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Doctor Who New Year Special: "Resolution" (BBC One)
Contains spoilers for the episode
The Doctor Who production team were damned if they did, damned if they didn't on this one. As soon as they teased "the deadliest creature in the universe" in trailers, fandom was rife with speculation that this could only mean the return of the Daleks, after a maiden season for Jodie Whittaker conspicuously devoid of any of the Doctor's greatest adversaries of the past. So should the production team deny it – and risk leaving fans disappointed and disillusioned weeks before the broadcast – or simply accept that the surprise had been spoiled?
Unfortunately, in the end the secret simply could not be kept all the way to New Year's Day, which is the new slot for the annual Doctor Who special after it was bumped from Christmas Day. To be honest, I'm in two minds about this time switch as I found that it really did leave a sense of something missing on the 25th. There's also an implication of the show losing prestige and no longer having the full-throated support of the current BBC hierarchy, both of which are worrying signs of those of us who are long-time fans.
But at the same time, I'd long found Doctor Who to be a rather poor fit for Christmas Day, when we're all stuffed full of food and alcohol and on the verge of slipping into a coma for the rest of the evening at any point. The show has often struggled to find the right tone and content for a Christmas special – it's either too soft and silly (did I mention how much I hated "The Husbands of River Song"?) in an effort to join the family revels and reach out to fans and non-fans alike; or else it veered more to business as usual (such as the cluttered "The Time of the Doctor") which made it a very awkward fit with the festive frivolity, and hard to properly concentrate on when the rest of the family were chatting and playing party games.
So perhaps New Years Day is actually a better slot for the annual special after all. It comes as normal life is about to resume after the holidays, but we still want one last treat before it does. And what could be better than the return of the Doctor's greatest adversaries to get 2019 off to a flying start? Plus the New Year slot provides the perfect title for the occasion with "Resolution", which in itself was an indication that it might feature the Daleks since the extended "Resolution of the Daleks" would be a very classic series type of title.
So, okay, the Daleks are indeed back, exactly 45 years to the day after their return in "The Day of the Daleks", one of my all-time favourite Jon Pertwee adventures. It's a genuine shame that the attempt to keep this a secret didn't come off, because the early part of the episode is structured around a creeping reveal and a building sense of foreboding, and you're supposed to be unsure what's afoot until the Doctor's eventual confirmation. But instead, long term fans will recognise the 'naked' Dalek the minute that it's lit up by torchlight on the wall of an underground archaeological dig; others might need the extra hint of ring modulation to actress Charlotte Ritchie's voice once she's taken over by the creature. For those still not getting it, Nicholas Briggs takes over vocalisation duties shortly afterwards just to make sure everyone's clear what's what.
This idea of a Dalek getting down to work in its non-armoured form is a new one for the show, and even once it's properly dressed for the occasion it's still a very different-looking Dalek from those we have known before. But the intention is to achieve something that the eponymous "Dalek" episode from 2005 managed: bring the metal monsters back while at the same time restoring their innate sense of danger and lethality. This is a creature that can survive being cut up into three parts and buried around the world, but within hours of being revived has pulled itself back together again and assembled all the bits and pieces it needs to reconstruct a primitive but fully-functional casing (in a scene that seemed to echo the Doctor's reforging of her sonic screwdriver in "The Woman Who Fell To Earth", or maybe that was just me?) It then goes on to lay waste to an army unit – including a modern tank – without breaking a metaphorical sweat in the process. This single Dalek is soon claiming superiority over the whole planet, and it's only going to get worse if it succeeds in calling up reinforcements.
It's to director Wayne Yip"s credit that the episode looks as good as it does despite its epic aspirations not being matched by a similar-sized budget. While the story hops to different points around the globe, it's clear that after being established by aerial archive footage the actual filming locations are chosen to be as remote and anonymous as possible so that they could be filmed close to Cardiff as cheaply as possible, including GCHQ's absurdly minimalist computer room. That said the episode mostly got away with it, and I especially liked the way that the Sheffield city hall undercrypt scenes were lit and photographed in a way that was both creepily atmospheric and at the same time really rather beautiful.
The result is an action chase movie, and for once it's the Doctor on the offensive rather than the one who is being chased. She uses every means at her disposal to stop the Dalek before it can pull itself together and make that crucial reverse charge call home, and it produces the sort of all-out thrills and spills moments that the more reflective and reigned-in Series 11 that proceeded it rather lacked as a whole. That previous absence actually makes "Revolution"'s sense of release all the more effective as a result. There's no issue of ethics or a sense that the adversary might be a misunderstood lost soul: this Dalek exists to kill and does so repeatedly, even slaying an unarmed farmer for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. That the Doctor still offers the Dalek a chance to capitulate speaks highly of her morals, but by this stage there's only one way this can go – and it does.
The confrontation enables Jodie Whittaker to finally show us what she can do as the Doctor at the top of her game. Gone are virtually all off her slightly 'dippy' moments that came with post-regenerative trauma or concussion from a sonic mine: much like Christopher Eccleston in his own seminal Dalek episode 14 years ago, the dark severity of facing up to her oldest and deadliest foes allows Whittaker to draw on her drama roots and deliver her best performance yet in the role. Anyone who hadn't already been won over by her in the role will surely have been after this.
Of course, she's not serious all the time. But the level of humour was as a whole better applied, and got a genuine laugh out of me when she stop to muse "Just how long is a rel exactly?" largely because I was also trying to think if we've ever had a reliable rel-to-minutes conversion algorithm laid down in the series in the past or not. But she's at her best when she's at her most intense, going eyeball to eyestalk with the Dalek, or appealing to the possessed Lin to fight back against her captor.
