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[SongFic]Mandalorian Measures
I must be crazy for I actually did it again. Here is another songfic entitles Mandalorian Measures. It actually talks about everyone's favorite Mandalorian from KOTOR and what it means to be a Mandalorian. Lyrics are The Measure of a Man by Elton John, yeah I love Rocky. Anyway here is the second song fic I have ever written and I hopr you all enjoy. I just want to thank mach for giving a once over on the idea.
Mandalorian Measures
The encampment was lively with its various members going about their business, whether it was training to gain honor or general management. Here on Dxun, much management was needed especially after the last few months. That didnt matter for the lone warrior, the leader of the clans, that was standing and facing out towards the open valley of jungle.
These battered hands are all you own
This broken heart has turned to stone
Go hang your glory on the wall
There comes a time when castles fall
And all thats left is shifting in the sand
He was a warrior, a Mandalorian. For years he had fought the greatest of all battles, the battle for survival. Many other battles he had fought and still had yet to fight. Oh he once sought battle for glory but there comes a time when it doesnt mean that anymore. You come to realize that there is something more than carnage. She had taught him that and yet he was standing here with nothing but the scars that he had won in countless battles. The time of the clans had come and gone and now he was alone and all that was left, as the old witch said, but a shell of a man.
Youre out of time, youre out of place
Look at your face
Thats the measure of a man
He was a warrior. He was a Mandalorian. He helped save the galaxy from the Sith. Before it didnt use to matter but then she came along. She showed him the way. In the end, he was able to step back and look at himself. He was merely a man but he was what his people strove to be, a Mandalorian.
This coat that fits you like a glove
These dirty streets you learned to love
So welcome back my long lost friend
Youve been to hell and back again
And God alone knows how you crossed that span
After the Star Forge, he thought he would have to go his own way but something made him stick around. Maybe he thought that she would need him and he did say that he was her man until the end. Mandalorians didnt keep promises lightly. In the end, he was rewarded. She presented him with the helm of Mandalore. She had said that he was made for the role. He said nothing but looked at the helm as if it were an old friend. Then she left him for the Unknown Regions. He had been through the blistering deserts of Tatooine, the halls of Korriban, the plains of Dantooine and now here he was at home on Dxun.
Back on the beat, back to the start
Trust in your heart
Thats the measure of a man
Here at this place, the heart of the Mandalorian wars, he was home. He began to build and unite the clans under one banner. Again the Mandalorians would rise again to bring honor and glory to their people. They would rise up and he would be their leader. He was a Mandalorian.
Its the fire in the eyes, lines on the hand
The things you understand
Permanent ties from which you once ran
Thats the measure of a man
He built up the encampment. He gathered members of the clans wherever he found them. He knew that not only was he to reunite the scattered and broken clans but that deep within his battle toughened heart he was doing what she asked. She left him there with his orders and he would follow them but he would honor his clan. He would not run away nor be the lackey he once was for Davik. He was a Mandalorian.
Youve come full circle, now youre home
Without the gold, without the chrome
And this is where youve always been
Youve had to lose so you could win
And rise above your troubles while you can
As a mercenary for hire, it was grunt work. There was no glory in it. In the beginning it was something to do. Now that he had attached himself to her and her crew, he saw things that changed him. Jagi was a matter of honor but when she stepped in and made them see the light, he saw that not everything had to end in death. In the end, he lost one of his own people to see that there was more to life than blood, death and glory. In the end, he rose up to fight side by side with her as she battled through the Star Forge as a Mandalorian.
Now you can love, now you can lose
Now you can choose
Thats the measure of a man
He was a hero of the Republic. He helped defeat the Sith. He had brought honor and glory to his people. He found that he could choose to live in battle instead of asking for death and still bring honor to himself. He could be true to himself. He was a Mandalorian.
Its the fire in the eyes, lines on the hand
The things you understand
The permanent ties from which you once ran
Thats the measure of a man
Now that he was what he was in heart and spirit, he stuck by the one who showed him the way. He became, as they jokingly called, civilized. It didnt prepare him for the fact that he would have to do it all over again when the Jedi came to his encampment. The loyalty that he had for the one who showed him the way back to honor, he now showed to the Jedi. He followed the Exile living to the oath that he gave the one who left. He was to be ready to protect the Republic since the Sith didnt like to share power. The Republic was better at doing that.
Youve come full circle, now youre home
Without the gold, without the chrome
And this is where youve always been
Youve had to lose so you could win
And rise above your troubles while you can
He fought again to save the Republic. He had remembered the ship from Malachor V and fought to end what had begun during the Mandalorian wars. He helped save Republics butt again but that was small compared to the small relief that would come while the Republic recovered. He helped the Jedi whelp with her mission and now she was on her own to finish the old witch and do whatever she needed to do. He would go back to Dxun and continue to follow what Revan had asked him to do. Saving the galaxy was not brass bands and glory but it was in a way fulfilling. It was different but it was like the days of old. The days of the Mandalorian.
Now you can love, now you can lose
Now you can choose
Thats the measure of a man
He stood there looking at the valley of jungle, thinking about all that had happened. He had come far from the mercenary he had been on Taris. Now he was Mandalore, leader of all the clans. He was close to uniting them as they had been in their former days of glory. He thought about those he had met and left behind, absorbed in his thoughts until a gentle hand touched the shoulder of his armor. He turned to face one that he fought side by side with against the greatest beast of the Dune seas. Her blue eyes shown softly and her auburn hair flapped gently in the wind as she asked softly in that voice that once called him a kath hound, What are thinking of?
