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Man...I never saw that one coming.
Redick rental still an upgrade for Bucks
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Ish Smith.
Man...I never saw that one coming.Hide replies
??? It was widely reported the Bucks were going after Josh Smith and/or Reddick. JS sucks at covering the Bucks. It was all over ESPN and every other news sourcer in America.
Vanilla reporting, JSOnline style!
you didn't see Gustavo coming either, Cheesy Mac!
Homer media at its best. So, next year do you think we will be the #8 seed or the first team out of the playoffs? Doing the same thing and expecting different results is the definition of insanity.
How many trades do you think it will take to get rid of the crappy contracts we are going to sign with Jennings and Redick?
The excuse with Hammond was that he needed time to undo the damage inflicted under Harris. Will the excuse for the next GM be that he needs to undo the damage done by Hammond? OKC did it right (ok - they were Seattle at the time). Houston has done a great job. Orlando is on the right track. Its evident that the Bucks have no plan at all. JJ Redick wouldn't play 5 mins a game for OKC or Miami. He'd maybe get 15 mins of run on the Spurs, but they are one of the oldest teams in the league.Hide replies
Dude, you can say that about a lot of teams in the NBA. It's all about players wanting to play here. It all started with letting Ray Allen and George Karl go. Keeping both those guys would've kept the Bucks relevant for years. I guess it's easy to say that now
George Karl was the guy who let Walter Ray go; Karl/Grunfeld were the guys that made us irrelevant after 2001.
You nailed it HW. As good as Karl might have been at times, he masterminded that trade debacle so he rightfully should be blamed with engineering the Bucks downfall that's lasted for more than a decade. Personally, I always felt that he was vastly overrated as a coach.
Definitely homer writing. writing you look at national media outlets, most don't know what Bucks are doing. I don't think the Bucks know.
Redick rental still an upgrade for Bucks? Really Charles! So when you're at the car rental place you must think you're getting up grade when they bump you up from a kia rio to chevy aveo.
I could go on and on, using all 2,000 characters and more...
I would like to write a manifesto..., or two about the Bucks and the "Neverending Story," their "eternal" quest for mediocrity and the always exciting 8th seed.
I will make this statement as brief as possible instead.
Beno (good player off the bench, and great expiring contract), Harris (a young player with some possible upside), and Lamb (another young player with some possible upside) for JJ is, in my opinion, an insult to Bucks fans.
This was not even a lateral move! My only hope, (not like I have much of that left for this team) is that they have reached some kind of agreement with JJ and he will stay with the team for three seasons, not more.
Still, I would have preferred to see Harris and Lamb stay with the team, and see them RECEIVING 20 MINUTES OF GAME TIME EVERY GAME.
I don't know people, for me, this season the Bucks have turned into nothing more than a conversation topic.
Back now to continue reading the final 200 posts from the previous thread.
Senator Kohl...,
John Hammond...,
[Insert angry emoticon here.]
P.S. - I hope JJ has a great WD-40.Hide replies
great to see you've still got it, montana!
Thanks, juan. You are writing very good stuff too.
I don't see how making the playoffs and playing Miami in the first round " upgrades " anything! This franchise is a joke, so why shoud the reporting be any different?
From what I can tell... homers are hating this trade (thought they could get Lebron) and analysts call it a good trade and filling a Buck's need.Hide replies
I haven't heard on analyst call this a good trade. Most are questioning what direction the Bucks are going.
Relax people it was better than nothing and the Bulls and Pacers didn't get him. See what it does.Sonds as they did everything possible to get Smith withoout giving up the farm. They'll do better in the offseason value wise.Hide replies
I agree. Worst thing we could have read today is Hammond giving up Henson or Sabders to get stupid Josh Smith. Again Redick at least puts a nother shooter next to Jennings. So we can evaluate him more as a true PG.. Now is not the time to panic. I honestly do believe in the end it's about who you give (2) max contracts to. Neither should be Ellis or Josh Smith. All this trade does is help in evaluating the worth of Jennings or Redick himself.
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true dat, Fogerthy, would have hated to see the Bulz or Pacers get him.
Well this does give the Bucks a shooting guard that can shoot. For a team with no Superstars you should at least try to build it by the Basketball code for each position.
PG-Somebody who makes others better by passing
SG-Somebody who can shoot
SF-Somebody who can get their own shot off the dribble or can really shoot
PF-Inside power, rebounding and can play tough defense
C-Same as PF
So when evaluating the team Brandon now has no excuses if his assist total doesn't climb. Many good point guards could get assists playing with Ellis, Redick, Jr, Ersan and the rest.
So this really in a sense might help us in evaluating Brandon. Again no excuses now kid. Show us that you can pass. Then if you look at the requirements I lised above. We're not too bad at them going into 2013-2014 even minus Ellis.
Others like Ilyasova added to the mix.
Maybe sign Redick and build from there this summer? At least you start to see a team forming with players who's skills define their position. Key again is for Brandon to now show us that he can play great PG with shooters surrounding him.
The guys we traded are to me no big deal. Harris does not have skills that jump out at me for the SF position. Lamb or Beno are no big loss. I would rather just see how this works.
NO EXCUSES BRANDON!!Hide replies
Interesting perspective, fishhead.
Harris = tweener forward, too slow and stiff to guard a three. to short for the four, otherwise OK
Lamb = 2nd round pick, who shot even more poorly than Ellis and Jennings, and who played tough D (like a second round pick)
Beno= under-rated and (lately) under-utilized
Redick=30th in NBA in points per shot, 2nd on Bucks to Dalembert
Ayon= tall and heavy, shoots 50% plus and rebounds his weight
Ishy= made Bucks guards look slow and foolish when they played the Bucks, probably will get paid less than Sophie
As I predicted, a good trade (we got more than we gave), but a small minded, timid and inconsequential trade
Did we have a plan, or did we go bargain shopping?
Sophie gets paid?
sOPHIE's still working on her craft (social media) give her a break!!
She's got to be an intern.
FishSticks has got MontaMan sitting on the pines next to da G00Dz where he belongs.
I'm pretty much from the school you're teaching [fish]. John Hammond, who certainly doesn't have an impeccable record, has been ripped pretty consistently by the hundreds of message board posts today.
I, myself, not a Hammond booster, agree with you on this trade today. I've heard all season long, that the only reason Jennings' assist totals aren't higher are because of poor teammates shooting percentage. This trade can only help that argument.
The new 3 guard rotation is much better with Redick than Udrih. The bench, therefore becomes better, with more options.
Who knows what's going to happen after the season with all three guards, but the same could have been said before the trade. So nothing can be said negative about that situation.
As for the loss of Harris and Lamb ... that scribbling around the margins.
Maybe they develop into NBAers, maybe they don't. Seems to be a crap shot at best hoping they will.
Good players attract other good players. The Bucks got another good player for the rest of this season. Maybe some success and chemistry might be built during this playoff run and this franchise finally will come up with a plan this summer.
I, like you, will be interested to see how this works.
"I think with them bringing me in I assume they want to get into the playoffs, make a playoff run and get as high a seed as possible," Redick said. "Hopefully, I can help them do that and we'll deal with the summer when the summer happens."
