying his vows to me- I was like, I'm about to say the same thing in 30 seconds. Our entire ceremony was 4 minutes long. It was perfect.
A friend (who I love, by the way) crashed our ceremony, which is fine, but she and her bright red phone case ended up being in 99% of all of our wedding photos. Our photographer assumed she was one of our aunts, so she was everywhere. I think I'm going to make a book of photos of her. It's seriously hilarious to look through the photos and find the big red phone case. I mean, SHE WALKED ME DOWN THE AISLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MY DAD. Pretty insane moment. Nbd.
When I saw Adam, I literally ran away from my dad and jumped in his arms and we started kissing- There was nothing traditional about "giving me away." We were just going with our instincts that day.
After the wedding ceremony, we walked over to Shake Shack on the West side of the park and ate burgers and lots of french fries. There were milk shakes, of course. At the reception, we had an amazing spread of vegetables, meats and cheeses, olives, nuts, bomb ass meatballs, and a few different entree "bites" that went around all night. We didn't have a sit down dinner or a cake cutting, or anything like that. We did have a first dance, however. It was to 2Chainz's "Birthday Song"… just for fun. I also got Adam to dance a bit- it'll probably never happen again. He twerked. In a kilt.
Neither of us thought we would get married. But something happened to both of us when we met where we felt like making this kind of commitment to each other was what we wanted to do more than anything. When it came to actually getting married, it was important for us to treat it the same way we treated our relationship. We don't sweat the small stuff, nothing fucking matters except being kind to each other. Oh, and fuck red phone cases. We're just so excited we get to be together forever!!!!
Ceremony Photos by Jeffrey Chu
Reception Photos by Marc Lemoine


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ARLINGTON – Felix Jones is active Sunday after the Cowboys listed him as questionable on the injury report Friday with a bruised knee.
The inactive players for Dallas are wide receiver Andre Holmes, newly signed safety Charlie Peprah, running back DeMarco Murray (foot), rookie safety Matt Johnson (hamstring), rookie linebacker Kyle Wilber, center Phil Costa (knee) and defensive lineman Sean Lissemore (ankle).
With Holmes out, undrafted rookie wide receiver Cole Beasley is active, sparking speculation that he could share time in the slot with struggling No. 3 receiver Kevin Ogletree.


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This is a shot in the dark, but try and delete (or rename) <Oracle_Home>\sysman\config\omsconfig.properties
At 10:14 PM 7/14/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Listers,
>I had OEM repository on my database installed on my PC.
>Accidentally I dropped the database. Now I have recreated the database.
>But an not able to use this database to create New OEM repository as the
>OEM config assistant says that the database already had a repository
>installed. If I try to drop the repository it gives me error as the
>repository is not actually present. Please tell me if anyone of u knows
>how to solve this problem. Do I have to reinstall the Oracle Software again.
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000155: John E. Voisin
About August 1945
John Ernest Voisin [00001] probably home on leave from Yuma, Arizona at home in Mount Pleasant, Isabella, Michigan, circa August 1945. Jack is standing with his mother Emma (Rademacher) Voisin and his father Ernest Joseph Voisin. He was granted emergency leave to visit his brother Glenn Arthur Voisin, who was gravely ill in the hospital with double pneumonia.
This photograph is stamped "Oct 11 1945." It was probably re-printed several weeks after being taken.
Source: "Photographs," Jack Voisin, on leave, circa August 1945, Mount Pleasant, Isabella, Michigan, Estate of John Ernest Voisin, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama.
Citation: Mike Voisin, iSeeAncestors (http://iSeeAncestors.com/tree/groups/public/media/si-00001-i1-53.html : revised January 02, 2018), Gallery.
Revised: January 02, 2018
Copyright © 2000-2018 Mike Voisin. All rights reserved.


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This year, 2010, is the year I learn how to better cook. I just know it.
Up until recently I've been getting by with a few signature recipes that I made over and over again until I could get them right all the time. But with my family's diet changes over the last couple of years, those recipes have fallen by the wayside.
I've been exploring new cookbooks from the library, selecting a few recipes from each one to try.
My favorite cookbook (and really, the only one I own) is The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook by Elana Amsterdam from Elana's Pantry.
We open it a couple of times a week to make comfort foods like biscuits and cookies. The simple, short list of ingredients makes each recipe easy to prepare, and the results taste so good. It's been the perfect book to cook from with my three-year-old daughter. We bond over baking.
Do you keep anything inside your favorite cookbooks?
I've heard from several readers who say they keep little notes, photos, or memory verses inside their cookbooks. I love that idea.