He looked at the valley for a moment before saying, What it should mean to be a Mandalorian, Princess. What it means to be a Mandalorian.
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This answer to a different question (not near enough for me to mark this as a duplicate) covers it. In short, there are no rules, just conventions that mostly tend to be followed.


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What are the major (and perhaps more subtle) differences between the newer Micro 4/3s format in comparison to the well-established DSLR cameras? What are the pros and cons of the Micro 4/3s format, the camera body and lens capabilities and offerings, size/weight, etc.
The first technical difference is the fact that the sensor is smaller than the most common DSLR sensor sizes (APS-C and larger), whilst it's going to be less optimal than an APS-C, full frame or medium format (very expensive) sensor, it's still going to be far better than compact sensors. Noise will be comparable to APS-C (1.6x), though probably not quite as good, but this is also dependent on the sensor technology.
The second technical difference is that almost all Micro 4/3rds cameras currently use an electronic viewfinder, not an optical viewfinder. This means there is no phase detect auto-focus which is much quicker than contrast based auto focus. Phase detect AF can take less than a second in good light, whereas contrast AF can typically take 3-4 seconds and most often takes this long in any conditions.
Another difference is that on a lot of Micro 4/3rds cameras, the manual controls for aperture, shutter speed and ISO aren't as accessible as an SLR camera. If you plan on shooting manual with a Micro 4/3rds camera you may have to look around for the one that won't hinder you. For example, Sony's NEX-5 (not Micro 4/3rds but similar) apparently are very fiddly and it's better to just use them in an automated mode like Program mode.
A major physical difference is the size. The camera body itself is typically no larger than a large compact. The problem with this though is that the lenses are still fairly large when it comes to portability. You probably wouldn't try putting one in your pocket unless you have both a large pocket and a very short lens attached.
There is a disadvantage due to the sensor size, everyone will say that. While true, it is actually quite minimal. Obviously, it varies between models but a recent m4/3 camera compares to a recent one with an APS-C within one stop in terms of noise, and it is rarely visible until ISO 800+. Here is how the differences looked last year. All these models had one successor since.
The only serious difference is actually speed. All the current m4/3 cameras use contrast-detect AF which is slower by a noticeable margin to phase-detect, which is used by DSLRs. There is a small but noticeable display lag as well because the LCD or EVF works electronically (not a the speed of light as with OVFs). With subjects that move slowly this is not a problem at all, but for action it can be.
There are obviously more differences but the remaining ones tend to be more specific to certain types of photography. Certain features are not available yet in m43 too, such as weather-sealing, sync-port, GPS, support for AAs, etc. You'll have to investigate which ones impact you depending on your photography style.
The number one advantage is reduced bulk, so a smaller and lighter total system. Micro Four-Thirds camera are smaller than DSLRs but the savings also translate to lenses. Each lens is smaller, so the size and weight you need to get a comparable feature set.
The fact that the lenses are smaller also lets them design lenses with a bigger maximum apertures. This applies to full-size Four-Thirds and Micro Four-Thirds. The best example if the two Olympus F/2 zooms, the 14-35 F/2 and 35-100 F/2. To use these on a Micro 4/3 camera you do need a small adapter.
Going back to Micro 4/3 specifically, the shorter distance of the mount to the sensor means that you can adapt much more lenses from other mounts to Micro 4/3 without losing focus at infinity. A particularly interesting adapter exists that also adds a shift or tilt mechanism between the mount and the lens (sorry, do not remember who does this).
The fact that those cameras were designed to show a live-image means that there is no cost to see a live-view compared to current DSLRs. As of today, no DSLR has a live-view that does not reduce its performance somehow (usually AF speed but Sony DSLRs compromise VF coverage instead). This is likely to disappear over time, but for now you can count on it.
Eye-level shooting of video is not possible with a DSLR since video requires a live-view feed. Several Micro 4/3 camera will provide this using an optional EVF.
Just a clarification: the size of a Micro 4:3 sensor is the same as a normal 4:3 sensor (what changes is the distance from the focusing elements to the sensor plane). Of course the 4:3 itself is a little bit smaller than an APS-C, but not much.
So do not expect worse sensor performance than in any Olympus or Panasonic DSLR.
Nobody mentioned the fact that micro four thirds cameras are very good for experimenting with old manual lenses.
The micro 4/3 system is mirrorless, and has a very short falange distance (distance from sensor to lens), that allows it to use most lenses on the market, with an adapter (and there are lots of types of adapters).
the slow focusing speed is not an issue with manual lenses ;)
Since this question was originally asked, the Micro Four-Thirds system has advanced and some of the earlier answers have become outdated. The latest generation of cameras has fast auto-focus although they still lag behind DSLRs for low-light and continuous tracking (eg birds in flight and sports) due to lack of phase-contrast autofocus. The lens selection is large although more fast zooms and long lenses would be welcome; see (incomplete) list at end of post.
