WWS450: Where can I get the drivers for the Virtual Com Port mode?
If the scanner has already been connected in Virtual COM mode without the driver being loaded, you will need to remove it from Device Manager, then disconnect the base from the pc.
Run CP210x_VCP_Win_XP_s2K3_Vista_7.exe. It installs files to: C:\SiLabs\MCU\CP210x\Windows_XP_S2K3_Vista_7, and you will see an entry in Programs and Features in the Control Panel called "Silicon Laboratories CP210x VCP Drivers for Windows XP/2003 Server/Vista/7".
Connect the base to the pc and pair the scanner, if it is not already paired. Activate the Virtual COM mode by scanning the following from section 4.7 of the scanner's manual: Enter Setup, Activate WWS450 Cradle USB Virtual Com, Update.
Windows will install the port driver and it will show in Device Manager under Ports (COM & LPT) as "Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridhe (COM#)", where # is the assigned port number.
If you need to change the assigned port number, right click it and go to Properties > Port Settings > Advanced. Select the desired port number from the drop down menu and click OK.
Note: It may be necessary to change the version in of the driver to 6.4 in Device Manager.


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Though he is mostly known for Leaether Strip, Clause Larsen has always had an electropunk vibe when it came to another one of his projects: Klutae. Just three years younger than Leaether Strip, Klutae has had plenty of success on its own - sometimes striking as a more humorous output. That being said, Larsen has recently announced his brand new album Black Piranha! Find out more about his latest contribution to the industrial underground in the interview below!
As we approach 30 years of Leæther Strip (1989), we also crossed the 25 year mark for Klutæ (1991)! Looking back, did you think Klutæ would continue to this day and be so successful since you considered it a one-off project at the time?
Claus: Actually the 30th anniversary of Leæther Strip is next year. I started Leæther Strip in 1988, and finished my first demo tape under that name Dec 88. The first Klutæ EP was only meant as a little something fun and a little break after a long time composing Strip songs. But people really loved the Klutæ sound and the pun-ish approach it had. So I've been going back to it now and then ever since. It's a good place for me to be at. It's more spontaneous and draws on my punk roots. It's also a good way for me to experiment in a different way that I am with Leæther Strip.
You've experimented with self-releasing in the past, and this new Klutæ is 100% self-released. How did you come to the conclusion to do this and feature it on your new Læbel?
Claus: Yes. Artistic freedom is the most important thing for me, and I can't function as a song writer and artist if I don't have that. I have, and can only do this in the future if the fans are there to support my releases. This way I can release a lot more and what I want than I can on a traditional label. I do not have to stand in line for other bands or some label strategy. John Mirland and I started Læbel for those very reasons. 100% freedom is needed to reach our full creative potential. For now Læbel is only going to focus on John's and my own projects, but we hope that in the future we will be able to also invite others onto our label.
People are familiar with your musical influences that range from Depeche Mode to Fad Gadget, but I've been wondering about punk influences for Klutæ! Do you have specific influences for this project like Sex Pistols or other punk bands?
Claus: Yes, with Klutæ you hear more of my punk side. In school I was very much into punk rock so it's also a big part of me as you also can hear in Leæther Strip. Klutæ songs are composed and produced much faster than most Leæther Strip songs. As punk should be!
It's been several years since the last Klutæ album. Do you work on Klutæ gradually over time or do you sit and specifically work on the album all at once?
Claus: Klutæ releases has always been planned, and I go 100% into Klutæ mode when I start and I do not work on anything Leæther Strip related while doing Klutæ stuff. It's all about getting into that mindset and way of composing. I think the state of the world at the moment angered me so much that I needed an output for those feelings of extreme anger, and Klutæ is perfect for that.
Older songs like 'Guilty' and 'Nothing to Hide' were very guitar heavy. Will Klutæ return to this sound at all or do you like staying an "electro punk"?
Claus: Yes, the first Klutæ stuff was very much driven by sampled guitars blended together with distorted synths. The new album has a bit of that. But it's mainly made with synths run through guitar pedals and I also play a bit of bass guitar on it. For me punk is not about what instruments are used, it's about the expression.
When you returned from your musical hiatus and released Klutæ on Alfa-Matrix, while having the distinctive Claus Larsen sound, it seemed to be somewhat non Klutæ-ish in sound. With a cover of Blue Monday and some other slower paced songs, I'm wondering how you were experimenting with the Klutæ sound at the time?
Claus: Yeah, that album is a bit different than the others, looking back; I think it's different
because that time was a very happy time for me, having just come out of a massive depression and the success of my coming back to music. Anyway, my songs are mirrors to my life that's just natural, also because it's a one man band.
Have you ever remixed someone under the Klutæ moniker, and have you ever considered doing a Leæther Strip vs Klutæ album?
Claus: Funny you ask that, because I actually just did a Klutæ remix last week for The Gothsicles. It's the first remix I did under the Klutæ flag. I did do some in the past that should have been titled as a Klutæ remix if you consider the sound of those remixes. But the bands titled them as Leæther Strip remixes for more commercial reasons. The Strip name is a lot more known, so I understand that. And yes, I did actually have thoughts of a split KLUTÆ / Leæther Strip album. Could be fun.
Playing Klutæ live, does it require a little more energy since it is more aggressive and faster paced music? Do you notice a difference with yourself or your crowds when playing Klutæ live as opposed to Leæther Strip?
Claus: I love playing Klutæ songs live, and I do hope to get more Klutæ bookings with the new album. I put just as much energy in to Klutæ shows as I do for Strip shows. When the music starts I always give all I have for the audience, I can't help it. As for the audience, I feel that about 90% of the Klutæ fans are also Leæther Strip fans.
The new album is titled Black Piranha. How did the album title come about and what can people look forward to from this new album?
Claus: I actually dreamt that the album title was Black Piranha, and John Mirland captured my idea of the cover perfectly. My close friend Joe Adams have been pushing me to get a new Klutæ album done for a long time, and because I had composed so many new Strip and Am Tierpark songs, I really needed to nurture my inner punk, and Trump winning the election was like a match to gasoline for doing a Klutæ album.
On a side note, it seems that as of this year Rudy of Wumpscut will cease making music. I was wondering about your thoughts on his career since you were a major influence for him?
Claus: To make a living doing this music you need to work your ass off, and play as many concerts as you can. It has never ever been a money thing for me, and it never will. Kurt and I have set our general living expenses low, so that I am able to live my dream. Living your dream takes sacrifices, and in this scene no one gets rich. Showing your fans that you are willing to give yourself 100% for your art is what makes people support you. I couldn't do this without the supporters. And I am forever grateful for their support. I would shovel shit with a big smile to be able to live my dream, some aren't ready to do that and they give up. Giving up means that the passion is gone, and then you should stop. But do not blame others for you quitting. That's sad in my opinion.
You have a pretty busy concert schedule. Any hope of another full length USA tour anytime soon?
Claus: Well yeah, the shows are what I love the most, and it's also what makes it all work financially. Getting the feedback from the supporters is my oxygen and why I keep going. My plan for the US is a North American 30th anniversary tour, but as always I play where I am wanted.
Last but not least, between all your concerts, music releases, running your new Læbel, remixing and production for other artists...Do you ever sleep?
Claus: Yes, and with Kurt next to me I always sleep like a baby. Without him, no Leæther Strip, Klutæ, and so on. I'm living my dream, and why stop when people still listen?
Love, Claus.
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Evan South http://www.brutalresonance.com/interview/klutae-jun-2017/ June 12, 2017 June 12, 2017
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Manchester Roadshow: Women's EURO 2022
Posted by Lisa Wood | Jun 7, 2022 | Enterprise
For far too long, women's football has taken a back seat to the men's game. But the upcoming Women's EURO 2022, which kicks off in Manchester in July, looks set to shift the dynamics.
The hype around the tournament has already begun. Manchester recently transformed Cathedral Gardens into a football festival where families had the opportunity to get involved in an array of sporting and fitness activities, and immerse themselves in the build-up to one of the most exciting sporting events of the summer.
My eldest daughter (aged eight) is a keen footballer and plays for our local club, Altrincham FC. So we decided to head down with some of her teammates and enjoy the football festivities.
Leaving a lasting legacy for the women's game is one of the key goals of UEFA Women's EURO 2022, and events like the roadshow have been created to help introduce more people to the women's game and to create incredible memories for people who take part.
My daughter had a ball (no pun intended) with her friends as they learned new football tricks, took part in keepy-up challenges, had a go as a BBC football commentator (which she loved), and learned about the art of referring.
A host of friendly people encouraged us to take part in an array of football activities, which weren't just for the kids. In addition, my daughter and her pals were interviewed on BBC Radio Manchester, which was a particular highlight. And a number of professional footballers were on hand to talk about the game, share tips and inspire young footballers.
Joanne Roney, chief executive of Manchester City Council, says: "Manchester being one of the hosts for the Women's EURO 2022 tournament is a wonderful opportunity for our city. Footballing passion runs deep here and this could not be a better time to create a real sense of buzz and excitement around the women's game. Making football accessible is incredibly important if we are to encourage young people from all walks of life into the sport. Events like this roadshow are a great way to introduce people into the footballing community and show that everyone has a place in this game."
Manchester is one of ten host cities taking part in the roadshow which, over the course of 43 days, will travel more than 800 miles across the country. The aim of the roadshow is to promote the Women's Euros and to create incredible memories. It certainly created some great memories for our family as we talked about the event for the rest of the weekend.
We can't wait to watch the Women's Euros and we hope that 'football will be coming home' for the England women this summer.
Words and images by Lisa Wood
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Q: Application design and required stored procedure conventions First some background,
I am currently working on a relatively large Asp.Net MVC application that I have tried, as much as possible, to design around a domain driven model, using good design principles. We are required to do all database access via stored procedures (Oracle).  In this application, I have a variety of controllers that use service objects to do business logic and in turn call on repository objects to accomplish access.
I have just been informed that the dba requires several common parameters to be passed to every stored procedure in addition to the parameters required to fetch/update/insert the data.  These parameters include the username, ip address and domain of the user making the original web request.  This data is then used in by each stored procedure to call functions that log access and check that the user has permissions to execute that particular stored procedure.
I have tried to gently explain that I feel this is poor design and that the .Net application could simply call stored procedures dedicated to logging and checking permissions whenever necessary.  Unfortunately, this methodology is well established in the environment and the dba is unwilling to change it.
So now to my question,
Does anyone have any good ideas on how I can accomplish retrieving these extra parameters and deliver them to the repository objects without making a huge mess?  From what I can tell this data is only available from the web context when in the controller layer.  This means passing the extra data to class in the service layer and then on to each repository class.  I'd like to minimize the pain here as much as possible.