Charlotte Ritchie does a great job as Lin, first making her sympathetic in the opening sequences when she and colleague Mitch (Nikesh Patel) tentatively address the significance of that kiss at the Christmas party, which grounds her firmly as 'one of us'. She then also wonderfully conveys the Dalek's possession with her grim, expressionless rampage which includes the casual slaying of two traffic cops. It's almost a shame when the Dalek moves on, as Lin has nothing else to contribute after that (nor does Mitch to be honest other than a couple of exposition points from the historical books he's been toting around) and they both just become background extras in a steadily growing crowd milling around in the already cramped Tardis control room.
The other major guest star of the week is Daniel Adegboyega, who plays the much talked about but until now never seen Aaron Sinclair, father of the Doctor's friend and travelling companion Ryan (Toisin Cole). In hindsight we should have expected him to pop up in the New Year Special, as the effect of his poor parenting skills on Ryan had been an ongoing story strand for the preceding season and needed closure one way or another. The surprise is that – after all we've heard about him, and given the many practical examples of how he'd been a really bad dad to Ryan and disappointing son to Grace – he actually turns out to be a perfectly decent, regular guy. You'd almost certainly like him if you met him down the pub. It's just that he wasn't ready to be a parent and as a result ran away from his responsibilities. Many of us have similar or worse failings, and so even though we remain firmly on Ryan's side in this particular family dispute we're also happy to see them reconciled.
The scenes between Ryan and Aaron, and also between Aaron and Graham (Bradley Walsh, once again as strong as we've come to expect from him throughout this run of Doctor Who) are the naturalistic emotional bedrock of the episode that is so important to showrunner and writer Chris Chibnall's heart. Here these scenes are used to break up, contrast and balance the out-and-out science fiction thrills of the Dalek chase. They are decently well written and played but nonetheless possess a sort of earnest naïveté to them which mean they feel painfully like a piece of kitchen sink drama expressly there to serve a series arc purpose, rather than the way that Russell T Davies used to be able to make them look seamless when he was in charge. It was also hard to miss the way that the script crowbarred in a literal plot device: the minute we saw Aaron's prototype microwave oven, we guessed it would be the way the expanded Scooby Gang would triumph over the rampaging Dalek.
As for the fourth member of the Tardis crew – oh dear, poor Yas. I can't remember a single thing that Mandip Gill was given to do or say in the entire episode. "Revolution" must be the character's most sidelined outing yet in a season that's been full of them, and it feels particularly unfair to an actress who has shown she's more than up to the challenge when she's given the chance. Here she's given less screen time than the character of 'Call Centre Polly' played by Laura Evelyn, who in a brief cameo informs the Doctor that her old friends at UNIT have been disbanded due to budget cuts (and, it's hinted but not too strongly to ruffle feathers, due to the impact of Brexit) which is surely a sign of Chibnall wanting to declutter the series of some of the left-over detritus of his predecessors. Even the unnamed 'ordinary' family whose internet connectivity is interrupted by the Dalek taking over GCHQ to make its distress call to the fleet have more to do than Yas, and display more character as they realise with horror that this means they'll actually have to talk to one another instead of playing games or watching Netflix. (I'll admit that this brief cutaway did produce a wry smile from me, but it also felt obvious, oft-used and flat-footed; on this evidence it seems that no one can accuse Chibnall of having a light touch when it comes to comedy.)
But quibbles aside, overall this episode come together in a very satisfying way, with a boo-hiss villain that wouldn't have gone amiss in a Christmas pantomime that allowed Whittaker to finally become the Doctor that she was born to play. The show as a whole felt the better for it, more like its old self, while continuing to hold on to the modern updated storytelling that Chibnall and his team have sought to inject from the start. It's a sign that the show is back on its feet after the odd stumble in 2018, and clearly ready to get to work.
It's just a shame, then, the Doctor Who won't actually be back until 2020.
The Doctor Who 2019 New Year's Day special is currently available on BBC iPlayer for viewers in the UK. It will be released on DVD and Blu-ray in February 19. The boxset of S11 will be available from January 14 and there will be no overlap in content between the two releases, apparently.


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Luke asked:
On my server I have set up several user accounts for different purposes to separate my personal websites from my semi-pro websites.
Some of these websites are WordPress sites and I'm trying to enable image upload. The files in the home directory are obviously owned by that specific user however, I have added Apache (www-data) to the group of that user so in theory if I give a directory and it's contents
chmod -R g+w then that directory should be writable by Apache (and the PHP process), correct?
As you might understand, this is not whats currently happening and I'm not sure how to make this work. What I don't want is to assign all the files to belong to www-data and then add the user to the www-data group. I believe the files should belong to the user first and foremost and www-data has only limited permissions.
What would be the best way to fix and/or troubleshoot this?
Thanks for the responses so far, what I'd like to point is that on my development machine (Ubuntu) I have the exact same set up. Eclipse projects are stored in a sub-directory of my home directory and simply by doing a
chmod -R g+w on required directories I have the PHP process under Apache write to those directories. I'm not using any ACL's what so ever for this.
However, for some reason on my server this is not working which is a bit puzzling.
Update 2:
What might be a difference between my dev machine and my server is that on my dev machine files are like this:
-rw-r--r-- 1 luke luke 34 2012-11-14 04:30 .some.file
And on my server this looks like:
-rw-r--r-- 1 luke wheel 34 2012-11-14 04:30 .some.file
I guess the group here has an influence.
