Working with LCD screens has never been easier. With the LCD backpack soldered to the back of a 16x2 or 20x4 liquid crystal display (LCD), you can program the screen to do many things, including display alpha number characters, blink cursor, clear the screen, scroll effect, and much more!
In this tutorial, we will show you how to send a few commands using an FTDI Serial to USB converter and your computer. This way we can keep programming out of it, and keep the tutorial simple. You can, however, easily use the backpack with any microcontroller of your choice. Once you understand the basic commands, you will be on your way to LCD bliss.
Software Download any Serial Communication Software of your choice (Putty, Hyper Terminal, etc). We will use X-CTU which has a great, built-in Assemble Packet command. You can download it free here.
Solder the backpack to the back of your LCD.
Give power, ground, and receiving (rx pin to the tx on the FTDI), to the backpack. The backpack is labeled. The male-to-male jumper wires will connect directly to the FTDI PCB.
Go ahead and connect the micro USB cable to the FTDI and the computer.
Open the software, click on the correct com port (not sure, visit device manager to make sure everything is working properly), update the baudrate to 9600, then click on the terminal tab.
Once inside the terminal area, you can begin typing your text. You will notice the text automatically displays on the LCD screen.
An example of one of the commands might be "clearing the screen". To clear the screen, you will need to assemble a packet.
You now have the assembly packet window open and have selected the Hex radio button. Now it's time to send your command. You will begin with and "FE", followed by the code you want to execute. For example "FE 01" followed by send.
Immediately, you will notice the command was executed. You can use this Assemble Packet window for any of the commands found in the User Manual. If you have any questions about this tutorial, don't hesitate to post a comment, shoot us an email, or post it in our forum!


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Remember that electric cigarettes are powerful drugs that act on the brain. Yes, an e-cigar can help you decrease your cigarette intake but in all honesty, of course, when there are advantages, there are also disadvantages with the product. If you take too much electric cigarettes, you'll not only revert to your nicotine addiction but you'll experience nicotine addiction as well. An excess of any drug that acts as a therapeutic replacement to an addiction is more toxic than the main substance.
In addition, if you want to quit smoking using electric cigarettes, you must make sure that you only use this tool to your program. You can't alternately use e-cigar then patch then gum because you'll have a nicotine overload. Nicotine overdose can lead to dizziness, palpitations of heartbeat, air hunger and anxiety.
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GIAP has been developing multidispliciplinary research lines (in bold) since 2004. Some of these lines have been developed through different individually funded projects (in italics) and have evolved into large framework programmes. Here we only include currently active projects (co-)directed by GIAP members (see below for projects in which GIAP members participate):
Mediterranean landscapes
TransLands. Transported Mediterranean landscapes: an integrated analysis of long-term land-use dynamics at both sides of the Mediterranean (2019-2021)
Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, PGC2018-093734-B-I00
TransMed. Transported Landscapes of Greek Mediterranean Colonisation (2019-2022)
European Research Area H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 839650
YARNSCAPE. Ecological Economies of Ancient Textiles (2020-2022)
Espais agraris i ocupació del territori a la plana de l'Empordà: arqueologia d'un paisatge cultural (2018-2021)
Projecte Quadrienal, Generalitat de Catalunya, CLT009/18/00097
Long time, no see: land reclamation and the cultural record of central-western plain of Thessaly (2014-2022)
Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP) Research Grants
Palaikastro, Phase IV (2012-2020)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the British School at Athens, INSTAP & private donors
Re-contextualising the Neolithisation of Greece: Establishing a reliable chronology of the Early Neolithic site Plateia Magoula, Prodromos, western Thessaly, central Greece (2017-2020)
Natural Environment Research Council, UK
The archaeology of mountain landscapes
Arqueologia dels paisatges culturals de muntanya a les capçaleres del Ter i del Segre (Ripollès-Cerdanya) (2018-2021)
Projecte Quadriennal, Generalitat de Catalunya, CLT009/18/00101
AI approaches to the detection, identification and mapping of archaeological sites and remains
TrackSherd. Towards an automated archaeological surface survey (2020-2023)
Beatriu de Pinós MSCA Co-fund project, 2018 BP 00208
DIASur. Prospección arqueológica inteligente sobre plataforma dron / Drone-based Intelligent Archaeological Survey (2020-2022)
Ayudas Fundación BBVA a Equipos de Investigación Científica
Automated machine learning applications in landscape archaeology (2020-2023)
Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, IJC2018-038319-I
Shedding light on the 'Dark' side of the Aegean
DarkRevisited. The Aegean 'Dark Ages' revisited: a novel approach to old debates on agricultural economy and food culture (2020-2023)
Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, PID2019-107605GB-I00
iShape3DSeed. Creating a novel, innovative toolkit for the identification of agricultural management regimes in the past using seed shape (2020-2022)
Archaeozoology of Caesarea Maritima: Animal Interactions in an Imperial Port City on the Mediterranean (2020-2021)
The Caesarea Maritima Project, New York University Tel-Aviv.
The Roman conquest of Tunisia: an archaeozoological approach (2019-2021)
Erasmus+, International Doctorate in Quaternary and Prehistory
Resilience, environmental adaptation and climate change in the Indus Civilisation
Holocene socio-environmental relationships in the Indus Valley (2020-2023)
Leverhulme Research Project Grant, RPG-2019-392
Landscape archaeology and local Cultural Heritage
L'Alt Congost entre l'Antiguitat Tardana i l'Alta Edat Mitjana: Recerca arqueològica, transferència de coneixement i proposta de socialització de resultats (2018-2021)
Projecte Quadriennal. Generalitat de Catalunya. CLT009/18/00096
Projects in which we collaborate
Methone (Pieria, Greece)
Direceted by Matthaios Bessios (ΚΖ΄ ΕΠΚΑ), Athena Athanasiadou (EAP) , Konstantinos Noulas (EAP), Prof. John Papadopoulos (UCLA) and Prof. Sarah Morris (UCLA).
Collaboration project between the Ephorate of Antiquities of Pieria (EAP) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Lefkandi (Euboea, Greece)
Directed by Prof. Irene Lemos (University of Oxford, UK) under the auspices of the British School at Athens
Knossos, Little Palace North (Crete, Greece)
Directed by Dr Eleni Hatzaki (University of Cincinnati, USA) under the auspices of the British School at Athens
Cova des Pas (Mallorca, Spain)
Directed by Dr Manuel Antonio Calvo Trias (Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain)
Ministerio, Proyecto I+D (HAR2015-67211-P)
Winter Rain, Summer Rain. Adaptation, Climate Change, Resilience and the Indus Civilisation, TwoRains (India/Pakistan)
Directed by Dr Cameron A. Petrie (University of Cambridge, UK)
ERC-CoG-2014 648609