I know its printed media.... but I definitely don't read these words as being said in a tone that would suggest much excitement or enthusiasm. Would you rather live in Orlando & lose, or Milwaukee & fight like heck for the 8th seed, JJ?????
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Martin Taylor and Bill Hilf - Linux at Microsoft, Part I
- Posted: May 03, 2005 at 12:25PM
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Beer28 wrote:Yeah, well, if you want to do your own kernel patches, and maintain the patches forever, then um.... linux is for you. So it's the best tool for the job...
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Beer28 wrote:that's wrong.
Larsenal wrote:In all fairness to Martin and Bill, I felt that they were doing more explination of differences than touting Windows as vastly superior in all respects.
Beer28 wrote:I was stating that I like linux because I can hack the source and submit improvements on builds to the authors so if it's good enough they can put it in the main tree.
Beer28 wrote:
...some great stuff about open source...
That's some of the real power of open source.
rjdohnert wrote:
I have submitted 48 kernel patches to the kernel.org team in my time, you know how many got worked into the main tree? NONE, 0 and do you want to know why? They have their own friends and colleagues that they use their stuff.
Beer28 wrote:So instead of 1 pair of eyes on the code, you effectively have the entire world's eyes on the code, which I think is better.
there_is_no_spoon wrote:As the saying goes - "You're soaking in it!"
Channel9 is a great example of this. You should also check out http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/default.mspx
We are active in - and continue to develop - ideas around community.
Let me ask you: what are the key characteristics of a community development project that you find appealing? -Bill
jcwelch wrote:
Compare that to MS's "Well, we won't disallow non-windows systems to talk to our servers and services, but we're going to penalize you as much as possible for doing it."
Greater Monster wrote:
Any suggestions? For example, I use Acrobat Reader, which is free, but for full points I'd like to score an open source version.
Beer28 wrote:except our version of windows update will allow us to install pretty much any software with signed packages from secure repositories.
Imagine if windows update also let you download and install a signed cab with adobe photoshop from a secure source, well up2date gimp. Downloads the package and the dependancies. I have extra repos in my sources as do most linux users, dag, freshrpms, fedora-extras, what have you.
You can do the same with yum or mdk's urpmi.
Charles wrote:It's important to realize that kernel-level code is significantly different than application or user level code.
The kernel of an operating system like Red Hat or Windows XP is primarily a software interface to hardware; a software-based machine virtualizer.
Everything that happens on your PC, for example, does so either directly or indirectly through the kernel.
As you would infer from such a proclamation, this means the kernel must be as efficient, stable, performant, secure, reliable, predictable as humanly possible. It follows that you will want to restrict the number of humans writing the kernel of an operating system to a select group of highly skilled (and narrowly focused) software engineers who are very well-versed in both the art of machine level programming and the craftmanship of enabling a machine to be programmable.
Beer28 wrote:
up2date systray icon in Gnome. So here we go, up2date, yum, urpmi
You don't know much about linux or rpm or package updaters do you?
We have the equivalent of windows update.
Beer28 wrote:BTW, I'm talking about release here though, not devel,
MisterDonut wrote:
jcwelch wrote:
Compare that to MS's "Well, we won't disallow non-windows systems to talk to our servers and services, but we're going to penalize you as much as possible for doing it."
Thats kind of a fine line: where do cross from making it harder for other OS's to use functionality, or to enhance functionality for desired OSes. Kinda like how Java tends to make things a common denominator across OS's, without catering to the special features unique to a specific operating system. (Although, wasn't there a WIndows-style Motif at some point? been a while for Java for me..).
Personally, I like the little enhancements.. Encourage me to use your system. Woo me..
Beer28 wrote:Microsoft only releases patches for it's OS and related microsoft products. In a standard redhat sources file you can have repositories from everything from jpackages for java applications, to dag, freshrpms, and fedora-extra for thousands of non-OS client and server applications to the regular repo's for system updates.
So I'd like to see Microsoft try to keep dependancies and packages between itself and everything available on download.com on it's windows update site. That would be a more realistic comparison.
So once in a while a DAG package may mismatch with a Fedora-extras package, but RPM will catch that and will warn you about it and make you resolve it before you install that package that doesn't check against the others.
So yes sometimes, if you have lots of repo's there are package mismatches, but they are few and far between, and considering how much non-OS software is available in repositories vs. the limited amount of MS system updates and office updates in the MS windows update repository, I think it's pretty amazingly good.
As far as package testing from repositories, I'm not sure how much testing goes into DAG, freshrpms, or the fedora core repos, or the jpackages or mono, I couldn't say because I haven't been on a team that does those repositories. I'm not there so I would be more prudent not to speculate on that.
I can imagine Microsoft does do alot of testing of it's packages before releasing updates, but I can't imagine commenting unless I knew for sure.
I do know that most all packages I've used over the years do work and the dependencies match up correctly. It wasn't that great when I used to use urpmi, but with yum and up2date, it's pretty good.
PS- I have no doubt of the man hours and money MS puts into testing, I'm mearly stating I don't have hard facts or test hour stats on either side so a comparison wouldn't be fair. I do test before I rpmbuild on the target.
That doesn't mean its good at all, or that is better than Microsoft's approach. It's just a way to do it, and to tell you the truth; I'm happier most of the time with Microsoft's approach. Many times I had to deal with the problems caused by some distribution having old buggy versions of different applications in some servers. So I rather go to a centralized place to get my updates, a place that I know it's up to date, where the updates a formally tested, than to have updates for all my apps that aren't formally tested. There are many more problems with doing such system that the Linux world hasn't resolved yet. But of course there are many benefits too so it's a question of what's best for each. For Microsoft it's better to have formally tested applications only in Windows Update. I think Linux world in general can't afford to do formal testing (unless IBM, Novell or whatever put money into that) but they used that problem as an advantage and made systems such as urpmi up2date, etc. where updates are available for a huge number of applications.
To make my point clear, I think the problem is that for Microsoft to do what you ask they have to give up many things that they are not willing to do. In the same way, for the Linux community to do what Microsoft does successfully, they have to give up things that they are not willing to give up. What needs to be realized is by both, Linux and Windows trolls is that they are not the same, that they probably will never be the same, and that each one is good at some things and bad at others. Choosing Linux simply because Microsoft "is a monopoly that just cares about money" is just wrong, and choosing Windows just because "the Linux people are a bunch of communists" is wrong too. What's best is to choose in a per situation basis, in that way you know that you will always use the OS and tools that you think are the best based on what you have to achieve.
Can we have streams of low bit-rates?
Internet connectivity is still expensive in our region (Pakistan)
Streams being published last months of 110kbps streams were fine!
schrepfler wrote:Of course you all guys know that the best combination is having all the GNU goodness, backed up by gentoo build system and running on the NT kernel and MSH as shell?
And it exists too
Haven't seen the interview yet but I hope that you have gentoo in your labs.
Question does MS have their C,C++ on the linux platform? I bet there are some gentoo'ers (like me) that would like their platform to compile a bit faster
rjdohnert wrote:
I have submitted 48 kernel patches to the kernel.org team in my time, you know how many got worked into the main tree? NONE, 0 and do you want to know why? They have their own friends and colleagues that they use their stuff.
rjdohnert wrote:I asked on the kernel.org mailing list way back, how to get my patches into a mainstream Linux distribution. I was told to start my own distribution.