The main technical differences from DSLRs are due to
The sensor size effect has been discussed in previous answers, although it should be noted that since fast lenses are easier to design for smaller sensors (see the f/0.95 lenses below) this counteracts the sensor size effects on IQ and DoF. Otherwise a smaller sensor generally means reduced image quality (ie signal-to-noise ratio) for a given exposure. However m43 images are fine for web/computer viewing and prints of typical size and even gallery-quality prints at low ISO. High-ISO quality is noticeably worse in comparison.
A smaller sensor also means increased depth of focus for a photo with the same angle of view, aperture and image size. Looking at portraits taken with the 75mm f/1.8 lens I find the depth of focus is shallow enough in practice but judge for yourself, look at photos on flickr.
The smaller m43 sensor means a smaller camera, smaller lenses and a system small enough to be pocketable or easy and light enough to carry in a small bag, but with reasonable image quality. This is the trade-off that some find attractive. I often carry a PEN camera with lens in a jacket pocket and a couple of other lenses in other pockets. A professional photographer may find lugging a DSLR system around all day causes back or wrist injuries.
Mirrorless cameras allow more optimal designs for wide-angle lenses, resulting in cheaper, smaller or higher quality lenses (compare the Rokinon 7.5mm to a 15mm 135-format SLR lens for example). The lack of mirror means no mirror lag between pressing the shutter and taking the picture, and no vibration or noise from mirror slap. There is still shutter lag and vibration (until electronic shutters are perfected). The short flange distance of mirrorless cameras mean most legacy lenses can be used with an adaptor (with manual focusing). There is no problem with front- or back-focusing since autofocus uses the actual image sensor.
Electronic viewfinders introduce a slight lag to the image, although they allow overlay of useful information such as histograms and blinkies for over/underexposure, and other effects such as zooming for critical focus, can automatically adapt to changing light levels, and can provide a real WYSIWYG image including in-camera filters. Some m43 cameras only have optional EVFs. I tend to compose pictures using a tilted viewscreen at waist level rather than hold the camera up to my eye, but screens can be difficult to see in bright sunlight. Optical viewfinders provide a real-time high-resolution image and optical aids such as a split-screen focusing.
There also tend to be significant differences between mirrorless and DSLR systems when there is no technical reason for this. Although traditional DSLR companies such as Nikon and Canon tend to have more cameras with "pro" features, they are quite conservative in design. If you want a tilting touchscreen and in-camera image stabilization for example they don't have that. Olympus has not officially released a "pro" camera for m43 yet, although they are promising to do so. Some professionals are finding the OM-D E-M5 has the features and quality they require and are switching to m43.
Native lens list taken from http://www.ayton.id.au/wp02/?page_id=2255. Note many legacy lenses can also be used with cheap adapters.
Pan. 7-14mm f/4 Pan. 8mm f/3.5 Oly. 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6 Oly. 12mm f/2.0 Pan. 12mm f/12 (3D stereo) Pan. 12-35mm f/2.8 Oly. 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3 Pan. 14mm f/2.5 Oly. 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Oly. 14-150mm f/4-5.6 Tamron 14-150mm f/3.5-5.8 Olympus 15mm f/8 (MF lever) Oly. 17mm f/1.8 Oly. 17mm f/2.8 Sigma 19mm f/2.8 Pan. 20mm f/1.7 Pan. 25mm f/1.4 Sigma 30mm f/2.8 Pan. 35-100mm f/2.8 Oly. 40-150mm f/4-5.6 Pan. 45-150mm f/4-5.6 Pan. 45-200mm f/4-5.6 Pan. 45mm f/2.8 macro Oly. 45mm f/1.8 Oly. 60mm f/2.8 macro weather-sealed Sigma 60mm f/2.8 Oly. 75mm f/1.8 Oly. 75-300mm f/4.8-6.7 Pan. 100-300mm f/4-5.6 manual focus: Rokinon 7.5mm f/3.5 SLR Magic Nokton 12mm f/1.6 Cosina Voigtlander Nokton 17.5mm f/0.95 Cosina Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f/0.95 Cosina Voigtlander Nokton 42.5mm f/0.95 MS-Optical Sonnetar 25mm f/1.1 ShenyangZhongyi 35mm f/0.95 Jackar 35mm f/1.8 Zeiss Compact Prime CP.2 135mm/T2.1 Tokina 300mm f/6.3 mirror lens (0.5x macro) due soon: Schneider Kreuznach Super-Angulon 14mm f/2.0 due end of 2013 Schneider Kreuznach Xenon 30mm f/1.4 due end of 2013 Schneider Kreuznach Makro-Symmar 60mm f/2.4 due end of 2013 conversion lenses: Olympus MCON-P01 Macro Converter - designed for M. Zuiko 14-42mm MkII/R, 14-150mm, and 40-150mm lenses Olympus WCON-P01 Wide Angle Converter - converts M.Zuiko 14-42mm MkII kit lens into an 11mm ultrawide-angle lens Olympus FCON-P01 Fisheye Converter - converts M.Zuiko 14-42mm MkII kit lens into a fisheye lens. Panasonic DMW-GWC1 Wide Conversion Lens - converts 14mm to 11mm for use on 14mm f/2.5 and the LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm Panasonic DMW-GTC1 Tele Conversion Lens - 2x zoom - converts 42mm to 84mm for use on the LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm Panasonic DMW-GMC1 Macro Conversion Lens - for use on 14mm f/2.5 and the LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm Panasonic DMW-GFC1 Fisheye Conversion Lens - for use on 14mm f/2.5 and the LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm tilt-shift lenses and adapters: B.I.G 15mm f/4.5 shift lens (based on the Voigtlander Heliar 15mm f/4.5) GoShotCamera 50mm f/2.0 tilt shift lens Fotodiox shift adapters – Canon FD, Minolta MD, Contarex Adriano Lolli tilt adapters – most 35mm camera lenses Flashpoint tilt adapter – Nikon lenses Lens Baby tilt transformer (pdf) - converts any Nikon lens into a tilt lens
Micro 4/3rds has a slightly smaller sensor than crop DSLRs, has slower autofocus, is more likely to get dust in the sensor, and depending on the camera, might not have a see-through lens. This would make taking picture outdoors very difficult.