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Hei, has anyone tried integrating newsletter module with redhen or has it got a newsletter component of its own? Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
I am interested in this
I'd prefer to use the bulk email / mandril feature
I'd REALLY like to use redhen for newsletters too. I've set up mandril as the engine for my bulk emails as suggested on http://thinkshout.com/blog/2012/07/tauno/redhen-and-mandrill-10-minute-s....
The ideal solution for me would be to have a newsletter checkbox as a field in my contact types plus a newsletter bulk email type that if used places unsubscribe & edit profile links in the email.
I'm not a programmer (just html/css) but would be happy to spend hours on setting it up if it's possible through the settings.
What do you say, doable?
- record label and webshop
Any news on this
Simon, I'm not familiar with
Simon, I'm not familiar with the "Newsletter" feature on Civi. What exactly are you looking for here?
If you want to send emails direct from your CRM, the bulk email Mandrill setup described in Tauno's blog post (linked in 3rd comment) is still valid, although lots of those modules have been updates since that article was written so the screenshots might be a little off.
If you want redhen contacts subscribed to a Mailchimp account via a checkbox, the new version of the Mailchimp module (7.x-3.1) allows this using a "Mailchimp Subscription" field that can be added to your RedHen contacts.
Those answers are both specific to the mailchimp/mandrill suite we end up using a lot in our work. For other functionality, if you can be more specific I can tell you if it's something on the RedHen roadmap, in the feature set, or something that you should look to add from the rest of the Drupal contrib space. RedHen is built on top of Drupal in such a way that it can leverage tons of other contrib modules.
A simple integrated solution
Thanks for your quick answer.
I think that for many people, a simple, integrated solution would be interesting. I have seen, but not yet tried out the solution with Mandrill.
What I'm basically looking for is: On the front end: the visitor of the website should be able to sign up to a newsletter (and with this automatically be added to the CRM). A next step would be the possibility to offer several different newsletter to which people can apply.
On the backend:
- Add/remove people from the mailinglist, without deleting them from the CRM (there might be contacts that shouldn't receive an e-mail).
- Sending out newsletters that include content published in Drupal.
- sending out e-mails in batches over a certain period of time.
- Some stats on click-through rate etc.
- Tokens
- probably some other.
Pommo is another tool I really like (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pommo/).
Will try out the solution with Mandrill or Mailchimp possibilities as soon as I have a moment.
The features that I think many need.


