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Friday, 22 June 2012
Very Non Cooperative (really)
In both the previous exercises, I'd arrived at the conclusion that the easiest way to implement this was in terms of services - and relying on open protocols such as HTTP, SMTP, telnet etc (before you reach for your guns, the telnet thing was due to a requirement for dg200 terminal emulation- and I couldn't get a client which would run over ssh - so the telnet was encapsulated in SSL using stunnel). However this project is a bit different for various reasons - not least a very real concerns that the users will leave their computers on trains and park benches. While others in the office had previously come up with horribly complicated encryption schemes - this is a nightmare to support. So after a good deal of thought I realized I could solve a whole load of problems at one stroke by using a remote window / desktop protocol. VNC was the obvious choice due to the wide availability of clients. And I'd previously implemented lots of VNC servers on Linux and on MSWindows - it was always a no-brainer. I did have cunning plans for dealing with small screen real estate, keyboard-less devices etc - but best to start with little steps.
So I fired up synaptic on my PCLinuxOS desktop and installed TightVNC server and a client. Running the server from the command line, it works (but obviously no window manager, and the simple standalone VNC auth). So I set it ll up to run through xinetd (similar to this), re-configure kdm and xfs, fire up a client, enter my username and password - "the server has closed the connection". Check firewall - no problem. Check logs - nothing there. Double check my config changes - all OK. Just to make sure I do clean reboot. Still not working. Check the man page - what's happenned to all the X integration stuff? Gone! No xdm support!
Next I tried RealVNC direct from the RealVNC website - got a licence - read the docs....no more inetd support? WTF? The only logical reason I can think of for this is that they want to enforce their licence terms. Still, I could live with that for the POC - who knows, we might even end up paying for licences for the service - in return for support. But every time I connected to localhost, I got "user not recognised or password was blank". RealVNC do say on their website that this can be an issue on some versions of Linux - and the solution is to disable PAM authentication (a bit weird since they say elsewhere that it is not available in the 'free' version). So I updated the configs, restart the server, to no avail. Tried various tweaks and fettling. Checked the firewall. Nothing. Oh, and there's no 'uninstall' functionality - so had to reverse engineer the installation to clean it up.
Have I got dumber with old age or is this another case where a good product has turned into bloatware?
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Found the problem with tightvnc (actually lots of problems). First is that the man page for Xvnc has very little to do with version of Xvnc shipped - try 'Xvnc --help' to find out how it really works.ReplyDelete
Then there's xfs - the version that ships in PCLinuxOS has a startup config file in /etc/sysconfig/xfs which overrides *some* of the settings in /etc/X11/fs/config so even though I had configured the latter to listen on port 7100, the former was changing this to try to listen on port -1 (which obviously fails, though it still starts without logging anything.
So the authentication messages being reported in RealVNC were probably complete red herrings.
Another update - have since discovered noVnc - a HTML5 tightvnc client - runs in a browser - and works really well!ReplyDelete
It's not always a struggle :)


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Here are the 10 Reasons I need to re-read Moby Dick:
- One should probably do this at least once every three years, just as a general practice.
- I love this novel so much I painted a mural on my door, as discussed in this previous post.
- My tattoo of the future (I've been wafting on this for years) is inspired by Moby Dick, and I need some ideas for completing the design. I know that I am not the only one to want a Moby Dick tattoo- I have found a lot of them, some of which are on my Pinterest.
- I would like to revamp an old paper I wrote about the novel and send it off to a scholarly journal.
- I miss it.
- I want to paint another mural.
- I want to read it again after having a Masters and see how that changes my reading.
- It can be reviewed, lovingly, on the blog in one or multiple posts, thus contributing to the book reviews requested in one of my previous polls.
- I will probably be using it for tutoring soon- one of my students has shown an interest in reading it, which of course makes me very happy.
- There is really not a good reason I can come up with not to re-read it 🙂
I also found this really interesting blog of an artist who seems also very obsessed with Moby Dick, and makes artwork based on every page of the novel.
What do you think of Moby Dick? How many times have you read it, if any? If you have not read it, why not?
Happy Friday,
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- From beginning to end, this movie is a love letter to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise and its fans, ends with a live-action segment showing Turtles creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird (who are played by actors but voiced by Eastman and Laird themselves) circa 1984, as they take a break from creating the first issue of the franchise in order to take lunch, speaking about how satisfied they are with the comic book and how they hope it will sell. Not only does it bring the whole franchise full circle, making it the perfect ending to a movie that celebrates all the incarnations of the turtles, it's also a touching tribute to the franchise's creators.
- Not only that, they decide to go for some... pizza.
- The 2003 and 1987 turtles part ways and trade each other's catchphrases as a sign of respect.1987 Turtles: It's Ninja Time!2003 Turtles: Turtle Power!
- Related to above: Raph didn't admit it until they were gone, and, although he tried contradicting himself right afterward, the smile on his face told us otherwise.I'm gonna miss those fudgeballs...not.
- Earlier than either of that:2003 Leonardo: Today, we're more than just allies. We're brothers.
Splinter: Well done... my sons.
- In the same vein, there was one line from Splinter before the two teams really started getting used to one another. It was directed at the two Dons, but it would have the same effect with any of the counterpart pairs:
- And, in a sense, the Mirage-Turtles' final thoughts on their adaptations.Mirage Donatello: I'm gonna miss those wannabes.Mirage Michaelangelo: Yeah, I kinda dug the initials on the belt-buckles.Mirage Raphael: Huh. You would. I could go for a slice, though.Mirage Leonardo: There's that place on Bleecker.