My answer:
I prefer to use ACLs for this. For instance:
setfacl -R -m user:www-data:rwx,d:user:www-data:rwx \
Gives the
www-data user full access to the uploads directory and everything below it.
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The urban renewal projects on former railway land in the Newcastle city centre are well targeted to support the objectives of the Newcastle Urban Transformation and Transport Program (the Program), according to a report released today by the Auditor-General for New South Wales, Margaret Crawford. The planned uses of the former railway land achieve a balance between the economic and social objectives of the Program at a reasonable cost to the government.
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Internal Controls and Governance 2018
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Toxic femininity is far more damaging and insidious than toxic masculinity and here's why :
Toxic masculinity manifests in power struggles, domination, destruction of property and structures. Toxic masculinity aims to conquer the environment and subdue people overtly.
Toxic femininity isn't confrontational nor is it overt. And that's exactly what makes it so insidious. It's like inhaling pure nitrogen; it has no smell or taste or colour and you will die without ever feeling like you're about to die. You just get light-headed and pass out.
Toxic femininity uses manipulation and people pleasing to gain an inverted type of power : emotional vampirism. It'll hypnotize you with its tactics and guilt-tripping and you won't know what hit you. And it leaves no proof, no tangible destruction in its wake. Airtight alibi. But you'll know its presence by how it feels. You feel suffocated, you'll walk on eggshells, you'll question yourself a lot, you'll take responsibility for her feelings, you'll feel guilty.
Because patriarchy and misogyny gets deflected on a lot, there's the added danger to assume that women are completely innocent and don't have their own systematic imbalances. This not only hinders awareness but it prolongs the healing and ensures that we pass on our aggregated inherited toxic to the next generation. And as long as we're not internally liberated we can't help liberate and heal the world. No matter what anyone says, this world needs the internal and external balance of masculine and feminine energy. There's no two ways about it.


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Dr. Gall to Present at Breakthroughs in Tunneling 2013
On Friday, September 20, 2013, GZ principal Dr. Vojtech Gall will present "Devil's Slide and Caldecott 4th Bore" at the 2013 Breakthroughs in Tunneling Annual Short Course, which will once again be held on the campus of Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. Dr. Gall's presentation will discuss the Devil's Slide and Caldecott 4th Bore Tunnel projects, both of which are located in northern California, including construction methods used and other project-specific information. After five years of construction, the Devil's Slide Tunnels opened on March 25 of this year; the Caldecott 4th Bore Tunnel is on track to open by the end of 2013.
For more information regarding this year's 2013 Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course, please visit the website.


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I want to make one of those GPS maze games, where a maze appears on your phone and you walk around in real life to navigate the virtual maze – but with a twist. Continue reading "I wanna make a GPS Maze game, but with a twist."
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Months ago, I was at a hack day in Edinburgh, and a team were working on a idea they called black and white. I ended up doing a version of it as a simple webpage.
It was based on color.com, the photo sharing service that shows you photos that others have taken around you. They thought this was daft – after all you know what's around you, your already there. What you don't know is what's at the other side of the world. They wanted a service were you could take a photo, and you would get one back from the other side of the world. Continue reading "See photos from the other side of the world"
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Competitive Call for funding through IALE International in 2016
Competitive Call for funding chapter / regional activities through IALE International in 2016
We ask you kindly to submit your ideas for 2016 where support of IALE international can be particularly beneficial for the agendas at national and regional scales and for establishing new Work Groups.
The IALE Executive Committee will select a number of proposals for both early career travel support and establishing new chapters and Work Groups. We will report on supported projects in the upcoming Bulletins and on the Web.
We envisage roughly 10,000 € to be dedicated in competitive manner to the following categories.
1. Early career travelling to IALE events and related conferences
Travelling support / support for regional (chapter) meetings including scholarships to present, ex-change and adapt their works in regional / international conferences and for internationally acknowledged landscape ecology science and policy transfer platforms with a focus on connecting with IALE.
Acceptance of oral presentation is mandatory.
Note: use of IALE corporate identity templates for presentations is mandatory. These will be pro-vided in case of the acceptance for the travelling support.
2. Consolidation request
Chapters can apply for student member support e.g. fee waivers. It is up to the chapters to formu-late their policies for student memberships. We call for suggestions to support up to 10 - 20 students (in chapters where students have fees) and / or young graduates to support their sustainable membership in IALE.
Note: applications will target for a lump sum that can cover annual or multi-year financing; argu-ments and a short description of the concept and its added values for the chapter and for IALE international are mandatory. The expected impact, added value and a concept how to sustain the IALE membership of the student members after this funding should be part of the application.
3. Loans for regional IALE conferences
Provide a detailed concept of the attendance, fees and financing and how loans and financial benefits of which we expect to get a reward of 15 % should be obtained is mandatory.
Note: only existing chapters or organizers which partner-up with chapters can apply for this funding. The loan must be re-paid to IALE if the conference balance is positive; if the conference balance is negative, the negative part of the loan is forgiven. IALE requests 15% of the positive balance to be returned to IALE International. This 15% return will used by IALE to foster cross-scientific attendance among all chapters. If accepted, organizers need to enter into a legally binding contract with IALE International. Eligibility of for the loan requests is dependent on a comprehensive overall scientific and financial concept. Smaller support might be provided, but requires prove of substantial awareness and participation of science and policy consulting actors for setting IALE agendas.
4. Support for WGs in their topical works
This includes requests for building the work infrastructure and particularly the initial support for justifiable meetings and exchange (where synergies from conferences, skype and teleconferences have to be considered). Works on concrete products (publications, policy products) might be sup-ported if an added value for related costs in travelling, meetings and a contribution to publication costs can be well argued.
