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Hello All,
This post is one that I am creating to help those that are utilizing their own field radios in RealFlight. This post will be similar to the router configurations thread that was started. If you have a successful set-up that is not already here, please feel free to post it, so that other may benefit.
**Please do not turn this thread into a discussion for or against using your own field radio. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and I do truly respect that, but I feel that this thread could become a resource for those wanting to use their own radios.
Thank You All in Advance!
If you are having difficulty using your own R/C radio through the built in interface on the USB InterLink Controller, here are a few tips that should help you overcome most of the difficulties users encounter:
1. Make sure you radio is set to PPM or FM mode and not PCM. Your radio will NOT work with the built in interface on the InterLink Controller if it is in PCM mode. Refer to your Radio's manual for instructions on how to set your radio correctly to FM or PPM mode.
2. Ensure that your transmitter batteries are fully charged. If your transmitter did not "power up" automatically when the interface cord was inserted, turn the transmitter power "on" at this time.
3. If you are using a transmitter which requires the use of a small "pigtail" adapter ( i.e. Futaba, Airtronics, HiTec, etc.) between the main interface adapter cord and the trainer port on your R/C radio, unplug this "pigtail" from the main interface adapter cord. Firmly re-attach this "pigtail" to the main adapter cord, listening for an audible "click" confirming that a proper connection is completed. Likewise, momentarily unplug the "pigtail" adapter from your R/C radio and firmly re-attach it to your R/C radio.
4. It has to be able to connect to the Interlink controller with one of the adapters( the longer cable ).
5. Please also be aware that there is more to using your own R/C radio with RealFlight than just attaching it to the InterLink Controller with the provided adapter cords. Make sure that you are also "telling" the software what you are doing, since RealFlight has no way of "knowing" when you want to use your own R/C radio instead of the InterLink Controller. Here is how to do this:
6. Once you have your R/C radio properly connected to the InterLink Controller, you will want to start up RealFlight (if it is not already running). Select the "Controller" menu, then click"Select Controller". From the "Select Controller" window select your transmitter not Currently, you should have "InterLink Controller (Joystick Mode)" selected. "Joystick Mode" means that the software is (currently) looking for the InterLink Controller, not your R/C radio (this is the default setting).
7. In the transmitter, ensure that you have a blank model set-up for RealFlight specifically, and that all channel mixing is disabled or inhibited. Also, if you transmitter is so equipped, ensure you are in training mode, and/or software radio.
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Jr X9503
1) Ensure you have a blank aircraft model
2) Leave it in SOFTWARE RADIO
Model Type: ACRO
Gear - Gear SW
Flap - Flap SW
Aux2 - Aux2 SW
Aux3 - Flap LEV
Aux4 - Mix SW
Out: set all to ACT, Flap to SYS.
You must also make changes under travel adjust in the 9503 in order to get full functionality in RealFlight; set everything to 110%. Before that I'd toggle a switch and nothing would happen, or I couldn't get full response from the throttle on some models.
In RealFlight under Channel Mapping:
Channel:.......Reversed:......Map to:
1.......................................Channel 3 - Throttle
2........................X.............Channel 1 - Roll
3.......................................Channel 2 - Pitch
4........................X.............Channel 4 - Yaw
5........................X.............Channel 5 - Dual Rates
6........................X.............Channel 8 - 3 Pos. Switch
7.......................................Channel 9
8........................X.............Channel 6 - Knob
9........................X.............Channel 7 - Smoke
Thank You to Mr. GS for providing this information to me. This post should be an example of what the thread should be like.
Thank You All!
Last edited by swanley007; 04-29-2010 at 01:38 PM. Reason: Title Mistake
Heli-Max 5 Channel FM Radio
**This controller does not work very well, as it has channel mixing always on. I did get it to a playable control by doing the following:
I have the IDLE UP Switch in the up position
Channel:.......Reversed:......Map to:
1.......................................Channel 6 - Knob
2........................X.............Channel 2 - Pitch
3.......................................Channel 3 - Throttle
4.......................................Channel 4 - Yaw
5.......................................Channel 5 - Dual Rates
1.......................................Channel 1 - Roll
7........................X.............Channel 7 - Smoke
Thank You All!
Spektrum DX6I
The procedure to use a Spektrum for basic use is.
1. Set up a new model just for use with RealFlight. It should be an airplane with no special wing mixing. This
way if you need to change trim or throws, you will not have to change the settings for your aircraft.
2. Make sure that the transmitter is turned off, and plug the adapter cord into the trainer port. This will turn on
the transmitter in trainer mode.
3. Go to the Controller Menu and select the Interlink transmitter. If you have G4, you should validate the
controller before selecting the transmitter.
4. Go to Channel Mapping under the Controller Menu. Change the values in the left column
Line 1 (Roll) to 2
Line 2 (Pitch) to 3
Line 3 (Throttle) to 1
Line 1 (Roll) should be reversed
Line 4 (Yaw) should be reversed
5. Make sure that one of the switches on the transmitter will control Channel 7 (Smoke). You may need to
change the value in the left column to 5 or 6 to get control of that channel.