- There was also the portrayal of 1987 Splinter. He escapes any of the Take Thats and is portrayed and treated with great respect and dignity.1987 Splinter: Please take this moment to nourish your body and soul, as you prepare for the challenge that lies ahead of you.
2003 Leonardo: Thank you... Master. My brothers and I have found your dimension to be, well, disorienting. But being here, seeing you feels right.
1987 Splinter: To me also, Leonardo. You four are welcome here always.
- Both Splinters are treated with great respect- the 2003 one gets angry when the 2003 turtles start picking on their 1987 counterparts. No matter which world, the Splinters don't see "Otherworldly Copies," They just see eight sons.


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Alright, so here goes.
Im into computers and such, so i know my way around them.
I just cant figure out whats going on wrong.
I did something really stupid with a new card i bought, i just wasnt thinking literally. My computer was on and i plugged the card in, From then on my computer has been having trouble restarting. As in i would hit the restart button, and maybe the bios or post would start up and maybe it wouldnt.Or i would spend about 10 minutes pressing the restart button until the computer loads up.
Then the board just stoped working.So i got a new one.
But now the computer wont load the bios or post at all, and i have another computer which motherboard works.
Theyre both socket 462 amds, so i bought new processors since my other ones stoped working too. I know its not the motherboard or the processors, atleast i dont think its the mobos. I just cant figure out whats going on. The post/bios just wont load, and ive tried resetting the cmos.
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Veritas Investments Ltd subsidiary The Better Bar Co Ltd has entered into a conditional agreement to buy the business & assets of Citizen Park from Kingsland Trading Co Ltd as a going concern, for $2.7 million plus stock (estimated to be $30,000).
Citizen Park is a gastro pub at 424 New North Rd, Kingsland, on the western fringe of Auckland's central city. Veritas chair Tim Cook said on Friday it was an established, profitable business with a good reputation in the community.
"Following refinance of the Veritas group earlier this year, the board & the management have been investigating potential opportunities to grow the group. Citizen Park is in a highly desirable location and represents a complementary acquisition for The Better Bar Co on a number of levels, from which we could drive synergies through our existing hospitality outlets, procurement base & supplier relationships. This is an exciting opportunity for the Veritas group."
Veritas will debt-fund the full purchase price from the acquisition & capital expenditure facility provided by Pacific Dawn Ltd, a subsidiary of Japanese financier Nomura Holdings Inc, which had consented to the proposed transaction.
Mr Cook said the acquisition remained conditional on Veritas shareholder approval by ordinary resolution, which would be sought at a special meeting in January. It's also conditional on landlord & key supplier consents, relevant permits & licences being obtained to ensure the day-to-day operation of the business, and key staff transferring their employment to The Better Bar Co.
A deposit of $270,000 will be payable when the transaction becomes unconditional (expected to be in late January), with the balance payable at completion. Subject to satisfaction of all conditions, Veritas expects completion in early- to mid-February.
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The second trip to China to setup more business activities. Also this year, a few days to explore more of Beijing and surroundings. Look the previous post of a year before CHINA – Beijing (2010.11.04 – 2010.11.11) to read about Tiananmen square and the Great Wall.
Day 1 – Arrival to Beijing
Arrival to Beijing in early afternoon. Some shopping at the Silk Market (dirt cheap) and some great Chinese food and off to bed.
Day 2- Exploring the Summer Palace
Started the day with a great breakfast at the Shangri-La Kerry Centre hotel. After taxi to the Summer Palace around 11AM, spend there walking until around 5PM. Explored the full sight, starting after entrance to the left around the lake. After that explored the mountain which was made out of the dirt that came from the lake. Great place!
Day 3 – Temple of Heaven and surroundings
Again a nice breakfast and off to temple of heaven, arrived there probably around 12PM. Took approximate a 4 hour walk there and after went to the Pearl Market across the street to check out to buy some pearls and gadgets. Also behind the pearl market is the Toy Market for dirt cheap toys for kids!
The Temple of Heaven is build back in 1420 for the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The temple was used at the winter solstice on the highest terrace of the alter (heaven, the others two being earth and humans). The big road only to be used by the Emperor himself mainly dressed in yellow colors. From the alter along the echo wall to the temple for good harvest.
Day 4, 5 & 6 – Business time in Beijing
Business, and more business!
Day 7 – Forbidden City
After a heavy night and long sleep spend the 1-4PM to explore the forbidden city. Weather was so-so, but great to see!
The palace of the Emperors of the Ming Dynasty (the Imperial Palace of the Qing dynasty lies in Shenyang). Home for the son of heaven, it runs from south to north one can see the hierarchy of the Chinese society.
Day 8 – Departure from Beijing
Early morning flight by KLM back to Amsterdam.


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Today I decided to do a circuit for my 43. I wanted to get some toning, cardio, plyo – basically some of everything in one quick round (well actually 43 rounds!). Looking at the circuit you might think it is no big deal – try a few!!!
The first 10 or so weren't terrible – but the last 10 were brutal!!! A tough 43 for sure!!!
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I think part of the challenge came from the fact that I kept going from floor moves to standing – constant up and down. It was a good workout for sure!!!