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Generally speaking, the smaller sensor is its biggest disadvantage. The smaller the sensor, the higher the noise. The smaller the sensor, the larger minimum DoF.
There's nothing "holy" in DSLR (FF or APS-C) form factor either. In terms of sensor size, these types are just two points in the continuum from digital medium format cameras to cellphone cameras. However, there is an expected level of attributes for each camera size. For example, DSLR's have optical viewfinder which sees "through the lens". No u4/3 has an optical viewfinder that sees TTL.
Kirk Tuck has a couple of nice writeups that talk about his experiences with the Olympus E-PL2, a well-regarded Micro Four Thirds camera. The brief summary is: he found the smallness and stealth of the camera quite compelling (e.g., it helped him to appear to be a "hapless tourist" rather than a serious photographer), and the usability and IQ good enough (when compared to DSLRs).
I found these very helpful in understanding the tradeoffs.
One other potential issue with a m4/3 camera, is that's as large a sensor as you are ever going to be able to use. With other DSLR systems you can potentially buy very nice primes that also work on larger sensor or even full frame cameras with the same mount.
If you someday decide you really need a full-frame camera, you may also just be able to sell the lenses and systems you have and start from scratch, but it's something to consider.
m4/3 cameras are more compact so that's a great benefit to consider, especially when traveling.
I would say it is moderately meaningful, at least from a print perspective. The difference between APS-C and FF is around 1.5-1.6x, while the difference between 4/3rds and FF is 2.0x. The relative difference between APS-C and 4/3rds is about 1.25x (an absolute difference of around 0.4x). Not hugely significant, but significant enough to think about.
I think more important than the difference in crop factor would be the format. There are fewer native papers that fit the 1.33 aspect ratio of a four thirds sensor (8x10"/8.5x11", 11x14", and 17x22" come to mind, although they are not ideal matches), while there are quite a few papers that exactly or nearly meet the 1.5 aspect ratio of APS-C sensors (which have a 3:2, rather than a 4:3, aspect ratio), which includes 2x3", 4x6, 11x16/11x17, 13x19, 34x22/36x24, as well as all the A-series papers, which have a
Here is a demonstration of print margin, if you print a 4:3 image at the same resolution and minimal cropping as a 3:2 image:
I think a 3:2 ratio image, on papers between 1.41 and 1.54 aspect ratio, tend to fit nicer and have nicer margins without any cropping of the original image. A 4:3 ratio, on the other hand, doesn't fit quite as nicely, as it has more of a square shape. You can either shrink it more so the margins lengthwise down the page fit better, however you end up with pretty fat margins along the opposite edges of the page.
The weight difference between Micro 4/3s and DSLRs in general is huge. Look at this comparison table: http://dslrpassion.com/component/content/article/60-equipment/154-dslr-camera-weight-comparison.html
One point that hasn't been mentioned, but is worth noting, is that from a practical viewpoint a smaller sensor gives increased depth of field.
In theory, that's not really true -- depth of field depends on the aperture of the lens and the reproduction ratio on the sensor. From a practical viewpoint, however, if you maintain the same framing (as closely as you can given a different aspect ratio) you'll either be using a shorter lens or shooting from farther away with the MFT. Either way, you end up with a smaller reproduction ratio on the sensor, which increases your depth of field.
This can be either an advantage or a disadvantage. If you're using a large aperture for the sake of selective focus, you'll typically need to open it up another 1 1/3-1 1/2 stop on MFT to get about the same depth of field as you would with the same framing on a full-frame (135 size) sensor. If you're starting with a fast aperture (e.g. f/1.4 or f/1.2) on a full-frame, you may not even be able to find a lens for MFT that maintains the same depth of field.
On the other hand, if you're using a large aperture primarily to work in low light, you may like the fact that you can open it up without the depth of field getting razor thin.
Of course, that also needs to be balanced against the fact that (as others have mentioned) a larger sensor will generally have lower noise, so on a larger camera you may be able to get about the same effect by increasing the ISO instead.
Mirrorless as of the arrival of the Nikon 1 system, the V2 model can now out-perform top Nikon or canon "full frame" DSLRs in terms of:
This is by using a sensor with both phase detect and contrast detection capabilities. In high speed (above 15 fps) the camera uses a silent electronic shutter so is much quieter and avoids mirror slap of a DSLR.
The existing answers has plenty of useful information. Still it is worth to take a look at the following too...
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I'll try to make sense of this the best I can. I'm pretty horrible at making things clear. :) So...here it goes....