6. Exit Channel Mapping and go to Controller Calibration to calibrate the transmitter.
7. The transmitter is now ready for RealFlight. The spacebar can be used to reset after a crash.
There are more advanced setup procedures at www.knifeedge.com . If you search the forums for Spektrum you will find several threads about setting up the transmitters to work with RealFlight. Here are some of the better threads - http://ironcreek.net/dx6i/plane.php - http://www.knifeedge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19998
Thank You All!
Spetrum DX7
Not about a DX6, but I hooked up my DX7 and used it. Here's my observations. First, like a JR, it needs to be powered off when you plug in the cable (the unit that's powered off is the trainer's unit, the one powered on is the teachers unit, and you want it to act like it's the trainer's). If you want to be able to use anything other than just the normal flight controls, like flaps or smoke or langing gear, then don't use either of the P-Link modes in the trainer selection screen, use normal mode instead (or you can leave trainer mode turned off entirely, when you plug in a trainer cable with the power switch turned off, my controller automatically goes into trainer mode as the slave).
I would highly recommend that you set up one model in your controller solely for the purpose of interacting with RealFlight. Here's why. If you use a model memory slot that is also used to control a real plane, and you have adjusted the end points of your servos for that model, then when you calibrate the controller in real flight, the channels that don't have a stick to them (gear, flaps, and aux2 in my case) will *not* get calibrated correctly. For example, if you have set the end point on your elevator servo to be 125% of normal, then after calibration, RealFlight will think your gear flap is at 80% when activated, not 100%. I can't be sure, but I think RF assumes that when one channel goes up to some high servo activation level, that the highest one it sees during calibration is the max output for all the non-stick based channels. So, in the model memory that I set aside for controlling Real Flight, I made sure that all my sub trims were set to 0, all my travel adjustments were set to 100%, and all my dual rates/exponentials were set to provide at most no more than 100% servo travel (so high rate goes from nothing to 100%, low rate goes from nothing to 67% in my setup).
Once you have the model setup, turn the transmitter off, plug in the link cable from the interlink controller, and do the normal stuff the instructions say to calibrate the controller. The one tip I have here is that when you get to the screen in real flight where it tells you to move the sticks in several circles, also throw the switches for the 2 other channels. This seems to help them get calibrated more accurately, but that could just be my imagination.
Once that's done, if your DX6 is like my DX7, you aren't quite finished. The channels from my DX7 do not map to what RF thinks they should. So, I had to go into Controller->Channel Mapping and reset the mapping to get things to work. Here's what I used:
Channel 1 -> no Reverse -> Channel 3 - Throttle
Channel 2 -> Reverse -> Channel 1 - Roll
Channel 3 -> no Reverse -> Channel 2 - Pitch
Channel 4 -> Reverse -> Channel 4 - Yaw
Channel 5 -> Reverse -> Channel 7 - Smoke (this is the channel I would guess you are most likely to not use having only a 6 channel transmitter, so you may have to move the items I have on channel 6 and 7 around to 5 and 6 in order to get things to work like you want)
Channel 6 -> Reverse -> Channel 6 - Knob
Channel 7 -> Reverse -> Channel 8 - 3-Pos. Switch
With that mapping, I can fly the P-51 Mustang and gear does gear, flaps does flaps, and aux2 does smoke. I set up the controller itself so that the dual rates on the controller is controlled by the elevator D/R switch so it would match the interlink's D/R switch location.
My only complaint with this setup is that it occasionally has little glitches in the control inputs. I don't know why the DX7 as a trainer has glitches, I assume it has something to do with the signals going over the trainer cable because in actual usage with a real plane my DX7 has been 100% glitch free.
Anyway, HTH.
Futaba SkySport 6A
Channel:.......Reversed:......Map to:
1.......................................Channel 1 - Roll
2...........................X...........Channel 2 - Pitch
3...........................X...........Channel 3 - Throttle
4.......................................Channel 4 - Yaw
5.......................................Channel 7 - Smoke
6.......................................Channel 6 - Knob
7.......................................Channel 5 - Dual Rates
Thank You All!
Futaba FP-T8UAP
To set up this radio, I Inhibited all mixing and set PMIX-1 to AIL -> AIL. I set up a blank aircraft (MDL-28) in my case and use Model 0. The mapping is as follows. Some controls are the knobs at the top instead of switches, but works great.
Channel:.......Reversed:......Map to:
1.......................................Channel 1 - Roll
2........................X.............Channel 2 - Pitch
3.......................................Channel 3 - Throttle
4.......................................Channel 4 - Yaw
5.......................................Channel 5 - Dual Rates
6.......................................Channel 6 - Knob
7.......................................Channel 7 - Smoke
8.......................................Channel 8 - 3-Pos. switch
9.......................................Channel 9 - Channel 9
Thank You All!
DX7 450 HELI <> RF Dominion 3D Flybarless
The DX7 is in trainer slave mode. Power off. My DX7 radio is setup and flys my Align Trex 450 SE at the field without any changes. Note: only channel 4 is reversed on the DX setup affecting the RF channel assignment reverse selection.
1) In RF in the aircraft file set the radio to "PASS THROUGH This PASS is needed to eliminate the 3 position switch input effect on the inputs from the radio that has it's own three modes, mixes, expos, and changing the pitch curves.