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I've been making 2 dishes for as long as I can remember. Mujadara and Corn-Flake Crusted Chicken. If you're anything like me, a good recipe can really elevate your favorite dishes. I've made both of these dozens of times in the past, following recipes that I quickly read online. Both have always come out good but never just right. So last night I decided to finally follow an actual recipe and let me tell you… SCRUMPTIOUS!
Last night's menu may seem like an odd combination but it works out remarkably well for my family. My husband isn't a huge fan of Mujadara and prefers some sort of meat dish on the menu. That's why I added the chicken. It's a family favorite and tends to go well with anything. Some chicken requires a heavy sauce or gravy to make it palatable but this recipe is perfect on its own.
I love Corn-Flake Crusted Chicken. It gives you that delicious fried chicken flavor without all the calories. For the longest time I've made this dish, but I usually just smashed the corn flakes as opposed to processing them in the food processor. It's always been good, a real crowd pleaser, but this time I followed a better recipe from Ellie Kreiger and the taste was amazing. While I know this dish as Corn-Flake Crusted Chicken, Krieger, calls this dish Honey-Crisp Oven Fried Chicken. Same concept, just a different name. A slight variation in this recipe than the one that I am familiar with is she calls for brushing the chicken with honey before coating it with the corn-flake mixture. GENIUS! I didn't think a quick swipe or two of honey would make a difference, but it sure did! I only wish I could have marinated the chicken in buttermilk for 2-4 hours as suggested, but I didn't have the time. Instead I marinated them for about 20 minutes. If you're in a pinch for time, don't worry. The flavors were still great.
If you're in the USA, buttermilk is easy to get your hands on. However, you're not going to find buttermilk in China, so make it yourself by adding a tablespoon of white vinegar, then add enough milk to make it one cup. Give it a couple of stirs, wait 5 minutes and there you go… a usable substitute in a dish like this.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a baking sheet with olive oil spray.
Remove chicken from buttermilk, shaking off excess buttermilk from the chicken. Discard the remaining buttermilk. Brush each piece of chicken with honey, then dip in the corn flake crumbs, pressing hard so crumbs adhere to chicken. Spray a cookie sheet with olive oil spray and place coated chicken on sheet. Spray each piece lightly on top with olive oil spray. Bake until chicken is crisp and meat cooked through, 45-50 minutes.
It came out great! My some gave it a 10 out of 10 and declared it as the best chicken he's ever tasted. Sometime I think he sees himself as a judge on Chopped and has the right to critique my dishes to a fault.
Mujadara is probably a mystery to you. It's a vegetarian Lebanese dish made with lentils, rice or burghul, and onions. That's it. It's a really simple dish. In fact, our babysitter in Germany would eat a whole pot of this in one sitting. We got home from a night out once and a whole tupperware of lentils was finished. From that point on I always made her an extra pot to take home with her.
Mom: You put a cup of flour and a spoon of rose water….
Me: Wait! Like how much exactly? A cup or more than one cup.
Mom: You know that glass cup I have? Just fill up one like that.
Me: Mom, I don't have that exact glass cup. So is it 8 oz? How much?
Mom: It's a cup! Just put in a cup!
In a large, heavy sauté or sauce pan (with a lid), heat the canola oil over medium high heat. Add the onions and cook until deep golden brown, about 20 minutes, stirring frequently to avoid burning. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt as the onions cook.
Take the onions off the heat and add 2 cups of water. Place back on the heat and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for two minutes.
Add the rice or burghul and par-cooked lentils (and their liquid) to the onion mixture. (This is new to me. I used to saute the onions and put them on the side for garnish. Perhaps this explains why my Mujadara was never this awesome) Cover and bring to a boil. Sprinkle with a pinch of cumin, salt and pepper. Reduce heat to low and cook until the liquid has been absorbed and the rice and lentils are cooked through. The texture of the rice and lentils is somewhat al dente. Take care not to overcook or the mixture will become mushy. Remove from heat and season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve hot, warm, or room temperature drizzled with olive oil.
For fried onion garnish, heat canola oil over high heat in a small saucepan (the small saucepan reduces the amount of oil needed for depth). When a small piece of onion dropped into the oil floats to the top and bubbles vigorously, the oil is ready. Fry the onion rings in batches until golden brown, reducing heat as needed to prevent burning. Remove and drain on paper towel. Place the onions on top of the mujadara on a serving platter or individual plates.
I love recipes that I can get the ingredients for regardless of where I live. That's the beauty of most Lebanese dishes. They rely on simple, fresh ingredients. You'll see a lot more recipes on blog featuring Lebanese dishes for this reason.