Note: a short concept and action plan including tangible products should be submitted.
Deadline of this call is January, 31-2016. All propositions should be sent to t.edwards [at] usu.edu or fuerst [at] landscape-ecology.org.


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Planting an organic garden gives you easy access to a source of healthy food, but buying what you need and getting it set up can be tough for a first-timer. There are also other other considerations, like the optimal soil for a garden and the right seeds. Below you'll find some great tips to make sure you get the most out of your organic garden.
If you like the concept of organic gardening, then why not take it one step further by leaving some of your land undeveloped for the area's wildlife? This is a great natural way to allow the insects and animals found in nature to assist with the growth of your garden.
It is important to keep the temperature set between 65 and 75 degrees, if you wish to raise plants in the home. Your plants will not grow well if it is too cold. If you think it would not be comfortable to keep your residence that warm in the winter, consider purchasing a heat lamp to use on the plants.
You'll save time and energy if you keep tools nearby while working in your garden. Carry a large bucket with you or wear pants with a lot of pockets. A gardener's tool belt will allow you to keep your gardening gloves and other tools close by while you are working in your garden.
Include both green and dry plant refuse in your compost. Green plant material comprises leaves, weeds, spent flowers, grass clippings, and fruit and vegetable waste. Examples of dried plant material are sawdust, shredded paper, straw, cut-up woody material, and cardboard. Avoid using animal manure, charcoal or diseased plants in your compost.
When planting seeds in containers, plant the seed roughly three times deeper than the seed's size. Certain seeds are an exception to that rule, since they require sunlight to germinate, so they should be barely covered or not at all. Petunias and ageratum are two examples of seeds that require sunlight. If you are unsure if your seeds should be covered, refer to the seed packet, or if that is not available, look for information online.
Lightly ruffle your seeds by hand or with cardboard, twice daily in your organic garden. Even though it sounds strange, it will help plants get bigger.
You can make a raised bed with untreated wood, brick, or stone. If using wood, make sure it's naturally rot resistant and untreated. The most popular options for this type of project are cypress, locust and cedar woods. Avoid using treated wood in an organic vegetable garden. The chemicals in the wood can leak into the soil, and eventually into the plants. If you have built a bed with treated lumber already, use a barrier such as plastic to line the bed.
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I'm thinking about travelling from Kyoto to Takayama in Ltd. Exp (wide view) hida 25. What facilities has this train?
I'm thinking about travelling from Kyoto to Takayama in Ltd. Exp (wide view) hida 25. What facilities has this train?
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You can read about this train here:
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Thanks Daniel-san, but I wanted to know if there is a bar and toilets inside the train :)
Hi again,
There are indeed toilets on the train, unfortunately there is no longer a catering service on board.
Thank you Daniel-san!
It's a long journey from Kyoto to Takayama and from Takayama to Toyama. Nice to know there are toilets.
Is there any problem about buying food before getting to the train and eat inside, or is it forbidden?
Its very normal to bring food on board. Stations sell Eki-Bento, so called Station lunch boxes and they are not to be missed! Its a great experience, generally local specialities are included. See here for some examples. There is quite a culture around it.
Fathering service is available on the Shinkansen from Kyoto - Nagoya. You can also find mini ramens shops on the platforms at Nagoya station. They are really good and recommended if you have 15min to spare when transferring trains.
We don't pass through Nagoya, only Toyama on our way from Takayama to Kyoto ;)
Generally the route from Kyoto - Takayama would involve a transfer to the Hida train. Are you taking a different route then?
We are taking the Ltd. Exp (Wide View) Hida 25, leaving from Kyoto at 08:31 and arriving at Takayama at 12:14.
Is this the one with toilets but without catering service on board?
Thanks for all of your answers :)
Hi again,
Ah yes, there are a couple of Hida services that depart directly from Kyoto. The service is the same and will still visit Nagoya, or at least Gifu.
You can still grab an Eki Bento at Kyoto station.
Thanks a lot Daniel san!
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The Blue Springs South September students of the month are senior Sam Brown and junior Madelyn Padget. Brown plays left tackle for south football and is a member of the band, and Padget is involved in the choir.
Brown was nominated by both band teacher Ken Hansen and math teacher and coach Kyle Christian.
"Sam is a phenomenal player, He's one of the best trumpet players we've had come through the school." Hansen says, "It's just a little unique to have someone that's a varsity football starter and one of the absolute best performers on the instrument that we have. It had to do with effort, attitude and of course achievement. He's done a phenomenal job for us."
Brown says "I was really surprised. I was nominated last month but when I got it this month I was pretty shocked and happy. I've been working really hard these past few months and I am really happy I'm being recognized for it."
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Padget says she is "really really honored by being chosen. I was really humble to be nominated by Mr. Bean because he is one of my favorite teachers, I really really like him. It's a really great honor; the parking spot is great!"


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I really like going to software conferences. I get the chance to learn new things, to meet other developers and to discuss code and software architectures. And of course, I like JavaLand because of its rollercoasters. :)
BSI has been present at the JavaLand conference since its inception in 2014 with the goal to present our open-source framework Eclipse Scout to the participants. During these events I stopped counting the number of many times I explained the Eclipse Public License (EPL), why we decided to host the Scout framework with the Eclipse Foundation and what benefits we get in return for our project and for our company. And particularly, that Eclipse is not just an IDE but an open source community of a very broad set of projects and collaborative working groups in the domains of internet of things, science, embedded systems and many other interesting areas.