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There are three motion type can be applied to this model. Thse are 'walk' ( <up>, <down>, <left>, <right> arrows), 'wave' ( <enter>) and 'jump' ( <space>). Use navigation buttons to apply motions and switch between.
Notice that transition between for example, 'walk' and 'wave' happens gradually as appose to abruptly.
To control character motion use keys:
<Up Arrow> - move forward.
<Down Arrow> - move backward ( reverse timing).
<Left Arrow> - turn left in local coordinate system.
<Right Arrow> - turn right in local coordinate system.
<enter> - waving.
<Space> - stomping.
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If you haven't heard, the Raspberry Pi is a card-deck size small computer, great for tinkering around with for many projects. There is tons of information and projects that are available about the Pi; just ask your local search engine. (This article is not meant to be a full technical review of the Pi, there are many other sites that have done that. This page from the Raspberry Pi Foundation has the Raspberry Pi specs and capabilities; lots of other info on that site to understand the power and capabilities of the Pi.)
I was intrigued with the concept of using the Pi as a little computer, thinking back to the days when I would build my own PC. My first personal computer was the original IBM PC model 5150. It had 16K of memory, the 8088 processor, and the operating system was Cassette Basic. (Yes, I am that old.)
I spent about $5K on the whole setup, including an RGB monitor and some accounting software for my wife to start an accounting business with (that was the excuse for the computer). I added 256K more memory with an expansion card, added a couple of 360K floppy drives, and later a 10MB hard disk. It was very powerful.
Then. It was very powerful back then.
More Power!
The Raspberry Pi is more powerful than my first computer. And it costs $35 for the computer itself. I decided that I wanted to get one and try to build a media server for my large collection of DVDs.
You do have to spend a bit more than $35 to make it a usable system. I found a kit from Canakit on Amazon that included the Pi Model 2 (Quad-Core 900 MHz 1GB RAM), a 2.5 amp power supply, Wi-Fi dongle (Ralink RT5370 chipset), the 8GB MicroSD memory card (which included the NOOBS operating system), a heat sink, and a case. All of that for around $70. I got mine from Amazon here, there are several kits available; you can get only the parts you need for your project. (That link has all the details and pictures of the parts in the kit.)
I then got a 1TB USB hard drive ($70, such as this one), along with an powered USB hub ($18 here), since the USB port on the Pi doesn't have quite enough power to run the hard drive. So my total expenditure was around $160. A bit more than the $35 cost for the Pi itself, but much less than my original computer; and more powerful.
SWMBO allowed the purchase, because her hobby (scrapbooking) results in almost daily delivery of supplies for that. So my expenditure, in the grand scheme of 'things we do around here as a hobby', was acceptable (she also is the CFO here).
All the pieces arrived in a couple of days.
A Great Tutorial
In the meantime, I poked around the Interwebs for a good tutorial on how to set up the Raspberry as a media server. And I found an excellent tutorial from a guy named Mel Grubb ).
Back in the old days (pre-Windows, DOS 1.0 days), I got pretty good at doing computer things with the command line. The Raspberry Pi OS is "Raspbian" (aka '"NOOBS"), which is a distribution of Debian. That's Linux stuff, which I have played around with some over the years, but never on a daily basis. But I knew some of the concepts, so it wasn't totally unfamiliar.
Using Mel Grubb's excellent tutorials, I was able to enter the necessary incantations to install and configure all of the software needed to set up the MiniDLNA media server software. I won't repeat all of that here, but Mr. Grubb's tutorials are the place to go for a very easy and clear introduction to getting things going. In addition to the MiniDLNA instructions, he tells you how to set up a NAS (Network Attached Storage), BitTorrent, a VPN, and more. All very readable, with clear instructions.
The result was a full configuration of the Pi as a Media Server, with remote access to the Pi (via Secure Shell – SSH and control via the Webmin interface) so it doesn't really need a keyboard or monitor for things to work. There were a few false steps along the way, so I needed a bit more googles (plus some questions answered by Mr. Grubb) to figure things out until I got things working as I wished.
Ripping and Copying
Now that the Pi Media Server was configured, and visible on my home network, it was time to figure out how to 'rip' the DVDs into media files that could be stored on the USB hard drive.
After a few false starts, I settled on the WinxDVD software at about $35. Installing the software is the usual install wizard process. Operation is just a basic three-step process; insert the DVD, click a few buttons, and the software rips the DVD into your desired format (I chose MP4). The ripping process takes about 45 minutes per DVD, depending on the DVD length, and the hardware capabilities of your computer. I ran it on my HP Pavillion DV7 laptop under Windows 7, all was well after the Windows 10 upgrade. The WinxDVD software runs nicely in the background, so I could use my laptop for other purposes while the ripping was being done.
The Pi is on my local network via it's wired and wireless Ethernet connections, although video playback via wireless is just fine without any 'stuttering pixels'. I could transfer the files from my laptop's wireless connection via the LAN. I found it a bit faster to shut down the Pi and connect the USB hard drive to my laptop and transfer the media files that way. Once the USB hard drive is connected back to the Pi Media Server, and the Pi is restarted, all of the DVDs I have ripped are available on my networked media Server.
Viewing the Movies
We have a Roku box here connected to the main TV (well, there's another one for another TV). The Roku is connected to our LAN via a Wi-Fi connection. It comes with an application that will connect to the Pi media server. So all access to the movies on the Pi media server can be done with the Roku remote. The quality of the movies is just as good as the DVD player. (The WinxDVD software will not handle BluRay DVDs, but they have a BluRay version available.) We're not that picky on movie quality, DVD 1080i is just fine. And we have some old DVDs that are only 720p resolution, but those play just fine through the Pi Media Server. I also copied some digitized home movies files, and they viewed fine. (Now I have even more things to embarrass my children when they visit.)
There are ways to convert your old video tapes to MP4 files; a quick search came up with this article; the process would require a RCA to USB cable and some software, plus your VCR. I haven't done that, but it would be a way to get more old home movies onto the media server. There are also services that will do that conversion for you.
As I was reviewing this article with the Chaos Manor Advisors, Eric Pobirs chimed in with this observation on VHS conversion:
I did that quite a lot for my sister when she had a VHS-C camcorder. The product we used was the Pinnacle Dazzle, which came with their Studio software. (They've since been acquired by Avid, so they have heavy duty connections.) That product is now a lot less, listing at $70. It should work with anything that outputs to composite or S-Video.
There are a lot of much cheaper products out there. A few months ago I got an SIIG branded device that Frys was selling for under $10 on a promo. Just in case I ever needed such a thing again as the Dazzle went missing at some point after my sister switch to a digital video camera.
The Pi MiniDLNA Media Server will also handle pictures and music, so you can access those via your LAN, just copy the files to the appropriate folder on the USB hard drive. The 1TB drive will hold a lot of movies and music. The MiniDLNA software on the Pi will handle multiple hard drives if needed.
Wrapping Up
The whole project was fun to do. So much so, that I made two more (one for each daughter and their family). I got a simple wooden case from the local craft store, and a can of brown spray paint. I cut a notch in the back of the wooden box for cables, and used some Velcro squares to mount the three pieces in the box. The picture with this article shows the finished project. (It is convenient to have a little surge protector to power up everything, since the Pi doesn't have a power switch, just an external power supply.)
The Raspberry Pi is an interesting platform for anyone to try out. The Pi's Raspbian NOOBS OS comes with MineCraft, plus the Python programming language, and a simple programming language for kids to try out.
There are a ton of projects out there for the Pi;. I've seen home security, robotics, motion-sensing cameras that send texts alerts, flashing lights, wireless phones, mini-tablets, and more – any web search will find ideas for your own projects. Home schoolers will be able to find projects that will help any kid 'get geeky'. If you can think of a project for it, chances are that someone has already done one that you can try out.
Since the Pi's operating systems is on the memory card, you can swap it out for your different projects. The 'HAT' interface (Hardware Attached Things) can be used to control just about anything. The possibilities are many and varied.
And it's much cheaper than my original $$$ computer.
What do you think? Have you made something with the Raspberry Pi? Use the comments below to add your thoughts. Or write up your own story and submit it to Chaos Manor Reviews for publication consideration – details are here.