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Chelsea football club willing to pay £34million transfer fee to sign 25-year-old Brazil defender
Now the the 2021/2022 season is officially over, Chelsea football club will most definitely analyse their current crop of players in order to identify areas where they will need to improve.
Do remember that the West London club enjoyed quite an interesting just concluded 2021/2022 season as they ultimately finished in 3rd position on the Premier League table.
But having offloaded several defenders including Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger this summer, it is most certain that Chelsea football club will aim to sign new defenders.
And if reports are anything to go by, then Chelsea football club have been linked with a move for experienced Torino central defender Gleison Bremer when the transfer window opens.
The 25-year-old Brazil International, who signed up for Torino after leaving Brazilian side Atletico Mineiroback in 2018 has been an important member of the first-team squad in recent seasons.
The experienced centre-back was heavily involved for Torino during the just concluded 2021/2022 season where he scored three goals and provided one assist in 33 appearances in all competitions.
The experienced Gleison Bremer was a mainstay in that Torino defence line during the 2021/2022 season as they ultimately finished in 10th position on the Serie A table.
His impressive performances in defence is believed to have caught the attention of a number of clubs and according to reports from The Sun, Chelsea are also in the mix.
The reports further claimed that Chelsea football club are ready to start a bidding war with Tottenham Hotspur and are willing to pay £34million transfer fee to sign Gleison Bremer from Torino.
Its no longer news that Chelsea are in need of defensive reinforcements but then, it remains to be seen if the Blues will win the battle to sign Gleison Bremer when the transfer window opens.
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How do I know my Argentina Reciprocity Fee is official?
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Argentina Reciprocity Fee/ETA are issued electronically by the Argentinian Department of Immigration. This Fee acts as Visa for Argentina. Travelers, travel agents, airlines and specialist service providers like us around the world can use the Argentina Reciprocity Fee/ETA system to process the payment of the Reciprocity/ETA. We enter the information contained in the applicant's passport into the system, the Argentina Reciprocity Fee/ETA system interacts with departmental systems to check the applicant's details. Following these checks, the service provider is will receive the Argentinian Reciprocity Fee/ETA Payment Receipt.
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I have been instructed by Ofcom who have conducted a technical inspection of my A.T.V. transmitter that the transmissions do not conform to specification and I have three weeks to rectify this. If this is not possible due to time or expense then these transmissions will cease on the 19th September 2013. The monitoring by internet streaming will however continue.
Two dead sheep have been discovered this morning in the NEAR FIELD behind the retirement flats.
16:00 BST: The two sheep are no longer there.
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20 Amazing Illustrations That Will Take You To The World Of Imagination
By ahmad ali
In our childhood we all were addicted to cartoons and animated characters. We used to live in world of imagination after watching their journeys. Those cartoon characters are still fresh in our memory. It seems as though it's about just few months back. It left permanent impact on our mind.
Now whenever we see an illustration, it compels us to think how god gifted and talented these artist are. I mean how they add minor to minor details in the illustrations to bring them to life. We can't even envision their efforts behind the scene. Today we are going to meet you with one of such person who has taken animated characters to a whole next level.
Anna Podedworna is an artist who lives in Poland. She's been active in the field of illustrations since 13-years. Anna has also served on various freelancing platforms before stepping in the field of illustrations. She is working at GWENT: The Witcher Card Game. While studying she realize why not to create monsters for a living and that's how this idea came in her mind. And by doing proper justice to her talent, she started serving in game industry. Apart from art, she loves biography and astronomy as well.
We have put together some of her mostly praised work across the globe. And I am absolutely sure you are gonna appreciate it as well after going through it. So scroll down and have a look at these amazing illustrations that will bring you back to your childhood and will take you to the world of imagination as well.
Image Source : akreon
Her commitment and dedication has earned her a huge fan following on Instagram, as she's been able to gather 152k Instagram followers. I hope she'll touch 200k milestone very soon the way she's committed to her work. If you find it loving go ahead and follow her.
The Devir Family Welcomed Their Son Into The World, Here's How It's Going In 17 Funny Comics
30 Horror and Dark Comics with Unexpected Twists By "Strangertrek"
French Mother Doesn't Censor What Motherhood Really Looks Like In Her 20 Comics
comics June 28, 2022
20 Funny And Relatable Comics About Everyday Interactions By Spanish Artist Esther González
comics July 2, 2022
California Artist's 20 Hilarious Comics With A Dark Twist
By Artist "Adam Ellis", Here are the 20 Hilarious Comics with Unexpected Twists
comics October 28, 2022


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John Booth (died 5 April 1478, Surrey) was a 15th-century English prelate who held numerous appointments in the church and royal service.

Life

Booth was a scion of the ancient Cheshire family of Booth who were seated at Dunham Massey. He was a nephew of William Booth and Lawrence Booth, who both served as Archbishop of York.

In 1457 Booth was appointed the Provost of Beverley Minster and then in 1459 Archdeacon of Richmond, as well as Treasurer of Lichfield Cathedral, Canon of Sawley and Prebendary of Strensall. From 1461 until 1465, he was secretary to Edward IV, and for two of those years, 1463 and 1464, he served as the Chancellor of Cambridge University, receiving the degree of Doctor of Divinity. In 1464, he acquired the Prebendary of Bole and became Principal Secretary to Edward IV.

Booth was appointed Bishop of Exeter on 15 March 1465 and was consecrated bishop on 7 July 1465.

From 1471 to 1478, Booth served as a member of King Edward's Privy Council.

Following a visit to Croydon Palace, Booth died on 5 April 1478 at Horsley, where he was ex-officio lord of the manor.

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Junior health minister Professor Sir Ara Darzi has set out a radical vision of future healthcare provision in London that would see the end of hospitals in their current form.
In A Framework for Action, the surgeon, who was commissioned by NHS London to do the report before being appointed to the government, says one-size-fits-all hospitals are no longer appropriate.
Instead he revealed his blueprint for 'cradle to grave' healthcare, with super-GP surgeries - 'polyclinics' - envisaged as the centres for a wide range of primary care services, including mental health and social care as well as diagnostics and consulting rooms. The polyclinics would also have a 24-hour urgent care centre to act as the 'front door' for accident and emergency.
The other six settings for provision models would be: the home; local hospitals providing non-complex care; elective care centres for straightforward surgical procedures; major acute hospitals providing complex care; specialist hospitals - more would be needed; and academic health and science centres.
NHS London chief executive Ruth Carnall said she would be surprised if the strategic health authority and primary care trust boards did not vote in favour of the report's recommendations.
The SHA will consult with PCTs in the autumn.
'Overall the models will find support but at a local level there will be a debate as to where services should be located and that will be controversial,' she said.
King's Fund chief executive Niall Dickson, who contributed ideas for the end-of-life care section of the report, said it was important to engage with clinicians and commissioners to persuade them to focus on outcomes rather than institutions. And he called for new systems to be in place before old ones were removed.
'The report has the best chance of doing what a lot of other reports have failed to do bring about a fundamental change in the way healthcare is organised,' he said.
But it argues there is no reason polyclinics could not allow patients to maintain relationships with GPs.
They would also offer extended opening hours, which a survey of 7,000 Londoners found were the 'only aspect of GP services with which there was net dissatisfaction'.
NHS Confederation policy director Nigel Edwards, who was on the working group discussing acute care, described the recommendations as 'radical and exciting'.
The fact that Sir Ara was now junior health minister would give them a better chance of becoming reality, he added.
NHS Alliance chair Dr Michael Dixon said polyclinics were a good idea, but warned that GPs might be difficult to get on board.
Major acute hospitals would be established in some of London's acute trusts, although the report did not specify where. Sir Ara said he envisaged three to four per London sector.
The report proposes that key criteria for these sites would be current clinical outcomes, good transport links and the provision of cover for both inner and outer London.
It also suggests two more trauma centres are established and that a clinical working group should join with the London Ambulance Service to design clear pan-London transfer protocols.
Royal London Hospital consultant trauma surgeon Karim Brohi agreed there was a need for at least one more trauma centre.


