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I hope everyone had a wonderful new year.
I'm sorry for the lack of updates, November was a really busy month for me.
I guess Sinbad was scrapped. I can't say I'm heartbroken.
Hope you're all doing lovely.
Thanks for the emails, I'm fine. Just busy.
I'd also like to wish the Pic-of-the Day club a Happy 10-year Anniversary! The club has been a part of my Keanu fandom since I came online and the pictures have inspired me more than you can imagine. I'm thankful for everything Romeo and Margarete has put into it over the years. *Hand to Heart* Cheers!
ARYA sent on some great pictures from Keanuweb of Keanu on Tuesday night. She had a Zen-themed wallpaper request and I thank her for the inspiration....
I want to thank Vika, who has been photographing some beautiful flowers this past month and sending them to me for "flowertherapy". One of the photos was so beautiful, I had to use it as a background for this month's calendar. Also, Wee Neo is on his way to her to see the blooms himself!
And thanks to CK for the great photo by Tom Munro from their gallery.
The April Fool's joke this year is that there's no joke. With everything going on, I could only think of one thing to rival last year's prank, but V.'s leather pants are at the cleaners.
Now that I've buttered you all up with this beautiful boy, it's time for me to tell you that I'm leaving for a much needed break.
I'll be back in a couple weeks, all comments are closed until I return so I don't have to worry about moderating.
Rock on.
I've also uploaded this to the Constantine Fan Art project at OriginalSins.net.
I had a pretty productive weekend.
Not only did I manage to get all of my shopping done (Chia Pets™ and AA battery stocking stuffers for everyone!), but I also got stupendously drunk as well.
How was your weekend? Are you done shopping?
I'm totally craving an avocado sandwich now.
...these are all scans from a pack of postcards I got recently. Just a little filtering and sized for your desktop.
This one's for creezy....
Today, the distraction of his kissable lips is much needed.
The Hafiz poem came with this week's Brezsny newsletter, photo from the Stunt Awards website.
Big Love to Another Angel for the great photo from the Green Valley show.
Go check out her site at Keanufan.com
Thank you to Rhonda for the quote and inspiration...
How to say I Love You in 101 Languages
Afrikaans - Ek het jou lief
Albanian - Te dua
Arabic - Ana behibak (to male)
Arabic - Ana behibek (to female)
Armenian - Yes kez sirumen
Bambara - M'bi fe
Bangla - Aamee tuma ke bhalo aashi
Belarusian - Ya tabe kahayu
Bisaya - Nahigugma ako kanimo
Bulgarian - Obicham te
Cambodian - Soro lahn nhee ah
Cantonese Chinese - Ngo oiy ney a
Catalan - T'estimo
Cheyenne - Ne mohotatse
Chichewa - Ndimakukonda
Corsican - Ti tengu caru (to male)
Creol - Mi aime jou
Croatian - Volim te
Czech - Miluji te
Danish - Jeg Elsker Dig
Dutch - Ik hou van jou
English - I love you
Esperanto - Mi amas vin
Estonian - Ma armastan sind
Ethiopian - Afgreki'
Faroese - Eg elski teg
Farsi - Doset daram
Filipino - Mahal kita
Finnish - Mina rakastan sinua
French - Je t'aime, Je t'adore
Gaelic - Ta gra agam ort
Georgian - Mikvarhar
German - Ich liebe dich
Greek - S'agapo
Gujarati - Hoo thunay prem karoo choo
Hiligaynon - Palangga ko ikaw
Hawaiian - Aloha wau ia oi
Hebrew - Ani ohev otah (to female)
Hebrew - Ani ohev et otha (to male)
Hiligaynon - Guina higugma ko ikaw
Hindi - Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae
Hmong - Kuv hlub koj
Hopi - Nu' umi unangwa'ta
Hungarian - Szeretlek
Icelandic - Eg elska tig
Ilonggo - Palangga ko ikaw
Indonesian - Saya cinta padamu
Inuit - Negligevapse
Irish - Taim i' ngra leat
Italian - Ti amo
Japanese - Aishiteru
Kannada - Naanu ninna preetisuttene
Kapampangan - Kaluguran daka
Kiswahili - Nakupenda
Konkani - Tu magel moga cho
Korean - Sarang Heyo
Krixian - Mmmmm, Keanu
Latin - Te amo
Latvian - Es tevi miilu
Lebanese - Bahibak
Lithuanian - Tave myliu
Malay - Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu
Malayalam - Njan Ninne Premikunnu
Mandarin Chinese - Wo ai ni
Marathi - Me tula prem karto
Mohawk - Kanbhik
Moroccan - Ana moajaba bik
Nahuatl - Ni mits neki
Navaho - Ayor anosh'ni
Norwegian - Jeg Elsker Deg
Pandacan - Syota na kita!!