A: If you are using dependency injection (you are aren't you - it is a larger project)
you can simply inject the service into the controller. The repository then is injected into the service. The repository's construction would take IUserSettings (or whatever its called) which is a concrete implementation of the details you require. Its then available to every repository.

public YourRepositoryClass(IUserSettings userSettings)
{
 _userSettings = userSettings;
}

and voila - its available.

A: Have you asked the DBA to consider using DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO?  You could then set it whenever allocating a connection to a user request, and then the DBA's logging procedure could read it.

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England escaped. You could hardly put it more charitably than that. Ukraine struck a spectacular goal and if a defensive mistake initially gave the ball away, it cannot be denied that the spectacular scorer, Yehen Konoplianka, almost casually stepped across Steven Gerrard before hitting his remarkable right footed drive.
Alas, after the Moldovan stroll, it was back to realities for Roy Hodgson's England. Should an always combative and lively Jermaine Defoe have been refused his disallowed goal? Hard to decide who really fouled whom. But it was sadly significant that until Danny Welbeck came on, initially and perplexingly stuck out on the left wing, England were largely firing blanks. Not least in the disappointing shape of Tom Cleverley, looking anything but the player England so badly need in central midfield.
Only when Welbeck decided to move into the middle, where he should surely been from the first and where one hopes to see him in the future did England seem likely to save a game in which Ukraine with quick, clever, inventive football had embarrassed them in the first half: when a player of the ilk of Scott Parker was badly needed.
Should Gerrard have been dismissed? Another moot point. His first yellow card was surely deserved the second arguable. Hodgson put as brave a face on it as possible, but Oleg Blokhin had every reason to be pleased with his gifted team, and was perhaps excessively charitable to England.