KE: This setting should be made available (temporary override aircraft setting) and evident at the Channel Mapping page. Selection of the radio does not do this automatically; incase users want to use a basic radio three position switch input to get the computer effect for modes from RF. This would make the setup more intutive and avoided others following my learning curve.
All modes, Exponentials and trim come from the DX7.
Performance expos are at 80% and 100% travels.
Soft hover expos are at 60% at 60 % travel. Tail control is always full 100% travel with no expo available.
Standard three flight modes
1) Pitch and throttle coupled in positive pitch up direction only so the motor slows to idle at a low pitches. This gives you smooth hover and off for landing but looses the momentum quick response security of the next modes throttle lock.
2) Upright performance mode throttle locked to a minimum of around half. Some negative pitch added for rolls but will only sustain upside down hover position.
3) 3D maximum: Throttle full up at top and at bottom and about half at center. The pitch is maximum negative at bottom, neutral at center and maximum positive at top of the throttle stick throw.
Channel Reverse Map To
*DX7 sends this reversed from my radio setup.
The head speed units RPM throttle control makes the fuel helicopter respond like the electric with direct current (instant torque) control that the electric gives.
My next objective is to modify this file or change RF models to one without RPM control. As my Vigor 60 or XL Pro II 60 does not yet have RPM control.
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JR 12x radio config for RealFlight
I do have one question about setting up the JR 12x radio.... How to "reset" the model back to the runway.
Sometimes, the model will reset if I hit the space bar on my computer, sometimes nothing will work and I have to bring up the "edit model" screen, then close it for the aircraft to reset on the runway.
Other than that, all channels and mixes are working great.
Oddly enough though, when I connect the 12x, Realflight thinks it's really the enhanced 8-channel controller.
Last edited by reyn3545; 08-14-2010 at 09:11 PM.
Hmm, sounds like you're bypasing the interlink with that "other" software.
The reset is either the RED BUTTON or the Spacebar. You cannot assign it to the JR.
I'm not running any other "software"... just plugged the 12x into the G3 controller with the adapter cord (I'm running the G5 upgrade, which still uses the G3 controller).
Sometimes, the space bar works, but most of the time, I have to bring up the airplane edit window, then close it. It;s not that big of a problem, you just move the mouse to the left of the screen and select the airplane, then "go fly", but I know that's not how it' supposed to work.
Hello All,
Anytime you run RealFlight, you must use the red reset button to "validate" the Interlink controller prior to using the space bar. It has to do with anti-piracy to ensure the Interlink is connected. I usually recommend selecting the Interlink first thing after starting the application. Reset once using the Interlink controller. Then the Interlink will be 'validated". From this point forward (until program close) you can use the space bar. Now you can select the field radio and use it.
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G5.5 update and JR 12x
I bought the "upgrade" to G5, and recently ran the update to get to 5.5
When I connect my JR 12X radio to the original Realflight G3 controller, the software recognizes it as an "Interlink transmitter 8 channel".
No matter how I try to recognize the radio, pushing the reset on the G3 controller, pressing the space bar, etc.. it will not use the 12x radio.
If I start off with the G3, then swap over to the 12x before takoff, the heli will just throttle down and sit on the ground. I can see stick movements, but no throttle. Also, I cannot calibrate or assign channels.
This seemed to work under G5, but isn't working on G5.5.
We are aware of this and are looking into it. please be patient as we are out of the office for the holidays.
Chris McVey
A admin has already responded.
I can't see just plugging your 12x in and have it work right off the bat. (No configuring at all).
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Super hippies! Everybody knows I'm generally a fan of teen heroes as a rule, but I applaud that the Fourth World doesn't just have the boilerplate young good guys, but beatniks who have stayed true to that attitude for going on 30 years or so now. It's such a great mix of kooky personalities too, with the expected true blue hero in Mark Moonrider and pretty girl in Beautiful Dreamer, but then a mellower big dude than usual with Big Bear, a brain with an edge with Vykin and then Serifan, who is a cowboy. They also predate the Planeteers, who stole their Infinity-Man gimmick with Captain Planet.
A scary old lady who runs Apokolips' torture camps and who can be played for laughs or taken deathly serious. Even though the visual and the demeanor of Granny Goodness are ridiculous, everybody outside of Darkseid himself is still terrified of her. She's an inspired bit of eccentricity from Kirby, who took the archetype that made the least sense in the given role and then dialed it to eleven. She was a ridiculous caricature voiced by Ed Asner on Justice League and an eerie old crone on Smallville and both interpretations had equal validity—versatility.
At first glance, Big Barda is such a weird study in contrasts. Her name, her attire and her ferocity as a warrior paint her as one type of character; her physical beauty beneath all that armor—I love that moment in the original Mister Miracle series where she takes off her headdress and Oberon is blown away—as well as her deep feelings for and heartfelt romance with Scott Free paint a different picture. I dig that Barda is a beyond strong female character who kicks major ass and can still have a tender side without sacrificing any of the things that make her so. In a lot of ways, I like Barda better than Wonder Woman as she is a similar figure who possesses a confidence in where she stands and what she fights for I feel Diana has struggled to maintain from era to era. Barda was—and could be again—a fantastic member of the Justice League as she had the respect of everybody, male and female, but the affection of only those who took the time to get to know her, and she was fine with whatever because, again, she knows where she stands, and that's what counts.