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Qaraarx è un comune dell'Azerbaigian situato nel distretto di Samux. Conta una popolazione di 500 abitanti.

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Artists Info's Melanie Talks Art & Achieving Success To Cassone Magazine
Artists Info's Melanie Burnell has been interviewed by International Art Magazine, Cassone about her journey to become Co-Founder of one of the world's leading online art galleries. Read about the trials and tribulations of creating and running a large arts centre in the height of the recession, her first attempt at online success and what she attributes to finally succeeding in the difficult world that is the art business. Read the full article in this month's Cassone here.
Here is a preview...
How did you get into the world of art, did you paint as a youngster or was a member of your family working in some aspect of art?
Art was always my favourite subject at school and my parents were very supportive of me to carve a career out from it. My dad was very good at drawing and my mum can't even draw a stickman, so I must have got my skills from my dad! I used to want to work as a Creative Art Director in a big ad agency in London. I did my work experience at DDB Needham when I was 15 and loved it. I was good at English too so liked the idea of developing strap lines and copy as well as creating visuals. Oddly enough I found business studies at school really boring and was completely uninterested in business!
When I left school I went to Watford School of Art & Design because that was the place that I was told the top ad agency's picked new graduates from. My areas of study included fine art, graphic design and photography. I passed with Merit two years later and got my first job as a Junior Designer in the small studio of an advertising agency local to me in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. I learned a lot from the two senior designers, Keith and Pete who mentored me and I designed logos, leaflets and POS marketing material for the company's clients, including large blue chip drinks brands like Tia Maria and Carlsberg. I also learned how to use design programs on the mac including Photoshop, which I really enjoyed. I then got a job as a Graphic Designer at a high tech (at the time!) American-based company in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. They produced interactive kiosks for supermarkets in the UK, France, Belgium and Germany. It was a much larger company with a smart top floor open plan office. I worked in the design studio with Paula and Christian who again took me under their wing as I was young and ambitious and eager to learn. We designed the screens for the kiosks and I became proficient at designing in various mac programs. I enjoyed it very much but felt a little unsociable as a creative in the studio and sometimes wondered what it would be like to be going out with clients on the sales team.
I left at age 20 to have my daughter and was invited back when she was 7 months old but declined. I wanted to stay home a little longer with her and was enjoying decorating my flat, making a nice home for us both. I was very much into interior design and had always enjoyed painting and when she was two, I had the idea of creating bespoke artwork to match people's decor. I was inspired by TV programs like 'Changing Rooms' which were very fashionable at the time (lets MDF everything!) I embarked on business courses funded by the government and was supported by The Princes Trust. I was assigned a business mentor from The Trust who helped me write a business plan and even awarded me a small loan and grant (£1500 in total.) I developed a real passion for business, especially for sales and marketing and I took various stands at House & Home exhibitions across the country, wrote press releases which got published in the local press, and began getting regular artwork and interior design commissions for domestic and commercial clients.
I loved painting but got tired of selling through commercial galleries who took such steep commissions on sales and thought there must be a better way so I set up my own directory-style art gallery in a small rented barn near Hitchin, Hertfordshire in 2007. I showcased the work of 15 artists at any one time using a different model to traditional art galleries - I rented out the spaces to the artists so that it worked like a co-operative. Everybody chipped in to exhibit but they all kept 100% of their sales. And it worked. Customers were able to purchase original art direct from artists saving a fortune and artists loved the transparency. There was no secrecy from staff fearing they would lose commission when customers wanted to find out more about an artist; or those awkward instances when a sale is made as an indirect result of exhibiting at a gallery (is commission owed to the gallery?)
At the time social media was in it's infancy but most artists had a website and they liked the fact that their business cards were openly displayed next to their work, something commission-based galleries would never promote - why would they encourage a customer to go direct to an artist and lose out on a cut from the sale?
And therein lied the grey area. Artists were beginning to represent themselves, online. Customers were beginning to search for them too. Instead of moaning about this growing trend, we encouraged it. We had the model of a new way of exhibiting and it was exciting.
My waiting list grew for artists space and two years later, despite being at the height of the recession, I was ready to replicate my business model on a much larger scale and took on the lease of a huge, split level derelict old building in the heart of Bedfordshire. I turned it into a thriving arts centre, with a business partner. Word spread quickly and we exhibited the work of hundreds of local and emerging artists and stocked the work of many published artists too. We ran art workshops and soiree evenings, life drawing classes, offered a bespoke framing and printing service and even had an on-site family portrait photography studio! People came from miles to visit our lovely arts centre and we had ten staff. Sadly, the overheads were too high for us to sustain it and we knew we needed to make some changes in order to survive. Things were moving very quickly online, social media was really beginning to take off and so we decided we needed to move our artists online. We would create an online art gallery that connected customers directly with all our artists, linking to their own web and social sites.
It was a very stressful time. I worked at the centre by day and on the website designs by night. Even though I had never designed a website, blogged, tweeted, used Facebook or even made a purchase online I had a very clear vision of how I wanted the site to look and function. It was very complex and quite high tech (at the time) and it was a logistical nightmare gathering files and images on each and every artist. I worked on it together with a web developer for some 18 months, desperately trying to get it finished and live before the centre closed and we ran out of time and money and lost everything. I achieved it, just. We closed the centre and launched our online art gallery at the end of 2011. It should have been the solution to our problems. Although it had cost a lot to develop, we no longer had the overheads of the centre and the artists were thrilled with the site. In theory this should have been it. We had big plans for moving forward online. Unfortunately we were never able to capitalise on it. I became very ill and my business partner at the time took over the website completely. The site stagnated and dated very quickly and sadly never reached the potential we had envisaged. Although I am no longer a part of that company I am proud to say that the website I worked so hard on is still going to this day. I was sad to lose my business in the way I did at the time but things were beyond my control and I used the time during my recovery to reflect on what I'd learned and learn about new technologies & digital media.
Once I returned to full health in the summer of 2012, I went into partnership with another business associate and set to work developing Artists Info, a much higher spec version of my original site. I knew from my first site what worked and what didn't and found the whole process of development much smoother and more enjoyable. There wasn't the financial pressures involved or the immense pressure of having to launch within a certain time frame as before. I also knew much more about what I was doing this time round and I didn't feel the huge responsibility I had felt previously to my staff and hundreds of artists, reassuring them all that the transition from arts centre to website was the right thing to do and 'it will all be OK' when I was so up against it that deep down I was unsure myself.
Within weeks of launching Artists Info we were already flying up the search engines as our artists and customers blogged, tweeted and shared their favourite artists and blog posts. It is now at the top of Google and YouTube, something I never achieved with my last site. I've learned how to harness the power of social media and use video marketing and digital technology, something that I didn't know a lot about when I launched my first site. I also have the support of an amazing team of marketing specialists and technology wizards. We have over 80,000 weekly art followers and have just won an award for the best online art gallery! We are developing pioneering apps and virtual art galleries - technology has come such a long way since my first site, especially in the last year or so and I feel so lucky to have such an amazing team working with me.