My Husband and I had our destination wedding in Italy during October 2017. For our honeymoon, we took advantage of our close proximity to a place I have always wanted to visit: Santorini.
There are a lot of options for places to stay in Santorini, from traditional cave houses to hotels to newly built luxury resorts. There is a price to pay for every type of property and location, however. Most people visiting Santorini will want to stay somewhere with a caldera view. These locations will be the most expensive option, but usually worth it. The further inland you go, the properties will be more bang for your buck but you sacrifice the view and easy access to town.
Usually when we travel, we care more about location than the amenities the room has to offer. A view would be nice but not a necessity since we plan on spending most of our time exploring our destination, not our room. But honeymoons and Santorini are different. Since this was unlike most of our vacation, we had to decide what was important and worth spending our money on.
We knew we wanted to spend most of our time relaxing, taking in the ocean view, and doing so with some privacy. Having everything in walking distance was a must. I wanted a hot tub or mini pool since I had seen pictures of them when researching Santorini and that was my idea of relaxing. My husband wanted a real shower and not a tub with a hand held shower. Everything else we could compromise on.
There are two major cities on Santorini: Fira and Oia. Fira is more of a party, shopping center. Oia, is where you find the traditional homes, windmills, high-end shopping, and luxury properties. Fira will be cheaper than Oia but also noisier (unless you stay during off season). Both have amazing views and things to do. There are smaller towns between Fira and Oia, such as Imerovigli, and resorts further away from town. But we wanted to be in one of the major cities so we would be close to more restaurants, shops, tourist attractions, etc.
We chose Fira because we were on a budget. We also didn't need to stay in a five star resort for our honeymoon after staying in a castle for a week for our wedding. We browsed airbnb for an apartment and decided to stay at the Iriana Apartments.
Our room had a large living room and bedroom, plenty of space for just the two of us. There was a small kitchenette, perfect for storing our wine. The bathroom was not what we were expecting (See note below), but it was decent. The window in the shower overlooked the hot tub, which we had some fun with. We had one of the best lanais with a large table overlooking the caldera and a hot tub. We also had two lounge chairs that got plenty of sun after noon. In the morning we had our breakfast delivered to the lanai. We rarely left our until mid afternoon.
Note: the photos on airbnb were misleading. We thought all of the photos provided were for the room we were renting. We discovered the photos were a compilation of the best of different rooms offered. Our apartment had the pictured living room and hot tub, but not the pictured shower or bedroom. It wasn't a huge deal, but it would have been nice to know we weren't necessarily going to receive what we saw advertised.
For more details on the places where we ate, check out my post here.
You'll be tempted to stay in your hotel all day, but there's a lot to do and see on Santorini. Aside from meandering down the small streets along the caldera edge, here are some of the main sights in Fira.
You can see the dome and clock tower of the church from most places in Fira, making it easy to find. The inside is small and beautiful. Plus, its a nice escape from the heat of the day. Click here for its location in Fira.
The lighthouse is located 18 km south of Fira. Built in 1892, its one of the oldest lighthouses in Greece. You cannot enter the building, but you can walk around outside. Its a popular spot for watching the sunset.
A lot of cruise ships dock outside of Fira and the Old Port is where passengers are ferried to the island. There are three ways to reach the old port: walk, ride a donkey, or take the gondola. During the off season many of the restaurants and bars are closed, and unless you're taking a boat that's all there is to do at the port. Fair warning, the drinks are more expensive down here.
This large, white church is located on the main street in Fira, overlooking the caldera. Its prominent location makes it hard to miss.
If you're into learning about the places you visit, check out one of the many museums in Santorini. We decided to skip the museums on this vacation. The main museum in Fira is the Museum of Prehistoric Thira. It's located behind the Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral.
There are a lot of souvenir shops and clothing stores in Fira. If you like buying trinkets on your travels, you will not be disappointed in Santorini. It may even be overwhelming. We stopped buying souvenirs on our vacations to cut down on clutter at home, but we enjoy buying art work or something unique to the place we're visiting. In Santorini, I purchased donkey bells from a cute store, Cave Shop, and sandals from Sandalopoieio Workshop, both pictured below. There are a lot of high end stores as well, including jewelry stores. The streets are narrow and cobblestones for the most part. Wear comfortable shoes and bring your patience if you're visiting during the summer because it will be crowded.
What do you buy on your vacations? Share in the comments!
For more details about hiking from Fira to Oia, check out my post, here.
For more details about our boat ride around the caldera, check out my post, here .
If you want to reach the Old Port, there are three ways to get there: walk, ride a donkey, or take the gondola. Walking is free, but its a long way down and up. It's also along the same path the donkeys take, so it may be smelly.
We decided not to ride the donkeys for two reasons: did not want our clothes to smell, and not sure if its cruel or not. There is a website for the donkey rides (at the Port and other locations on the island) where you can make reservations, but you can purchase a ride in person when you get there. The cost is €20. But, if you don't want a ride, you can always take pictures with the donkeys for free (at least I did it for free). You can find the donkeys off the street, Agiou Mina, beyond Franco's Bar. Tip: the donkeys leave for the day around 5 pm. You can take pictures of them as they walk along on the streets at this time.
If a donkey ride isn't for you, the last option to reach the Old Port is to take the gondola/cable car. If you have no desire to visit the port (there's not a lot to do there beyond drinking), skip the gondola ride. It's an expensive one-way ticket (€6 euro/person), a short ride, and you're likely going to be sharing the gondola with 6 strangers. (We got lucky and had a car all to ourselves both trips). To reach the cable car station, walk along the shopping streets and follow the signs painting on the steps and walls. The road along the caldera is steeper. For more information on the cable car, click here. Note: the station located at the Old Port has photos from when the volcano erupted in 1950.
Be sure to look up what time the sun sets while you're staying in Santorini so you'll have plenty of time to scope out a spot for the show. It's hard to find a bad spot to watch the sunset if you're along the caldera, but some places are better than others. There are a lot of restaurants to choose from, but you need to get there early to find a table closest to the edge. If you're lucky, you can watch from the privacy of your hotel room. We watched nearly every sunset from our balcony, usually from the hot tub. A lot of people stand outside the Orthodox Church for a free view of the sunset. The sunsets are so dramatic that people actually applaud when the sun disappears below the horizon.
Whether you're on your honeymoon or just a vacation, make time to relax. Pick up a book, put away your phone, grab a drink, and enjoy the serene beauty that is Santorini. We stayed at our hotel room most of the time, when we weren't hiking or sailing. During the day we watched the cruise ships come into port and the small ferries carrying people to and from the island. (One day there were 3 ships!). At night, we watched the Pirate Ship, lit up with lights on the mast. And of course we watched the sunset every night.
The Santorini Airport is very small. Check-in, security, and terminals are all in the same building. When you arrive, you take a bus up the hill to the airport, so no need to rush off the plane. This means you'll do the same upon departure – load onto a bus, drive onto the tarmac, and then get on board your plane. Since the airport is so small, you do not want to arrive too close to your departure time. The employees at Ariana Apartments suggested to arrive an hour before our flight and we spent 30 minutes waiting in a very crowded terminal (one reason was because another flight was delayed).
Just a little note of warning so you're not surprised upon checking in at your hotel. You must throw your toilet paper into a trashcan, not the toilet. The pipes are very small all over the island (drilling in lava rock is difficult) and cannot handle the trash. We were glad to discover the Ariana Apartments had maid service so we didn't have to worry about taking out the trash every day.
The weather during October is beautiful, but it requires you to pack layers. The mornings are chilly, especially in the shade. The caldera is on the western side of the crescent shaped island, so the buildings located down the caldera is in the shade for most of the morning. Our balcony was shady until noon and I needed a light jacket. During the day, when the sun is shining, its warm enough to lay out in your bathing suit or wear shorts/dresses around town. The nights are cold almost as soon as the sun goes down. Bring a jacket to dinner if that's your plan for watching sunset.
We read that Fira at night can be very noisy at night. If you visit during the summer, pack earplugs. However, during October, most restaurants and bars closed by midnight. We could hear opera music coming from somewhere occasionally, and classical music from Franco's Bar, but once we closed the doors and popped in ear plugs we couldn't hear a thing.
You don't need to make reservations at restaurants, though its recommended. Some restaurants will also be closed during the off season. One bar had its end of summer party the night we arrived and closed the next day. If night life is important for your vacation, consider visiting near the end of summer, like late September.
Have you been to Santorini? What are your tips or favorite places on the island? Share in the comments!