How can you not love Darkseid? To start, he looks like an utter bad ass despite the fact he basically wears a skirt. More than that, he is very much a bad guy, but not so much a villain, as his motivation goes far beyond greed, conquest or even simply wanting to do wrong—though all those things play a role—and goes into a unique realm of not wanting, but needing fill the void existence has left him with power, domination and knowledge. I think deep down Darkseid knows nothing he does and no achievement he notches will truly satisfy him, but he loves the quest perhaps more than he could ever love the goal. Darkseid has endured more than any other Fourth World character because he has a weight to him that carries with him wherever he goes. He seems to be that rare character that cannot be tainted by a bad story or weak concept; Darkseid still seems like the ultimate threat every time he shows up no matter how he was previously dispatched. Heck, when Darkseid showed up in Young Justice surrounded by parody there was still a tangible element of danger. He's the embodiment of evil and you're damn sure you never want to see him win, but you can't help but be transfixed by whatever he's up to.
Scott Free has a great look; he's the epitome Jack Kirby's knack for taking a design that should by all accounts be too busy, but pulls together disparate elements and colors to work in unexpected harmony. He's got the totally unique and neat "super power" of being the greatest escape artist anywhere and his adventures are more akin to puzzles than slugfests, which makes for a nice change of pace. He's set apart even more by being one of those happily married super heroes who demonstrates a guy can be in a healthy, committed relationship and still also pull off the role of charming swashbuckler. Above and beyond all that, though, what I love most about Mister Miracle is that he is the embodiment of taking whatever life throws at you and making the best of it to the extreme. The Pact that sits at the core of the Fourth World concept in which Highfather exchanged his son—Scott—with Darkseid's son—Orion—utterly screwed this guy over, forcing the boy who should have been the heir apparent to paradise to basically reside in hell for doing nothing wrong and knowing his suffering maintained peace between two worlds. Rather than wallow in this miserable situation, Scott Free trains to escape it, and once he does, goes on to not only become a hero, but forgive the father who abandoned him and champion the world once lost to him. Mister Miracle's story is one of escaping despair and the prison of terrible circumstances to embrace freedom in every way, not just enjoying it but continuing to forever fight for it; great character all around.
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text: Catherine Borg is a visual artist using photography, video, installation and drawing to examine and reflect cultural narratives. Her work has been exhibited and screened nationally and internationally--venues include SFMOMA, MassMOCA, and the Contemporary Art Center Las Vegas (reviewed in Art in America) amongst others and realized through public art commissions for the Southern Nevada RTC, the City of Las Vegas and Scottsdale Public Art. She holds an MFA degree in Visual Arts from Rutgers University and a BA degree in Broadcasting from San Francisco State University and has received fellowships from the Nevada Arts Council, the MacDowell Colony and the Jentel Foundation. She currently lives and works in Baltimore, MD and is an Adjunct Professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and Stevenson University.


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It's time to update the crisis in Venezuela. The mass printing of bolivars has led to predictable hyperinflation in recent months. It's no surprise that President Maduro's government hasn't published any inflation or related data since December 2014, when the annual rate officially hit 68%.
But there are other ways to skin the proverbial cat. Venezuela-born and Miami-based financial analyst Miguel Octavio frequently travels to Caracas and always dines on a popular local favorite, arepas, at the same restaurant. The price he pays for arepas is always changing, providing key insight into general prices in the country. Since November, Octavio logged an increase from about 100 bolivars for an arepa with cheese in November 2014 to about 470 in July 2015, with the price more than doubling in the past 3 months. Because the trend is not stable, computing the current annual rate is an inexact science, but I'm estimating ~1000% based on the arepas. Conservative estimates are closer to 200%, which is no picnic. To put this into context, inflation is a problem in neighboring Uruguay and Brazil, but it's only 8.5% and 9.6% in these countries respectively.
The economic calamity is widespread. Barclays analysts give a 98% probability to Venezuela's default on its sovereign debt in the next 5 years. As a Bank of America economist put it, "People are literally getting rid of money faster than the government can print it."
This type of hyperinflation is a broad result of Venezuela's Marxist philosophy that demonizes and punishes free enterprise in favor of an arbitrary, inefficient central planning model. It is a direct result of the country's decision to print more currency. We're experiencing both of these evils in the US, although at a less tyrannical pace. While I don't expect the US to go the way of Venezuela anytime soon, the trend is in the same direction. It might be a generation away, but massive debt, unfunded liabilities, and constant pressure on liberty and free enterprise—the engine of the economy—foretell trouble down the road.
For more on the situation in Venezuela, see http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-venezuela-economists-improvise-to-track-economy-1439759978.


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About Jesse Scharff
I was built to be a criminal defense attorney. The opportunity to fight for the preservation of my clients rights under the law is an awesome privilege.
There was never any question in my mind as to which field of law I would practice. I knew I wanted to be a counselor and defender to those faced with criminal prosecution. Staring down government accusations of criminal wrongdoing is a frightening process for most people. Criminal defendants deserve to have an advocate who is sworn to champion their constitutional rights, and protect their liberty throughout the judicial process.