Artists Info is quickly establishing an international reputation for discovering and representing talented artists from across five continents and we are moving with the times. We are currently developing phenomenal 3D virtual galleries and a pioneering new app store which uses the latest cutting edge Augmented Reality to digitally show art in situ, to scale and in 3D. Things I never imagined could be possible in my wildest dreams are now happening. It's an incredibly exciting time. We are developing an art social media site and online art magazine as well as many other exciting projects. We have a great team, a strong vision and a strong following and I feel like I'm finally achieving what I set out to do all those years ago, and more.
What do you find is the biggest difference between working in a conventional gallery and working through an online gallery?
Buying and selling art online is now a huge industry. Massive. Amazon have just launched an online gallery. Rebecca Wilson, a Director of Saatchi Gallery was recently quoted saying they sell more art in a month than most bricks and mortar galleries do in a year. A recent report by the BBC reported that buying art online is now becoming an industry norm. It is an industry worth an estimated £40bn and is estimated to be growing by 20% each year. That's a market that I want to tap into and with great technology now available like Augmented Reality we are developing awesome view- art-in situ apps and virtual galleries to make the experience really quite something. Since launching Artists Info the biggest difference for me is the work load. There is no constant hanging of work and organising spaces. Everything is digital making things much easier. There's also not the huge overheads which takes a lot of pressure off. For time-poor customers who want to buy original art but don't have the time to trawl art galleries, buying art online from an easy to navigate site like ours is a great solution. And for artists there is no insurance to worry about, manning an exhibition or the logistics of lugging their art around! There is also much less expense involved with exhibiting online and you can showcase more work. It's easier, faster to exhibit, organise, browse and purchase. WIN/WIN/WIN!
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Crank - A Night In The cave (US Hard Rock)
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Crank is partly the reason this blog exists. I first heard it last year after Ogmonster and Kismeth posted it on www.stonerrock.com. I was so impressed ('Don't Push Me Away' is a stand-out) I was inspired to make my own compilations, evolving into this blog.
It rekindled a woefully neglected interest in obscure rock that I developed some years earlier, after finding uploads by 'ChrisGoesRock'. He ripped a huge rare rock vinyl collection and shared it with the world in the early 2000's when torrent sites were just emerging, introducing me to amazing albums by bands like Sir Lord Baltimore, Bang, Captain Beyond and Leaf Hound. I made a bunch of tape compilations for myself and friends, the rest is history as they say.
It's the b-side of a split LP, featuring the bands 'Thump Theater' and 'Crank'. It's not clear when it was recorded (69-71 approx) or what became of the bands.
Here's a description I have found on a few mail-order sites:
"Heavy-rock with progressive touch, split lp unearthed by the rockadelic label featuring ultra-rare underground 70s hard rock sounds (c. 1971) with one side by each band. these tapes came from the cavern sound studios (stoned circus, bulbous creation, phantasia, trizo 50); the crank tape had 'zep jr.' written on the box, which is pretty accurate frame of reference. Thump Theater offers a more progressive rock sound with some good guitar breaks and catchy lyrics. last copies from a long gone edition from 1997 of around 600 copies."
As for Crank's music, it's consistently heavy, tightly played energetic hard blusey rock, packed with sharp riffs. Owing a debt to Led Zep no doubt, but with it's own brand of aggression it stands on it's own merit as the sound of a young and extremely talented band that could have gone on greater success. The final track regresses slightly in to standard blues-rock, but this is eminently forgivable, acknowledging the influences this music emerged from. This really deserves to be on here, so ENJOY!
01. Let Go
02. Give You My Love
03. Want You Back
04. Don't Push Me Away
05. N F T B
Cheers, Rich
Labels: Crank
The Day After The Sabbath 28: Thor's Hammer [Nordic pt.1]
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Volume 28 of TDATS: Thor's Hammer, features bands from Scandinavia and related Nordic countries (Edit: Since doing this I have also made 72: Denmark | 81: Norway | 75: Sweden | 88: Finland | 124: Iceland). As we know, they have an awesome track record in heavy music, their dedication, seemingly instinctive musical talent and made-for-metal cultural heritage will continue to amaze.
01. Trúbrot (Iceland) - I. Forleikur / What We Believe In (1970)
02. Blues Addicts (Denmark) - 5/4 (1970)
03. Apollo (Finland) - Ajatuksia (1970)
04. Høst (Norway) - Samhold (1974)
05. Trettioåriga Kriget (Sweden) - Röster Från Minus Till Plus (1974)
06. Rhapsody (Sweden) - Strange Vibrations (1978)
07. Sume (Greenland) - Nye Tider (1973)
08. Moses (Denmark) - Changes (1971)
09. Plebb (Sweden) - Tankar Om Natten (1979)
10. Råg i Ryggen (Sweden) - Det kan väl inte vara farligt (1975)
11. Shaggy (Sweden) - Destination Nowhere (1975)
12. Hurdy Gurdy (Denmark) - Spaceman / Improv (1971)
Trúbrot kick off the proceedings, one of Iceland's foremost rock bands from the late 60s, they played many styles and had some decent heaviness here and there. Blues Addicts introduce themselves with some nice honest heavy blues, lead vocalist and guitarist Ivan Horn later joined C.V. Jørgensen amongst many other "big" Danish bands. Apollo, who were mostly made up from members of the popular Finnish band Topmost, play some loose psych with doom feel.
Høst have featured on previous comps, a very talented Norwegian band who's heavy prog often veered into NWOBHM-like territory, well before it's inception. I really like the Trettioåriga Kriget track here, it's an involved piece with some jarring time-changes that I can imagine experimental metal bands like Meshuggah having fun covering. Rhapsody are a good example of where metal was heading towards the late 70s with the rise of bands like Judas Priest. Sume offer a chilled track for a pleasant half-time breather before the compilation ploughs to the end with some nice Sabbathy doom from Moses and more awesome prog showmanship from Råg i Ryggen.
Labels: Apollo, Blues Addicts, Høst, Hurdy Gurdy, Moses, Plebb, Råg i Ryggen, Rhapsody, Shaggy, Sume, Trettioåriga Kriget, Trúbrot
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All available studies show that mortality is caused by low pH values. When adjusted to environmentally relevant pH values, phosphoric acid as pyrophosphate salt do not cause acute adverse effects on fish.
In accordance with Annex XI, section 1.5 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) a read across approach may be used when substances have similarities based on the likelihood of common breakdown products via physical and biological processes, which result in structurally similar chemicals. As mentioned in the hydrolysis summary, polyphosphoric acid is hydrolysed to orthophosphate in environmental conditions. Thus a read across from orthophosphoric acid to pyrophosphoric acid is justified. In addition, studies performed with pyrophosphate salts can also be used. Pyrophosphate salts are ionic in nature and therefore dissociate readily into cations and anions in water. Cations as potassium and sodium are essential micronutrients that are ubiquitous in the environment. As such, their uptake is tightly regulated and is therefore not considered to pose a risk for ecotoxicity. In environmental conditions, the pyrophosphate anion is unstable and a number of different processes result to an ultimate breakdown product of orthophosphate.
The study from Ellgaard and Gilmore (1982) focuses on the pH effects caused by phosphoric acid. Different pH levels have been tested in bluegill sunfish. The pH induced by phosphoric acid which caused 50% mortality was between 3.0 and 3.25, while no mortality was observed at pH 3.5 or above after 96h exposure. At neutral pH 7.5 no fish died.
Similar results were obtained for Aphanius dispar (Alkahem, 1989) with a median lethal pH of 3.58. Another study showed that a 96h-LC50 of phosphoric acid of 75.1 mg/L was obtained in Oryzias latipes (Korean study, 2005) when the pH was not adjusted to relevant environmental values. No mortality was observed at 100 mg/L when the pH was adjusted.
The studies show that a pH caused by adding phosphoric acid roughly between pH 3 (or lower) and 4 is critical for fish.
A study showed that survival times increased with increasing pH, and that this increase was more rapid at pH values above 3.5 (Gueylard and Duval, 1922). It can thus be concluded that it is the low pH which is causing the toxic effects. Wallen et al. cited by Von Burg as well described a study in which fish (Gambusia affinis) were exposed to both phosphoric acid and turbidity (600 ppm of clay particles), and in which phosphoric acid precipitated turbidity to levels below 25 ppm. The median tolerance limit after 24, 48 and 96h exposure was 138 ppm (i.e. about 138 mg/L). Townsend and Cheyne (1944) showed that exposure of Oncorhynchus kisutch fingerlings to 20 ppm of phosphoric acid (i.e. pH 6.75) induced no mortality at relatively normal dissolved oxygen concentrations (4.95 -8.15 ppm). However, when the dissolved oxygen concentration was lowered to 1.50 ppm, phosphoric acid at 12.0 and 20.0 ppm induced 100% mortality, which is obviously caused by the combination of the low dissolved oxygen concentration and the presence of increased hydrogen ion concentrations.
As regulatory ecotoxicity tests need to be conducted at pH 6-9, it can be expected that phosphoric acid will not cause adverse effects to fish when in this pH range.
To confirm this observation, a fish toxicity test study performed on rainbow trout with a pyrophosphate salt (tripotassium trihydrogen diphosphate dihydrate) has been investigated and gave a 96h LC50 of greater than 100 mg/L (Priestly, 2010). Indeed, no toxic effect has been observed at the highest test concentration (i.e. 100 mg/L).