I'm not sure what is going on with Phil the groundhog – I think he was a little off this year.
On a happy note – I finally figured out how to make a picture collage!!! Thanks to Lindsay at The Lean Green Bean for sharing her favorite 30 Apps for the iPhone the other day – I learned about Diptic!!
Even though my Grandmother is no longer here, today would be her birthday – Happy Birthday, Mema!! I miss you every day!!!
(My Mema never looked at the camera – only at the people in the picture with her!)
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The single cask series from Barbeito are some of the most extraordinary wines I've ever encountered. I still have one bottle left of the Cask 18a, which is one of the single best wines I've ever drunk. A good future would be one in which Barbeito released several more of these gems.
Honeyed brass.
Smoked hay dunked in toffee and pepper. Hot and somewhat steamy.
Orange peels roasted in a muscovado crust. Toffee and salted caramel, with cigar smoke and pipe leaf. The notes of most wines like this read the same, but they're not the same. This is juicy, piercing, intense and explosive, but rich and voluptuous all at the same time. I've never really considered dessert island wines before, but one of these casks would surely be one of them. Incredible stuff.
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COLUMBUS—As part of its 10-project aspirational building program, Columbus Metropolitan Library's (CML's) new Parsons Branch opened June 4, 2016 and the transformed Main Library opened June 25, 2016. Now, more than a year later, CML would like to share some numbers:
Since reopening, the transformed Main Library has had:
- Nearly 770,000 visits (around 2,100 a day)
- More than 450,000 items circulate (around 1,230 a day)
- More than 165,000 computer sessions (around 450 a day)
Since opening, the new Parsons Branch has had:
- Nearly 200,000 visits (around 500 a day)
- Nearly 130,000 items circulate (around 350 a day)
- More than 90,000 computer sessions (around 250 a day)
Both projects are part of CML's 10-project aspirational building program:
- The new Driving Park Branch opened July 12, 2014
- The new Whitehall Branch opened April 11, 2015
- The new Parsons Branch opened June 4, 2016
- The transformed Main Library opened June 25, 2016
- The new Northern Lights Branch opened Sept. 24, 2016
- The new Shepard Branch opened Oct. 13, 2016
- The new Northside Branch opened June 22, 2017
- Planning is underway for a new Martin Luther King Branch
- Planning is underway for a new Hilliard Branch
- Planning is underway for a new Dublin Branch
CML hopes to have all 10 projects completed by 2020. CML understands that great libraries create stronger communities, and each branch is an essential hub that reflects the unique needs of the neighborhood it serves. Some of CML's 23 locations are 40 to 50 years old and inadequate to meet the demands of a growing 21st century community. Demands and expectations will continue to grow, along with the population of Franklin County.
CML's aspirational building program is the result of a community-wide process that will continue to serve the needs of Franklin County well into the future. The plan is a multi-phased comprehensive blueprint that reinvents and revitalizes the entire 600,000 square feet maintained by the library.
In addition to being a vital community asset, Columbus Metropolitan Library strives to minimize its environmental footprint. With each new building or renovation project, CML plans to use sustainable building materials, incorporate glass for natural light to reduce energy costs and introduce other design and building elements friendly to the natural environment.
Phase one of CML's aspirational building program is transforming and significantly upgrading seven urban branches (Driving Park, Whitehall, Parsons, Martin Luther King, Northside, Northern Lights, Shepard) and two suburban branches (Hilliard and Dublin). In addition, changes to Main Library represent a major investment in downtown Columbus and the Discovery District.
Visit columbuslibrary.org for more information and to track progress of CML's ambitious building program.
Columbus Metropolitan Library has served the people of Franklin County, Ohio since 1873. With its Main Library and 22 branches, CML is well known for signature services and programs like Homework Help, Reading Buddies, Summer Reading Club and Ready for Kindergarten. The library's Strategic Plan supports the vision of "a thriving community where wisdom prevails," which positions CML to respond to areas of urgent need: kids unprepared for kindergarten, third grade reading proficiency, high school graduation, college readiness and employment resources.
CML was named a 2011 National Medal Winner by the Institute for Museum and Library Services for work in community service, the highest honor for libraries and museums. Columbus Metropolitan Library has been rated a 5-Star Library by Library Journal for seven of the eight years the magazine has published its industry ratings.


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in the PKGBUILD.
I assume here that gimpshop can be used as a replacement for gimp (all packages depending on gimp will work with gimpshop too).
It it works, put a comment on gimpshop' page (in AUR).
how do I install the gimp-refocus package for gimpshop?
when I do a pacman -S gimp-refocus I get the following warning:
:: gimp conflicts with gimpshop. Remove gimpshop? [Y/n]
Can I make this package work with gimpshop?


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- Share arrival time: Tap on the estimated time of arrival to share it with your contacts using the messaging app of your choice.
- Avoid Part of your Route: In the Current Route menu, you can select a specific section of your route to avoid.
- Avoid a Roadblock: Select Avoid Blocked Road in the Current Route menu to find an alternative route, or tap the current location symbol.
- MyDrive: Sync your favourite places so they are accessible across all of your TomTom navigation devices.
- Optimised for iPhone X.
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Patient Simulators
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I'm astounded by this place. I know it's not a monument as such, but by The Lord Harry it's a remarkable spot. No wonder it was chosen for cup and ring stuff. It has a sense of place that just oozes from the rocks, from the soil, from the vegetation, from the gaps in between the rocks even.