Pangasinan - Inaru Taka
Papiamento - Mi ta stimabo
Persian - Doo-set daaram
Pig Latin - Iay ovlay ouyay
Polish - Kocham Ciebie
Portuguese - Eu te amo
Romanian - Te ubesk
Russian - Ya tebya liubliu
Scot Gaelic - Tha gra\dh agam ort
Serbian - Volim te
Setswana - Ke a go rata
Sign Language - ,\,,/ (represents position of fingers when signing 'I Love You', see also :'rawk!' \m/ )
Sindhi - Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan
Sioux - Techihhila
Slovak - Lu`bim ta
Slovenian - Ljubim te
Spanish - Te quiero / Te amo
Swahili - Ninapenda wewe
Swedish - Jag alskar dig
Swiss-German - Ich lieb Di
Tagalog - Mahal kita
Taiwanese - Wa ga ei li
Tahitian - Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
Tamil - Nan unnai kathalikaraen
Telugu - Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
Thai - Chan rak khun (to male)
Thai - Phom rak khun (to female)
Turkish - Seni Seviyorum
Ukrainian - Ya tebe kahayu
Urdu - mai aap say pyaar karta hoo
Vietnamese - Anh ye^u em (to female)
Vietnamese - Em ye^u anh (to male)
Welsh - 'Rwy'n dy garu
Yiddish - Ikh hob dikh
Yoruba - Mo ni fe
Ok, every single one of the great new photos that Sweet Keanu has posted is begging to be made into wallpaper....
But I'm only doing one (for now).
Also, a couple more wonderful pics at this blog, KR-Online.
(I feel like an ass because I can't speak the language, is that Portuguese? Where's Bea when I need her!? I seem to remember her learning Portuguese before she went to Rio....)
Seeing how there was such a reaction to this Armando Gallo pic, I thought I'd do a wallpaper.
The quote is from Uta Hagen, actress, teacher and author of several books on the craft including Respect For Acting and who was a major influence on Keanu and his ambition to act. Sadly, the world of theater lost this great gift to audiences and students this month.
DVDanswers reports that Something's Gotta Give (R1) is due to hit the shelves on March 30. (via keanuweb)
No word on extras, though I imagine there'll be a few. Did "What Women Want" have directors commentary? If so, then I expect SGG will too, along with a "featurette" or something.
I'll be searching for the easter egg that contains Dr. Julian's pager number.
You can pre-order it at amazon.
Gah! It's almost 2004!
Just a reminder, the calandars from 2003 are linked on the calendar page, but will be taken off the server at the end of January.
The mistletoe!
I'm making rum balls this weekend.
I figured I'd better be early with this....
...and I really should be since I have a ton of stuff to do before I go away next week.
But this is so much more fun.
While I have been known to make a Mac-friendly Keanu wallpaper on request from time to time, I usually do my wallpapers for a PC layout - icons on the left. But this picture from the recent Entertainment Weekly cover feature on Keanu was just perfect for the alternate orientation.
I did this yesterday to pass the time and keep me from giving in the temptation to surf. I made adjustments while I waited for Letterman to come on. I'm uploading it now to keep myself from futzing with it any longer.
"We would do it.
It wouldn't be good enough.
They would talk.
Then, they would come over and say,"
"Well, could we like this?" "And then we'd try
again. It's the way it should be.
We try it, look at it, you do it, you talk, you know?
Know when to leave it alone.
Know when to keep going.
I tended to not know to leave it alone,
and to keep going."
Keanu Reeves-
The Matrix Revisited
(on "Superperfect"
Quadruple Kick).
"I'm gonna say it. It's about love."
-Keanu Reeves, about The Matrix on Charlie Rose.
Because if you're like me, you're going to be distracted for the rest of the day.....
There were some really nice pictures scanned by a Japanese fan and sent out by the Pic-of-the-Day Club this week. Scruffy Beard and the most glorious brown eyes I've seen since...well, last time I looked into his eyes...
Makes me want to re-write some Van Morrison lyrics.
~Sha la la la la la......
Happy Labor Day, everyone, the calendar for September is up.
And a lot of people are asking about the picture (It's from a Japanese magazine, Movie Star- sept '03) so here is a clean version, sized for wallpaper.
I just heard Rob Dougan's Chateau from the Reloaded soundtrack on a PBS promo for National Geographic. It's always weird to have things so familiar show up out of context. I still want to kill whoever greenlighted my beloved Spybreak for a local car dealership commercial.
And speaking of car commercials, has anyone else had their local Toyota dealer acting out Reloaded scenes to hawk the Matrix automobile?
Vegas does, and it SO SUCKS. Oh my god, it's just wrong.
Oh look, new wallpaper.
I'm craving a Powerade.
Like chocolate and peanut butter, this week's freewillastrology horoscope seems to go quite nicely with this new wallpaper.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I predict you will be in a hearty, even triumphant mood in the coming week, Virgo. There'll be few if any loose ends. Unfinished business will either complete itself or else reveal to you how to wrap it up simply and quickly. However, even if you have to pass through a moment or two of dark doubt, it's essential that you stay committed to your mood of hearty triumph. Please write down this poem from Tony Hoagland and carry it around in your wallet: "No matter how you feel, you have to act like you are very popular with yourself; very relaxed and purposeful, very unconfused and not like you are walking through the sunshine singing in chains."
Long overdue new wallpaper.
I had so much fun making this, it reminds me of The Dating Game.
bachelor-ette krix: "Bachelor Number One, Would you consider yourself a romantic?"
bachelor no. 1:"Yeah. Not only in romance, but there's a certain part of me, especially coming out of a lot of like the kind of -- if you consider the tragedy of "Hamlet" or Romeo and Juliet, in the kind of melancholic aspect, and in romance, being with someone and saying, "Let's go. Let's get out of here." Impromptu acts or letters or phone calls or paying attention to what they like or love, and surprises, all those kinds of things to me are -- if you're in that situation, are quite fun not only to receive, but also to give, you know."
bachelor-ette krix, climbing over set divider: "Bachelors Two and Three, you might as well just go home now."