I was raised in a family that stressed the importance of service to those who didn't always have a recognized voice in the world. My parents were teachers, and my Grandmother retired as an instructor to children with special needs. She was the first person in my family to graduate from college, and her diploma and graduation photo are proudly on display in my office.
I received my trial training in one of the highest national crime centers in the country, as a Public Defender in Baltimore Maryland. It is a start that I am very proud to have experienced. I represented hundreds of clients during those four years, and did my best to provide them with as many options as possible as their cases progressed. I had dozens of bench trials, and conducted the defense of over 25 jury trials. Winning was important – it was a very important thing – but it wasn't always the only thing. I learned that my clients wanted an advocate that kept open a clear line of honest communication. It's this kind of interaction that over time, builds a solid foundation of trust. Trust is essential when clients are facing life changing decisions.
Whether it be a bond review, or a closing argument…I want my client's input. Criminal defendants have a lot on the line, and they deserve to be a part of the process. As a criminal defense lawyer in Raleigh, I bring a high level of expertise to a case, but certain decisions will ultimately rest with my client. For example, whether or not to testify, and whether or not to enter a plea or request a trial. My job is to open as many doors for my clients as possible, advise them of the best door to walk through – and when necessary…to go to battle to ensure their freedom.
I love being in private practice, I am proud to have founded the Scharff Law Firm in Raleigh. I focus on all areas of criminal defense including DWI charges, Domestic Violence, Drug Charges, and Theft Charges. I look forward to working diligently to defend clients in Raleigh and across the state of North Carolina.


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Last night, he had an office party with his colleagues, which later turned in to a personal party after his client's visit was over. I am really not sure if he drinks (have not seen him in this condition earlier) or someone among his colleagues played a prank with him. He is insisting that he stays away from drinks (read "Alcohol") and is teetotaler and that yesterday also he only took soft-drinks (no alcohol or hard drinks or beer etc.) but when he returned home (actually his friend dropped him home as he was not in a condition to drive) he was passed-out. The morning scene of my (our) bed was something like this:
The effect of drink was very obvious in night itself when he came back to the room at around 2 AM. I had to help him undress and take off his shoes etc. He was not completely conscious and was needing a support while standing or changing his clothes. The hangover was not over till 10:00 AM today. I have read online and seen in a few movies that strong coffee helps to get out of such hangover so I tried to wake him up, offered him Coffee twice but it did not help much. He is complaining about terrible headache and fast asleep once again after taking coffee.
He did not take anything…no breakfast.. no water.. absolutely nothing… just sleeping like Kumbhkaran ! It is around more than 12:00 PM now… half of the day has already gone. Is it normal? What should I do? Any suggestions or help guys? Does he need to see a doctor? I also don't know anything about hangover and Alcohols… so any advice would be appreciated… (quick home-remedies preferred).


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Re: Developer Mode - rewrite the /system/etc/hosts file write permission errortheartiszan Oct 9, 2016 5:01 AM (in response to tomn13)
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You can't. That is part of the protected system area that users cannot modify for security reasons. If you want to be able to change that, you would need to root your phone. Be careful as this process might cause the phone to be unusable and voids the warranty since you are changing system files.
Re: Developer Mode - rewrite the /system/etc/hosts file write permission errortomn13 Oct 9, 2016 8:28 PM (in response to theartiszan)
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@ theartiszan - thank you for your reply. If anyone has had success in rooting this phone and would like to share how it was done, please let me know. I've seen methods for other LGs, but not this one and I don't have that much time for experimentation. Thank you!


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I told you that Big Nephew and I were tasked with clearing pastures. It has been fun and a lot of work, but I dearly love working with him and he's becoming a pretty darn good dozer operator.
You may remember me telling you about that one time Brother buried Mom's Mule?
And we had to go a little over board to pull it out?
Well, this is the reason we were in the creek in the first place. During a flood this tree either fell in the creek or was washed down through our gap. Brother had the Mule in the creek trying to get this huge tree cut up and burned. He managed to get the branches and the root ball cut off.
You can see the root ball way in the back where the tree originally was. As you can see the tree has moved away from the root ball and Brother would like it out of the creek before it goes around the creek and takes out another gap.
We started by trying to hook on to the front and pulling, first with one chain, then with two to get the dozer out of the water. It didn't really matter, the tree just dug in and wouldn't move. So back he went to the other end to try pushing.
He had to back around it or he would just dig big ruts in the creek.
The pushing worked for a little bit and then back to the front to pull again.
He went until the dozer started digging in again.
So back around he went. Again.
This time he made good progress! We are out of the creek. Of course this is about the time the track on the one side decided to quit working. When he wanted to turn, it would not. When he wanted to go straight, it would turn him. But Big Nephew is not a quitter. He wanted to get this tree out of the creek.
He pushed at one end, then the middle, then the other end. Back and forth until it was finally up on the grass and high enough the water shouldn't get to it. We then had to park the dozer and got to clear the pasture the old fashion way. With our hands. Ok we cheated a little…
But we did use our hands!


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I found a few interesting infographics online throughout the week that I thought I'd share with you today. I love infographics because, well, it's a fun way to learn new stuff. These have to do with healthy eating because it's me, guys. Duh!