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Dwyane Wade Unveils His Latest Business Venture In Utah
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Dwyane Wade is making big moves.
Ever since retiring back in 2019, Dwyane Wade has been keeping a watchful eye on everything that has been going on in the NBA. The former Miami Heat superstar is appreciative of all of the new guys in the league right now, and it seems like there are plenty of players out there who were inspired by his style. For instance, Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz can't play one game without being compared to the likes of D-Wade.
Ironically enough, Wade just so happens to be a part-owner of the Utah Jazz, and over the last year or so, he has seen the team grow and blossom into title contenders. Of course, the team has a long way to go before they win a title, however, that isn't stopping from Wade from fully immersing himself in the Utah sports experience.
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Credence Web Services is located in North Grafton, Massachusetts, right in the the heart of New England. Our convenient location allows us to visit most of our clients in person to better understand their businesses, their goals, and what online challenges they may be facing.
Whose team are we on, anyway?
Some Web developers work in just one market—for instance they might do golf course websites. The advantage is that they seem to have specific experience with that particular market, and may have some spiffy tools ready to go. Very efficient for the web developer. Just keep doing almost the same thing over and over.
However, it may not be the best thing for the golf course (and website) owner. After all, if you own a golf course, do you really want the Web developer who works on your site to be meeting with your direct competition? Probably not. Your competition might want to know things like how many customers you have, or what search engine terms you use to get those customers. And an idea that you had on how to market your business certainly does not need to end up benefiting your competition.
Plus, we feel it is a conflict of interest to be on the marketing team of one company, and then take money to work for the competition. Really. So if we are providing web services for a local golf course, we will decline to work for a similar business in the next town over.
Whose team are we on? Call us, and see what we can do for your team.


1.	Include content editors in all the demos.
Moving from one technology to another is always a difficult process and for content editors the CMS is the main working tool that they'll be using regularly. It is a good practice to include them on the process of reviewing Sitecore so they can get familiarized with demos and trainings. You may find that they have some suggestions and recommendations for the new system.
2.	Create a list of all critical functionalities of your site.
Large websites usually have tons of functionalities. Make sure you have these critical items your list and that the people on charge of the project know they are critical. These items must be migrated first.
3.	Determine the desired browsers and devices you want supported.
In the current market, there are many different options to navigate (i.e. Firefox, Chrome, IE, Mobile Android, and Safari for IPhone, etc.) Each one of them behaves differently and represents an extra cost to the project. Use Google Analytics to review which ones are the most used for your clients and focus on those for your new site.
4.	Check site language variances.
Even though not all sites have more than one language, it is always a good practice to notify the developers if you will support more than one or if you are planning to support more than one language in the future. You'll find that you'll save money in the long run by spending some money at the beginning of the project for multi-language rather than changing the site later down the road.
5.	Plan out your content migration.
One of the most important, and usually forgotten, items when switching platforms is content migration. Think of how much time it took you to fill your old site with all that content. Well the bad news is that your Sitecore implementation is going to come empty. Thinking ahead of a solution for your site's content migration is critical to keeping your project on schedule and budget. While you can do content migration manually, there are automated solutions on the market, like SIteport, that can save your project's budget and timeline if you're working with a large site.
Like any web development, moving to Sitecore is not as easy as flipping a switch, but by following these five tips, you can reduce the risks associated with platform migration. Remember that a new system will always present new challenges; however, you can mitigate most of them with proper quality control, testing and the planning.