I have a spread sheet that is a list of seeds I have for growing peppers. Here are the columns I have, and I will explain more after.
Crop | Color | Generation | Species | Source | Scoville | Flavor | Heat | Notes | 2012 Type | 2012 Name 1 | 2012 Name 2 | 2013 Type | 2013 Name 1 | 2013 Name 2 | etc.
Ok. So "2012 Type" is a list that will contain either a blank, "N", "O", or "M". All I care about is whether it is blank or not for this question. If it is NOT blank I want to highlight the Crop name with a green background to show that I have grown this crop. To do that through the Conditional Formatting is a no brainer. However, my issue begins when I, as usual make things more complicated. When I add "2013 Type", "2014 Type", etc. I want to check for those also. So then my formula becomes an OR; is there a value in 2012 or 2013 or 2014, etc. Part of question is that. How do I write a formula that is dynamic enough to pickup the new fields I add each year...2015 Type, 2016 Type...etc.?
I also have a ton of other stuff going on, but I think I may have that figured out...sort of.
Thank you for your help, appreciate it.
Edit: Okay. I feel I need to explain how I am trying to develop my whole worksheet, one to check my thinking, and two to clear up the goals.
In addition to what I have explained above, I have tabs that read 2012, 2013, grown, not-grown, MasterList, and Criteria.
MasterList is what we are talking about here.
Criteria is what I am using for an advanced filter to copy crops that to the appropriate sheets. So, if I have a a crop marked in column "2012 Type", then it will be copied to the 2012 sheet. It will also be listed under the tab Grown. Same if it were marked under "2013 Type" etc.
Basically, I am using tabs to filter out specifics from my MasterList so that I can find what I'm looking for quickly, or view everything as a whole.
Once again, I am great at making things over complicated. Couple that with the fact that I am still fairly new to Excel coding...and you have a disaster. :)
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An ordinally network topology in picture:
In words:
- "server" (e.g.: an Ubuntu 10.04 LTS) is connected to the "internet" through pppoe connection
- "server" is using it's wireless card in AP mode, so it could share the internet connection through wireless to the clients (WPA2/AES/63 char pass)
- The "server" has two ethernet ports: 1-is for the internet(using pppoe); 2-is connected to a gbit switch, were the clients also are connected
- The "server" (10.0.0.1) has a dhcp server (10.0.0.0/8), so the clients automagically got IP addresses, DNS server addresses and gateway addresses
- The "server" has a dns server (10.0.0.1), so the dns queries are cached, (better "network speed feeling")
- Extra: on the "server", there is an OpenVPN server, so the clients can OpenVPN to the server (even if not in the subnet, e.g.: from a netcafe)
- ExtraExtra: the "server" can be configured in two modes: 1-no internet forwarding to any client, just only after it's connects through OpenVPN; 2-internet forwarding to any client and optionally they could use OpenVPN to have a secure/authenticated tunnel
Question: How I need to configure the "server" to make this work (permanently, I mean no manual interaction is required after the server reboots, e.g.: the dhcp server starts automatically, internet forwarding is ok, openvpn is started, wifi is working, pppoe connection to the ISP is up, DNS server is working)?
Or does anyone has any exact howtos regarding this setup? Or at least part of them?
An ordinally network topology in picture:
Gentoo Linux has a very nice Home Router Guide in it's Gentoo Linux Documentation: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/home-router-howto.xml
Many of the steps can be adapted to use with Ubuntu.
Note: This is from my own, very small home network, and I'm not a network guy. I don't understand much of why it works and will remove this post soon, if a better one occurs. Just in case it takes some time, this might be a start, but without anything about VPN.
I'm not sure whether I know what you know, and what you are searching for.
I think you have a pppoe-connection, dns-server up, dhcp up and running.
You just need to know how to do the forwarding, and the VPN-stuff? I don't know about the VPN.
After connecting pppoe, start this in the init-process or network-ifup:
If the clients specify the server as their default gateway, they should have access to the net now.
IPv4-forwarding could be enabled by editing
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If your server does nothing more than to serve as a firewall, you can use one of these ad-hoc linux distributions: ipcop or ipfire.
Both of them will transform your server in a highly configurable firewall with quite all your requirements in a couple of minutes.
OpenVPN is available as a plug-in for both of them but I never used this option.
You can always check the well-known Arch Wiki:
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RILEY COUNTY, Kan. (WIBW) -- After deliberating for a little more than three hours on Friday, jurors delivered a guilty verdict and convicted 24-year-old Luis Aguirre of capital murder in the 2009 deaths of 18-year-old Tanya Maldonado and the couple's 13-month-old son Juan.
In 2009, Aguirre brought Tanya and Juan to Ogden to the apartment where he was living with his new girlfriend, Dulce Mendez. Mendez was stationed at Fort Riley and was deployed to Iraq when the killings took place. Tanya and Juan had been living in Chicago in a homeless shelter and were desperate for support, prosecutors said. Aguirre was also originally from Chicago and was in the National Guard. During training in Alabama, he met Mendez and moved to Ogden to live with her and her 18-month-old son. Prosecutors allege that Aguirre planned the murders and killed Tanya and Juan so he could move on with Dulce Mendez. But the defense says he was trying to help his ex and son get back on their feet and that he never wanted them to die.