Jim Lange: "We'll be back after these messages! Cut to commercial!"
July's calendar is up.
I like all the different people
I like sticky everywhere
Look around, you bet I'll be there!
Hot metal in the sun
Pony in the air
Sooey and saints at the fair
Saints alive you're saying
Walk in ... squares
The hid are out, out for the year
It's a lot of face
A lot of crank air
Eroding around here
Summer's ready
Summer is ready when you are
I like all the different people
I like every kind of fair
In the crowd, you bet I'll be there!
Walkin' around
Going nowhere
Seeing Sooey and saints at the fair
Summer is ready when you are
Summer's ready
Summer is ready when you are
Summer's ready
Summer is ready when you are
It's a lot of face, crank air
Summer's ready
Summer is ready when you are
--The Breeders
from The Last Splash CD
There is a great collection of photos from the premiere over at Yahoo, and I couldn't choose just one or two to use in a wallpaper so I ended up with this.
There's even more to browse through so go check them out, and some of the captions are hilarious.
Cant decide?
Then pick this one.
This is an extremely collaborative effort.
Of course, the original cleaned-up scan is thanks to Elsinore.
Then there was some fine tuning under the scrutiny of ~L.
(She's the one that pinned it down. I knew something was "off" but figured it was just the unfamiliarity of the bangs)
You see, we think there may have been just too much eyebrow.
Maybe it was a trick of the lighting, maybe it was done in touch-up.
Maybe the stylist just got overzealous.
Hell, I'd use any excuse to touch his face for as long as possible....
Who knows? Whatever they did to him, she fixed it.
And that was the picture I used for this wallpaper.
Of course, the quote is part of the GQ article.
I'm only going to be making 1024x768 sizes from now on to save on space. I have faith that y'all can figure out how to re-size as needed.
(update: as per a request, the pop-up image is now a wallpaper)
Thank you to the Pic-of-the-Day Club for the original of this full length scan from an Aussie newspaper.
As always, keep your eye on thelastfreecity.com, matrixfans.net and of course, The Matrix official site for news and hype.
This is absolutely one of my all time favorite pictures of Keanu. I have had several versions of it as my personal wallpaper, including one in black and white with the brown eyes like in the banner pic (but his full face).
Thank you to Elsinore for the wonderful scan of this Sunny Bak photo.
"Gosh, krix. How do you decide what to use on your desktop?"
Well, my desktop wallpaper doesn't change as frequently as you might think. I test out all the wallpapers to see how they look before I upload them, but then I tend to revert back to one of my tried and true favorites. At the top of that list is the wallpaper from the Gorman Theme.
I like just a simple background with a no frills picture.
This is what my home desktop currently looks like.
Yes, I really do have a folder called "Stuff I really need to sort".
It contains about 500 pictures and two dozen subfolders.
I'll never get it sorted.
Yes, I have an icon of the boots. I'm insane.
Anyway, this picture of Keanu as Griffin is from The Daily Thud. I enlarged it even more and blurred it up a bit. Sex-ay.
Want it for your wallpaper? You can get it here. (1024x768 only)
Here's a wallpaper made with some of the images from the trailer...
I know it's a little early, but it's just too beautiful to keep to myself any longer.
The calendar for February is up.
As with so many of the calendars, thank you to Elsinore for the great picture used.
As per a request, here's a wallpaper..
I thought I'd go ahead and get January's calendar up.
Do you think I can get the phrase "Happy Neo Year" to catch on??
And here's a little retrospective of the calendars for 2002, remember all of these will be removed from the server at the first of the year....
2002 Calendars
August (my personal fave)
Lemur love to Elsinore of The Daily Thud for many of the great scans and images used.
It's been a pretty good year, I'm sorry to see it come to an end in some ways, but looking forward, too.
Now you can have fierce-in-leather santa and his special holiday treats on your desktop.
(edited to add)
Oooh, and here's how Keanu rates on Santa's naughty or nice-o-meter (via kat)
Keanu Reeves: "Nice, with a few naughty marks. Neatness needs improvement. Behavior has been good sometimes, not so good other times. Manners could still use some attention. Was very nice last Monday. "
and me?
krix: Overall, niceness outweighs naughtiness. Was good a lot last month! Politeness often good, but has room for improvement. Could help around house more instead of watching so much TV. Expected to move even higher up "nice" list.
That's actually a little scary, she thought as she dug through the pile of laundry on the foot of the bed looking for the remote ...
What does Santa say about you?
The Keanu calendar for December is up.
And don't forget, at the end of the year I will be removing the previous calendars and starting fresh. So if for some reason you want to save them, do it now.
I got The s!ms Art Studio from the official site today and tried my hand at making some decorative objects.
I did all of the Reloaded posters, you can download them on the downloads page.
I'm not thrilled by the choices of frames that Art Studio offers, but it will have to do for now. I'm going to do some Dogstar album covers and maybe some other movie posters next.
If anyone downloads them, please let me know how they work.