How do I know if my DashCam is Powered On?
In order for the DashCam to be operational, it requires a 3.7V DC adapter with power running through to be connected at all times. If mounted in a car, the camera will start up when the engine is started.
When the DashCam is operational, the Blue Battery LED and Green Wi-Fi LED will be solid when starting up.
When booted up, A Red LED will indicate that recording has started. A voice can be heard to let you know that normal recording has started.
You can also test by operating the camera by pressing the shutter button (camera logo) on the button panel to take a picture. A camera shutter can be sound to indicate that a photo has been taken.
Please ensure that the camera is connected to a power source when using.
How do I know if my DashCam is Powered Off?
The DashCam will power off when the engine is turned off when mounted in a car.
You can alternatively pull the DC adapter out to switch off the camera and stop recording.
Why won't my DashCam Power Up?
If you are using the camera for the first time, please ensure that a blank memory card is inserted before use.
Next insert the Power adapter and the Camera should automatically startup.
The Cameras LED will light up GREEN initially to indicate that the device is starting eventually turning RED when Recording has begun.
What do the LED Lights indicate on my DashCam Wi-Fi?
The DashCam Wi-Fi has different LED Lights which indicate different functions found within the camera.
RED LED: Camera is recording if being operated.
PURPLE LED: Event Recording has begun.
GREEN Wi-Fi LED: Wi-Fi has begun and ca be connected to a mobile device.
ORANGE GPS LED: Camera is collecting GPS data while recording.
*Please ensure that you are using Memory Card Class 6 or above with Maximum 32GB Storage. It is also recommended to Format your Memory Card before use.
How do I Activate the DashCams Wi-Fi Function?
Our regular DashCam is not compatible with mobile devices.
-Hold the Wi-Fi button on button until you hear "Wi-Fi Start up" accompanied by a GREEN LED.
You should now be connected to the network and can access the camera remotely through the installed iON DashCam app.
How do I upgrade my DashCams Firmware?
Head over to the Downloads Section of our website to download the latest Firmware for your Camera.
-Drag & Drop the downloaded file onto the root of your Device.
-Select iON DashCam MAC version and confirm download.
Why doesn't my Computer recognize my DashCam?
Where can I find the manual for the DashCam & DashCam Wi-Fi?
Why can't I playback my DashCam videos on my PC or Mac?
My DashCam will not take Photos or start Events?
The Camera will make a shutter noise and the LED will blink to indicate that a photo has been taken.
My DashCam didn't come with all the Accessories stated on the case.
Each of our DashCam Products come with a range of different accessories.
If any of these items are missing, please contact your supplier.
How do I set the Time & Date for my DashCam?
DashCam Wi-Fi: Date & Time settings can be managed by accessing the app on your mobile device and going to Settings>General>Date/Time.
My DashCams Power light keeps blinking Red when trying to power on & DashCam will not read my memory card.
A Red/Blue Blinking Light indicates that there is no memory card intact or the memory card you are using is not compatible with the device.
How do I get the DashCam App for my Mobile Device?
For iOS users, go to the AppStore and search "iON DashCam".
Android users, go to the Google PlayStore and search "iON DashCam".
Simply install the app ready for use with your DashCam Camera.
Please Note: DashCam App is only compatible with DashCam Wi-Fi Model.
My Wi-Fi picture is fuzzy?
When Connected to DashCam app, please ensure you there is no distance greater than 10m between the DashCam and Mobile Device.
How do I access my GPS Data from my DashCam?
How much Video can be stored on a single Memory Card?
A 16GB card will hold about 2 to 2.5 hrs. hours of 1080p/30fps video.


Projects such as quilting, home decor and crafts require specialty stitches. This machine includes 100 built-in stitches that are perfect for the projects you choose to create. Plus, at 850 stitches per minute, you'll be on to your next project in no time!
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Please let us know your ideas of how the CRISALIDA MOBILE ART VAN can be of service in the four communities of the grant; Indio, Coachella, Thermal and Mecca — we look forward to hearing from you!
DG playing at Coachella Valley Art Center for students from College of the Desert – Indio Campus.
The newly-formed East Valley Rep, founded by playwright/director/educator Carlos Garcia, and Jacalyn Garcia-Lopez will focus on staging original work for a cross-cultural audience. Based at the Coachella Valley Art Center (CVAC) in Indio, East Valley Rep's mission is to develop and empower actors and writers by providing training, support, and a showcase for culturally, socially and educationally relevant productions.
Crisalida hosted an information session at La Cazuela restaurant in Coachella to discuss our new initiatives and to get community feedback and support. A hearty conversation was had, as well as some delicious food!
It is always a pleasure to visit the CULTURAS MUSIC AND ART folks (Yaya Ortiz, Ruben Gonzalez, Jon Becerra, and all the rest!) at the amazing RANCHO TENOCHITLAN in Coachella. They hosted a book reading by Aneta Cruz, and art display by Cecelia Cruz that was attended by about 50 people with music, conversation and performance. I was thrilled to be invited to read a section from Aneta's book "The Mysterious Mandolin". My camera was out of memory, so all I got was this shot from the outside…just trust me, it was a blast.
I received an invitation from Mayra Juarez, the director of the McCarthy Family Child Development Center at COD, to perform for the pre-school kids, many of whose parents are students from the East Valley who use this phenomenal facility while they are in class. Got to say…I love my job.
Gina Chapa and I spent a fascinating and inspiring afternoon with Joe Mota and Nicole Sanchez from the Coachella Valley Housing Coalition.
Community members performing sweat-equity on their new homes. Each family is required to give 40 hours per week to their home, up to ten families work cooperatively with the help of CVHC mentors.
What the finished result will be! CVHC makes the American Dream a reality for its contituents.
Village green at CASA UNO, one of CVHC's housing projects will be a perfect spot for our Crisalida van to do community outreach. I will be performing and conducting interviews there next week.
Whew. It is hard to compress all the people, places, images, feelings, ideas and points of inspiration into a 2 dimensional cyber-post…I hope you get the gist of the excitement I feel, and the hope of this project.


I learned about this group today. What a blast and I love the hair.
Certainly interesting. I like the music, but not sure of the lead vocal.
The highlight for me was the appearance of the Han Solo action figure.
that was pretty amazing! they are a modern band yes? I really like the song anyway.
They are a modern band, but they're going for that late 6os sound. Their shtick is that claim they are from Venus, though they are really from the UK.
doctorsup wrote: They are a modern band, but they're going for that late 6os sound. Their shtick is that claim they are from Venus, though they are really from the UK.
I like the music, but not sure of the lead vocal.