The re-working done by the modern folk hasn't detracted anything from the
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. If anything it's just added to it.
I had originally planned to visit after dark, but was advised by a wise fella that this might be a good way to injure myself. Having seen the holes in the ground and the precipitous drops, grasping brambles and slidey mud bits, I can now see why. Having said that, I'm going back after dark at some point. It would be rude not to.
The cup and ring marks are faint, and the quarrying evident all over the place does make you wonder what may have been lost (despite what I wrote there about the genius loci). The main ones are on the SW side of the outcrop, below the carved armchair. If you take the path up from the pub, this puts them at the other end of the outcrop, past the carved steps leading to the armchair, and down to your left as you're looking at the chair. A nice unique little motif with flower petal things, iirc, the boulder with the smaller concentric motifs is just below this.
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Now that you know more or less what following a spiritual path means, it is time to learn some of the universal language of spirituality.
You have become aware of who you are, and you notice things which you have taken for granted in your daily life.
Being spiritual is no longer just a curiosity. You have discovered that there is a higher truth of which things like crystals, candles and psychic readings are only part.
This is the time to learn more about what some words (such as chakras, discernment, synchronicity, numerology) mean, and how you can improve your life and lifestyle to fit in with your spiritual awareness.
Get ready for a fascinating journey into the Universe, where you will discover what you have never been aware of, or what you have taken for granted.
These are the topics that will be covered in the course Learning the Universal Language:
Date to Be Announced: Universal Law
Date to Be Announced: Focused Healing
Date to Be Announced: The Quantum Language of the Universe
Date to Be Announced: The Messages in Repetitive Patterns
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Date to Be Announced: Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
Date to Be Announced: Working with Angels
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You may want to first get a solid foundation before moving into these more complex topics. Click on this link to find out more about the foundation course I Want to Know About Spirituality …
There will be a final series of workshops (Using the Universal Language) for people who want to learn about psychic skills, energy medicine,tarot, applying quantum physics and exploring their own intuitive gifts.
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Amy Ellis will introduce us to the uses of various essential oils to enhance the meditation experience.
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"Hi, My name is Amy and I have been using essential oils since I was 13yrs old for emotional and physical health, personal care and pure pleasure.
During this talk I will introduce around 12 essential oils that have been used historically and are still used today to assist mindfulness and deepen meditation practices.
I will introduce the plant, describe the aroma and its effect, share historical evidence of its use and talk about how you might like to use it now safely and effectively."
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The show covers a range of topics related to the creation process, from becoming aware of your destiny, through shaping your thoughts and actions, to learning the wisdom from your experiences and practising forgiveness.
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Flowers bring us so much more than just their magical beauty and intoxicating scent. Hidden within the unique design of every flower is a sacred and secret language along with ancient healing wisdom that the world is now waking up to. Ancient cultures understood and revered the power of flowers. In the face of modern science, many of the ancient ways with flowers have been side lined and labelled as fantasy.
Shelley Sishton has researched and worked with the wisdom of flowers for 25 years, mainly in the form of flower essences. She has also set up her own flower farm growing the wisdom of British flowers from seed. Shelley will talk about the history of flower wisdom, the hidden geometry of flowers, and introduce the library of healing wisdom stored in flowers - and all of nature. She will also explain what an essence is, and how this ancient form of soul medicine – rediscovered by Dr Edward Bach in the 1920's – is now becoming more widely understood as a powerful and appropriate medicine for our world today.
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After my recent DNA activation to 144 strands my insides feel like someone keeps hitting them with a tuning fork.
What can I do to feel better again?
I have read and learned so much on my spiritual journey and it really has changed me for the better. My problem is that I can now see how other people struggle and I want to help them get out of their comfort zone and have the same breakthroughs I had.
At the moment all I can do is share my intellectual knowledge with people but that seems to confuse more than to helps them. As a result, people move away from me when I only want to help them.
How do I become a real teacher without putting people off?
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We want to explain in the simplest terms how DNA works.
You already understand that you live a blueprint that was determined before your birth. How do you know to live the blueprint or what the blueprint is? The knowledge is not in your body. It is also not in your mind. The knowledge is in your spirit, and therefore outside of the world that you live in.
This means that even the most spiritually unaware person has a spiritual awareness, otherwise they would not be on this earth and in their bodies. Of course this means that there are degrees of spiritual awareness.
What is clear is that the blueprints of people vary, but every single person has a blueprint and they access that blueprint all the time.
Does that mean that a person
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Today we want to talk about the timing of healing. Of course this topic brings us straight to the nature of time. As you know, time is a man-made concept. This gives an indication of the power that people have - they create time and they keep time consistent, and have been doing this for millennia.
The same people who keep time and create time every single day for many seasons in a row, are the people who would happily sit back and place the onus for all creation on God. They would create their own misery and not take responsibility for it at all, but rather blame God for what they have done.
Remember, God only creates that which is beyond time and space. People then distil from God's creation and add their own details, and they fall back on their indoctrination to pass the credit as well as the blame for the creation of their own making on to God.