Interesting stuff. I come from a Linux background, and must admit that Linux is not as good as some people think it is, whereas Windows is much better than some may think. Linux has a lot of problems in terms of "openness" and lack of standardization. Windows NT on the other hand as a platform is great, with roots going back to the "virtually unhackable" and highly scalable VMS (DEC, Dave Cutler & Co). There's advantages and disadvantages to both sides. I think Linux is great as a "learning lab", hence used in universities, on supercomputers etc., where it's all about testing, tweaking, recompiling the kernel and configuring the hell out of it, whereas Windows (and other UNIX commercial systems, for that matter) is a lot more stable and plays a more important role in business and enterprise environments. It's difficult to draw a line, but I think there's a lot to learn on both sides (Linux should become a little more standardized, Windows could in turn become a little more open and versatile).
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When I set up my Debian 6, I was wondering, which users apart from root whose password I know can log into my system via SSH?
When I install Apache 2 a user called www-data gets created. Does this user have the right to log into my system via SSH? But if there was some default password for www-data everyone could log in, seems unlikely to me.
Where do I have a list which users are allowed to log into my system via SSH? Can't find anything in the ssh config files.
Paradeepchhetri isn't exactly correct.
Debian's unmodified
Thus, login via ssh would only work for users that have a populated password field in
In the question example,
By default, login is allowed for all users on Debian.
You can change it by allowing certain users that can log into by editing
As mentioned in the man page of sshd_config.
By default,
After that, any user has to pass two checks:
SSH authentication means that either the user must have a valid password in
Valid passwords are described further in the
PAM account checks basically means that the account is not expired. You can check that using
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WB's new Le Corsaire, April 6-10, 2011
Posted 04 April 2011 - 09:11 AM
Posted 06 April 2011 - 07:05 AM
I also found this wonderful set of rehearsal photos by Shauna Alexander:
Tonight's the first performance (officially just a 'preview' but still...). The official opening is tomorrow.
Posted 10 April 2011 - 05:30 AM
I don't quite know where to begin, my emotions are sky-high after last night's miracle -- truly THE most satisfying Corsaire that I've witnessed, other than the 2006/07 Yuri Burlaka reconstruction of the ca-1900 Petipa, for the Bolshoi. However, of all mid-to-late 20th-C versions around, nothing beats this beautifully-rolling, understandable version by Anna-Marie Holmes-after-Konstantin Sergeev, performed with so much character and LIFE from the Washington Ballet and its affiliates (Studio Company and School).
Now for some individual WOWs:
WOW #1 - Brooklyn Mack as Ali...let's make that a Tripe WOW for him. What a powerful-yet-elegant dancer. Charisma to the last row of the auditorium. Not only did I get my desired 'rivoltade' leap at the end of his famous solo...he performed leaps I've never seen before, so cannot name! Even his entrance-leap at the start of Act I brought gasps of delight from the audience. This is a millon-dollar performance. Washington is darn lucky to have this miraculous artist, who I remember from his days training at the local Kirov Academy and from having seen him win a silver medal at the Shanghai Competition 10 yrs ago; he would be principal in any of the top companies on this earth.
WOW #2 - Kara Cooper as Gulnare - Among so many excellent soloist ladies, Cooper takes the cake with her beautiful technique, classic Vaganova epaulement, and spot-on musicality in her entire performance, most notably her Pas d'Esclave and Jardin Anime solos. A former WB Studio Company member, she is here as a 'guest artist'...and I'd love to know where she performs regularly because she is a real gem.
WOW #3 - Maki Onuki's Medora - petite vibrancy, full of charisma. Even if her pirouettes eluded her at the start, she recaptured them in time for the coda of the Pas de Deux-a-Trois (32 fouettes laced with doubles, the last 8 performed with hands above the head) and was terrific in her Jardin Anime solo, including a smooth 3ple pirouette. AND almost worthy of its own 'WOW": she danced the rarely-seen 'Petite Corsaire' variation in the cave scene! Brava!!! ('Petite Corsaire' was excised from the ABT version but was danced in Ms Holmes' earlier staging for Boston Ballet. It is now rarely seen in Russia but Burlaka restored it in the latest Bolshoi version.)
WOW #4 - Jonathan Jordan, who gave his all as Conrad, especially effective in his partnering and comedic acting.
WOW #5 - This 'wow' is for the dancing AND yummy looks of Brazilian newcomer Nayon Iovino, as the 'mean pirate' Birbanto. I'll be mean for him any time. (ha-ha)
WOW #6 - Odalisque #3, tall and gorgeous Amber Lewis, another promising newcomer finely delivered the ultra-difficult 3rd Odalique Solo(two almost-there 3ple pirouettes among many 2bles in the famous diagonal). She stood out among a terrific trio that also included Morgan Rose (solo 1) and Rui Huang (solo 2).
WOW #7 - and one of the biggest applause getters: Luis R. Torres as a very lively and hilarious Seid Pasha! Torres is so great, he could easily slip into this role at the Bolshoi, Mariinsky or anywhere else. He is close to becoming the new Vladimir Ponomaryov (THE #1 character artist of the Mariinsky).
WOW #8 - Sona Kharatian's Head Pirate Girl, leading the Act I Pirate Galop and Act II Forbane, with Mr. Iovino. This lady can dance and project! A true character-national dancer in the tradition of Yuliana Malkhasyants (Bolshoi) and Galina Rakhmanova (Mariinsky)!
WOW #9 - Jared Nelson, as a very funny and super-dancing slave trader, Lankedem. His solo with the deep plies in Act I's Pas d'Esclave garnered huge applause.
WOW #10 - The Spectacular and Colorful Sets and Costumes...especially welcome after a round of 'Balanchine Black and White' in a neighboring auditorium. The program states that these costumes by Galina Solovieva and sets by the great Simon Pastukh come from St. Petersburg...and I believe it. Truly splendid, even on the mid-sized Ike Theater. The Act II cave with jewel-encrusted stalagtites was especially effective. The little rocking boat at the beginning and end of the ballet was so cute and brought big appluse.
WOW #11 - The corps! At all levels this was very engaged and engaging corps de ballet. Ms. Holmes and the other coaches did an extraordinary job to turn them into Kirov-worthy performers...including the children in the Jardin Anime.
The Washington Ballet is now 100% transformed - from my first sighting of them in the mid-1980s when it was a smallish troupe of very fine dancers relegated to (mostly) wacko Euro-Trash moderns and a Nutcracker....into a lovely large ensemble performing full-length Petipa Era classics every year (besides Nutcracker). FINALLY - WELL DESERVED, WASHINGTON BALLET!!! KUDOS TO ALL! MIRACLES DO COME TRUE!
[i]p.s. The music was canned. Big deal. It had virtually no impact on the magnificence of what the audience saw and, in fact, if was a very beautiful taped rendition. The company is wise in saving its money; I would rather the $$$ go to beautiful sets/costumes and to pay more dancers, in order to stage large works. Just IMO.