Because I called her at the crack of freaking dawn this morning, because I'm an idiot. And because....well, just because.
I'm working on November's calendar, using one of those exquisite Sunny Bak images from Elsinore.
It's going to be freaking gorgeous (if I do say so myself).
Also, here's this week's Virgo horoscope from FreeWillAstrology.com
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It'll be a zigzag, flip-flop, which-end-is-up week, Virgo. Every plot twist will quickly split into at least two further plot twists; anything that looks like a trick ending will lead to what looks like another trick ending. Your natural talents for thinking on your feet and adapting on the fly
will be even better than usual, though, so you're poised to thrive in slippery conditions that may befuddle weaker minds. My advice? Act as if there's no script for the unfolding drama; treat every situation like an improv exercise in an acting class.
Thanks to penelopez of KeanuSite for the tip that there are 6 new teaser posters out for The Matrix Reloaded, and they can be found at Ain't It Cool news...
or they could, rather if AICN's server wasn't taking a beating on that particular page.
They can be found at TheMatrixOnline or KeanuWeb.com, too.
The teaser posters live up to the "tease" part of the name, as they don't show you the whole face of the subject. They're really spiffy though, and I'd bet that they will be popping up on eBay before too long. All six would be a nice collection for all you hardcore Matrix buffs.
Of course, I simply had to make new wallpaper with the Neo one...
As requested, here's that ASCII pic as a wallpaper.
This wallpaper comes with trivia.
The sequence on the left?
Actually his name in binary code.
Yep, I'm THAT geeky.
I know, but they're so fun to make!
I changed the size of the hi-res version of the calendar so it is like it used to be.
I hope that this fixes any problems some of you may have had with printing.
To go to the calendar page, click here.
Sorry about that.
I love the pictures that Elsinore has sent out the past couple days. Except, I'm not a big fan of the color orange on my desktop (sorry, LoriO!).
So since I needed a break from banging my head on the desk over my problems with the other computer (it didn't fix itself over the weekend, go figure...) I thought I'd have a little Keanu therapy in the form of experimenting with hues and wallpaper.
(click desired screen size below)
The Keanu calendar for October is up.
I made the hi-res printable one a little bigger than I used to so while it won't fit on your screen, it should be a little clearer to print.
Also, the sweatshirts are back in the keanuvision store.
I love mine, it's ever so snuggly.
I still need to build the gallery, and I'm actually going to look for some other software (because I'm not wild about the "pairs" that keep occurring with Phototile) but here's another in the collection of MetaKeanu images. Click the image above to view a larger pop-up version that you can see the detail better.
There was one of these up on eBay recently but the tiles weren't of Keanu, it was a collection of celebs and I think even religious icons. I know there's one out there of Dubya made out of tiny Jesuses. *SHUDDER*
So. Very. Wrong.
Anyway, photomosaics suck unless they're meta, dammit.
And if you want, save this (or others in the forthcoming gallery) and put it on disk and go to Kinko's or something and have the cute geekboy at the counter print it up at 11x17.
I haven't tried this yet, but here's a hi-res image for printing.
Um, this second one turned out pretty good, so I decided to add it to the post. The program still needs some fine tuning though.
Same deal, click the pic for a larger view that will still fit on your screen or here's a hi-res one
This is the first in a Warholish series I'm going to do. Actually second if you count the one in this post, but I didn't do a hi-res of that.
You can click the image to go to a slightly larger version, you can also click here for a non-shadowed small version to use as a tile background,
or if you're feeling crafty and ambitious you can click here to get a hi-res/hi-dpi version that would be suitable for printing or making a t-shirt transfer.
I had a email asking about transfers , so I thought I'd add this...
How do you make t-shirt transfers?
You can buy packs of special t-shirt transfer paper to use with inkjet printers just about anywhere that they sell computer supplies/accessories (even like Walmart).
Then you want to follow the directions (RTFM).
Be sure and use a graphics program to flip/mirror the image! It usually has to be backwards to print out the right way.
It may also need to be resized depending on your printer/software/whatever.
Use the "print preview" function if your graphics program doesn't have a "fit to page" type selection adjustment or test it on regular paper before you print the transfer.
So, follow the directions, print a test first.
September's Keanu calendar is up.
Only 5 days to Keanu's birthday. If I could know it would actually get to him, I would send him a Forge de Laguiole / Chateau Laguiole sommelier series Corkscrew and something(a Bordeaux perhaps?) vintage 1964. Along with a pair of nice glasses (does Dale Chilhuly do drinking vessels? I don't think so, maybe some Riedel crystal, then) and possibly my phone number...
What would you get Keanu for his birthday?
Good morning.
Rob Brezsny's Free Will astrology can now be found at
Here's what he has to say for Keanu's sign: Virgo, this week...
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Looks like the Season of a Million Emotions hasn't wiped you out completely. Though it may be hard to tell because of the puddles of tears by your bed and the piles of ashes from your burnt offerings, you've managed to maintain a modicum of poise. I mean you're not spitting into the wind and throwing stones at heaven while trying to dance naked on the roof with a hangover, right? That in itself is a sign you've escaped a trap you've always been a sucker for in the past. I bet that if you can just hold on to your sanity for another eight days or so, you'll finally graduate from the University of Senseless Pain, where you've been matriculating for way too long.