Being in charge of our booth, I not only tried to answer many questions, but also to give a lot of demos. For this I used the Contacts application, a simple Scout application you can build in a day that has enough features to provide a good overview of the framework. A second use case for the demos was starting from an empty workspace and coding a simple "HelloWorld" project.
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Sometimes, visitors were also curious about specific details: «What happens when the connection is slow or lost?» «Can the user settings be persisted somewhere?» «Why do we need an @Order annotation on top of our inner classes?» «Can the Scout framework be integrated with the Spring stack? I could answer all of those questions, expect for this one: What does "NLS" in our "NLS Editor" mean. Well, now I know. It means: National Language Support.
At a conference like JavaLand, I expected to see more developers that are using other IDEs than Eclipse, but I was happy to see I was wrong. For example, I could help an Eclipse IDE user that was wondering how he can distribute a customized version of Eclipse in his company. I gave him two pointers:
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A lot of people asked me how we make money out of the Eclipse Scout project and who is paying for the development of new features. Well, I think, it is important to be transparent and to explain our business model at BSI: We have donated the project to the Eclipse foundation and we continue to invest in the project to develop our commercial application on top of it. So, explaining the role of the Eclipse Foundation as a business friendly platform for open-source projects was an important argument.
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Monday, June 27, 2011
The capper
Just a touch more sanding, then it's off to Braylu Creations to have the mold and castings made.
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Sunday, June 26, 2011
Well, what happened?
Well... I've gone completely nuts on my Elmore head. I don't really want to mess with the head much more, but now I want to remake the jaw... like almost from scratch. Now that I've taken my snippers to the stock Elmore jaw on the left (on the right is the way it used to look), I'm going to construct a new jaw with styrene sides and Magic-Sculpt. I'll use the cut-up jaw for my armature. Fortunately, I drilled the holes for the axle-tube prior to my wack job on the jaw.
Of course, I need to find partners for Uncle Earl and Mr.Winkle soon. So I must make progress on those projects, too.
Let's hope I don't get any more bright ideas.
Let's hope I don't get any more bright ideas.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
How do we start
Folks like me that build figures from Kenny Croes Collection heads sometimes don't know where to start. So here's a short basic list:
- Cut off the back of the head. I secure the head in a vise and cut straight down from the top of the head to the nape of the neck using a hacksaw. Some folks might choose to use a power tool, but as I've said before, I'm only allowed a select number of power tools. (My wife doesn't like emergency room visits.)
- Next, punch out the eyes and remove the plastic if the mouth is covered. I use a drill with a 3/8" or 7/16" drill bit to take out the eyes. I use a Dremel cutting tool (very small round blade) to clear the mouth area.
- Cut a hole at the bottom of the neck for your headstick if you need to. I order my heads without the socket ball. I prefer to purchase the Braylu PVC pipe headsticks with the neck transition (socket ball) attached.
- Using a Dremel fine grinding bit, smooth and shape the eye sockets and mouth opening.
- No casting is perfect, so first you'll need to sand off any unwanted bumps and fill a few bubble holes. I prefer white Elmer's Carpenter Wood Filler.
- After the wood filler dries, I sand the head as smooth as possible.
- If I'm absolutely sure I know where I want to place the eyebrows, I'll drill the holes in the forehead for the 1/8" brass tubes that will contain the eyebrow rods. I'll save this step for later if I'd prefer to develop the face more before I choose my spot.
- Then I turn my attention to the jaws. I sand and/or fill where needed, then I drill the holes for the 1/8" brass axle tube.
- I install the brass axle tube and secure it with Magic-Sculpt.
- At this point, I want to determine the best placement for the jaw in the head. I cut a 3.5"-length of brass rod, slip it in the jaw's brass axle tube. and find the best spot in the head for the jaw to swing freely. Shorten the brass axle rod if you need to so the jaw will insert far enough into the head. Don't be surprised if you have to trim, sand and/or fill the opening (and/or jaw) to get the jaw to freely open and close.
- I mark where the brass rod axle ends make contact with the head's interior. That's where I will place my axle slots on both side of the head's interior. I use Magic-Sculpt to form the slots.
- Before you sink the axle ends into the Magic-Sculpt to form the slots, put a little Vaseline on the axle ends so you'll be able to lift the axle away from the Magic-Sculpt. Be sure to make the slots open-ended so you can slip the axle in and out easily. Later down the line, you can cover the slots with Magic-Sculpt to permanently secure the jaw's axle in the head.
Friday, June 24, 2011
A pen-NIN-Suu-laaa
This nose is in the vicinity of Cyrano's. Though this Elmore head has a ways to go, at least the hole where his clown- nose used to be has been made prominent with Magic-Sculpt.
I had to trim off the side of his left (our right) eye socket to make way for 1-1/2" eyes. Figured I wouldn't show you that until it's presentable.
He'll also require some attention to the corners of his mouth. I'll try to resist the temptation to do more (which would add weight).
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Look Ma, no teeth
The Earl jaw comes with a flat top. I prefer to cut it away to reveal the interior of the jaw. I use a Dremel cutting tool to cut around the edges. Sometimes I'll loosen it further with a chisel. Once I get it off, I apply a smooth layer of Magic-Sculpt. After it hardens overnight, I'll add a Magic-Sculpt tongue.