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New issue (April/May 2015, #107) on sale now!
Posted on March 20th, 2015 in News, Recent posts by Alexandra Petropoulos.
Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz & Aoife O'Donovan and we announce the Songlines Music Awards nominees
The April/May 2015 (#107) edition is on sale in the UK from today. The free exclusive 15-track covermount CD features ten tracks from our latest Top of the World albums and a guest playlist by BBC presenter Gavin Esler.
Featured on the Top of the World CD are new tracks from fado singer António Zambujo, Cretan lyra virtuoso Stelios Petrakis, and Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat.
This issue also includes…
• Songlines Music Awards – We announce the 16 nominees for this year's awards. Find out who you've nominated.
• Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz & Aoife O'Donovan – Rose Skelton speaks to them after their storming international debut at Celtic Connections.
• The Vahdat Sisters – Singers Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat talk about living in Iran and coping with the country's music censorship.
• Stelios Petrakis – The Cretan lyra maestro talks to Simon Broughton about his instrument and new album.
• Mariana Sadovska– The avant-garde Ukranian folk singer prepares for a UK tour.
• Beginner's Guide to Roma singer Esma Redžepova
• Festival Pass: Sommelo Festival, Finland
• My World: A playlist and interview with BBC presenter Gavin Esler
• Introducing… Plaza Francia & Ljova
• Spotlight on Lau-Land
• Quick Fire: Kiran Ahluwalia, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Alex Vann
• What's New, including the A Guide to the Birdsong of South America, BBC Radio Folk Awards, and the Zomba Prison Project
• The Songlines Essential 10 Bluegrass & Newgrass Albums
• Reviews of the latest CD, book and world cinema releases