I've decided to get my focus back on imagery for a bit. I need to work more with Photoshop in order to learn. I'm pretty sure it does more than just drop-shadows. Plus, it's fun. Playing with filters and pixels and hues. I'm going to try and get past my own "superperfect" demons and share some experiments here.
The Warholian thing above was pretty easy, but it looks cool.
The picture below is derived from this picture.
Filters are your friend.
It's not high art, but it's fun.
And I'm all about the fun, baby.
Update: kat suggests that that first pic would make good wallpaper. So here's a copy of it without the drop-shadow that you can use. Just set your background to "tile".
Here's a simple wallpaper showing two of the many faces of Keanu.
I'd been racking my brain trying to decide on the pic to use for August's calendar. Last night Elsinore sent out those incredible Sunny Bak photos and I knew the search was over.
Is it hot in here?
If you thought that I could let the latest pictures from MOPI sent out by Elsinore just sit around you were oh, so very wrong...
*um...n!pple warning*
Finished the Jet Jam theme.
It was already a meg and a half, so I decided not to include a screensaver. I might get around to a Jet Jam saver at some point, though.
Also, if you check out the downloads page, I've made a couple Keanu icon sets for your amusement.
Icons are easy and fun to make, so I'll probably be making bunches more.
Here's a tutorial on how to change the icons on your WIN98.
Not sure about XP, but I'm sure it's not hard.
Won't your hubby, boytoy, roomate be thrilled when they come home and find the desktop covered in little Keanus?
Of course they will.
Norton Commando, that is.
This one is dedicated to Rhonda, even though she's actually a Harley Girl.
Thank you to Ann, who sent me a care package with 72 ounces of "Serenity Now!" (i.e., a 6-pack of Augustiner....) to help me get through these trying times.
This newest wallpaper is dedicated to her.
The file sizes on these are pretty big, but one of the positive things about this whole server upgrade nightmare is an increase in space, so I might as well use it.
And thanks goes to Elsinore at The Daily Thud for the lovely image from Little Buddha.
Getting a little experimental.
Hey, at least this one's got some color!
I bet you think with all the stuff going on, I forgot July's Calendar.
When faced with writer's block.....make wallpaper!~
Thanks to Elsinore Palace of The Daily Thud for the great pictures.
And to view a video clip of the Jet Jam concert, head over to reeves-dogstar.com and check out their multimedia section.
In lieu of actual content, here's a couple new wallpapers.
One of each made from some photos of a fresh-faced young Keanu that were recently on eBay, found in the archives of a now-defunct Hollywood magazine. Makes you wonder what other unearthed treasures are out there.
Mizz Leibowitz, Mistah Gorman? I'm lookin' at you....
Thanks goes to the Pic-of-the-Day club for sending these out recently.
*UPDATE June 10: I got a couple requests to brighten these up, so I did just that.
DC's Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure comic came into my life today. I believe that this particular one was promotional. It's the actual movie storyline in comic book form. I like the versions of the characters much more than in the Marvel comics. I have a few in the Marvel series, and they can just stay in plastic. Ugh. Fugly.
Anyway, since I still don't have a scanner and wanted to share a peek at this comic, I broke out the digital and tried to shoot something worth sharing.
I decided to do a little graphic editing, adjusting the color and contrast so it would be clearer and "pop" a bit more...and, well....once I start messing with stuff, sometimes things just become something more.
I kind of like what happened here.
And since I was in my comic stash anyway, I decided to go ahead and commit the sin of taking my copy of the recalled Matrix comic out of its protective sheath to see what all the fuss was about.
I still don't understand why it was recalled but here's an interesting pic from it.
There's a couple of really nice drawings in the back of the Matrix book.
Damn, I need to get a scanner.
Well, the temperature of my car interior today confirms that it is indeed summertime.
So here's a fun summer wallpaper...
800 x 600
1024 x 768
Thank you to Elsinore and The Daily Thud for the great Hamel photos.
I finished another new wallpaper already.
This picture of him from the cover of LANow magazine (thanks to the POTD club for it, by the way) is really gorgeous.
Those eyes.....purrrrrrrr.
Also, thank you to Ann, for reminding me about this week's horoscope from freewillastrology.com:
VIRGO (Aug 23-Sept 22) Week of May 23, 2002
In "She's On Fire," a song by the band Train, the singer croons, "It's not just a daydream if you decide to make it your life." I suggest you regard this as your mantra in the coming weeks, Virgo. The astrological omens suggest you have a mandate to bring a fierce new intensity to the glorious work of fantasy fulfillment. I dare you to prove just how much you believe in yourself.
I know it's a little early, but the Keanu calendar for June is up.
I finally got the trailer downloaded to I could do some captures.
Here's the result.
in wallpaper sizes
I also watched some hooptyvision....
more on that later.
I rarely get into these quiz thingies, but considering that one of the answers includes lemurs and the fact that Keanu has been known to dig The Pixies, I declare this one ON-TOPIC!
You're one cool cookie. You love movies, especially obscure ones, and you talk about them all the time. Even if people don't understand what you are talking about, they stick around anyway because you're just so much fun to be around. You don't always stand out in a crowd, but you can often be identified by your cluster of groupies and fans. You're usually the one throwing all the good parties, too.