One could also add some lower teeth, but I prefer Uncle Earl to look like he forgot his dentures.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Whites of their eyes
I like the eyes from Braylu Creations. I also like to enhance them. I pop out the irises, sand the eyeballs smooth, and paint them with a coat of white acrylic paint. To give them that wet look, I apply a final coat of clear acrylic glossy varnish. Then I glue the irises in place.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Who nose what
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Head line
One of the benefits of working in a more spacious workshop is being able to work on more figures simultaneously. I had six heads in stock when I moved in and now they're all under construction. Some of these fellas will emerge as the stock-characters they are while other heads will be altered slightly to create a new look.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Three's company
Michael from Pennsylvania (shown holding his two "old guy" figures) purchased "Mr. Fenster" from me a few months ago. Then he purchased an "Elmore" head and 2T parts from Braylu Creations and built his own figure. After that, he bought a "Mr. Winkle" head and made the old coot in the photo on the right. So now Michael has three Kenny Croes dummies. (Nice work, Michael).
If only people had three hands instead of just two.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
"JIMMY" wanted me to make very sure you knew that he's for sale right now at the Kenny Croes Dummy Store. Click here to find out more about this lil' scamp.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Two for the road
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Shelf life
My better half scored this shelf at the Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors Annual Garage Sale. The side shelves actually close, but I like them permanently open. I placed the unit on top of my primary work bench.
She also grabbed up another wood shelf unit that will now replace a stack of crates.
The "man cave" just got a little cooler.
Waitin' for a bus?
I really like the new body and shoulder pads from Braylu Creations. They deliver a more natural look underneath their clothing (which they obviously are without).
Cyber Video
I had a heck of a time uploading the correct aspect ratio for my videos to YouTube. They would always come out squeezed or stretched. Finally I've settled on the video software Power Director to produce my videos. The app has an automatic YouTube upload tool that retains the 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio. No squeezed or stretched look. And Power Director has enough production transition and titling tools to make a fun demo video for my little guys.
Sunday, June 05, 2011
Here's the first little dude I've completed in my new workshop. He was started in the old shop, but mostly worked on here. I've also had to figure out how to photograph the feller, too. My "photo studio" was makeshift this time because I don't have the drapes hung yet. But I secured one panel to a bookshelf and managed to shoot his "graduation portraits".
Jimmy will be offered on Ebay soon (that is... if someone doesn't grab him up first).
Saturday, June 04, 2011
Gettin' fit
No, I didn't mean aerobic exercises and liftin' weights.
With triggers and rocker mounted on the headstick, I have to make a slot in the neck hole so the headstick and controls can clear the opening. I used a 1/2" drill bit to cut the slot, then used a file to smooth out the cut.
Now... back to my calisthenics
Friday, June 03, 2011
No reason
Down in the mouth
Actually he looks quite happy. Here's a peek at my first full-size head with his mouth open. Hopefully in the future he'll be opening and closing it a lot.
I have to come up with a name for this fella. Suggestions welcome.
Lots of sanding still to come.
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Thursday, June 02, 2011
Give my ears back
I concentrate so much on the front of the ears, it's about time I paid some attention to the back. I added some Magic-Sculpt.
Now he is definitely wet behind the ears.
Once in a while I get a squeaking noise in my side-to-side eyes. I typically tear them out and re-seat them to get rid of it. But... does anyone know WHY they might squeak in the first place?
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This special section was made possible by the enthusiasm of the research community in stereoscopic displays and applications, a level of interest that has now sustained the associated SPIE/IS&T Conference into its 25th year. This is a noteworthy achievement for such a young field in which there is now a depth and breadth of research that sustains a vibrant international group of researchers.
The fundamental challenges in the field include display design requiring the development of high quality optical elements that deliver controlled directional illumination in order to completely separate information intended for the left and right eyes. The article by Ishizuka et al. addresses this challenge, analyzing how dot matrix light sources can be collimated with convex lenses to generate a time-sequential backlight suitable for use with high-speed LCD image sources to create an autostereoscopic display system.
Recently computational methods have become central to many display designs, enabling a new range of optical configurations to become practical displays by utilizing advanced real-time image processing. The article by Jones et al. demonstrates this, combining eye-tracking and smooth real-time image interpolation to enable an array of pico-projectors to create an autostereoscopic display that supports multiple viewers. The resulting display system supports both horizontal and vertical parallax and can be constructed from off-the-shelf projectors, screen materials, and graphics hardware.
As displays increasingly gain higher quality, the challenge for content production is to respond with higher quality and more efficient methods for acquiring stereoscopic imagery. One important area of content production is omnidirectional stereoscopic imagery as analyzed by Gurrieri et al. This article proposes a mathematical framework to compare acquisition strategies to create stereoscopic panoramas using a small number of stereoscopic images, allowing an understanding and comparison of the trade-offs between different algorithms.
An underpinning theme across both displays and their applications is that of human factors since all of the components in the production and delivery chain must account for and work within the performance limits of the human visual system. The article by Lee et al. tackles the challenge of predicting when an observer will find a video to be uncomfortable. They investigate how stereoscopic disparity might combine with motion to form an overall prediction of visual discomfort. This takes a step toward establishing quality screening metrics for video content.
As researchers continue to address the fundamental challenges in stereoscopic displays and applications, we are moving closer to the possibility that stereoscopic information presentation will be an everyday experience on all display devices. Certainly over the 25 years of the SD&A conference, the displays, tools and standards have moved forward impressively and the potential impact of the field has been demonstrated in application areas as diverse as cinema, games, education, and health-care systems.
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Композиция: Another Day In Paradise
Текст песниShe calls out to the man on the street
sir, can you help me?
Its cold and Ive nowhere to sleep,
Is there somewhere you can tell me?
He walks on, doesnt look back
He pretends he cant hear her
Starts to whistle as he crosses the street
Seems embarrassed to be there
Oh think twice, its another day for
You and me in paradise
Oh think twice, its just another day for you,
You and me in paradise
She calls out to the man on the street
He can see shes been crying
Shes got blisters on the soles of her feet
Cant walk but shes trying
Oh think twice...