Posted 10 April 2011 - 07:41 AM
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You SO made my lunch break - my DAY, Mme. H! ALL of my faves are in this little film, including the Sultan of the Gold Lame Pants! Thanks a thousand times.
Posted 13 April 2011 - 05:21 PM
Posted 14 April 2011 - 01:35 AM
You SO made my lunch break - my DAY, Mme. H! ALL of my faves are in this little film, including the Sultan of the Gold Lame Pants! Thanks a thousand times.
Posted 15 April 2011 - 04:34 AM
I still can't find casting info anywhere, although this YouTube clip posted by the WB shows (I think) Maki Onuki as one of the Medoras and Andile Ndlovu as Ali:
I also found this wonderful set of rehearsal photos by Shauna Alexander:
Tonight's the first performance (officially just a 'preview' but still...). The official opening is tomorrow.
Thanks so much for the rehearsal photos - I hadn't seen them! As I had to miss this production, it was great to see some of the trainees & students featured in the shots -
So wish I could have gone! Looked like a marvelous production -
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So we all have our travelling nightmare stories. So I thought I would let you all know why I now HATE Air Canada "customer service."
It started out with my trip home from Memphis. The plane I was taking (United) was broken and we got delayed a few hours. That meant I would miss my original Air Canada flight. So off to the service desk where I was put on a later flight to get back to Canada.
No problem right>> I mean really a few extra hours in the airports isn't so bad.No I really enjoyed sitting on the floor next to one of the few outlets that work in Chicago. Honestly though I met a great guy named Tim who made me laugh at it all. He and I sat on the floor sharing this outlet and made the best of it.
So I finally got back to Canada only to find that my bag was still in Chicago. No problem right>?? Went to another service desk was assured that my bag would be on the next flight. (*Seriously are you kidding me???) So two days later I get a call from Air Canada. They have found my bag and will deliver it by courier. Now for two days I have not had my boots or my winter coat or any toiletries but I was happy nonetheless since I was at least going to get them back and all of the BBQ stuff I had purchased.
Right…WTFlip was I thinking.
No I got my bag – yes I did. Thanks to those lovely people at Air Canada I got my bag back smashed. So smashed in fact that one wheel is in multiples of pieces and the other is rammed up so hard it doesn't moved. On top of the lovely cuts into the bag and the fact it looks like it was run over by the plane itself. GREAT. Just GREAT. So I look through the bag and I am missing a boot and my toiletries and a few other things. Great just great.
So I do what everyone else would do in this situation. I call Air Canada. What I should have done was take some prozak and a few shots of tequila and called it a day. But no I called Air Canadas Delayed & Damaged Customer Service number. Well they answered the phone at least. I thought I had the wrong number to be honest. Since the people answering the phone are in India. YES India. Now I am sure they are lovely people and all but they should at least be able to speak ENGLISH when you call.
I know I am asking a lot. A Canadian Company that has their customer service in INDIA> cause that makes a WHOLE lotta SENSE. Huh. So I can't understand her and she can't understand me. That makes a LOT of sense Air Canada. So she tells me a number it took multiples of times to get it clearly. I am beyond frustrated. I go to their website. you would think somewhere there I could find the golden ticket. The place where I could talk to a real person. A real live English speaking person.
No I am not angry at all by this point I mean I have only wasted an hour or so. Then I finally find on their website a number to call. Once again it gives options to book tickets and other pre recording robotic answering crap. So I start a search on the net. God bless Google. I love Google. I find another number that warns you will have to press zero three times before you can get to the person. Yes because making it easy to talk to a person in customer service is such an accomplishment from Air Canada.
So I get through. Its a miracle. Well I only had to wait for 41 minutes. Thats all. I mean heck I din't need those 41 minutes or that hour. Its not like I have laundry to do children to talk with blogs to write recipes to work through.
But wait. It gets better. After finally getting through to a person they disconnect. Are you flipping kidding me.?????? So I call back and once again I am on hold. This time for 20 minutes ad I give up. I give up because my kids needed me more than I needed to yell at Air Canada.
So Air Canada this is my open letter to you. You suck. Big time. I hope all of your customers go to West Jet. I know I will be.


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This Week's Liturgy
"They were utterly astounded"
June 28th, 2015 (see other dates)
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Discussion Questions for Reading 1We read that God does not rejoice in the destruction of the living. Think of some ways life is destroyed—in the environment, through addictions, violence, or hopelessness. Turn each situation into a positive one by completing this sentence: "God rejoices when. . ."
Think of a situation in your own life or in your family that could lead to upset, hurt feelings, or anger. Complete the same sentence in regard to your situation. Give God a reason to rejoice by acting positively in this situation at least once each day.
Reading 1 Wisdom 1:13-15, 2:23-24
Reading 1 ReflectionThis reading shows God to be the Lord of life, not of death. God made human beings in his own likeness—that is, eternal. But spiritual death occurs when we are separated from God. True justice is the gift of constant closeness to God.
We are called to reflect God's image and justice in our lives. The good we do today will last forever. Being happy and full of life and hope gives God glory and praise.
Discussion Questions for Reading 2Does the second paragraph in the reflection remind you of yourself? your family? your parish? Why or why not?
Draw up an "Abundance List." List all the material and spiritual gifts you have in abundance. Next to each gift, list one way you, your group, your family, or your parish can share that gift with others who may need it.
Now draw up a "Needs List." List all the ways you or your group may be in need, materially or spiritually. Do you need more joy, more love, more peace, more acceptance, more friendship among you? Who can share these gifts with you? How will you ask for help?
Reading 2 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15
Reading 2 ReflectionIn this reading Saint Paul reminds the Corinthians why they should be generous. He tells them that Jesus made himself poor so that they could become rich in gifts like faith, understanding, and love and concern for others. For this reason they should help others in need and perhaps one day receive charity from others in return.
Christians, followers of Christ, care for one another. We do not just seek our own physical or spiritual well-being and forget others. We take joy in sharing with others from our abundance and can look to others likewise to help us if we are in need.
Discussion Questions for GospelShare the imagined feelings of the father, the girl, and the crowd. You may want to volunteer to read aloud and enact the story of Jairus and his daughter.
Have you ever felt "stuck"? Have you ever felt, "I don't know how I'm going to do this, or get through this"? Think of a situation like that in your life or in the life of someone you know. Pray quietly for a moment. Like Jairus, you might like to pray, "Jesus, please come." You might like to say this several times. Then imagine Jesus saying your name or the name of the person you are praying for. He says, "__________, I say to you, arise!" Jesus is with you and those you love in every situation. He will give you what you need, whether that is more patience, or kindness, or truth, or even a new way to go about things. When you ask Jesus to come, he comes! And when he comes, he brings new life.
Gospel Mark 5:21-24, 35-43
Gospel ReflectionImagine the grief of the father of the little girl who is dying. The story is told almost like a play. First, Jairus, the girl's father, comes to Jesus for help; but before he can reach her, people come to say that she has died. Then Jesus goes to the house of Jairus. Jesus takes the girl's hand and says, "Little girl, I say to you, arise!" Immediately she stands up and begins to walk around. Imagine the party in Jairus' home that night! Like the crowd in this scene, we may be inclined not to accept the word of Jesus at times. We may think we know better. But Jesus will still remind us of the need to trust him and to have no fear.