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The Story of Easter Island's Moai Statues
Despite belonging to Chile, Easter Island is located far away from mainland South America – 3,760km from Santiago to be exact. The island, which is isolated in the Pacific Ocean, officially got its name from Dutch explorers, who discovered it on Easter Sunday in 1722 before later being annexed to Chile. However, the history of Easter Island goes back much further than that. It is thought the island was first inhabited by intrepid explorers from Taiwan thousands of years ago.
The biggest mystery of Easter Island is the giant stone heads, which feature across the island. These almost 900 structures, otherwise known as the Rapa Nui, all appear to be looking into the sky with blank expressions. Whilst it indicates that the creators were master craftsmen and engineers, their purpose, role, and the method in which they were constructed and transported remains unknown.
It is thought that the Moai statues could have been constructed out of soft volcanic turf from the caldera of Rano Raraku. Using harder volcanic instruments, the design of each statue was outlined in the softer rock and slowly carved out. Ceremonies and rituals could well have been performed throughout the process.
Upon completion, each statue would then be slid gently down the slope of a hill using ropes tied to giant palm trunks. Coral and obsidian were then applied to the eyes as finishing touches once the statues were erected. The idea was for each of the statues to be placed on ahu, a ceremonious platform which also provided support. This would explain why some of the statues can be found on the pathways and ancient roadways, as it is thought that some of the statues broke along the way and were abandoned.
The Moai are not thought to be portraits of specific individuals, although it is possible that some of the statues contain specific marks or inscriptions that could link them back the master craftsmen. There are other historical stone sculptures, which have been designed by Polynesians. However, none of them are as iconic or hold as much mystery as the Moai.
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Q: Could one use "our" and "we" in a formal essay? I'm finding it hard to replace personal pronouns in a formal essay. My sentence:
To illustrate this more carefully, we will take the example of the 58th Presidential Election of the United States and examine the role played by media ethics in the election.
How could I change that? Any help!
Thanks! :)

A: To take unnecessary pronouns out of sentences, rewrite them so that the real subject is doing the acting.  In your case,

The role played by media ethics in the 58th Presidential Election of the United States illustrates this.