I like this one a lot because it helps determine a balance. If your going to eat a "fair" food, you can know how to balance it with a "best" food. See? Neato to the max!
This one helps you figure what to eat instead. If you're craving blank then you're body is telling you that it needs blank. I've never even thought of cravings that way. I don't know if this chart is entirely true, but I like the concept.
This one helps determine what a healthy portion size of certain foods is. Helpful to me! I eat WAY more than the correct portion of pasta…Yeeps!


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YOU have recently reported very fairly on Sidlesham Parish Council and parish meetings that have taken place about the future of Sidlesham Football Club and its clubhouse.
It appeared from remarks made by parishioners at the annual parish meeting that some do not fully understand the situation and I should be grateful if you would allow me, on behalf of the club, space to correct some false impressions.
I feel sure they arose from a circular from the Sidlesham Community Association distributed before the extraordinary parish meeting which you reported.
The circular contained three basic misunderstandings which clearly had inspired the calling of that meeting.
The circular said the parish council intended to grant a long lease at a 'peppercorn' rent.
Understandably many parishioners were opposed to this, but it was not true.
There was to be an agreement for a lease but that was conditional upon (a) the club getting a planning consent to refurbish the clubhouse they built and have occupied for about 40 years and (b) on the club obtaining funding for the work of about £100,000 and (c) on the council approving the plans.
At the end of a 25-year term the building would belong to the parish without costing it a penny. So in effect the parish would have received a rent equivalent to £4,000 a year. In addition the club agreed to maintain the whole ground which private contractors would charge substantially for.
The circular suggested the club would be taking over the whole ground for its own use. That was not true. The club has a legal contract to occupy the building and part of the ground but it intended to reduce that area.
The circular said the lease to the club would restrict the use of the rest of the ground by the parish. That was not true.
There is plenty of room on the ground for a community hall if that is wanted by the parish; at a meeting between the chairman of the SCA and the club, at which I was present, it was made plain to him that the club was, and still is, willing to co-operate with the SCA in carrying out such plans as long as the club's own legal rights were recognised.
To date the SCA has produced no such plans.
It is unfortunate that these misunderstandings seem to have become fixed in parishioners' minds.
I'm sure the committee of the SCA and those who called the extraordinary meeting are all honourable ladies and gentlemen who would not have deliberately tried to obtain their aims by misleading the public deliberately, so I conclude that they themselves did not fully comprehend either
the existing rights of the club or the council's intention.
I hope they and all parishioners will consider this letter carefully so that in future any deliberations can be conducted in full understanding of the facts and the issues.
If so we can all move forward amicably.
Tony Rowland
Hon. Sec. Sidlesham Football Club


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Know of interesting conceptualizations of 'technological determinism,'
both anthropologically and sociologically?
... let me know
... I think of social processes and information technologies as bumping up against each other, especially since the '50s -
they co-constitute each other
... yea for the '60s, and alternative thinking
Technology grows -
the 'determinism' word is problematic
(http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2011/04/mountain-zebras-conceptualizations-of.html - April 20, 2011)
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When you find a cave, it's natural to assume some combination of geological processes carved it out. But what if you're really standing in the burrow of an ancient giant with the digging skills of a gopher? That's the realization some scientists had when they stood in odd tunnels in southern Brazil. Rounded with smooth floors and claw marks along the wall, the caves may have been dug out by elephant-sized giant ground sloths or maybe a species of enormous armadillos, both now long extinct, Discover Magazine reports. Whatever the responsible critter, next time you're out adventuring underground, you might think twice about whose home you could be exploring.


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We hear about newness and freshness from Jesus in this week's Gospel. Fr. Dan Riley, OFM, shares a reflection about how God wants to come into wherever we are with newness and freshness. So happy new year! Happy new moment. Happy new start. May our hearts emerge from old or cold times into fresh beginnings. To learn more about Mt. Irenaeus Franciscan Retreat, visit www.mounti.com. Music, "Good Gets Better," by Cyprian Consiglio (used with permission). Recorded Jan. 25, 2013.


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Volatility defined
A statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security or market index. Volatility can either be measured by using the standard deviation or variance between returns from that same security or market index. Commonly, the higher the volatility, the riskier the security.
INVESTOPEDIA EXPLAINS 'VOLATILITY' In other words, volatility refers to the amount of uncertainty or risk about the size of changes in a security's value. A higher volatility means that a security's value can potentially be spread out over a larger range of values. This means that the price of the security can change dramatically over a short time period in either direction. A lower volatility means that a security's value does not fluctuate dramatically, but changes in value at a steady pace over a period of time.
One measure of the relative volatility of a particular stock to the market is its beta. A beta approximates the overall volatility of a security's returns against the returns of a relevant benchmark (usually the S&P 500 is used). For example, a stock with a beta value of 1.1 has historically moved 110% for every 100% move in the benchmark, based on price level. Conversely, a stock with a beta of .9 has historically moved 90% for every 100% move in the underlying index.