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Strangest Season Ever!
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We started by losing our first 7 games, setting an unwanted new record. We soon settled in to bottom place, and never got off it.
I won't begin to try and summarise the club's off the pitch woes . . you all know as much as I do, and nobody really knows what's behind it. But its been terrible, and sometimes every day there was a new revelation, or somebody in the press slagging the club and baying for blood.
Staring down the barrel of a gun in the form of a winding-up hearing at the High Court was an absolutely frightening experience, which I never ever want to go through again. It was so horrible that I was actually relieved when the club went into administration!
But there has been an incredible flip side. Uncle Avram came in. We all thought he was rather dour character, but we found out, starting with his rant at the ref v Sunderland, what a passionate man he is. We built up an amazing rapport with him, so it is a shame he has gone.
Let's not forget that we beat Liverpool. But of course, there was also the huge shining light of the FA Cup. We got through the 3rd and 4th rounds, and realised that the scummers were still in as well. A buzz went round, and we all watched the draw in raptures, as every other little ball came out and left us & them in. I was lucky enough to get tickets. It was incredibly hostile, but we took them 4-1 again! And in their own backyard too! What else could we ask for from this competition . . .
After a rapturous quarter final against Birmingham - let's not forget the atmosphere at that game, we were in the semis and going back to Wembley again. This season, of all seasons? Of course our draw, Fulham & Spurs had to replay and many of us thought that we wanted Fulham to win. We were wrong!
We got to go back to Wembley and give our disrespect to Redknapp by beating him and several of our former players in the semi-final. Poor old Jamie couldn't play, but by the end we were singing 'Jamie's going to Wembley'.
And of course the cup final was only a couple of days ago as I write this. Whilst sad to have lost I am immensely proud that we were at the cup final again at all. We gave a good account of ourselves on the pitch against the league champions, and gave the world a display of what true support is all about.
Many people expected Pompey to lay down and die. They know better than that now.
So - was it a bad season? Yes, you bet your life it was, it was horrible! But at the same time it was great!
Written by tracyc.
The views within this article are the views of the individual who wrote and submitted this piece, sometimes solely theirs. They are not necessarily shared by the Vital Pompey Site Journalists.


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Horns study formula to pass 'bracketology'
UT must bolster Big 12 record down stretch, beginning today.
Updated 1:49 am, Saturday, February 11, 2012
AUSTIN — Myck Kabongo is one of the most scrutinized point guards in college basketball, but he's also a 20-year-old from Canada. He's never been immersed in the madness of March, never had reason to care about Selection Sunday, and never learned much of the other lingo, either.
On Friday afternoon, as he and the other Texas Longhorns were preparing for the game that might determine if they make the NCAA tournament, Kabongo was asked if he'd ever heard of "bracketology."
"No," Kabongo said. "Why don't you enlighten me?"
He'll be enlightened soon enough.
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As much as the Longhorns have avoided paying attention to the postseason implications of their underwhelming past few months, they're about to be confronted with an inescapable truth. If they don't beat Kansas State at the Erwin
Center today, they might miss out on a spot in the NCAA brackets for the first time in 14 years.
"Bracketology" — the slang term coined by a TV network to describe the science of determining who makes the tournament and who gets left out — is a made-up word. But there's nothing contrived about UT's growing sense of desperation.
The Longhorns (15-9, 5-6 in the Big 12) are not yet close to wrapping up an NCAA tournament bid. Their national power numbers (53rd in the Ratings Percentage Index and 28th in the Sagarin computer rankings) are good enough to merit consideration, particularly in a relatively weak 68-team field. But finishing with a 9-9 conference mark is a near imperative.
No team with a losing Big 12 record ever has made the NCAA tournament. With seven games left on its schedule, UT probably needs to finish 4-3 to have a chance.
The Longhorns will be heavy favorites in a home game against Oklahoma and in a road trip to Texas Tech. They'll be underdogs against both No. 6 Baylor and No. 7 Kansas. They also have to travel to OU and Oklahoma State, two mediocre teams who play quite well at home. A split in the Sooner State is the safest assumption.
And if all of that goes according to form? Today's rematch with KSU (17-6, 6-5) could decide everything.
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UT's NCAA hopes
Heading into today's game against Kansas State (1 p.m., ESPN), Texas' chances of earning a 14th consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament remain in doubt. Here's a look at the Longhorns' résumé so far, and how they might improve it:
UT 77, Temple 65, Dec. 17: The Owls are No. 21 in the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) and 36th in the Sagarin computer ratings.
UT 62, Iowa State 55, Jan. 24: The Cyclones, another likely tournament team, are No. 43 in the RPI and No. 37 in Sagarin.
Oregon State 100, UT 95, Nov. 19: After beating the Longhorns in overtime, the Beavers fell apart and are now 134th in the RPI.
North Carolina State 77, UT 74, Nov. 21: The Longhorns blew an 18-point, second-half lead to a team that's now just 48th in the RPI and 52nd in Sagarin.
Today vs. Kansas State: If the Big 12 gets just five NCAA bids, the last one could come down to these two teams.
Feb. 20 vs. (6) Baylor: The Longhorns get another shot against the Bears after losing to them in Waco.
March 3 at (7) Kansas: UT shocked the Jayhawks at Allen Fieldhouse last year, and a repeat performance might get Rick Barnes back into the tournament.
— Mike Finger
"Yeah," UT guard J'Covan Brown said. "There's pressure."
UT didn't handle that so well the last time they faced the Wildcats. Trailing by two points on their final possession in Manhattan, Kan., on Jan. 18, Kabongo and Brown mishandled an exchange and turned the ball over, leading to an 84-80 KSU victory.
The Longhorns went on to lose each of their first seven games decided by six points or less before finally breaking through by beating Texas A&M 70-68 on Monday. Kabongo, one of six freshmen in UT's nine-man rotation, has been better late in games recently, and Brown said it's paying off.
"The young players are starting to get it," Brown said.
One escape against the struggling Aggies, however, isn't going to convince many people that the Longhorns have figured everything out. In fact, not even UT's coaches believe that yet.
Assistant Rob Lanier said he's been encouraged by signs of progress, but isn't yet ready to declare that the Longhorns now understand everything they need to do to close games out.
"We hope that dynamic is what's happening," Lanier said. "But it hasn't happened long enough to say it's a trend."