In an effort to improve the quality of the internet, I'm giving hoopty my old webcam, so we can look forward to a nekkid freakshow in the near future. Break out the jiffy-pop and practice your screen captures, it should be good.
Lastly, here's a new wallpaper:
800 x 600
1024 x 768
Thanks again to Elsinore of The Daily Thud for the image.
Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there.
A friend and I saw Keanu's mom outside House of Blues after a Dogstar concert once. My friend thanked her for Keanu, as in "Thank you for bringing such an exquisite creature into this world."
And I certainly agree.
There's a new theme added in the downloads section.
I'm particularly fond of the recycle bin "full" icon...hee!
Oh, and I spent part of yesterday and this morning trying to edit sounds from QF to use for system sounds, but you know what? I still think the original Dogstar sounds fit best so I have used them yet again.
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I also am working on a desktop theme of those splendid Brad Fierce pictures, I just have to put together some new sounds. I like using sounds from Dogstar music rather than voice clips, the sound is always much cleaner since I can make the files from my CDs rather than use wavs collected online.
Hmmm, let's see...what else. Oh, I'm getting rid of the seperate links page on the site. Banner links are nice and all, but I think the links here on the side will be just fine. Just trying to streamline things a bit.
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There is an incredible mah-jongg game out there called Kyodai.
It's completely addicting. If you are sick of solitare and have totally mastered the secret to minesweeper, I suggest you check it out. As added incentive I have created a set of Keanu Tiles for Kyodai.
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Well, we did think that things couldn't get crazier after 2016, and yet I'm pretty sure almost everyone would agree that 2017 beat it in spades.
So what's up for 2018? Well, I can't predict the craziness (that's why it's crazy), but I want to look at a few things that could go wrong, and suggest things we might do about them, before they happen. 2017 hasn't been that bad, really, even if you're not Taylor Swift, what with record high stocks, super-low unemployment, and the defeat of ISIS's "caliphate." But craziness comes in all flavors, and it isn't always about the antics of gropey politicians.
So here are a few potential wild cards for 2018, along with the hope that my end-of-year column next year says that none of them happened.
Electrical breakdown. Earlier this year we saw what experts called a "game-changing" cyberattack on critical infrastructure. "The malware was most likely designed to cause physical damage inside the unnamed site ... It worked by targeting a safety instrumented system, which the targeted facility and many other critical infrastructure sites use to prevent unsafe conditions from arising." We have lots of important stuff, not just in the electrical world, but in all utilities, that's connected to the Internet. This turns out to be a bad idea. Sooner or later, someone is going to figure out how to bring large sectors of the American grid down -- or, I should say, someone who already knows how is going to decide that they want to do so. 2018 just might be the year.
People are talking about making the electrical grid more resilient. That means not only making it more reliable, so that it's less likely to fail, but also better at putting itself back together if pieces of it collapse. I think that this sort of thing deserves at least as much attention as cyberdefense efforts designed to frustrate hackers. All sorts of things besides hackers could bring down the grid: A massive solar flare, an EMP attack, a software "bug" rather than a hack. The better the grid is at recovering, the better it will be if any of them happen.
The Bitcoin bubble bursts: Bitcoin has been skyrocketing, and I confess that I wish I'd put, say, a thousand bucks into it a few years back, when my crypto-enthusiast friends were encouraging me to. But many people think it's in a bubble, and all bubbles burst. Perhaps they're wrong, but if they're right, many people -- especially in Asia, where millions of investors are driving up the price according to the Wall Street Journal -- will wind up losing their shirts and angry. Asia doesn't need destabilizing right now, with North Korea and China rattling sabers. (And for added fun, North Korea is hacking Bitcoin exchanges.)
There's not much bankers and regulators can do to stop a bubble bursting, but they should be ready for its possibility. And ordinary folks can prepare by keeping their debt and spending on a tight leash, which is a good idea anyway. Or maybe it's not a bubble, and I'm missing out by not buying Bitcoin even at its current soaring price. By way of comfort, that would be consistent with my investment performance.
Some sort of pandemic: We've had scares with SARS, bird flu, Ebola, etc., but so far none of these really broke through into a global threat. Sooner or later, something will, and the public health community's response to these earlier outbreaks wasn't entirely confidence-building. Over a decade ago, then-Senator Bill Frist was calling for a crash program to vastly speed up vaccine development and production. It's still a good idea.
War In Korea: 2017 was a crazy year, which means that Kim Jong Un was really in his element. Alas, that's likely to continue in 2018. There's some sign that U.S. efforts to get China to exercise a restraining influence might be working, but North Korea is in terrible economic shape, and Kim Jong Un is, well, kind of crazy. The U.S., South Korea, and Japan are already trying to get ready for this, but I'm sure more can be done. And now that he has missiles that might reach the United States, it's time to brush up on our "Duck and Cover" skills.
A singularity of stupid: Okay, this last seems the most likely. I don't think it's wrong to say that our politics have become increasingly foolish and hysterical in recent years -- in a recent column, I blamed social media for a lot of it. Like Nigel Tufnel's guitar amp in Spinal Tap, every issue today goes to 11. Every election is an existential threat, every politician people don't like is Hitler, every policy change is going to kill millions of people. As with Bitcoin I'm assuming (okay, in this case I'm hoping) that this trend will reach a top. But it's possible that the irrationality will grow to the point of producing actual social breakdown. Mass hysteria has afflicted societies for millennia, but we have created conditions that let it spread much faster and farther than ever before. It's the intellectual-hygiene equivalent of everyone sharing everyone else's toothbrush.