Proclaiming Faith Activities for Primary Grades
Sharing Our AbundanceIn the second reading, Paul encourages the Corinthians to share their abundance with those who are in need. We too can do our part to share with our abundance with those who are in need.
Provide a large jar or coffee can. Encourage each child to draw a symbol of himself on a small piece of paper and cut it out. Have each child glue this symbol on the jar or can. Then invite the children to bring in spare change throughout the week and place it in the jar or can. When the week is over, bring this money to a charity of your choice.
Healing WordsIn Mark's Gospel, we read of two instances where Jesus heals others.
Today we can help to heal those with broken hearts and spirits by kind and compassionate words.
Provide a box of adhesive bandage strips, such as Band-aids. On each bandage strip, write an expression of kindness, such as "I'm sorry," "It's O.K." "How can I help?" etc. Place these back in the box and put the box on the prayer table. Each day, pull one bandage out of the box and read what it says to the children. Encourage the children to use these words of healing for the entire day.
Proclaiming Faith Activities
Talent Telegram (or Energy E-mail)Find out what your parish is doing right now to help others by sharing talents and gifts. What will you and your family do to join with the parish? Write it in the telegram (or e-mail) here.
Telegram (or e-mail)
TO: Our Parish ___________________________________
FROM: The ___________________________________ Family
Our family will help by:
A Gospel MeditationThis prayer may be done in a group or individually at home. Ask the group to listen quietly, perhaps with eyes closed, as the meditation is read.
Find a quiet place. Breathe in and out quietly so that your body can calm down and relax. Listen as I read:
All of us have "dead spots" in our lives—things, or attitudes, or habits—that keep us from living fully. What is your "dead spot"?
- Is it a bad habit you wish you could break?
- Is it a physical infirmity?
- Is it a personal infirmity, like fear, or self-doubt, or lack of confidence?
- Is it a personal relationship with a family member or friend that needs healing?
Write what you think Jesus' message is for you today.
For Bibles and other scripture resources, please see the Sadlier Religion Catalog.
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The Howl Of The Canine {RP} - 01-19-2008, 03:46 PM
First of all, yes this RP is in part based loosely on elements of the anime Wolf's Rain, but it is not of that anime so please don't post as if you are in it. The main premis I am borrowing from Wolf's Rain is the one where the wolves are wolves that can turn into humans, rather than humans that can turn into wolves, and that there are tame wolves who live with the humans and deny their heritage. That is all. I am not following the plot of the anime, I have made my own. Please stick to it.
Anyway, the rules are as follows:
1. This RP is for experienced RPers only. That means the following ONLY can join this RP; Silent_Wolf, Sarah_K_O_M, TheHayleyDoll, Spirit_Queen, Singergirl509. No-one else. If your name does not appear on that list, do not spam in this RP asking to join or PM me doing the same.
2. No Mary Sues or Gary Stus. Or else I will hit you.
3. Abide by the rules laid out in the stickies.
4. I'm sure everyone knows what a wolf and a fox looks like; the hunting dogs by the way, look like this: African Wild Dog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
5. You can be one of the following groups; pets, renegades, vigilantes or humans. Please can everyone try to have equal representatives of each, rather than everyone being of one group. If there are already say 2 pets signed up, then choose another group to belong to. Also, please don't join one and have the characteristics of another.
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This RP is set in a different world to the one you know. Parallell, but with subtle differences. In this world, there are no wild canines roaming the land; the ones that do live in the world are very different to the ones that roam our land. There are three different tribes; the Lupines, or wolves; the Vulpines, or foxes, and finally the Lycaons, or hunting dogs. These tribes are traditionally separate, each different tribe keeping to its own way, until the humans came. They took over the world, slowly but surely, like a poison seeping into the world's veins. Eventually, the canines were forced out, treated as beasts, but they were no such thing; just different to the humans, with different values.
The humans respected none of the canines' values, and hunted them down, til the canines scattered and had no choice but to persue one of the following unpleasant life routes. Some chose to take their natural forms and live among the humans as pets and guards; hiding their true intellect and their true nature. These canines are seen by the renegades and vigilantes as being traitors to their own kind. They must stay close beside their owners for protection, lest they be trapped and destroyed by their own kind.
Others live as renegades on the fringes of humanity, taking their human forms to blend in with the humans in their own cities, alternately taking their natural forms to scavenge for food. The renegades pride themselves as not being slaves like they see the pets, however they are, in some ways, as much dependant on the humans as the pets are. They have lost their way; they have no leaders and do not form packs like the canines of old did.
Finally, there are the vigilantes; these canines stubbornly live the old life and the old ways, refusing to bow beneath the power of the humans. They despise the pets and look down on the renegades. They dream one day of forcing the humans out so that life can go back to the way it once was.
Trouble is brewing on the horizon; there are humans who wish to once and for all destroy the vigilantes and renegades who they see as being nothing to them but constant annoyance. There are humans who do not hold this view, but wish to continue with the status quo. And finally, there are a small minority of humans who just wish for peace; however, it is very dangerous to publically come out as holding this opinion as a lot of humans who have, have ended up dead; either murdered by the first, and largest, group of humans, or found savaged to death by renegades.
Name: Phelan
Age: 15
Race: Lupine
Group: Renegade
Bio: Phelan was born to a wolf belonging to a renegade group that lived on the fringes of the city. He never knew his father, and never wanted to; his mother brought him up to be independant and trust no-one. He spent most of his childhood being taught to hate the humans for what they'd done, and to despise the pets. He tends to live for the moment, not looking to the future; however, he tends to hold grudges for far too long. He can be far too impulsive, bad tempered and paranoid, thinking that people are talking about him when they're not. He's also suspicious of people's motives, but once a person has his trust they have it forever, unless they do something heinous.
Name: Kasa
Age: 14
Race: Lycaon
Group: Pet
Bio: Kasa's parents only wanted the best for her; they saw their life living on the fringes of humanity to be pointless so they gave their daughter away to made into a pet. Kasa grew up knowing no other life. She is owned by a man who keeps her largely as a pet; he also has a few other canines as guard dogs for his house, which is situated in a rich part of the town. Kasa is strong minded, but also stubborn; she doesn't see why she should live in poverty just so that she can be true to her race; she likes the life of luxury that she lives now and doesn't want to leave it. She can be kindhearted, but also b*tchy and full of herself.
Phelan crept slowly thru the alleyway. He sniffed the air; no trace of humans on the breeze, but he couldn't be sure. There was always the chance of one of those scummy traitors who lived with the humans lying in wait to catch him. As far as Phelan was concerned, if he ever encountered one of the pets away from their master, they would feel his teeth. He had in his past done so; the vulpine traitor had been lucky to escape with his life. Phelan crouched down next to some dustbins. He hated having to scavenge off the humans, but one day, a day of reckoning would happen and it would them having to scavenge off him. He relished the thought as he carefully took a half eaten lamb leg from the dustbin; changing to his wolf form, that of a black wolf, he picked the lamb leg up in his teeth and was gone in an instant.