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Shayne Lamas: Crazy Even By Bachelor Standardsby Free Britney at . Comments
All reality TV show contestants entertain us in their own ways, but we may truly have something special and unique in Shayne Lamas from The Bachelor.
She's Lorenzo Lamas' daughter, for one, but it goes beyond that. There is a longing, a desperation to be famous lingering deep within Shayne Lamas that defies even the lofty expectations set forth by appearing on The Bachelor at all.
She made her mark early on this season, emerging as one of the more
insane assertive girls during the cocktail party premiere of The Bachelor.
That was just her getting warmed up.
During Monday night's episode, Shayne went all-in at a competition in Las Vegas in which the girl who won the most money got a date with Matt Grant.
She lost all her money instantly. Then cried about it.
Shayne Lamas complained, fighting back tears all the way, about how she's having such a hard time sharing Matt Grant with all the other girls.
She even pulled Matt aside and whined about how awful it is - it's just breaking her heart, people - for her to share a man. *whimper*
A man she's talked to for about 14 minutes in life. On a reality show.
She decided she's going to stay on the show, because she "might have feelings" for Matt Grant. She definitely has them for fame.
We salute you, Shayne Lamas. Keep up the good work.


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Nothing says fall like visiting a pumpkin patch! And don't think celebrities are too cool to get in on the action: many of your favorite stars and their adorable little ones made a trip this year to find the perfect pumpkins to take home and carve. Take a peek at the celebrity families who made it out below:
1. Pumpkin Patch: Christina Milian
Christina Milian & Violet
Christina poses with her adorable daughter Violet as they snack on some goodies after getting some face paint done.
2. Pumpkin Patch: Salma Hayek
Salma Hayek & Valentina
Salma makes a stop with her daughter Valentina at a pumpkin patch in West Hollywood.
3. Pumpkin Patch: Jessica Alba
Jessica Alba & Haven
The actress holds her littlest one close while perusing the pumpkins in West Hollywood.
4. Pumpkin Patch: Honor Warren
Jessica Alba's oldest seems to have found her perfect pumpkin! We're a tad obsessed with her Belle from Beauty and the Beast costume and butterfly face paint.
5. Pumpkin Patch: Olivier Martinez
Olivier Martinez & Nahla Aubry
Olivier takes his step daughter to the Pumpkin Patch in West Hollywood, where they walk by some HUGE pumpkins!