Nothing has done more damage on this earth than the myths around creation. The earth could be a real paradise if
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3. Internal 4G memory, store thousands of high definition pictures
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10. Video format: MPG, AVI, RMVB, MOV, MP4 etc
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February 21, 2009
Cool Pixel Bender experiments, resources
- The always inventive Mario Klingemann has created a pair of interesting pieces:
- Feedback couples motion tracking with a Web cam + Pixel Bender. He's uploaded a set of screenshots created with the app. (It makes me look like a bad hallucination out of Natural Born Killers.)
- Passing By is a "meditative piece which uses copyright-free images from the Flickr Commons project to generate a never-repeating illusion."
- Lee Felarca does on-the-fly green-screening with your Web cam.
- The new Pixel Bender Explorer AIR app that demonstrates how to apply PB animations & effects to your JavaScript-based AIR applications. [Via]
- Pixel Bender engineering manager Kevin Goldsmith rounds up some great instructional videos on Adobe TV.
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Getting out of debt has been a project we've been working on for a couple of years. When I was in college and getting ready for marriage, I realized I wanted to get my credit cards paid off. I focused my attention on earning a bit more and putting it towards the credit cards . I was determined to get married without having a huge amount of credit card debt over my head. I was happy to accomplish my goal, but there was still more debt to conquer.
Working Together to Reduce Debt
After I got married, my husband and I had a plan to pay off the car loan faster. We worked at it and were proud to finish that. Now we're shopping for a reliable used car for our family and paying cash for it.
Our next debt to tackle is the student loan we consolidated a bit ago. Though the interest rate is low, we really want to improve our monthly cash flow in the long run. This year we're making regular payments and whatever extra money we make online to reduce the loan further. We're also sending in a bit of our tax refund to knock it down even more.
Debt Reduction in 3 Steps
If you're looking at reducing your debt in 2012, here are a few steps you can take:
- Learn the Exact Amount of Your Debt – Some people think that this goes without saying, but many times people who are deep in debt, don't know this number. Gather all your statements and add up the total to see how much debt you need to eliminate.
- Set Up a Payment Plan You Can Keep – If you can be gazelle intense until the last cent is paid, then please do so. It's the quickest way out of debt. If you can't, then adjust your spending to a point where you can build a debt snowball and sustain it until the debt is paid off.
- Find Ways to Reward Your Achievements – As humans we all need incentives to do something. For some people seeing the numbers go down on their debt is motivation enough to continue. For others, though, you have to create a frugal reward system as you pay down each of your debts. You might want to throw a party at your house (provided you cook the meals or have a potluck) after paying back your family member or friend that money you owed her for a bit. You could also buy a video game (single game; used) when you finish paying off that store card.
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A man named Pilgrim discovers a book, and the more he reads it, the more he is convicted of sin and judgment and a burden begins to develop on his back. Obsessed with discovering the truth and escaping his town, the City of Destruction, Pilgrim ventures outside the forbidden borders and begins his journey to find a Celestial City ruled by a good and noble King, meeting friends and foes along the way.
Bruce Marchiano stars in this dramatic production which helps viewers discover what may have happened during the miraculous journey on the Road to Emmaus.
The book of Revelation takes us to the very heart of all history, the heart of the universe itself where we find the LORD Jesus Christ sharing the throne with His Father, surrounded by the Holy Spirit. At the center of reality, behind all the apparent confusion and chaos of this passing age, the Living God rules through Jesus, the Lamb and Lion of God. Jesus and His Bride, the Church, are seated in heaven far above all the powers of this age, as we wait for that day of judgment and new creation.
The Book of Genesis is the book of beginnings. It sets the scene for everything in the whole Bible. In this book we learn about the creation of everything, the visible and the invisible. We discover how the universe was created. Genesis also teaches us where evil came from, explains the presence of pain, suffering and death in the world, and clearly reveals the solutions to these problems. NOTE: Printed guides are no longer available for this title. Download a PDF of the guide below under "Resources."
In the book of I Peter, the apostle Peter encourages suffering and persecuted Christians to remain loyal to Christ. He calls us to live holy lives, looking to Christ as our example. Jesus has shown the pattern of suffering first, then glory later. Therefore we can endure trials now because our eyes are fixed on our future hope. Peter explains how believers should live during difficult times and outlines the right attitude to have about persecution.
II Timothy is possibly the very last letter that the great apostle Paul ever wrote. We come to the end of the thrilling life of a man who had served Jesus with all his heart, mind, soul and strength. It is clear that this letter was written when Paul was a prisoner. What would be his final instruction to the Church?
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Film title: Refuge from the Storm
Released: 2012-04-05
Language: English, Spanish
Plot: A True-life story of the complete deliverance from life's battles. Linda (Kristen Quintrall) the daughter of a wealthy family is left broken by spiritual forces beyond her control. While working at a night club, Linda meets Steve ('Michael Madsen' ), an aspiring writer, Steve, who in his search for the "Meaning of Life", gets pulled into a world of drugs and spiritual darkness propagated by Katrine ('Jane Santos' ), the nightclub owner. Linda begins to see beyond Katrine's world, with the knowledge she receives from a total stranger. With a fearless attitude she conquers the darkness in her own life, and unknowingly changes the course of many lives along the way. A fearless spiritual awakening that shows forth the goodness of God in a dark and perverse world.