Kasa stretched luxuriously out on her comfortable bed. She was, as usual, in her lycaon form; her coat freshly brushed, with a pink silk ribbon around her throat. She perked her ears up at the sound of her master's key in the door and jumped up to greet him. She loved her master intensely; as for the idea that by living this life she was betraying her kind, to Kasa that was ridiculous. There was no point in struggling against the tide; the humans were not going to go away and there were far too many of them to fight against. Far better to embrace the chance of living such a life than to constantly starve and fight. She almost pitied the renegades and vigilantes; however, they had made their choice, just as she had made hers.
Ooc: I may edit in a human soon.
Name: Takaia
Age: 15 3/4 (yes, she keeps track of that...)
Race: Lycaon
Group: Vigilante
Bio: Born and raised in the wild, Takaia was taught the pride and honor of the sacred Lycaon traditions. She is actually a highly skilled warrior, though she tends to be a little ditzy and naive. Oh, heck, she's plain hyperactive. She does not see why one would forgo the great traditions for either scavenging or living with those who would suppress them. In her opinion, the canines were here first, and the humans had no right to opress them. In her mind, when the humans disappear (for she believes this will happen without a doubt), she envisions a world of peace and happiness, of freedom and equality. She doesn't think humans can comprehend such things, which is why she so desperately wants them go.
Takaia had been sent out with the hunting party, and was lying low in the grasses just outside the wood behind her. she and her small group were ever s carefully encircling a group of deer. This took a lot of Takaia's concentration, but the promise of food was worth it. subconsciously, she licked her lips in anticipation. Now, all she need do was wait for the signal from Nich, the group leader.
Name: Marius
Age: 28
Race: human
Group: anti-canine (unless you're talking about pets)
Bio: His ancestors had been one of the leaders in suppressing the canines. He had been raised on the foundations that mankind was dominant, and that those dog-freaks were meant to be nothing but servants to his race. He firmly believes this himself. Sure, canines make good companions... when they're your property.
Marius came home to his lovely lycaon, Kasa, jumping up on him. "Whoa! Down, girl!" He said, though he was laughing. Marius had sun-tannedskin and black eyes. His hair was a ruddy brown, and he almost always had it combed back. "You hungry, Kasa?" Marius asked. Kasa was his top dog, the most reliable, as well as the most spoiled.
Name: Aldo
Age: Vulpine
Race: 15
Group: Renegade
Bio: His parents had been vigilantes. However they were both killed by humans leaving him and his sister orphans. They grew up with a group of renegades in the city before breaking off to go to another area of the city. They still maintain contact with their old friends.
Name: Adin
Age: Vulpine
Race: 15
Group: Renegade
Bio: The younger of the twins, she's more excitable than her big brother and is one of those romantic types. She sometimes gets into trouble without meaning but never anything serious.
"Aldy, hurry up!"
"I am, I am! Jeez." Aldo rolled his eyes, passing the half-eaten sandwich to Adin.
"Aw, tuna. I hate tuna."
"I'll just go back and tell them that, shall I? 'Oh, by the way, my sister doesn't like tuna. So next time I swipe your lunch, make sure there's no tuna, will you?' I'm sure that'd go down well."
"Meany." Adin said with her mouth full, looking like a chipmunk. The two of them looked very similar, with Aldo being taller and broader and Adin being more slender. They had the same dark red hair and goldy-brown eyes with pasty skin.
"Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go."
-Bernard Malamud
Name: Sinopa
Age: 16
Race: Lupine
Group: Renegade
Bio: Sinopa was born into a wolf family that was fervently against the human rule; however, when her family - Vigilantes, most of them - were captured, she fled the city and hid. From that point she hated the humans and refuses to believe there's any good in them. At some point she joined a renegade group, and she's been with them for a few years. She tends to distrust other wolves and foxes, hunting dogs as well, but she does have a few friends she trusts. She's gotten into some fights as well, which explains the peculiar scar on her side. Her piercings are the result of her being a little rebellious against her parents before they were captured.
(First base by Watermelon Bubblegum , second base by Rainy Day Crap Box[lost link])
Sinopa tapped her foot on the ground, looking around nervously on the outskirts of the city. She was waiting for Phelan to get back; she'd gotten used to trying to keep an eye on him in case he did something stupid. While she hated pets, she knew some could fight back and didn't want anyone to get hurt.
Well, she didn't want her friends hurt.
She blew some hair out of her face, one of her hands fiddling with the ring eyebrow piercing she had out of habit. She hated being nervous.
I stare at the girl in the mirror: T-shirt, torn up jeans, no beauty queen.
But the way that you see me, you get underneath me, and all my defenses just fall away, fall away.
I am beautiful with you, even in the darkest part of me. I am beautiful with you;
Make it feel the way it's supposed to be!
Ooc: Now we can start! ^^
Phelan ran swiftly thru the back alleyways of the city. To him, the city was like a living, breathing creature; the scents of the air cried aloud to him, and he was always on the look out for trouble. He wanted to get back to Sinopa as soon as possible but he wasn't about to become careless.
Kasa eagerly nuzzled her master's hand with her muzzle. She was glad to see him home, and very hungry. It didn't matter to her that others of her breed may think her a traitor; Kasa loved her master and was happy with her life.
Sinopa sat down, crossing her legs and her hands holding onto her ankles. She was trying to calm down; she hated cities with a passion and they scared her a little. "... deeeep breaths... deep breaths..." She inhaled deeply and held her breath.
I stare at the girl in the mirror: T-shirt, torn up jeans, no beauty queen.
But the way that you see me, you get underneath me, and all my defenses just fall away, fall away.
I am beautiful with you, even in the darkest part of me. I am beautiful with you;
Make it feel the way it's supposed to be!
Marius laughed and lead her to the kitchen, where her food bowl lay. He always fed her the expensive kind with lots of gravy; he got a can out and dunped it in for her. "Now, Kasa, i'm taking you to be groomed tomorrow. I'm entering you into a dog show."
Eventually, the signal to attack came. But Takaia wasn't paying attention; there was something wiggling behind her. When the others were attacking, Takais would be found chasing her tail.
Aldo and Adin walked by and waved at Sinopa, "Hey."
"Hi! Nice to see you!"
They wore a pair of handcuffs, one loop around Aldo's left hand and the other around Adin's right, so she couldn't run away without him knowing.
"Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go."
-Bernard Malamud
She opened an eye and waved, still holding her breath. She found if she didn't breathe, she didn't smell anything, and thus she calmed herself down. Though, it was killer on her lungs; she couldn't BREATHE.
I stare at the girl in the mirror: T-shirt, torn up jeans, no beauty queen.
But the way that you see me, you get underneath me, and all my defenses just fall away, fall away.
I am beautiful with you, even in the darkest part of me. I am beautiful with you;
Make it feel the way it's supposed to be!
Kasa wagged her tail and began to eat. She was looking forward to showing herself off at the show; she was sure she would win. In any case, it would be a change of surroundings. She thought with a touch of spite of the renegades who willingly allowed themselves to starve, just out of so called pride. Where was the pride in starving to death?