Sadly, I don't have any suggestions on what to do about this problem. When it comes down to it, 2017 may just have to hold 2018's beer.
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At 64 years old, former Pine Crest swimmer Diana Nyad became the first person to swim 110 miles non-stop from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage.
Just before 2 p.m. on Monday among a cheering crowd, Nyad walked out of the water onto Smathers Beach in Key West, pumped her fists and collapsed into her support team's collective arms after 52 hours, 54 minutes and 18.6 seconds of swimming non-stop.
"This has been my lifelong dream," said Nyad, sunburned and a little dazed. "Never ever give up. You're never too old to chase your dreams. It looks like a solitary sport but it takes a team."
Nyad was examined by paramedics. Her doctors said her lips and tongue were swollen from the salt water and swimming mask. She also had abrasions in her mouth from her mask.
Thirty-five years after her first attempt, the legendary U.S. distance swimmer ended her historic swim on her fifth and final attempt.
Aussie Susan Maroney was the first and only person to successfully swim across the Florida Straits in 1997 at age 22, but was protected by a shark cage.
Nyad, born in New York City, moved with her family to Fort Lauderdale where she grew up and started swimming seriously in seventh grade. She attended Pine Crest in the mid-1960s where she won three state high school titles in the backstroke. She was introduced to marathon swimming by the late Buck Dawson, former director of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Nyad left Hemingway Marina in Havana, Cuba on Saturday at 8:59:02 a.m. in her final bid to swim across the treacherous Florida Straits. She said before her swim that it would be the "last time" she would attempt to make what seemed to many an impossible dream come true.
At her Friday news conference, she seemed confident that she would succeed this time around.
"The message is be your best self," Nyad said.
"People who go to Mt. Everest…sometimes it takes them 20 years to make it, after mounting expedition after expedition," she said. "No one has ever done this before without a shark cage, though people have tried since the 1950s. It's not enough to be a strong swimmer, you need a lot of luck, too.
"It's a fine line between having the grace to let go of something you don't have control over and just can't beat…and I could be in that place…except I had to ask myself, is there a way? I feel stronger and more prepared then I've ever been. It's a fine line between seeing things are bigger than you are and there's another fine line, an edge, where you don't want to ever give up."
Nyad was monitored by a medical staff of team doctors. She fed every 45 minutes on everything from pasta and peanut butter sandwiches to a smoothie mixture of bananas, peanut butter and honey. The only medication she took was Tylenol for her sore shoulders.
About two miles out from shore, an emotionally-charged Nyad started treading water while she motioned to her team.
"I am about to swim my last two miles in the ocean," she said. "This is a lifelong dream of mine and I'm very glad to be with you. Some on the team are the most intimate friends of my life and some of you I've just met. But I'll tell you something, you're a special group. You pulled through, you are pros and have a great heart. So let's get going so we can have a whopping party."
Last August Nyad ended her fourth big because of lightning storms and jellyfish stings. Her first attempt was in 1978 when she was just 28 years old.
Nyad is already in the history books. She set an open sea record for both men and women by swimming from the Bahamas to the Florida Keys in 1979, about the same distance as the Cuba-Florida swim but far less dangerous.
Ten support boats assembled around her at the 2.5-mile mark. The beach started filling up with hundreds of curious onlookers, whistling fans and tourists about an hour before she arrived as well as a small flotilla in the waters' shallow part.
The biggest difference this time around was Nyad wearing a prosthetic mask on her face to ward off jellyfish and their venomous stings. Weather conditions were relatively ideal over the weekend. She ran into rough weather only twice.
"The stars were just aligned," said one of her supporters.
Nyad was accompanied by a 45-member team, several yachts and kayakers.
"Happy Labor Day has a new meaning when you've swum 50 non-stop hours working your mind, body, and spirit to realize your XtremeDream," her crew tweeted
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Stewart later followed with "I haven't cried over a swim since Michael Phelps went 8-for-8 until today."
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Using the Sequel II System, customers can comprehensively detect human variants ranging in size from single nucleotide changes to large, complex structural variants. The system is also ideal for standard applications such as de novo assembly of large genomes and whole transcriptome analysis using the Iso-Seq® method. Extensive analyses of Sequel II data demonstrate that the system can provide equivalent or higher accuracy compared to the Sequel System. HiFi reads can enable comprehensive human variant detection with ≥95% precision and recall of structural variants, ≥99% precision and recall of single nucleotide variants, and ≥ 96% precision and recall of insertions and deletions with as little as 15-fold coverage.
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PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — The ACLU of Maine wants the state to shut down the Long Creek Youth Development Center in the wake of a damning independent, state-commissioned report on what's happening there.