Refuge from the Storm Cast & Crew
Michael Madsen
as Steve Grecco
Kristen Quintrall
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Jane Santos
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Aaron Massey
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Christian Madsen
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Angie Jerez
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Ryan Davis
as Ted
Marie Andersen
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Ellie Barrett
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Paul Kaitson
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Alicia Tulles
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Ericka Zepeda
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Andra Jacques
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Deadpool is arguably the big surprise film hit of 2016, but the sequel already seems to be in trouble. Director Tim Miller dropped out last month over rumoured creative differences with Ryan Reynolds, and now composer Junxie XL has announced he won't be returning for the sequel too. Still, we can all take solace in the news that fan-favourite Domino is joining Deadpool for the sequel – here's why it's so exciting.
Who exactly is Domino and what can she actually do?
Domino aka Neena Thurman is a mutant who made her Marvel comics debut in March 1992. Broadly-speaking, she possesses the ability to bend luck to her will, meaning she always had an edge when squaring up to an adversary. She started out as a mercenary but is now a member of the X-Men and uses her awesome athletic abilities and formidable skills as a markswoman for good. She's also known for having a sharp and witty sense of humour, which will obviously come in useful in a Deadpool movie.
Who's going to be playing her?
Domino has yet to be cast officially, but recent rumours suggest at least 10 actresses have tested for the role. These include Sienna Miller, Lizzy Caplan, Orange Is The New Black's Ruby Rose, Kingsman's Sofia Boutella and Black Mirror's Mackenzie Davis. Also believed in the running, apparently, are Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World's Marry Elizabeth Winstead, new Baywatch actress Kelly Rohrbach, Spectre's Stephanie Sigman and rising star Sylvia Hoeks.
Why is her role in the sequel A Good Thing?
The original Deadpool movie had a pair of badass female characters – Gina Carano's Angel Dust and Brianna Hildebrand's Negasonic Teenage Warhead. Morena Baccarin's Vanessa was no two-dimensional love interest type either; in one especially subversive scene, we see her penetrating Reynolds' title character with a strap-on. But Deadpool's occasional sexist one-liners still raised eyebrows, and rightly so, which leaves Domino well-positioned to make amends. After all, who better to call out Deadpool's dodgy jokes than a strong female character who can give as good as she gets?


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Peter Weir is a director who does not, to put it mildly, knock out one movie after another. His last, "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World," came out seven years ago. After a series of collapsed projects, he's finally come through with "The Way Back," about a long trek by gulag prisoners to freedom. No doubt the subject hit home with him.
The film is based on a 1956 memoir by Polish soldier Slavomir Rawicz, "The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom," that was subsequently, at least in part, discredited. (He was indeed forced-marched by the Russians to a Siberian gulag but he didn't escape, he was amnestied.)
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Nevertheless, the film's core idea, that some people will do anything to survive even the harshest conditions, has a primal pull. This is an "inspired by" movie and is best approached in that spirit – i.e., don't hold the filmmakers accountable, folks.
It opens in 1940 in Russia-occupied Poland with the sentencing of Janusz (Jim Sturgess), a Polish soldier who has been denounced on trumped-up espionage charges by his wife and sentenced to a Siberian labor camp. Janusz recognizes that his wife was likely tortured and his prime reason for escaping the gulag is to work his way back to her to forgive her.
The early sequences in the gulag are so hard-bitten and harrowing that the escape by Janusz and six other prisoners represents a liberation for us as well. Weir and co-writer Keith Clarke don't fill out these opening scenes with a lot of hokey Hollywood theatrics. Despite the presence of some well-known actors – including Ed Harris playing an American laborer who fled Depression-era America for work in Russia and Colin Farrell as a Russian mobster – a semidocumentary harshness hangs over these early scenes.
Because the climate is so killing, the gulag is not overwhelmingly well guarded. It doesn't need to be. The prisoners escape knowing full well that the elements will probably do them in faster than any guns or dogs. And so begins a 4,000-mile slog spanning four seasons through the frozen forests of Siberia, the plains of Mongolia, across the Great Wall of China and the Gobi Desert to Tibet, and, finally, the snowcapped Himalayas. It's a survivalist travelogue, and Weir, a detail freak, makes certain we experience every inch of the journey by offering up choice close-ups of blistering and bloody feet, hands, scorched skin, and pustules.
Weir's emphasis on the hypothermic rigors of the trek, the starvation, the dehydration, is, at least for a while, welcome in a genre that often skimps on the real stuff. But the downside is that the detailing takes over the movie. The characterizations of the people on this long slog – they are eventually joined by an orphaned Polish girl (Saoirse Ronan) – are far less delineated than their dermatological condition.
Another, more fundamental problem is that, once the prisoners escape, their only real antagonist is the weather. They are always hiding out for pursuers who never arrive. There's an absurdist, Beckett-like aspect to all this, although I'm not sure this is what Weir was reaching for. More likely he was emphasizing the weather-as-antagonist scenario because he realized he didn't have any other options (although, since much of this material is made up anyway, why didn't he?). Once we leave the gulag, the bad guys are the sun, the earth, rocks, ice.
Weir has an epic imagination but, unlike, say David Lean, he doesn't fill out the epic vision with epic characters. The result is a film that seems simultaneously grand and skimpy. For all its faults, it's an honorable effort, though. I hope Weir doesn't wait seven more years for his next film. Grade: B (Rated PG-13 for violent content, depiction of physical hardships, a nude image, and brief strong language.)