Phelan eventually left the city without encountering anything more dangerous than a rat. He'd killed the rat, and taken its body along with the lamb leg. He couldn't afford to miss anything, not when winter was coming up.
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Large Room to Enjoy Edinburgh and the Festival
Størrelse20 m²
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|Howe Street, EH3 6TF Edinburgh, Storbritannia
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Situated in the best location in the city in the quiet area around Queen Street, the very heart of Edinburgh, this two bedroom apartment is on the second floor of a charming traditional building.
5 minutes walk to Princes Street, train and bus stations. Easy access to the Festival Fringe shows on George Street, the various shops and traditional taverns on Rose Street, the trendy bars on George Street and the popular restaurants on Frederick and Hanover Street. Also next to Stockbridge and Royal Botanic Gardens.
Up-to-date information supplied for all the best places to go. Will help you to enjoy Edinburgh and all it has to offer.
Fully furnished with shared kitchen (Oven, Microwave, Washing Machine, Fridge etc.) and bathroom with no waiting for shower (24 hours hot water). Comfortable double sofa bed with real mattress. All bedding provided. Free wireless internet. All bills /internet included.
If requested guest bed can be added for additional £15 per night.
Guest bed not available 9th to 12th August and 21st to 24th August.
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The room was really good, but the kitchen/bathroom not really clean. Jim is a good host and helps when needed.
We slept not really good, because of the thin windows, next to a road. But this is our experience ;)
It's good for the price!
It was a good stay and the host Jim is a nice person...Highly recommended for people looking room in Edingnburgh city center
Our stay at this place was very dissapointed. The "bed" was to soft to sleep in. The first night we we had to remove the bed sofa and had to put the matras on the floor. The bathroom were the toilet was aswell has to be shared with 7 persons.
It was dirty. The garbedge bin in the bathroom / toilet was open and had no lit.
Jim did not show any hospetalilytie. He did not answer the mails I wrote him.
Jim is a great host, very friendly and helpful and has given us good advice to discover the city. The room is large and very comfortable, the kitchen (microwave, fridge, etc.) can be used to prepare meals, the flat is located in a perfect place to visit the centre on foot. First time in UK, wonderful experience and we really enjoyed our time in Edinburgh.
completamente negativa sotto ogni aspetto, compresa la difficoltà di contattare l'host sia dall'Italia che a Edimburgo. Nonostante la cordialità dello stesso Mr. Rafferty, l'esperienza è da considerarsi irripetibile.
Jim ist ein sehr netter, freundlicher und zuvorkommender Gastgeber, der immer versucht, Wünsche seiner Gäste zu erfüllen. Dieses Zimmer ist ein Teil einer 3-Zimmer-Wohnung. Die anderen Zimmer sind kleiner. Während unserer Aufenthalt im August waren alle Zimmer vermietet, sodass alle sechs Personen ein Bad-WC teilen mussten. Die ganze Wohnung ist mit alten Einrichtungsgegenständen zugestellt, es muffelt. Die Küche ist trotz der netten Versuche des Gastgebers dreckig, das Geschirr fettig.
Jim, es tut mir leid, das schreiben zu müssen, aber das ist wahr.
The host is being helpful and nice. The price-performance ratio OK, the location very well. I was satisfied.
Thanks Jim.
Jim provided a warm and friendly welcome on my arrival in Edinburgh, where I stayed for a month and enjoyed every minute! The room was very comfortable and clean, the flat was well equipped and I was made to feel right at home. The location was perfect, only a five minute walk to Prince Street and Jim can recommend all the interesting places and facts about the amazing city and the historical flat you'll be staying in. Jim is friendly, easy going and great to have a chat with.
I could not have asked for a better place and host during my stay and would not hesitate to recommend staying there!
It's all there!
Scottish Tourist Board approved many B&Bs.
Location! Location! Location!
Ardgarth Guest House at Portobello (Rated 4-Star by STB = the Scottish Tourist Board)
Best room at this place is room 1(ensuite). Different size and type! Rooms equipped with extra electric radiator in addition to the central heating! What a luxury!. Choice of breakfast(excellent) and served by a few friendly young girls. Fresh air from Firth of Forth! Very tidy and clean! 1 St Mary's Pl, Edinburgh EH15 2QF
Edinburgh Holiday Guest House (STB) on Minto Street, Newington where you'll countless B&Bs!
Renovated and modernised! Clean! The rooms are cleaned daily! English breakfast or (unedible) noodle soup which was so salty I cannot even swallow the first bite! Many buses bring you to Princes Street.
Homestay at Moat Place (15 minutes to Princes Street), Staircase not so pleasant looking and a !fragrance of Indian spice pervades the air! The flat is not unpleasant although no effort was made to make it pleasing to the eyes. A sumptious breakfast is provided. A second duvet with stained bedsheet was available. I used it and skin rashes developed on my thigh!
Caveat Emptor – it is all there, take your pick – STB approved Eyre Guest, Ardenlee although not there personally I'd trust the STB.
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Christmas markets are not really part of the British tradition in the way that they are elsewhere - at least not since Oliver Cromwell.
There are traditional German (and other) Christmas markets in various places in Britain, as shown in the above link. However none seem to be close to the Lake District.
It looks like there will be a Christmas market in Barrow-in-Furness in 2012. There's also a review of the market from 2011.
It's not exactly the answer you were looking for, in that it's technically not the Lake District, and not really German, but it may be close enough on both counts to be useful to you.
Of sorts, Ulverston has a large Christmas market every year, called the Ulverston Dickensian Christmas Festival. It has grown quite large over the years, and takes in most of the central streets of the town. Quite a few locals (I'm one) dress up in Dickensian attire, and get into the spirit of things.
I think you could safely say the market has German elements to it, bratwurst vendors, traditional breads, cheeses, lots of local produce and art, fun rides for the children, and yes wooden huts. There's a good blog post. Ulverston is extremely close to Lake District, about 2 miles south, 15-20 minutes to Coniston.


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Hello Friends
I have a question for you experineced guys ....
I have bought my SheevaPlug from MeteoShop in Czech Republic and I have been using it 24/7 for my MeteoHub software since the last 4 months. It has been working flawlessly althought it always felt very hot when it's on ( to my feeling that is )
Last week out of sudden it all went dead on me. No Blue or Green Leds, no heat , no nothing. I replaced the electriciy cable just incase but the SheevaPlug did not work at all.
So I took it to my local electronics repair shop and once we opened the SheevaPlug, we realised that the condensers on the right side of the Sheeva was Fried up and melted somehow !!!!!! Also the 1.5V Button Cell Battery (AG10) was gone fatter !!! it was almost 50% as fat !!
Here are some photos of what happened...
Here is after the Condenser Replacement ..
Now my SheevaPlug Started to work, there is electricity flowing through the circuits. However my Sheeva now only blinks GREEN LEDS and also flashing Green/Yellow on the netwrok connection. I can not get the BLUE leds working, it's only flashing Green Leds....
Also in these 2 pictures you could see how the condenser were affected (fried) by looking at the small metal cover covering the condenser box.
Any of you expreinced guys can tell me what is going on in my Sheeva ? Is there something to fix it or is there something I must do to get it to work again ?
Thank you for your support.