Off to the races! I had originally planned for a 2 week taper but after not getting in the miles on vacation, I moved my long run to a Monday. Friday February 1 also kicked off a low-sugar month for me. I get one dessert a week and cut down on added sugar (and try to incorporate more fruit into my diet). No more almond croissants with my coffee and no baking batches of cookies that I then eat half of. I'm saving up my desserts for beignets in New Orleans and some cake for Valentine's or Galentine's.
Monday 1/28: 11.7 mile long run around Manhattan after work.
Wednesday 1/30: 3 easy treadmill miles at home on the coldest day of the year.
Thursday 1/31: 4.2 Woodway treadmill miles at the new Mile High Run Club on the Upper East Side during the High 45 class. I had to jump off and foam roll my left hamstring; I initially freaked out for a quick second and thought "high hamstring tendinopathy" but am pretty sure it was just sore from long run and not rolling.
Friday 2/1: (Hot) Vinyasa Flow at Y7 Yoga. This was a total sweatfest but also a great stretch. I had an acai bowl after for dinner (which is basically dessert) but at least I ate some real fruit.
Saturday 2/2: Unplanned rest day.
Sunday 2/3: 3.5 miles with a friend and Bandit, Elle's rat terrier. Super Bowl pizza and wings as I slowly watched the life force drain from myself (and the Rams).
Total: 22 miles. At one point when my hamstring was tight Thursday night, I thought about dropping down to the 10K in New Orleans. But at this point, I'm going to run the half and take it easy. I might be able to do it at my future Brooklyn Half goal pace + 10-15 seconds and have pretty even splits since it's a very flat course. The weather is looking a bit warm and sticky, so that's also a factor. I don't want to have another humidity blowup like at 3M last year. TBD! Week 10 and race report to come, then I'll have a few weeks before the official start of a 12-week training plan for the Brooklyn Half.
I love seeing how your training plan is going! I just finished week 2 of my plan for a half marathon in April: https://runningmybestlife.com/half-marathon-training-diaries-week-2/.
Thanks so much! Hoping to stick to my training plan much more closely for my May race. I'll be sure to follow along with your training!