So lets give an example of volatility. If you went to a movie and you were watching a scary movie. Lets say its Friday the 13th with Jason and his hockey mask. In that theater everyone would be on edge. Suppose as you sit in that theater a man walks in with a hockey mask on and cranks up a chainsaw. You could easily predict that the theater would become highly volatile. People would be knocking each other over to get out of that theater. There would be a high level of volatility in that theater.
Well the market in some ways is like that theater. The investors hear the media talk and talk and talk on the news. They blow stories out of proportion and then one day something happens and boom the market gets volatile. Volatility can also creep in or it can come in slow. Volatility can be calculated and in fact it is one of the variables in the price of options.
How should you use volatility in trading?
Your trading system should have a way to measure volatility. It should help drive your position size. If the market has high volatility you will take less risk. If the market has low volatility then you will take more risks. A good trading system will use it to tell the trader how much to trade.
There is an index called the volatility index. It is used to calculate the volatility of the market. I suppose someone could say if that index is high I will not buy as much. If this index is low then I will buy more. A trader could do that but that would leave too much discretion to the trader.
Volatility for the new trader
As a new trader I risked way too much on every trade. I had good signals but I would lose too much on every trade. One reason that I lost too much is because I did not understand the value of a stop. The other is that I did not understand volatility. Volatility is very important.
Lets look at the following example:
Lets assume you buy AAPL @ 100 dollars. Lets also assume that the volatility is high. By high I mean it is moving 5% per day.
Lets also assume that you are only going to lose 2% on each trade.
Your account Value: $10,000
Stock Value: $100
Volatility: 5%
Safety Stop: 2%
Example 1
The max value that you will lose on a trade is what?
$10,000*2%= $200
How much should you buy?
Buy = Max Loss/Volatility = $200/5%= $4000
There are many formulas to calculate volatility this is just one example. You need to figure out what works for you.
Example 2
Now assume that the volatility is only 1%.
How much should you buy?
Buy = Max Loss/Volatility = $200/1%= $20,000
So in this example you would need a margin account. This is only an example of how volatility works this is not the formula that we use in our system. Our system calculates he volatility daily and makes calculations based on the formula that we put into the program.
Every trader needs to remember that volatility is very important in trading. It is not enough to have 10 stocks and always risk the same amount on each stock. Volatility makes it where all stocks are not equal. Volatility can make or break a trade. If you don't calculate volatility then you will get stopped out because you are risking too much, or you will not make any money because you are not risking enough.
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Troy Gentry's widow was determined to keep the spirit of her beloved husband alive.
The 50-year-old, who was half of the award-winning country music duo Montgomery Gentry, was killed hours before the band was set to hit the stage in 2017. The helicopter carrying Gentry crashed in a wooded area near the Flying W Airport in Medford, New Jersey.
People Magazine reported Friday that as Angie was attempting to absorb the horrifying news, one thought came to her mind: donating her husband's organs to those in need.
"If this is your time and God says, 'I'm taking you home today,' but other parts of you still work perfectly well that could help somebody else, why would you not donate them?" said the 52-year-old. "You don't throw something away that's perfect. It was something I felt Troy would have said: 'Do it.'"
While Angie was in a state a shock, she did reach out to New Jersey hospital officials from her Nashville home. Angie learned that while Gentry's organs weren't viable for a transplant because of his injuries, his bones, tissue and corneas were all worthy candidates.
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"I don't know why anybody wouldn't want to make a donation because what's it going to hurt?" said Angie, adding her sister is a kidney transplant recipient.
"And it's going to help somebody," she added.
But Angie wasn't done with her work. In 2018, she and the couple's close friends came up with an idea of a foundation honoring Gentry's legacy. The group formed the nonprofit Troy Gentry Foundation, which focuses on cancer research, military assistance and music education.
Montgomery Gentry was known for performing at military outposts in support of the troops and were advocators of music education. Angie also successfully battled breast cancer in 2015.
Last year, the foundation raised over $100,000 in a benefit golf tournament. On Wednesday, an all-star lineup featuring Blake Shelton, Rascal Flatts and Dierks Bentley performed at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House for a sold-out concert. Angie said she reached for her husband's phone directory and called the numbers he'd file away. First on the list was Shelton, 42.
"We were at the same management company back in the very beginning when they both had mullets and nobody knew who they were," she explained. "There was that tall, skinny Blake with that long, crazy hair. There's Troy, tall and skinny with that crazy-looking hair. Blake said, 'Sure, I'll do it. What do you need?' … Almost everybody said yes."
"Luke Bryan was filming 'American Idol,'" she said. "He goes, 'Angie, I'll do anything. I'll give you whatever you need, but I just can't be there.' And he was sick over it."
Keith Urban, who attended Gentry's funeral, was out of town and sent his regrets.
But the benefit concert went on and raised more than $300,000.
"I get so excited because it's a great thing we're doing," Angie explained. "And then sometimes it kicks you in the face about why it's happening, and that sets you back a little bit. You want to do great things. You want to keep the legacy and the memory alive, but you hate why you have to do it."
Angie added the foundation anticipates making the concert an annual event. She also looks forward to eventually meeting some of the people who received Gentry's bone and tissue donations. The Gift of Life Donor Program, the Philadelphia-based organization that managed the donation, facilitates meetings between donor families and recipients.
"It will be neat to just give them a hug and say I'm glad I could help," said Angie.