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SparkFun Electronics Comments urn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f8249 2020-08-03T21:29:28-06:00 SparkFun Electronics pjkim on TOL-08699 - Hot-air Rework Replacement Element - Temp Controlled pjkim urn:uuid:376438f5-5499-d860-5619-0d6454d6015d 2011-06-15T21:02:14-06:00
I am interested in getting one of these but it would be helpful to know what the resistance of the heating element is. Looks like it can be driven at 100 to 200W but depending on the resistance this might be a 220V or 120V unit. The problem with running a 220V unit at 120V is that you only get 30% of the power output-- probably will be difficult to get it hot enough.
 Could you please quickly touch the wires with a multimeter?
 From the color of the thermocouple wires, it seems that it is probably a K type thermocouple-- per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermocouple
 and Sparkfun does cell a thermocouple amp.
 RobertEly on TOL-08699 - Hot-air Rework Replacement Element - Temp Controlled RobertEly urn:uuid:2d258c61-0929-0442-8694-af6f9429deaf 2011-02-03T00:58:45-07:00
Seconded. (thirdededed?)
 I would imagine starting at 12 volts to be safe, treat it like a big resistor. Once you get a measure of resistance you can figure out how much power to start with. What would be nice is to know the maximum operating temp, both at the tip, and of the coil its self. Then again this is asking a lot for a replacement part, we clearly have less conventional...purposes in mind.
 Chad, i know his is a late reply, but did you ever get this? and if so did you learn any thing about it?
 Chad Oliver on TOL-08699 - Hot-air Rework Replacement Element - Temp Controlled Chad Oliver urn:uuid:053bf34e-7747-f9ec-8163-44bf424da6d4 2010-07-16T06:15:06-06:00
Yeah, it would be really nice to know more about this element.
 I'm currently making a reflow soldering element, which involves a 240V PWM'd output (and also a 12V 20A pwm'd output, but this would only give 240W). Note that the base station is separate from the actual hot-plate element. It would be nice if I could just use this element and a tip to create a cheap add-on for the base station that would allow me to do Hot-air reworking.
 MrMark on TOL-08699 - Hot-air Rework Replacement Element - Temp Controlled MrMark urn:uuid:89c0ffaa-68af-fef7-de64-8cc19a1c5ede 2010-04-25T21:15:43-06:00
whats the operating voltage for the coil? whats the amp draw?


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Okay, so I have not yet taken up my last 45 days of my 90 Day reading plan yet, mainly because it seemed there were some jealousy issues over the devotion I had to it the first time around. I almost enjoyed it TOO much if that is possible. I'm not sure how to reconcile this issue, except that perhaps that is why God tells us to do our praying in a closet and keep it there. I was a little annoyed at this aspect of the program, but that's sometimes why small steps are better than "pushing hard" marathon projects. In any case, I'd like to finish if I can justify the time somewhere.
However, I need to be in the word right now, so I'm going to pick up and work on my meditation cards. I'll try to post a picture of how I've been doing that for about 15 years and how it works best for me and why, but for tonight, I'm just going to type out some responses to the scriptures I'm reading and see how that goes.


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Saturday, October 17, 2009
Worth vs. Value and a Can of Alien Worms
After the above brief exchange with a well-meaning friend, it took me a moment to get over the sharp twinge of annoyance, and then I went home wondering why I was so annoyed. After some serious thinking and taking the entire conversation apart, I've realised something quite simple:
I do not want to live my life by everyone else's comparisons.
As a person who's almost fanatical about keeping a distinct amount of privacy between myself and the outside world, this can sometimes be difficult. More so as a developing artist struggling to even be comfortable calling myself 'artist', and painfully aware of every shortcoming and screw up in my work.
As an emerging jewellery-maker and crafter, this issue of 'comparisons' is the biggest bugbear of my existence.
After all, it's about finding a voice and the right path – the little byway explored that produces a sudden 'click' in the head, like gears interlocking at last and you know somehow, against all instincts sometimes, that you've got to follow like Alice down the rabbit hole, or forever wonder.
I suppose everyone starts off trying to find their particular niche – comfort zone – call it whatever you like, but that particular state of being where there's a solid centre that feels right – by learning from other people's work. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, it's also a very good teacher. You learn technique and you learn elements of design (if you're wise and lucky, you might have gotten a good grounding in all this already in art school or something similar). You learn that no, you don't open jump rings with your fingers. You find out that you can't stand weaving 4-in-1 chainmaille because it doesn't click even after 72 hours of working on one measly length of bracelet, but Byzantine is a breeze.
You also figure out that what works for everyone else might not work for you. Or rather, it's a gradual process – wrap, twist, weave, knot and curse till your fingers turn raw, and then one day, all frustrations come to a head when you realise you'll never come up with anything original that has to do with wires, knots, or weaving, and you might as well just give up while you're behind.
So you turn to hammering things flat. And realise, guiltily, it's so much more instant gratification. It feels comfortable. Ahhh, but is that really –art- or is it just a cop-out? the brain whispers maliciously, it's obviously not as intricate as –real- wirework, the knots and wraps and so on. Come on admit it, you're a second-rate charlatan, you just can't stick the hard work.
Who wants to admit to being second-rate? You redouble your efforts and keep on trying to weave, trying to work the damned wire into proper shapes that go flawlessly when –other- people attempt it, but when you do, they mysteriously graduate into tangled chunks of unhappy matter that even birds wouldn't nest in. It's either you're a) slow b) stupid or c) just don't have the knack, and of the three alternatives, c) is the scariest of the lot. Because, you see, it's so easy for –everyone else-, something –must- be wrong with you since you can't do it.