Aguirre said on the weekend of September 19 and 20, 2009, he had drill for the National Guard in Chicago and ended up meeting up with Tanya near the mission where she was staying with their son. Aguirre says he wanted to see how she was doing because he knew she was having trouble. He was just going to give her a ride to a friend's house or relative's house but she told him she wanted to go with him back to Kansas. He says Tanya wanted to start fresh and find a job and get away from her family and maybe meet a nice guy in the military. Aguirre told her about his current girlfriend, who was deployed. He was going to let Tanya and Juan stay with him for a few days until they found another place to stay.
Aguirre told the investigators that in the midst of an argument and struggle in the kitchen, he covered Tanya's mouth for five minutes to stop her from yelling and he didn't realize that he was also covering her nose. After she stopped kicking and moving, Aguirre says he thought she had calmed down and let her go. She started spitting up blood and he tried to revive her with chest compressions but she died.
When he went to check on his son so he wouldn't wander into the kitchen and see what had happened with his mother, Aguirre says he found toddler asleep, somewhat hanging off the baby bed. Aguirre says he tucked Juan in tightly and later found him face down on a pillow with a pacifier in his mouth and he could not be revived.
Aguirre told the detectives that his anxiety and fear kicked in and his first reaction was to try to hide what had happened so he drove around for a while not knowing what to do and ended up burying Tanya and Juan. He said the whole situation was an accident and he knew he should have called 911. He insisted that no one helped him and that he didn't tell anyone else about what happened. He was also adamant that he did not plan the killings and did not know about the spot where he buried the victims ahead of time.
Aguirre's attorneys did not present any witnesses to testify in his defense Friday morning.
During their closing arguments, prosecutors said Aguirre plotted out the murders ahead of time and killed the victims inside his Ogden apartment by blocking their airways. They claim he then tried to cover it up by burying their bodies and disposing of other evidence.
Assistant Riley County Attorney Disney told the jury that premeditation is the "crux of this case" and that the two murders were connected, constituting a common scheme or plan.Throughout his statement, he played different parts of the interviews Aguirre did with police after the bodies of the victim were found. Aguirre changed his story several times when confronted by evidence to the contrary. Disney quoted Aguirre as saying, "Is this even believable? I doubt it." Disney repeatedly asked jurors, "How much weight and credit can you give his version of events?" He said Aguirre's version of events is not credible, consistent or supported by other evidence. When rehashing the victims' injuries according to the testimony of the forensic pathologist who performed their autopsies, Disney said: "Their airways were blocked. Tanya struggled and Juan struggled." He said Aguirre held Tanya's nose long after she quit crying. He told jurors that Aguirre had motive to kill Tanya and Juan and that he had a double life with Dulce Mendez. "He couldn't keep up this charade forever," Disney said.
"Tanya wasn't going away. But it's not just Tanya and getting rid of her. That doesn't solve the problem because there is Juan too," he added. According to the prosecution, Tanya and Juan were a financial obligation Aguirre didn't want to deal with. During the trial, jurors heard emails from Tanya to Aguirre begging him to help support their son and threatening to report him to authorities and take him to court if he didn't provide for the child.
When talking about the likelihood of two young people accidentally dying in the same period of time, Disney said: "That's like someone being eaten by a shark while being struck by lightning while having the winning lottery ticket in their pocket."
Aguirre's defense team tried to cast doubt in the jurors' minds by contradicting evidence and testimony that was presented against him throughout his trial. One his attorneys, Tim Frieden, said Aguirre has shown extreme remorse for what happened and was trying to help the victims get back on their feet.
Frieden went through Aguirre's recorded interviews with police and emails with Tanya, showing the times when he had remorse. "No question that this is an emotional thing for him. He has tears... He talks of remorse in these," he said.
Frieden referenced emails where Aguirre mentioned trying to help Tanya like getting her public aid, taking care of Juan and adding the toddler to his health plan. He said that Juan met the criteria for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and brought up how Tanya stated in several emails that the baby had been sick. Frieden said jurors should consider whether the evidence is sufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the deaths constitute a capital murder conviction. He asked them to consider lesser charges and said there was even evidence for a not guilty charge. He told jury they had to consider the case without favoritism according to the law.
The key witness for the prosecution was Dr. Spencer Tomb, a longtime Kansas State University professor and botanist.
Tomb was asked by authorities to examine the shallow grave outside of Ogden where the victims were found on, examining the plant matter found directly under their remains and around the grave site.
Tanya and Juan Maldonado were killed on September 21, 2009 and buried in the early morning hours of September 22, 2009. A hunter discovered the grave roughly a month later on October 25, 2009.
Tomb told the jury during his testimony on Thursday that based on the build up of leaflets at the bottom of the grave, he believes it was dug several days before the victims were buried, remaining open for a "significant" period of time before their bodies were placed inside.
He said that if someone went out and quickly dug a hole and buried something, you would not see a bed of leaves at the bottom like he found under the victims. When asked by the defense if the leaves could have blown into the grave by the wind just before the bodies were placed inside, Tomb said he would have seen more of a mixture of leaves but found mostly leaflets from the limbs of a box elder tree that were directly above grave that fell over time. He estimated that the grave was 4-6 weeks old and that it was most likely open for 3-4 days before the bodies of the victims were buried.
The testimony supports the state's stance that the murders were premeditated.