Oh lord, is there nothing more anybody can do
Oh lord, there must be something you can say
You can tell from the lines on her face
You can see that shes been there
Probably been moved on from every place
cos she didnt fit in there
Oh think twice...


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if you want any advice on mining i gotcha back just ask
Is ethereum worth trying to mine on a normal machine?
I don't think so.
Others on here will probably know more though
yeah i wasnt planning on trying to mine really
just seems ethereum is the coin to go and reinvest in others
That's what I've been told aswell
I've been using my PC to mine monero when I'm not using it
im gonna be using my laptop and probably having to upgrade/build a desktop thats more powerful soon with the comptuer work coming at me
you can mine eth or monero or whatever
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XMRig stack is way better than minergate bro
It may not be the most efficient but it is retard proof
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i cant even read or make sense of what it says on whattominelol
i thought minergate skimmed the fuck outta you
i just use a specific miner to whatever algo i'm doing
this is getting too gay for me
im gonna watch violent videos
when im ready for help ill be here though
thanks @Deleted User
and hope shit is going better in life @Deleted User
you too my friend
i'm gonna be ok
Minergate does skim excessively
but like I said, its retard proof
what % are they hitting you for
thy're not very clear about their fees on their website
I don't know offhand
not really that far off from other pools
@Deleted User How did you get your own wallet for etn, im using this one etn pool but im not seeing where the coins are going
i'm mining straight to cryptopia
G:\xmrig-amd-2.4.3-beta2-win64>xmrig-amd -o "pool.electroneum.hashvault.pro:5555" -u "etnjzKFU6ogESSKRZZbdqraPdcKVxEC17Cm1Xvbyy76PARQMmgrgceH4krAH6xmjKwJ3HtSAKuyFm1BBWYqtchtq9tBap8Qr4M.f5308c7189cff58b63a1b8689d7561f5d758257271a2f292ca27f0be6ae31a61"
like this
im using an easy miner
that one pays out after 50
just notice that for cryptopia
you gotta do the address like that
wait its telling me on cryptopia not to mine directly to their address
its fine
thats just for nicehash pools
what pool are you using
its on the miner
how many do you have to mine for it to pay out
how much are they taking from you?
mininum payment is like .02 etn i think?
and pool fee is like 2%
are you sure bud
is that alot
no its nothing
shit the one i'm using i have to mine 50 to get payout
hold on
i cant really find the info here
>connected miners: 85
Which pool are you in?
that one hasn't paid out since xmas
im new to this fam
look at those dates
yea i get that
this the one i'm using
>1838 miners connected
shit it was like 6 or 7,000
50etn is quite a bit though
takes me a couple days to get that
still thats a good amount
can i use minergate?
you can use hwatever you want
be careful just randomly downloading shit though
you may end up mining for someone else
if yknow what i mean
yea i get that, this server was recommended on electroneums thing
their little guide
@Deleted User what exactly is the login for a pool?
minergate asks for it
i hate no idea what minergate is
youre kidding right
maybe you should read more
someone else was talking abou tit
like scroll up above that
someone else was talking about t
ok, well i thought you didnt know what it was at all. not that you didnt use it
maybe i should say
i don't know anything about it
ok nvm fam
what kind of video card do you have
or that
what about claymore?
is it good?
thats for amds it says it right therei nwhat you linked me
nvm sorry
literally whaty you linked me
my brain kinda skimmed over that
just read this
xmrig or xmr stak
RTFM for the miner
this is what i do
```G:\xmrig-amd-2.4.3-beta2-win64>xmrig-amd -o "pool.electroneum.hashvault.pro:5555" -u "etnjzKFU6ogESSKRZZbdqraPdcKVxEC17Cm1Xvbyy76PARQMmgrgceH4krAH6xmjKwJ3HtSAKuyFm1BBWYqtchtq9tBap8Qr4M.f5308c7189cff58b63a1b8689d7561f5d758257271a2f292ca27f0be6ae31a61"
that simple
i'm sure xmrig-nvidia is about the same
what you want me to mine to you 😏
change the address silly
sounds like work
on cryptoia
click deposit
no i kno fam im just fuckign with you
the address to mine to is the second one then period payment ID
just like i did
oh wow etn has been going up too
yea dude
tfw didn't even pay attention and it went way up
That symbol in the middle tho
got my electroneum wallet syhnced, what do for mining?
@Deleted User i use electoneum hashvault as a pool
what gpu you got
this pool
intel pos in my laptop
thats not even gonna be worth doing
you'll be mining like 1 voin a day
well fuck it then
and you need 50 to get a payment
just have to wait until I can get my big rig shipped here
obviously in the dips i wasn't mining
what are averaging per day in USD
because once I've got my rig with the big NVIDIA card in it, might just get a second
26 dollars?
what am i averaging a day?
TFW you RDP into your mining rig and see this:
like 3-5$ 24/h
ah okay was looking at total paid
but really after a few weeks of off and on mining i've got around 60-70$
going to check out using OpenCL
why are you taking pictures of your monitor
screenshotting is srs bsns?
Tfw you're trying to get into crypto but you can't screenshot
@Deleted User I use AwesomeMiner for GPU and the pool is http://electroneum.ovh
@Deleted User I only have my HP laptop here rn, has an Intel 620 in it.
OpenCL would be possible
but no dedicated mem (shared up to 6GB of 12) so loading the DAX would be...problematic
Uhm not sure it's worth mining from an intel laptop cpu
@Deleted User probably not
unless you got some kind of good mobile video card
wow dude
sick rig
Anyone with dual power supply miner rig experience, please DM me. Have a quick question.