'Why isn't your work symmetrical?' A friend laments, albeit half in jest one day. It takes me ten minutes to fully formulate a reply, and weeks after to brood on it to come up with what finally feels right as an answer. My personal answer anyway.
Symmetry is –boring-. At least, for me, it is. Now, there's definitely a time and place for it, like the Venetian necklace I struggled with for two weeks, and creating two similar pieces for a pair of earrings can occasionally be the most harrowing thing on earth. It requires a great deal of skill, but to me, it's still boring. I can do symmetry in my sleep.
Asymmetry however, that requires some serious thinking to balance out two halves of a whole, or three, for that matter. It challenges me. It makes me go, '…uh, no, that idea won't work, the thing looks schizophrenic.' Or, 'Hey! That fits…why I don't know but it fits and nothing else will do.' It forces me to step out of my comfort zone and go out on a limb.
(My old studio art teacher would be thrilled. He told me once that I was 'too safe', that I kept myself to such a tight symmetry that I was restricting myself. It took me a while to get over the bad grades and the angry hurt at my work being judged like that, but he was right – even though I still think there might have been a better way to break it to a tense, pugnacious 18 year old who was trying so, so hard it was almost brittle.)
Along the way, I've discovered also I like clean lines and simple designs – a friend calls it an 'industrial edge'. It only looks simple, I've found. You can't cover anything up with an overlay of wirework. It either is, or it isn't, and sanding down a circle for an hour over is not my favourite past time (or anyone's that I know, really). But it's got to be done, or it won't be obsessively, plainly, uncompromisingly –round-. It just won't look as good. There's a lot of love put into that one, stupid, easy little circle in Modern Sunset. To everyone else however, it's just a circle.
This is where the whole issue of 'worth' vs 'value' comes marching in. Intriciate has always been prized above the plain and simple. There's nothing wrong with this. By and large, it's merited since intricacy involves an amount of labour and skill that should be compensated accordingly. However, I find myself struggling with the mentality that intricate = mad skillz and simple = so easy it's not worth paying for.
Case in point: I sawed several shapes out of old CDs to prepare for a big project. Not intricate, no. Labour-intensive? Hell yes. Skill? Absolutely, it took several tries and one ruined CD to make the curves easier to negotiate so I didn't snap the sawblade. Simple? Well. The shape was. The process –leading- up to the simple shape looking as simple as it finally did involved an excrutiating amount of labour, skill and finesse. Try filing down a shape with needle files and sandpaper for an hour to get it perfect, drill a hole only to have the thing crack, re-cut and re-sand the whole damned thing again, then come tell me it's 'easy'.
So. What all this boils down to is this: I make jewellery, yes. It doesn't mean that just because I stick with stark and simple, I'm far less capable or that my work is worth far less than anyone else's gorgeous piece of wire-wrapping or silver-smithing. It doesn't mean that my work has to look like everyone else's, and it definitely doesn't mean that my artistic vision is similar to anyone else.
Well. Technically, in an ideal world, yes.
But in the meantime I'm still trying to work out where I fall in the grand spectrum of things. Because, given the society in which I live in, the company that sometimes comes around me and the perceptions of several millenia, I'm still never going to be considered Good Enough to be in the company of artists who do Actual Skilled Work.
I keep -telling- myself that I'm an artist. Now I just need a mental rework and several layers of thick skin to remember that I can't - and shouldn't - live by anyone else's comparisons.
Much less my own.
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- C.Deboda said...
Howdy stranger! Sorry for the late reply...took me a couple weeks to read through your novel of a post. ;) (jk) But yeah, I have trouble calling myself an "artist". It's like calling yourself a "genius" or something. (since they're pretty much the same thing, no?)
- Stacie said...
This really resonates...I have been off the grid for a few months...getting back into the groove again, but I had to deal with a lot of personal issues and sort out how I felt about being out there with my life and art...good to be back here...hope you are doing well!
- Kathleen Krucoff said...
This is a great post of your personal soul searching. I think an artist has been born from all of your hard work and she is emerging. You do know yourself, your style, and what you want to do.
I think a lot of times, well meaning friends don't intend to put you off with their comments about your work...they just don't realize that what they are saying has had the reverse affect of a possible compliment?
You definitely are on the right path. Stay true to yourself. You are an artist.
- Shuku said...
Chris: Hey! Yes, stranger, where HAVE you been, oh artist one whose work I drool over? :P But...I don't think 'genius' and 'artist' are the same thing in that sense. You, however, ARE an artist, I've seen your work and loved it so there. :P
Stacie: I am so glad to hear from you and to see that you're dong well! I've been thinking about you and I'm thrilled you're back on the grid. The post grew out of a greatly vast amount of frustration bottling up for months, till it just needed to get out of my system. I'm busy, but I'm all right for the most part! Lots of life changes but...that's life eh?
Kathleen: Thank you so much for the encouragement. And yes, I do agree...well-meaning friends are that. Well-meaning. It's taken me a while to actually quantify my reactions though, so maybe I learn slow! I'm indeed trying to stay true to myself - even if it does mean that my room currently looks like a drug lab from all that sanding down of acrylic I've done.


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