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Jerusalem Post Israel News
Americans and Israelis, living by division, need hope
The problem for both America and Israel today is that we are descending into the same kinds of "routine partisanship and factionalism" that destroyed the consensus politics of the Roman Republic.
By BRIAN E. FRYDENBORG
US President-elect Joe Biden, his wife, Jill, his son Hunter Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris celebrate at their election rally in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 7
(photo credit: JIM BOURG / REUTERS)
There is something of a spirit that Israelis and Americans share, or at least have a fair amount of overlap, with each other. Both nations were not founded, as most nations are, by some group of people settling or originating and coming together over many centuries and conflicts in one particular area, often by accident and without purpose until far later in time. Yet America and Israel were each founded, in 1776 and 1948, by an exceptional generation of leaders, statesmen, diplomats and thinkers. Each set of leaders consciously decided and planned to create a state out of choice, and chose for the state not to simply be an ethno-nationalist state (though that would certainly describe Israel) but as a state founded on a core set of values.
Both were founded on hope, optimism for the future, and even ideas of redemption: from the horrors of the past, whether tyrannical monarchies or even the Holocaust itself. Part of what it meant to be Israeli or American was dreaming big.
Though Israel is far younger, both nations have been through many ups and down. But those early, hopeful first years of each seem such a distant memory, in part because of their current states of affairs. And both are finding their societies and political systems in moments of crisis, almost or as divided (perhaps even more divided) than any other time in their histories. Compared to their more hopeful, accomplished foundings, both America and Israel find themselves today characterized by sicknesses, and I am not just referring to the novel coronavirus.
Throughout the Cold War, Democrats and Republicans maintained a certain level of cooperation, as did Labor and Likud in Israel while their Arab neighbors were a major threat and not at peace with the Jewish state or largely subdued but had hostile, professional armies ready to attack. There is a quotation which illustrates this perfectly:
The pattern of routine partisanship and factionalism, and, as a result, of all other vicious practices had arisen…It was the result of peace and an abundance of those things that mortals consider most important. I say this, because, before the destruction of…[our chief rival power], mutual consideration and restraint between the people and the…[governing elites] characterized the government…Fear of a foreign enemy preserved good political practices. But when that fear was no longer on their minds, self-indulgence and arrogance, attitudes that prosperity loves, took over. As a result the tranquility they had longed for in difficult times proved, when they got it, to be more cruel and bitter than adversity…every man acted on his own behalf, stealing, robbing, plundering. In this way all political life was torn apart between two parties, and [our political system], which had been our common ground, was mutilated…And so, joined with power, greed without moderation or measure invaded, polluted, and devastated everything, considered nothing valuable or sacred, until it brought about its own collapse.
The funny thing is, this quotation is not about America or Israel, but the ancient Roman Republic in the time of Caesar, written by the Roman historian Sallust, a contemporary of the fall of the Republic and a participant in the tumult of that era on Caesar's side, though a remarkably objective commentator in spite of that. For Rome, once Carthage was defeated, the "mutual consideration and restraint" that characterized Rome's politics relative to his own era melted away after that threat disappeared. And an era of brinksmanship began, with the stakes and outrages becoming ever more intense.
The problem for both America and Israel today is that we are descending into the same kinds of "routine partisanship and factionalism" that destroyed the consensus politics of the Roman Republic along with its society and its very republic in light. For America and Israel, the defeat of the Soviet Union in the Cold War and the political and de facto neutralizing of Israel's main threats from Arab state armies on its border, respectively, produced a similar "more cruel and bitter result than adversity." Both nations seemed to have taken plunges in the same year, too, in 1995. In Israel, there was the horrific assassination of Israel's hawk-turned-peacemaker Yitzhak Rabin by a far-Right Jewish extremist at the height of his premiership.
In the run-up to this assassination, the man who is now Israel's current prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, engaged in a campaign of rhetoric against Rabin and the peace accords Rabin had worked out with the Palestinians that were pushed by then-President Bill Clinton. Netanyahu failed to condemn, let alone distance himself from, the growing extremism on Israel's Right while he led the opposition conservative Likud Party, and has never taken responsibility for adding fuel to the fire.
Despite the assassination, within a year Netanyahu would ride the anger over Rabin's deal with the Palestinians into power himself, becoming prime minister in 1996. Labor would make a comeback in 1999 but would lose power in 2001, not long after the eruption of the Second Intifada in late 2000.
2001 would be last the time Labor or any leftist party governed Israel, and Likud and its center-Right offshoots have dominated the government since then. Ever since, in the face of the Second Intifada and an increasingly extremist Israeli population flocking to rightist parties, both the Arab-Israeli peace process and the Israeli Left collapsed and Netanyahu would return to power after years of fomenting division and harnessing Israel's far-Right.
"Bibi" (as he is often referred to in Israel) even bragged about derailing the Oslo peace process with the Palestinians, a task at which, by any standard, he was wildly successful, and he is, I believe, more responsible than any other person for stoking violence in recent years between Israelis and Palestinians (though elements of both societies surely do their part).
A less elegant version of Netanyahu, to a degree, would help destroy American politics starting in 1995. In opposition to President Clinton's ambitious agenda and in response to a radicalizing Right, Republican Congressman Newt Gingrich would ride a wave of consolidated far-Right discontent to power in what has been called the Gingrich Revolution, becoming the powerful Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1995. George Packer's piercing portrayal of Gingrich in his 2013 book, The Unwinding, is fittingly titled "Total War." Early in his career, Gingrich defined himself by limitless ambition and in his use of extremist rhetoric, personal attacks, and the media to reach American voters directly, feeding them his extremism. Of Gingrich, Packer wrote: "He gave them mustard gas, and they used it on every conceivable enemy, including him."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laughs with then-vice president Joe Biden after he signed the guest book at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on March 9, 2010 (DEBBIE HILL/POOL/REUTERS)
While Gingrich never rose to the heights of power that Netanyahu did, running a rather pitiful failed campaign for president in 2012 and then becoming one of the earliest major endorsers of Trump in 2016, his impact is undeniable. Still, there were other trends in motion, too, that have brought America to where it is now – notably the Tea Party and Sarah Palin as a "pre-Trump," forces which laid the groundwork for the 2015-2016 Trump takeover of the Republican Party and its transformation into a far-Right, extremist cult. But we cannot imagine the Tea Party arising when it did without the scorched-earth politics Gingrich did more than anyone else to normalize.
As Packer wrote for The New Yorker in 2013, "The Gingrich Revolution turned out to be a prelude to what the Republican Party has become." And to quote the title of one Atlantic article, "Newt Gingrich destroyed American politics."
Gingrich's spirit dominates the Republican Party today because it is another form of Trump's animating energies, and Netanyahu – now Israel's longest-serving prime minister who has survived three electoral attempts to oust him in the last two years – has remade Israeli politics in his own image. Furthermore, Netanyahu and Trump have fed each other's negative tendencies throughout Trump's presidency, as the increasingly radical Likud and Republican parties started to do during Obama's presidency, with both parties and leaders tending to bring out the worst in each other and even copying each other.
The predicaments of both parties and leaders are also remarkably similar, with Trump having faced impeachment and possibly post-presidential prosecution and Netanyahu facing various criminal charges while still in office.
While the American Left is not nearly as extreme as the American Right – with first Hillary Clinton and then Biden each easily fending off a Bernie Sanders-led democratic socialist takeover-attempt of the Democratic Party – the rise of extremism on the American far- Left and major media outlets (including The New York Times) as well as a growing sliver of the Democratic Party is still a thing and a worrisome development that is intensifying.
The increases in extremism, regardless of which side began this or is worse, feed into increasing radicalism on the other side. And, indeed, such dynamics, which are commonplace in the Middle East (including between Israelis and Palestinians) seem to be becoming more and more a thing in America. That begets a depressing cycle of dehumanization, which, as I noted in The Jerusalem Post over four years ago, became the norm between Israelis and Palestinians.
America seems if not more divided than ever, more divided than at any time since the Civil War era, as many developments, including multiple reputable polls, have shown for years. A lot of this has to do with partisan media and selective, partisan consumption of the media. This reflects the reality that Americans of differing political views and races are living further apart, socializing and dating less (as a single man, I see many liberal city-dwellers writing "Trump supporters swipe left" on dating apps) as political self-segregation rules the day and the two sides seem to live in different realities.
In short, we are not talking much to each other or at all, we are not hearing each other out, and we sure do not understand each other. We see each other as the enemy. Hell, even the coronavirus and masks have become a partisan issue, with COVID-19 exposing how divided we are and even dividing us further.
It seems the same dynamics are happening in Israel, and public rage is at such a level that protesters are willing to risk a degree of exposure during the pandemic to let their rage be known, as has been the case in the US. Street violence has actually been a thing in both countries in this summer of our discontent.
For Israel, too, is a deeply divided society. The obvious thought for many is the division between Jews and Arab citizens and residents of Israel as well as Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem (seen by most governments around the world, apart from the Trump administration, as Palestine). In my dozen or so trips to Israel from the US, in almost every situation, Arabs and Jews live in completely different neighborhoods and avoid each other as much as is conveniently possible and increasingly so.
Mixed neighborhoods like those in Jaffa and in Haifa are refreshing and beautiful, but extremely rare. Even many of the most liberal Israelis have few Arabs friends, though anecdotally I found a sizable chunk of liberal Arabs in Israel who did have Jewish friends. Working class waiters and service-industry folks, who work side-by-side, seemed the most likely to be friends. West Bank and East Jerusalem Palestinians, like most Israeli Jews, have virtually no social contact with the other side. To these trends, I personally did find some refreshing exceptions, even (mostly secret) romances between Arabs and Jews (check out the hilarious and not mal-intentioned DAM music video, "I'm in Love with a Jew"), but such things were quite rare. The reality is that Arabs and Jews are ever-increasingly separated physically, emotionally and socially, living in different realities and consuming different realities like Americans of different political persuasions.
And yet, there are far more divisions that just this: Ashkenazi and Mizrahim/Sephardim are deeply divided, Ethiopian-Jewish Israelis are angry with their treatment by their government, secular leftists and the ultra-Orthodox seem to have almost no relationship or agreement with each other, elements of the Israeli Right hate each other, and the opposition to Netanyahu and the Right has been consistently divided and ineffective (I was fortunate to stay with one very liberal, pioneering Israeli rabbi, Susan Silverman who suffered from being called an "AshkeNazi" by some fellow Israeli Jews).
It seems, on too many levels, that Israeli society is not only incapable of coming together but is increasingly fractured. Both countries appear to be in a huge mess, mired in a status quo stalemate exacerbated by a historic pandemic of which there seems little hope of transcending and moving either society forward. Short-term, last-minute solutions taking each society to the brink of political chaos or government shutdowns are now the norm (something that also plagued the Roman Republic before it collapsed).
In both countries, systems that appeared quite stable a few decades ago are not being brought down by terrorist threats from al-Qaeda or Hamas, but from internal divisions that go far beyond politics. In both nations, the two spectrums of the political divide hate each other and the moderates and zealots within each side hate each other in turn, blaming their inability to unite and defeat the other ideological end of the spectrum on each other. Those compromising to reach deals are often called traitors or lose in reelection bids.
The old canard that most people are good – it is just the big, bad leaders leading good people astray that is the problem – seems increasingly disproven as in many instances, voters reward, rather than punish, extremism, with Trump and Netanyahu embodying such toxic tribalism, an increasingly global trend that keeps empowering those leaning towards fascism rather than those on the Left.
The HBO/Keshet miniseries, Our Boys, is essential viewing for both Israelis and Americans. Even though the show is about extremism in Israel, I felt as if I got a deeply personal look at the dynamics at work within the US, too: social media becoming an echo chamber and radicalization tool for angry populations isolated from those with different views, all with dangerous outcomes. It is searingly real and emotional, mixing in real footage with dramatic recreations, produced to be fair and sensitive to all involved. It is, essentially, a deep, dark look into the human souls being radicalized in modern society and the dark side of this society.
Is there a way out? Maybe, maybe not.
JOE BIDEN's victory – as long as the Supreme Court and Republican state legislatures do not thwart clear election results and, thus, the will of the people – is a welcome ray of sunshine in dark and stormy times, a departure from the misery of the status quo. In fact, as someone who watched the Arab Spring from afar and studied the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, those are the two things that come to mind as comparisons to Trump's defeat when it was announced on November 7, in the celebrations I saw in person in front of the White House in Washington and on television throughout America.
While Israelis are happy with Trump on the specific, material benefits of his clearly favoring Israel over the Palestinians as well as the concessions and rewards to Israel that he provided (apparently for his own domestic political purposes), they are myopically indifferent to or ignorant of his bigotry and relationship with antisemitism acutely felt overall by the majority of American Jews who actually live under Trump.
These Americans Jews have been shown in poll after poll to have an intense dislike and distrust of Trump, a strong preference for Biden and the Democrats, and an increasing anxiety about rising antisemitism for which they see Trump and the Republicans as more responsible than the likes of Ilhan Omar and far-Left Democrats.
American Jews know Trump best among the Jews of the world, so their Israeli counterparts would do well not to view the rise of Biden as a cause for concern but to see it as a good thing, a chance for America to break through division and hatred – what Biden has pledged to overcome but on which Trump has fueled his one-term presidency. And, as both societies are so similar in their internal divisions, perhaps the rise of Biden will help inspire Israelis to overcome their own divisive trends and politicians.
A sliver of hope also comes from within Israel: the intense popularity of the Israeli show Fauda, which actually humanizes Palestinians in conflict with Israel (even members of Hamas), may be opening many Jewish eyes to the pain of Palestinians that would not normally be exposed to it. Of particular note is the performance of the singular Laëtitia Eïdo, who plays a Palestinian doctor tragically caught up in the conflict. Of mixed Lebanese and French descent herself, Eïdo has taken on throughout her career more than just about any other prominent actress gender- and culture-defying roles that seek to bridge gaps of understanding, to overcome hate and division, and to help people from different cultures appreciate each other in intensely personal performances that, time and time again, break molds in unlikely ways.
Besides her most famous role in Fauda, she was a major role and supporting actor in a pair of unlikely comedies, Holy Air and Tel Aviv on Fire, both Arab-and-Jewish jointly produced films that offer glimpses into different perspectives and views while making you laugh.
While Holy Air is darker, Tel Aviv on Fire is downright inspiring, an ode to everyone's desire to be liked and understood, and I watched its premiere in Haifa in a mixed audience of Arabs and Jews both laughing hysterically throughout at the exact same things.
It is possible to come together, though it obviously will not be easy. Whether through new leaders such as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris or via other means such as movies and grassroots movements, both Israelis and Americans still need to find ways large and small to tone down their political and societal divisions. After a disastrous 2020, let us hope 2021 can be a time that can begin healing for all of us.
Brian E. Frydenborg is an American freelance writer, analyst and consultant who lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, hails from the New York City area and has spent the last two decades studying, writing about or working in policy, politics, international development and humanitarian aid. He spent over five years living in the Middle East from 2014 to 2019 and says he is now just trying to get through the insanity of our present like the rest of us. You can follow him on Twitter (@bfry1981) and see much of his work on his news website,realcontextnews.com
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Астрид (Астри) Линнея Матильда Тоб, урождённая Бергман (; 9 декабря 1898, Стокгольм — 23 декабря 1980, там же) — шведская художница и скульптор.