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"The band is, in the truest sense, a synthesis of organic acoustic instruments and cutting-edge electronics who are influenced by anything and everything." – Good Times
Listening to 'future cowboys' Dirtwire is a musical journey unlike many others. The trio, comprised of David Satori of Beats Antique, Evan Fraser of Bolo, and Mark Reveley of Jed and Lucia push musical boundaries, whether they're performing sold out shows or recording in the studio. Fusing Americana, Beats, World, Funk, Blues and pretty much anything else the multi-instrumentalist were moved by, their latest release Showdown is an aural blast that is so unique and distinctive the listener will discover new sounds, grooves and melodies with each listen. They will also be recreating this sonic stew live on the road through the months ahead on the Showdown world tour, covering much of the states, Canada, and far flung stops such as Tokyo and Bali.
Satori, Fraser, and Reveley trace their friendship to studying world music together at CalArts in Los Angeles, with Satori and Fraser beginning to perform together as Dirtwire in 2012. Showdown, their fifth album but first with Reveley, explores themes of authenticity and resistance, and comes at an important time. "Showdown is about standing up for what you believe in. We are living in a time of great extremes and polarized political spheres. The risk of totalitarianism is real. The risk of environmental collapse is real. We hope to unify people under the banner of music and inspire action in a world that is crying out for help. Showdown is about walking the walk and not backing down against oppressive powers that be which try to control and manipulate the people in their never ending pursuit of power. Its also about Shish Kabobs and spaghetti westerns"
Recorded "in fields, hotel rooms, and at Beats Antique's Shadowbox Studios in Oakland, CA," Satori and Fraser were thrilled with the addition of Reveley, who brought a new approach and instruments – the electric resonator guitar, and the Whamola, a one-string stand up electric bass – to the band. Experimentation and live dates helped Dirtwire refine their sound, while their writing process remained as diverse as they are. "Our writing happens in a lot of different ways. One of us might bring something like a lick, a beat, or some lyrics and another will spin off of that idea and take it somewhere else. Or sometimes we might begin a track from scratch, jamming or producing together in the studio. Sometimes we'll set up some mics in a room and hit record and see what we get in the moment. We recently had the opportunity to go to Standing Rock in North Dakota where we helped work on winter survival projects in the camps. There we were fortunate enough to collaborate with traditional Sioux singers and the Sami people from Norway to create music in support of the water protector movement."
The outcome is nothing short of musical paradise for those who are fans of genre bending experimentation. "Vibez," a harmonious voyage, showcases the band member's strengths, steeped in rootsy organic instruments from around the world. Lead track "Struttin" starts the album out with the funk, featuring a lap steel slide guitar with a wild-west-saloon cowbell backbeat. Los Abandoned singer Maria Del Pilar guests on down tempo "Viento," sung entirely in Spanish, as well as "Bridge of Suns," a track featuring the aforementioned whamola and is inspired by old spaghetti western soundtracks. They make their theatrical interpretation of Hank Williams "Lost Highway" all their own [I'm a rolling stone/All alone and lost/For a life of Sin/I have paid the cost.] by setting it to a 6/8 rhythm with Ethiopian electro sounds.
From a kazoo section, to a cigar box guitar, to Satori's rapping alter ego "Dirty Joe," Dirtwire's Showdown emphasizes how eclectic the band is, the chances they take to get the sounds they want, and, most importantly, their evolution. "The sound of the Showdown album is bigger, and it's exciting to us because it represents where we are going as writers, producers and performers. It's coming into the world in a time of great change. The cards are being reshuffled and the times ahead will be challenging. It is more important than ever to shine as brightly as we can. It is our hope that this album serves as a beacon of motivation and inspiration to everyone who listens and dances to it."
Dirtwire 2017 Tour Local Dates: (For world tour dates contact Dirtwire).
03/16 – The Royal – Fernie, BC
03/17 – Bloom – Nelson, BC


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Hand and Eye
During a recent lecture, Princeton architecture grad Richard Wilson Cameron talked about how he designed Ravenwood, an estate in Chester County, Pennsylvania belonging to the film director, M. Night Shyamalan. What turned into a five-year project involved transforming a rather nondescript Federal Revival house of the 1930s into a lovely Lutyenesque complex of buildings. The high quality of the craftsmanship, both inside and out, is impressive, but equally impressive is Cameron's working method. According to the website of his firm, Atelier & Co., "We work closely with clients and draw every concept of our projects by hand—from initial sketches and renderings to fully developed design drawings. While we employ digital techniques in our work they are always secondary to our hand drawings." During his talk, Cameron showed the development of the main entrance to Ravenwood: preliminary sketch, analytique, detail, and construction drawing. The finished product, with a raven sculpted by Foster Reeve, shows the happy result of this traditional working method. The free hand, guided by the eye, has served architects for more than two millennia. The shapes thus produced, whether they are traditional—as here—or modernist, have a distinctly humanist appeal that the machine cannot match.
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I love reading posts like this still gives me hope I am not a dying breed, and that their are others
who can share there experiences like this. thanks.


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