Or

The role played by media ethics in the 58th Presidential Election of the United States is an exemplary illustration of this.

In both cases, it feels like replacing 'this' with a specific statement of what it is you're illustrating would be better, but that could be due to the absence of the preceding sentence.

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To illustrate this, one might as well take as an example the 58th Presidential Election of the United States and examine the role played in it by media ethics.

"more carefully" is awkward.
The second coming in the sentence of "the election" is superfluous.

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Q: Microsoft Graph API Create Group Fails Using Microsoft Graph API 1.0 on an Azure AD B2C directory, I'm running into the following problem when creating groups.
I'm able to create a group with the following code
payload = {
    "description": group_name,
    "displayName": group_name,
    "groupTypes": [
        "Unified"
    ],
    "mailEnabled": False,
    "mailNickname": azure_user_id,
    "securityEnabled": True,
    "owners@odata.bind": [Config.GRAPH_API_BASE + "users/" + azure_user_id],
    "members@odata.bind": [Config.GRAPH_API_BASE + "users/" + azure_user_id]
}

graph_api_post(Config.GRAPH_API_BASE + "groups", payload)

This creates a group with the specified name with a single owner who is also a member of the group.
However, having created one group this way, if I try to create a second group, with the same user, in the same manner, but with a different name, the API fails. In other words I can create:

Name: Group 1
Owner: "Me"
Members: "Me"

But when I try to create a second group as below, the API throws a 500 error.

Name: Group 2
Owner: "Me"
Members: "Me"

Using the Azure Portal, I'm able to create the second group, so this doesn't appear to be a limitation of groups in general, just a limitation / bug of the Graph API.
Is this limitation documented somewhere? Is there a workaround?

A: Based on Properties of Group, mailNickname is unique in the organization.
So you should specify a different value for mailNickname. Otherwise you will get 500 error.


If you find your "smart" dishwasher or oven starts turning on & off, your washer/dryer lights flashing, or your webcam enabled vacuum chasing you around the house…You probably have a poltergeist! No…totally kidding….but you might be a victim of a hacker. There are vulnerabilities in over 1 MILLION smart connected home devices. These devices are hard to secure because they rely on a wide variety of operating systems, hardware and program languages- many which are now obsolete.
So maybe hacking into your refrigerator isn't a hackers high priority, but devices like fitbits, smart tv's, and especially voice activated assistants like Amazon's Alexa & Google Assistant have huge vulnerabilities and are quite easy to invade.
In fact, it's important to note that putting a mic in your home opens the possibility of hackers to spy on you. They could hear the details of your life, and learn a great detail about you; your habits, your opinions….so possibly, what you say in the "privacy" of your home could be used against you. In fact, there have been cases of conversations recorded and randomly sent to a person in their contact list.
So if you think it's safe to badmouth a friend while cooking dinner……well, they could find out. Awkward.
They hack into your gadget using the many vulnerabilities, then use your device to route malicious traffic for cyberattacks and exploit computer networks. Essentially hiding their identity and unlinking themselves from the entire attack. They can actually do this by using your devices IP address…the thing that identifies each computer using the Internet Protocol to communicate over a network.
Isolate IoT devices from various network connections.
Update and patch your IoT devices on a regular basis.
Use the latest anti-virus software and make sure to keep it up to date.
Protecting your personal IoT devices is very important and should be a routine activity. As for a small business, your IoT devices like company smart phones, tablets and computers needs to be patched and protected even more so in today's day and age. At Emerald City Solution, we can help you keep your business safe and secure with automatic updates, real time preventative maintenance and much more. To learn more give us a call at (206) 340-1616.


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Supports Announced for The Magic Numbers!
Thurs 21st March – Triffid, Brisbane with Jaguar Jonze
Fri 22nd March – Corner Hotel , Melbourne BATTS & Nat Vazer
Sat 23rd March – Factory Theatre, Sydney with Letter to Lions & St Joan
Tues 26th March – The Gov, Adelaide Subtract- S
Weds 27th March – Capitol, Perth Simone & Girfunkle
MJR Presents is pleased to announce the return of UK indie royalty The Magic Numbers for the first time since their 2010 Splendour in the Grass appearance and 2006 Big Day Out tour. The four-piece comprising two pairs of brothers and Sisters (Romeo and Michele Stodart, Sean and Angela Gannon) are known for their unique harmonies, melodic hooks, songwriting craftsmanship and timeless sound.
The band quickly shot to media attention after selling out London's Kentish Town Forum solely on the strength of their loyal live following, before the release of their self-titled 2005 Mercury Music Prize nominated debut album. The Magic Numbers went on to become one of the UK's best-loved bands and have toured around the world with the likes of Brian Wilson, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, The Who, Morrissey, U2 and Bright Eyes.
As well as five successful albums including this year's set 'Outsiders', The Magic Numbers have collaborated with a number of artists, lending their trademark sound and harmonies to the likes of Ed Harcourt, Chemical Brothers, The Divine Comedy, Duke Special and David Kitt.
The band will visit four states (many for the first time in over a decade), kicking off their tour in Brisbane on March 21 before winding their way across the country through Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth.


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British Columbia Selects Candidates | Total 137 Invitations
Prepared by Shreeya A Pal; Shi Hui Yu; Edited by Samuel Francis Gills on May 28, 2022
The province of British Columbia, through the British Columbia Nominee Program (BC PNP), held four targeted draws on May 24, 2022. A total of 137 invitations were issued in the Skilled Worker, International Graduate (includes EEBC option), and Entry-level and Semi-skilled (includes EEBC option) categories. Provincial score requirements ranged from 60 to 85, depending on the category.
The targeted draw issued invitations to 137 candidates in 3 different categories:
Candidates who received invitations under Tech program included Skilled Workers and International Graduates with a minimum score of 85. The number of invitations issued in this category was 115.
Skilled workers and International Graduates with a minimum score of 60 points received 11 invitations in a draw targeting Early childhood educators and assistants under NOC 4214.
In the draw targeting healthcare workers, 11 invitations were issued. It included Skilled Workers, International Graduates, and Entry-Level and Semi-Skilled worker categories, also with a minimum score of 60 points.
What is British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) & how does it work?
The BC PNP is administered in partnership with the federal government of Canada, in accordance with the 2015 Canada-British Columbia Immigration Agreement (CBCIA). The Government of Canada allocates a limited number of nominations each year to British Columbia. The Provincial Immigration Programs Act (Act) and the Provincial Immigration Programs Regulation (Regulation) governs provincial administration of the BC PNP.