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|Q. What does one mean by 'Program Flow Control'? Why is it important?
|COBOL allows programmers to write computer programs in a systematic manner. You can divide and organize your programs into sections and paragraphs. Each section or paragraph is dedicated to perform a specific task or function. While writing a particular section or paragraph, you can focus and put all your energy, towards the task you want to perform, without bothering about the rest of the program.
When the control first enters into the Program, depending upon what task is to be performed, you accordingly just direct/transfer the control to the appropriate section or paragraph, jump to the relevant para. This idea is called Program Flow Control.
You have written the program, in a well-organised manner. If an error occurs in particular task/functionality, you only need to search and rectify the error in that section or paragraph corresponding to this functionality(You don't need to search the whole program).
|Q. How do you write SECTION's and PARAGRAPH's in COBOL?
|Just as DIVISION's start in Area A(Columns 8-11), Section names and Paragraph names should begin in Area A. Every Section name and paragraph name should end with a period.
Moreover, it is customary to follow a naming-convention for paragraph-names. Generally, the naming convention for COBOL Para's used by most programmers(in different shops) is to prefix the paragraph name with a number. For example, if your program has 2 paragraphs INDIA and CHINA, then name them as 0100-INDIA and 0200-CHINA. This way, it becomes easier to identify them.
Given below is simple example of a typical COBOL Program that is divided into two sections READ-FILE-SECTION and WRITE-FILE-SECTION, each of them containing one paragraph.
Think what if, you executed this COBOL Program. The starting point of the program is the PROCEDURE DIVISION. Each statement is executed by the computer one-by-one sequentially. It is terminated at STOP RUN. Thus, the output on the screen(SYSOUT Dataset) should be
|Q. What is PERFORM Statement used for? How does it control the program flow?
|One of the statements in COBOL, to control the flow of the program is PERFORM Statement. The PERFORM Statement basically transfers control(jumps) to the specified paragraph or section.
The general syntax of PERFORM Statement is :
PERFORM <procedure-name>
The procedure-name refers to the name of the paragraph or section that, you want jump to.
Consider the following COBOL Program, that consists of a 0100-MAIN-PARA and 0200-INDIA-PARA.
The starting point is PROCEDURE DIVISION.
1. The DISPLAY 'START OF PROGRAM' statement causes START OF PROGRAM to be displayed.
2. PERFORM 0200-INDIA-PARA causes transfers the control(jumps) to the 0200-INDIA-PARA. All the statements in this paragraph are executed one-by-one. DISPLAY 'INDIA' prints INDIA to the output. After the 0200-INDIA-PARA is complete, the control returns back to the point(0100-MAIN-PARA) from where it had left off.
3. The next statement DISPLAY 'END OF PROGRAM' causes END OF PROGRAM to be printed to the output. The program terminates at STOP RUN.
Upon running the above COBOL Program, you should get the following output -
The procedure to which the PERFORM statement transfers control, can be a 1 single para, or multi-paragraph procedure.
The general syntax to perform a multi-paragraph procedure is:
PERFORM paragraph-A THRU paragraph-Z
Suppose you have written a sequence of paragraphs : PARAGRAPH-A, PARAGRAPH-B, PARAGRAPH-C,...,upto PARAGRAPH-Z. The above PERFORM Statement transfers control(jumps) to the starting point – PARAGRAPH-A, then all the intermediate paragraphs B,C,D,...,Y between A to Z are also executed. Then, the last paragraph PARAGRAPH-Z is executed, before the control returns back to the point from where it had left off.
Upon running the above COBOL Program, you should get the following output -
The PERFORM statement can also be used to execute a complete SECTION consisting of several paragraphs.
Upon executing the above COBOL Code, you should get the following output -
|Q. Is it possible to execute a procedure repetitively over and over again? Can PERFORM statement be used to loop through a procedure?
|PERFORM Statement can be used to execute a procedure(set of paragraphs) 1 time, 2 times, 3 times, and so on.. repetitively. Performing the same task over and over again, can be done using PERFORM Statement.
When you write a PERFORM Statement to loop/repeat a task again and again, you need to specify, how many times you want to perform the task. Now, specifying how many times, you want to do something – once, twice,thrice, 5 times, 10 times... is sometimes difficult.
For example, assume that you want to read data from a file.
Read 1st record
Read 2nd record
Read 3rd record
Read last record
To Read a record is the task to be performed again and again. So, you can write a PERFORM Statement to do the task - READ a record, again and again till, you reach the end of the file(all the data-records have been read).
PERFORM as (i=1,2,3,..,??)
READ ith record
How many read's would you do? You don't know this upper-bound, as you don't know the exact no. of records in the file before-hand. Instead, you could type a boundary-condition, saying that, Stop reading when you reach End-of-file.
Thus, you can specify exactly how many no. of times to perform a loop, or you may specify a boundary(termination) condition.
1. To specify the no. of times, you want to perform a loop, you use TIMES option.
2. To specify a boundary(termination) condition for a loop, you use UNTIL option.
The general syntax for the PERFORM Statement used to do a task again and again many times is,
PERFORM <procedure-name> <n> TIMES
Upon executing the above COBOL Code, you should get the following output -
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