Биография и творчество
Астрид Бергман родилась в 1898 году в Стокгольме, в семье Германа и Мелен Бергман. Она была старшей из четверых детей. Её отец занимался художественной ковкой и имел собственную мастерскую. С ранних лет Астри общалась с выдающимися скульпторами, такими как Карл Миллес (ставший её крёстным отцом),  и Кристиан Эрикссон. Она также получила хорошее художественное образование: вначале в Технической школе, затем в скульптурной школе Сигрид Бломберг, после чего училась живописи в школах Калеба Альтина и Карла Вильгельмссона. В 1920 году она продолжила обучение во Франции, в Париже, а потом, вернувшись в Швецию, поступила в Королевскую академию искусств в Стокгольме.

В Париже Астри Бергман познакомилась с писателем, художником и композитором Эвертом Тобом. В 1925 году они стали мужем и женой. После свадьбы супруги отправились работать и учиться в Италию. Позднее, в Швеции, они не раз устраивали совместные выставки. После рождения детей (дочь Эллинор впоследствии станет художницей) у Астри оставалось меньше времени на творчество, однако она продолжала работать, в том числе создавая портреты на заказ. Кроме того, моделями для её скульптур служили дети и муж.

Первая персональная выставка Астри Тоб состоялась в 1974 году. Затем, с 1975 года и вплоть до самой смерти, она провела 25 персональных выставок. Помимо скульптуры, Астри занималась гравюрой и рисовала акварелью. Её работы находятся как в музеях Швеции, так и на открытом пространстве в различных городах. Например, её фонтанная скульптура «Мальчик с рыбами» (Gosse med fiskar) находится рядом с больницей Уллерокер в Уппсале, а скульптурный портрет Сельмы Лагерлёф находится в скульптурном парке в Роттнеросе.

Астри Тоб умерла в 1980 году в Стокгольме.

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Скульпторы Швеции
Скульпторы XX века
Женщины-скульпторы

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