If you're not mining RavenCoin, you're wrong.
I mine electroneum with my personal computer
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Slavs in Scandinavia, part 2: The Creation of Poland Jul 23, 2019 4:43:44 GMT -7
Post by JustJohn or JJ on Jul 23, 2019 4:43:44 GMT -7
Slavs in Scandinavia, part 2: The Creation of Poland
At the time when Polans (Polani) originally formed Poland, it was a landlocked country. Nevertheless, the early Polish state, during the process of expanding its boundaries, did not forget to include some seashore within its limits.
The first part of Pomerania to be incorporated into Poland was Eastern Pomerania with its city and port of Gdansk. Then, the central sector of Pomerania followed, with its chief city and port of Kolobrzeg. Circa 965 AD, the westernmost segment of Pomerania followed with its capital at Szczecin. Some two years later, Poles occupied the last remaining Slavic tribe of the Polabia-Pomerania, an thus Poland's (the tribal unity under Polans(the tribe)) conquest of Pomerania was completed.
It was the most important step to forming the Polish nation under the tribe of Polans, which gradually assimilated the other tribes.
Eventually, as Poland consolidated its hold on the newly acquired littoral, the country established and maintained diplomatic relations with both Denmark and Sweden. One of the results of these diplomatic links was the marriage of Swietoslawa, a Polish princess of the Piast Dynasty and daughter of the Polish Duke Mieszko I, with the Swedish King Eric the Victorious. The marriage took place circa 990 AD, (the precise date of this event has not been established, see G. Labuda, "Polska w Zlewisku Baltyku", Jantar, Year VI, pg. 34, Booklet 1; L. Koczy, Zwiazki Malzenskie Piastow ze Skandynawami, Poznan 1933, pg. 12; Jadwiga Zylinska, Piastowny i Zony Piastow, Warszawa 1967, pgs. 23-36).
It must be added that this marriage was not merely a trivial historical event, considering the fact that Swietoslawa was the daughter and sister of the rulers of Poland, and also the wife and mother of the rulers of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and even England. Swietoslawa is also considered to be the very first more notable Polish national to have made a trans-sea voyage. She must have definitively not been the only Pole on board her ship, as there must have been some other Poles who were chosen to accompany the princess on her journey. In Scandinavia Swietoslawa became known as Sigrid (or sometimes also as Storrad), and under that name she figures in the Norse sagas. Following Eric's death Swietoslawa married another Scandinavian monarch: King Sven the Forkbearded of Denmark. After a few years he expelled Swietoslawa from Denmark to Poland, but after his death, her sons made it possible for her to return to Denmark.
One of them, Canute, would become a ruler of three countries as King Canute II the Great of Denmark (1018-1035), of England as Canute I (1016-1035), and also the King of Norway (1028-1035). He was probably the most outstanding ruler in Denmark's history, especially notable for his conquest of England (started by his father), after which he also crowned himself as the king of England, and it is sad to say that very few people are aware of the fact that he was half-Slavic, that is, half-Polish.
According to a legend, there were two Polish knights that went along with Swietoslawa to Scandinavia, and later joined the Norsemen on their journeys to Iceland, and possibly Greenland and the continental North America, and there are some sources, both Scandinavian and Polish, which seem to indicate that it is more of a historical fact than only a legend.
These two Polish knights were named Wyzdarwoda (sometimes also known as Wyzdraw) and Tyrker (also known as Tyrkir); the latter is very frequently identified in Western sources as a "German", but the very possibility of him being Polish, or at least Slavic, will shortly be discussed here. Both of them eventually ended up at the royal Danish court of King Sven the Forkbearded, where they came into contact with, according to some claims, Eric the Red, or at least with some other Norse sailor who convinced the two Poles to join him on a journey to a distant island in the far north. In his companionship, they sailed to Iceland and then possibly on to Greenland, where they might have permanently settled. The notable Polish author and maritime researcher and historian, Jerzy Pertek, has confirmed the existence of these two semi-legendary figures as being mentioned in the old Norse sagas, and he believes that it is possible that Wyzdarwoda, along with Tyrker, might have settled on Greenland.
What is interesting about this whole account is that it was neither invented nor propagated by Poles, but rather by Americans. Apparently, the very first Polish-language mention of this story was made by a Polish Roman Catholic priest residing in the U.S. named Waclaw Kruszka on pg. 16 in his Historya Polska w Ameryce, Vol. 1, Milwaukee, 1905 (a second edition of this 13 volume work was published in the United States in 1937).
Kruszka might not have been the very first to publish that claim, either in English or Polish or in any other language, and the work that he cited as a source for this information is actually the English-language American-written Scribner's History of the U.S.A., Vol. 1, pg. 42.
This book was not the work of any sensation-seeking ethno-centric Poles, but rather of unbiased and objective American scholars and researchers who somehow managed (probably using the same old Norse sources that were used by Jerzy Pertek) to establish that a journey of at least two Poles, or at least other Western Slavs, took place alongside the Norsemen all the way to the New World.
In fact, there is some evidence to support that claim, but before that, we must prove that Tyrker and Wyzdarwoda were Slavic and that will happen in our next article. Stay tuned.
We would like to thank Marek Kalisiński and Viktor Peryakin who have contributed to Slavic Chronicles by sharing their photos. Please check out their other work which is linked on their names.
If you like the article, make sure to subscribe to our youtube page since we are going to make videos about similar topics with focus on Slavic history/culture.


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