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You do not have to go far down the hardware forum
There is a KNOWN problem with Sheevaplug supplies. Globalscale the SheevaPlug designer and manufacturer is "supposed" to be offering a $10 "new design" improved replacement supply to owners out of warranty. They haven't made it available yet.
If your plug is in warranty contact your supplier. If you are in the EU then you have TWO years warranty by EU regulation, contact your supplier!
If only the caps are blown you may be able to get them replaced with proper low ESR power supply caps, but normally other stuff in the supply is blown.
A lot of people cut the 5V plug off the power supply and wire it to a 5V 3A wall wart power plug.
Its all in the thread above
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May 24, 2010, 06:58:33 AM »
You only have a two year waranty, if you bought it from a supplier in the EU (i think you also need to live in the EU). EU law doesn't matter to globalscales or some asian shop if i (EU resident) buy something from them.
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The thing is I have already opened it up and replaced the parts myself .... I think I have my warranty voided , haven't I
Or else, I could send it back to MeteoShop in Czech Rep.
My problem is if I can fix it somehow myself , I don't need to send it back and wait for all that replacement period.
It would be good to replace it with a newer design !!! However again I had on my SheevaPlug the MeteoHUB software already installed, I doN't know how to upload this software again if my Sheeva was replaced...
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May 25, 2010, 07:20:58 AM »
Hi doublecheese ,
I had the same problem with my meteohub system running on the sheeva.
I solved it within 20 minutes by replacing the defect power supply with a 5V 3A wall wart power plug.
Everything was running well again.
All is described as already mentioned in
Cheers and have fun with your Meteohub.
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May 25, 2010, 07:54:56 AM »
Ok I will try this and keep you updated
Thanks for the help guys
But I want to ask you something , after the condensers were replaced my sheeva works as well , the problem is that now it only blinks GREEN LEDs , but the BLUE LED won't flash !!!!.
Do you mean that if I replace the power supply with a 5V 3A power plug, my sheeva will start blinking BLUE again ?
This is what I didn't understand since my electronics knowledge is next to zero , I need to tell this to my electronics repair shop and he will do the replacement for me.
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May 26, 2010, 01:44:22 AM »
Ok I read the thread throughly and I will replace the existing Power Supply with a 5V 3A power supply.
I will keep you guys updated, thanks for the helps.
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May 26, 2010, 06:23:13 AM »
Here it is .
I found a Chinese made 5V 3A adapter and bought it.
Replaced the existing power supply with this one and VOILA !!!!
My Sheeva is working again ( at least the blue light is on !! ) I will try it at home this evening with my MeteoHub software.
Do you think that making extra holes on the SheevaPlug case, help to be cooler?
Here are the final pics.
Thanks all
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May 26, 2010, 07:15:04 AM »
The sheevaplug has less heat issues then the guruplug. And now that the powersupply is outside, there is even less heat generated inside the case.
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May 26, 2010, 09:17:00 AM »
The Sheevaplug may have less heat issues than the Guruplug BUT....
The SheevaPlug power supply has had lots of failures and is still failing due to HEAT in the power supply enclosure. There have been lots of P.S. failures all due to the same cause.
The capacitors used in the power supply are low quality "commercial" grade with a unspecified ESR. They are not suitable for the application they are being used in. The electrolyte in the caps heats up and vents through the pressure relief system, in some pictures I have seen they appear to have blown apart.
ESR == Equivalent Series Resistance, a theoretical perfect capacitor would have 0 ohm ESR, but in the real world all caps have more or less ESR.
I measured using a Prism Electronics AIM 6451 LCR Databridge, the ESR's of the capacitors in my working Sheevaplug P.S. The worst was the nominal 6.8ufd cap. This measured 5.9ufd on the bridge and the ESR was measured at 19.78 ohm @ 100HZ. I think my Plug power supply is about to die!
(Typically one would expect approx 5ohm ESR. For a sanity check, I measured a spare 10ufd from my junk box, the ESR of this was 5.25ohm).
If the capacitor is supplying a varying DC load current, or a high ripple current, then a heating effect in the capacitor electrolyte occurs, proportional to the ESR. watts= Iripple^2xESR.
I measured the internal temperature of the power supply using a thermocouple, (Tenma 72-6700 digital thermometer fitted with a remote type T thermocouple), thermocouple positioned adjacent to the 6.8ufd capacitor. The PS was closed up and the Sheevaplug restored to normal. I tested it on my workbench using the figure 8 mains lead. The Sheevaplug was standing on a wooden surface on it's rubber feet.
Ambient temp 17.5 deg C start, end 20.1 deg C (central heating came on during tests)
1. Internal power supply temperature start 17.5 deg C end after 60 minutes running Meteoplug app on SD card (no hard drive ) 60.8 deg C
2. Internal temp start 60.8 deg C, end after 70 minutes running 500GB USB hard drive powered from SheevaPlug constantly reading / writing 10GB file 71.6 deg C
I did not measure the temperature at the CPU or memory packages. at the time I did the tests the power supply was the only thing I was interested in.
The caps in the power supply are marked 105degC operating, but this does not take into account the problems with ripple or varying dc currents found in mains switching power supplies. The caps are 105 degC RX type, are manufactured by Yalecon, a Chinese company, I searched hard for a full specification for them, but could not find one.
The capacitors in the SheevaPlug power supply should be LOW ESR type, especially designed to for a switching power supply application, bridge rectifier filter capacitor.
I hope that GlobalSCale will soon make available the replacement power supply they said they would offer. Has anyone received one yet?
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May 26, 2010, 02:11:49 PM »
OK , I can confirm that my SheevaPlug and MeteoHub are working again......
While testing the unit I saw that the the metal thingy under the circuit board was getting very hot, so I decided to make some holes on the Sheeva Case. Maybe it will take out some of the excess heat ......
BTW, Patrick
I have a Flir T360 Thermal Cam , I will take some pictures with it of the Sheeva later this weekend , maybe it will help your research ?
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You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know that the excess heat is making the life of electronic devices shorter
I have some heat problems with my sheevaplug (especially the summer period) and I was thinking opening a few holes on the plastic case like you did, or adding some sort of extra passive heat sink.
Are those holes working? and making the device cooler? measuring the temperature of the plug with the holes covered or opened?
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I wish my Sheeva also had the option of an attractive aluminum case. Serious heatsinking.
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Quote from: mhtsaras on June 09, 2010, 12:43:24 PM
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know that the excess heat is making the life of electronic devices shorter
I have some heat problems with my sheevaplug (especially the summer period) and I was thinking opening a few holes on the plastic case like you did, or adding some sort of extra passive heat sink.
Are those holes working? and making the device cooler? measuring the temperature of the plug with the holes covered or opened?
Yes these holes are definetely working, now when I touch my SheevaPlug it's much cooler than what it was, you can easily feel the difference.
However not to forget that , I took the power supply out and replaced with an 5V 3A adapter. The power Supply was causing most of the heat.
These holes I made are especially good for that metal thing under the circuit board, that was getting hot too.
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that metal thing is the head spreader. If you remove it you will find the CPU and the memory chips. Between the head spreader and the chips there is some thermal tape to assure contact.
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