Frieden pointed out that in Tomb's original report, his findings were different. But Tomb told the jury that he realized the grave had remained open longer than he originally thought the more he studied the samples that were removed from the site, showing that layers of leaflets had built up over several days.
Aguirre's sentencing has been set for July 9, 2012 at the Riley County Courthouse. Jurors will be asked to determine whether he should receive the death penalty or life in prison without parole.


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Topological spaces have diagonal maps $X \rightarrow X \times X$ and $X \rightarrow X \wedge X$, and suspension spectra also have diagonal maps $\Sigma^\infty X \rightarrow \Sigma^\infty(X \wedge X) \cong (\Sigma^\infty X) \wedge (\Sigma^\infty X)$. What about general spectra? (i.e. symmetric spectra, S-modules, or any other convenient definition.) I always assumed you could, but I haven't thought through it carefully. And if not, can we still get a cup product on $E^*(X)$ when $E$ and $X$ are spectra?
No. Let $[X,A]$ be the set (in fact abelian group) of homotopy classes of maps from one spectrum to another. If $A$, $B$, and $C$ are spectra, any natural map of sets $[X,A]\times [X,B]\to [X,C]$ is induced by a map $A\times B\to C$. Since $A\times B=A\coprod B$, this amounts to two maps $A\to C$ and $B\to C$ inducing two homomorphisms $[X,A]\to [X,C]$ and $[X,B]\to [X,C]$ which are then added to give one homomorphism $[X,A]\times [X,B]=[X,A]\oplus [X,B] \to [X,C]$. This map cannot be distributive over addition except by being identically zero.
EDIT Taking $A$, $B$, and $C$ to be Eilenberg-MacLane spectra, this rules out nontrivial natural bilinear products on ordinary cohomology of spectra. More generally it rules out such products on generalized cohomology of spectra. And it also rules out any nontrivial natural map $X\to X\wedge X$ because if $A\to A\wedge A$ were nontrivial then this would lead to a natural bilinear map $[X,A]\times [X,A]\to [X,A\wedge A]$ that (for example when $X=A$) is nontrivial.
The existence of an $E_\infty$-diagonal is an obstruction for equipping a spectrum $E$ with the structure of a suspension spectrum. Conversely, in
Klein, J.R.: Moduli of suspension spectra. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 357 (2005), 489–507
I showed that the existence of a suitably defined notion of $A_\infty$-diagonal on $E$ is equivalent to equipping $E$ with the structure of a suspension spectrum provided we are in the metastable range. Here "metastable" means $E$ is $r$-connected (for $r \ge 1$) and is weak equivalent to a cell spectrum of dimension $\le 3r+2$.
There are various elementary ways of defining the notion of $A_\infty$-diagonal, but they in the end amount to the existence of a map $\delta: E \to (E\wedge E)^{\Bbb Z_2}$ (for a suitably defined version of the smash product), which is a homotopy section to the map $(E\wedge E)^{\Bbb Z_2} \to E$ which is given by passing from categorical to geometric fixed points. The way I do this in the paper is the use the second stage of the Taylor tower of the functor $E \mapsto \Sigma^\infty \Omega^\infty E$; this second stage turns out to be a model for $(E\wedge E)^{\Bbb Z_2}$.
The smash product is not a categorical product, so you can't speak of diagonal map, in the same way as you don't have a natural diagonal map $M\rightarrow M\otimes M$, for $M$ an abelian group or vector space. The analogy is very pertinent since the homotopy category of spectra with homotopy concentrated in dimension $0$ is equivalent to the category of abelian groups, and if we restric to abelian groups which are $\mathbb{Q}$-vector spaces, the smash product corresponds to the tensor product.
BTW, suspension spectra of base spaces (as you seem to consider) do not have a diagonal map either. You have a diagonal map if you consider suspension spectra of unbased spaces, since you need to add an outer base point first, and this operation takes products to smash products.
The answer is no in general. So if $E$ is a ring spectrum, $E^\ast(X)$ need not be a ring, unless $X$ is a suspension spectrum. It is only a module over $E^\ast(pt)$. The ring structure on $E$ only gives external multiplications:
$E^\ast(X)\otimes_{E^\ast} E^\ast(Y)\to E^\ast(X\wedge Y)$
$E_\ast(X)\otimes_{E_\ast} E_\ast(Y)\to E_\ast(X\wedge Y)$
In the case that $X$ is also a ring spectrum, then the homology $E_\ast(X)$ becomes a ring, while the cohomology $E^\ast(X)$ will be a coalgebra under the assumption that $E^\ast(X\wedge X)\cong E^\ast(X)\otimes_{E^\ast}E^\ast(X)$.


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STEUBENVILLE - Sixth Ward Councilman David Lalich will ask his colleagues to consider a traffic camera program in order to "free up police officers to work in our neighborhoods."
"As chairman of the council safety committee, I am prepared to raise the issue again for discussion by the council members," said Lalich.
"If we bring the cameras back we will have more officers to utilize in the crime areas of the city," Lalich declared.
He said he was responding to two shooting incidents in the LaBelle neighborhood last week and comments made by Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 1 President Jim Marquis on Monday.
Marquis addressed a Friday afternoon shooting that saw one man killed and his cousin wounded on Pittsburgh Street as well as a Saturday evening armed robbery on Maryland Avenue where the suspect exchanged gunfire with two responding police officers.