The High Court of Gujarat has invited applications from the eligible candidates for the post of District Judge.
Candidate must be a practising Advocate in Courts of Civil and/or Criminal jurisdiction on the last date fixed for submission of On-line Applications and must have so practiced for a period not less than Seven Years, as on 29/02/2016.
How to Apply: All eligible Candidates should apply 'On-line', through the link provided in High Court Website www.gujarathighcourt.nic.in AND http://hcojas.guj.nic.in in the prescribed format.
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49 UP Continues The Award Winning Film Series
Thursday, October 5----Certainly one of the most unique film series of all time has been the "UP" series of documentaries that have chronicled the lives of 12 protagonists at age 7 through to their current age of 49.
The series, which began with the landmark television documentary 7 UP, made by Granada Television in 1964, and continues with the newest entry 49 UP, has been the on-going obsession of UK director Michael Apted. He worked on the first film as a researcher, but starting with 7 PLUS SEVEN (also known as 14 UP) in 1971, he has been filming his subjects every seven years for the past 35 years.
The UP series has become a contemporary classic, providing a mesmerizing and provocative study of English society and, more universally, the ups and downs of life as experienced by his expressive subjects.
The latest installment, 49 UP, screens this evening at Alice Tully Hall, with the director Michael Apted and one of the film's subjects, Tony Walker, present at the screening.
Yesterday afternoon, both gentlemen participated in a Press Conference, following the press screening of the film. What follows are excerpts from that provocative session:
Question: One of the subjects in the film sharply criticizes you and your techniques. You chose to leave that in the film. Do you agree with her comments?
Michael Apted: Yeah, I do. I've always felt that documentaries can get off the hook. Documentaries can be manipulated as much as anything else. I've tried to correct this, trying to avoid projecting my own insecure middle class ideas on to the film's protagonists. That's why I thought it was important to include her objections to my methods in the film. I guess any filmmaker has expectations of what they want to happen in a scene, and it's important that I be reminded that these are real lives I am playing with, not just a fictional screenplay with professional actors.
Question: A question for Tony Walker....what was it like in the intervening years between the films?
Tony Walker: I always knew that there would be another segment coming up and be just around the corner. I always know that pretty soon I would get a call on the phone from Michael or his assistant. But I never felt that the pressure that I needed to accomplish something so that I had more to say. I just tried to be honest about where I was at any given time. A lot people have asked me about being so open on my marriage problems, but that was what was happening at the time. I tried to give a true reflection and personal interview.
Three Participants in 49 UP
Question: Mr. Apted, how has this project affected your life and career?
Michael Apted: Well, I like to think what I would have been liked at seven years, and if you could tell how I would turn out. I don't think so, since I was very quiet and cowardly. I can reinvent myself if I want to, but the people in the film can't…they are there on film. It has changed my professional life. The series has created a basis for my documentary career, which in turns has been a calling card for my feature film career. I think the best movies I've done have been more documentary based. I think it's the single most important piece of work that I've done, and it has had a huge effect on my professional life.
Question: Do you allow the participants to have editorial control?
Michael Apted: I don't really have a choice. If they want the editorial control, they do get it. One or two of them want to see the film before it is locked up. If they insist on not showing something, then it is hard to argue with them. I have to respect that, especially if I want to have their continued cooperation for the follow-up films.
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Question: This film was shot digitally. How did these new technological tools affect the process of the filmmaking and the outcome?
Michael Apted: This is the first one I did digitally, the others were done on film. We can do much longer interviews with less obtrusive equipment, which is important for the final outcome, since the film is based on the interviews that I can get. If the takes run longer, I can get more details and get the subjects to relax more. But even thought it has been shot digitally, I do enjoy seeing the final product on a big screen at a film festival or a movie theater. I think it is much more involving that way.
Question: Tony, do you and the other people who are profiled in the film get together off the set and gossip or strategize?
Tony Walker: Yes, we've become friends during this experience, some more so, some less so. We get together often and talk about how the film has effected our lives. We all seem to agree that it's been a great experience to be apart of English television and film history.
05.10.2006 | NewYorkFilmFestival's blog
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Q: Planned contrasts using Wilcox robust ANOVA in R (WRS2 package) I run a two-way ANOVA and a posthoc tests on my dataset using WRS2. Yet within the contrasts I do not find the comparisons I need. Is it possible to plan my own contrasts?

A: Unfortunately, it looks like the contrasts are hard-coded in the mcp2atm function. Some excerpts from the guts of that function (which you can see by typing mcp2atm at the command prompt: you can also dump() the function to an external file).
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temp <- con2way(J, K)
conA <- temp$conA
conB <- temp$conB
conAB <- temp$conAB
if (!op) {  ## note: op is hardcoded to FALSE earlier in the function
    Factor.A <- lincon1(x, con = conA, tr = tr, alpha = alpha)
    Factor.B <- lincon1(x, con = conB, tr = tr, alpha = alpha)
    Factor.AB <- lincon1(x, con = conAB, tr = tr, alpha = alpha)
}
## ... stuff for generating contrast names ...
contrasts <- as.data.frame(cbind(conA, conB, conAB))
colnames(contrasts) <- c(dnamesA, dnamesB, dnamesAB)
rownames(contrasts) <- colnames(dataWide)
...

con2way and lincon1 are internal WRS2 functions (you can see them using WRS2::con2way and WRS2:::lincon1). (If you really want to dig into the source code it probably makes sense to download the source package and unpack it.)
To do custom contrasts you would probably have to take it up with the maintainer of WRS2 (maintainer("WRS2"), or possibly try the issues tracker on R-forge ...)  I don't know whether any of the other robust stats machinery (see the robust stats task view) would provide an alternative route ...