Three Chicago men were arrested for the Friday shooting, and a city man was immediately arrested following the Saturday robbery and shooting incident.
"I will definitely bring this issue up with the other council members. We need more officers in the neighborhoods where there have been criminal activity. The police are very effective running radar in the city but the traffic cameras can do that work and allow the officers to be used more effectively to fight crime," Lalich said.
Police Chief Bill McCafferty agreed and said he has always been a supporter of the automated traffic camera system.
"The traffic cameras have been used in Europe for years and are actually very effective. When I am in my personal vehicle I see a number of red light violations as well as turning left on red violations and speeders. We have officers running radar and patrolling the high traffic areas of the city but they could be used in the neighborhoods more effectively," stated McCafferty.
"If the traffic violators know there are cameras on the streets they will obey the traffic laws. And if officers are patrolling known crime areas they will be a deterrent to the criminal activity," McCafferty said.
"We have a set number of police officers who we schedule as efficiently as possible. The traffic cameras would allow us a little more flexibility in our work," he added.
"This is also about safety and saving lives. We don't have enough officers to dedicate them to the school zones. If we put an officer in a school zone he can be pulled out if another call comes in. And I have phone calls on a regular basis from people talking about speeding cars in their neighborhoods," said McCafferty.
Lalich raised the traffic camera issue last August but saw immediate opposition from 3rd Ward Councilman Greg Metcalf.
"The citizens overwhelmingly said no to cameras before. I agree with keeping school zones safe. But I hate to see us adopt this and just say they are back. Our citizens have a right to vote on this. I want citizens to be very aware of this and see what our citizens think about this. Our officers are doing a good job. I am not sure this is the correct way to do this," Metcalf said in August.
Other council members expressed support for the idea in August.
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Bennington will celebrate the opening of Marina Zurkow's Crossing the Waters, an exhibition of seven animated single and multi-channel works, on Tuesday, March 2, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm in the College's Usdan Gallery. The event is free and open to the public.
A New York-based media artist, Zurkow's works comprise part of a series of animated paintings whose themes circulate around speculative fictions of the deluge and climate change; of water, ice, animals, and people. The pieces embody a tension between their cartoon forms, the natural sciences, eco-activism, and apocalyptic fantasy.
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National Rail enquiries line (tel: 0845 748 4950; www.nationalrail.co.uk).
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can anybody tell my, why my "example-app" doesn't work in 2.x anymore:
Here it works (sencha touch 1):
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I have yet to find anyone that knows of any benefits of low-profile tires. All of the pros that I've asked have said there is no benefit. Naturally, the number of pros that I have available to ask is limited so I'm wondering what a wider audience will say.
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The nice thing about a question like this is that it isn't up for opinions. The cost / benefit ratios can be measured. Grassroots Motorsports routinely does this sort of analysis. For example, in Speed Holes by Per Schroeder (from the Feb. 2008 issue), Per compares a variety of plus-sizes (lower and lower profiles) on the test car (their BMW project car at the time).
Here are some choice quotes that address your pro / con question above (snipped to emphasize but the whole article is online):
To summarize some of the above: lower profile generally trades ride quality for turning ability, sometimes sacrificing braking due to the increase in wheel mass. Going too low, though, can push you past the point of losing in all categories.
There are major benefits on a track: you have much lower tire deformation with a low profile tire so you can corner harder. You can also accelerate and brake harder, and your tires get to temperature much faster as there is less rubber to warm up.
On a normal road having very low profile tires can be a negative - they don't soak up bumps as well as a higher profile tire so can be harder to control over bumps. You are also more likely to damage your rims.
So for performance on the road you can go for slightly lower profile. But going too low is a bad idea, despite various groups doing it for image purposes: with more chrome your wheels may look cooler:-)
I know when it comes to drift cars, they go with a lower profile to reduce the shaking of the the side walls, making it more predictable.
I bought my Camry with 18 wheels and really smart alloy rims and within 2.5 years I have scraped all the rims not to mentioned cupped the rubber out of the tyres in one or two cases I must have popped them or had a slow leak. The outdoor street parking with crooked curbs and high curbs in Bondi has given rise to having to get 6 new wheels since I bought the car. The tread ground down easily as I didn't realise the air was on the low side either. Also the turning is fantastic can get in and out of small spaces but the rubber boot has split a few times because of the turning range. This caused dirt to get in to my steering wheel drive shaft. I think I am going to find some 15 inch wheels so that I can at least get 2 adults into the back seat without the scraping sound when the weight sits on the big wheels. Also on a wet day I slowly braked around a bend and the car did a 90 degree rotation. The car performed beautifully as the wheels kept me on the road and came to a standstill. I found myself looking at the fence in the middle of the road but I don't think much of the road grip in rain on wide tyres.


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Kevin L. Baker, Manhattan, July 29, one-way glass and sun screening devices, $148.
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Burgh Island is dedicated to your ceremony and celebrations. For over a dozen years, we have been organising weddings for couples looking for something unusual but sophisticated, classically art deco but very personal, intimate but glamorous. We offer exclusive use of the whole hotel, which becomes your personal backdrop for your special occasion.
Since 2005, we have been welcoming same sex couples into Civil Partnerships and we are delighted now to be able to cater simply to any couple entering into marriage and looking for the ultimate romantic experience. More information here.