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► Staffing shortages at Long Creek are hindering the ability to supervise youth in a safe and humane manner, and they are jeopardizing the safety of staff as well
► Long Creek houses many youth with profound and complex mental health problems, youth whom the facility is neither designed for nor staffed to manage
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► DOC training provided to staff assigned to Long Creek provides some helpful information, but it is not adequate to equip Juvenile Program Workers and supervisors with all of the skills needed to work with at-risk youth
► Long Creek must do more to create a safe and supportive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning, gender non-conforming, and transgender (LGBQ/GNCT) youth
► Detained youth at Long Creek are not receiving legally mandated general and special education services
"The science is so clear. Kids never belong in prison. We have other solutions," said ACLU of Maine Executive Director Alison Beyea. "Other states have done this we can do better. We are only talking about 70 kids. I am very confident the state of Maine can protect our children better than they're doing now."
What other states have done, and what the reports suggest Maine consider, is move away from large detention centers, into smaller facilities whether youth people can get more focused attention.
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Debt Relief – Insolvency – Bankruptcy Information » Foreclosure Help » How long does it take from the time you get a foreclosure notice to the sheriff is kicking you out?
How long does it take from the time you get a foreclosure notice to the sheriff is kicking you out?
I know someone who like many americans is out of work and behind on their mortgage. They got a notice from Wachovia that they are starting the proceedings for foreclosure. If they don't get a job and make money they will be forced to live with relatives however how long do they have? Some say a year or two. I thought it was only a matter of months before the bank sends the sheriff to kick you out.
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4 Responses to "How long does it take from the time you get a foreclosure notice to the sheriff is kicking you out?"
We got a foreclosure notice in June. Our lawyer says we probably have 3 to 6 months.
That notice tells them the date of the sheriff sale. In most states they will have a 6 month period of time, called the "redemption" period. Where they can redeem the property by bring forth the money or loan to cover the previous loan (s) and all penalty fee's etc. After the redemption period is over, someone will most likely come to the door and ask they they vacate the premises. So as of the date of Sheriff sale, start counting out six months.
Usually it is 3-4 months. Sometimes 6 but that if for people who are trying to work things out, not simply screw the bank.
You need to look up your state foreclosure laws. The time frames vary from state to state, and there may be a lot of other circumstances that could postpone the process. But your state laws will have all of the required time lines that the bank is required to follow when attempting to take a house back for nonpayment of the mortgage.
However, the owners can work with the bank to have the sheriff sale postponed for as long as they are trying to negotiate for a settlement or sell the house, etc. The lender can and will delay the foreclosure process as often as they want, as long as the borrowers are working on some reasonable solution to the problem. Of course, they won't keep delaying the sale forever, but at least once or twice (or multiple times) may be easy extensions for them to grant.
The important thing to do is to keep in contact with the mortgage company and request (in writing) more time as necessary. The best that will happen is the bank will grant the additional time; the worst that will happen is it'll say "No" and the homeowners will have to work on other options. Bankruptcy and filing motions with the local court system can also delay a foreclosure auction or eviction.
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CCI CableService picks up electrical cables supply deal for Liza FPSO
CCI-CableService Italy, a marine and offshore electrical cable manufacturer, has been awarded an electrical cables supply deal by SBM Offshore for ExxonMobil's FPSO Liza Destiny.
The FPSO is being constructed by Keppel Shipyards in Singapore. It is being converted from a very large crude carrier (VLCC). SBM Offshore will lease the FPSO Liza Destiny to Exxon for oil production at the Liza field 200 kilometers offshore Guyana.
In a statement on Wednesday, CCI said that the order value of was 4 million euros ($4.93 million).
Gianpaolo Brambilla, CEO of CCI-CableService, said: "This new important FPSO project award confirms our long-term relationship with SBM Offshore Group, and is the recognition by the market of the high quality profile of our marine & offshore electrical cables."
According to the company, deliveries on site are estimated to start by the second part of March.
The Liza FPSO will be owned and be operated by SBM Offshore. The company completed the $720 million project financing for the FPSO back in December 2017. The lease and operate contract for the Liza FPSO includes an initial period of ten years with extension options up to an additional ten years.
The conversion phase began in November 2017 with the tanker arrival at Keppel shipyard, while Dyna-Mac kicked off the construction of the topsides for the FPSO in January.
Once completed, the topside will be mated aboard the VLCC Tina, currently undergoing conversion in Singapore.
ExxonMobil plans to bring the first phase of the Liza field online in March 2020. The company has also revealed plans for phase two of the Liza development.
The development concept for the second phase includes a larger FPSO and subsea systems. Liza Phase 2 FPSOs production capacity would be 220,000 barrels of oil per day with start-up expected by mid-2022.
As for the Liza Destiny, the FPSO is designed to produce up to 120,000 barrels of oil per day, will have associated gas treatment capacity of circa 170 million cubic feet per day and water injection capacity of circa 200,000 barrels per day. The converted VLCC FPSO will be spread moored in water depth of 1,525 meters and will be able to store 1.6 million barrels of crude oil.
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Building the case against El Chapo: lost legal legwork yet another reason why his escape is a step backward
Obviously the United States is more than a little annoyed that Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the most wanted drug lord in the world, who U.S. and Mexican authorities chased for 13 years after he escaped from prison in 2001, was able to slip out of prison on Mexico's watch. Mexico has proven itself too corrupt to hold him, and now the United States really wants him. Interpol's website even says that El Chapo is wanted by the judicial authorities of the United States rather than Mexico's.
Looking at the timeline of arrests, extraditions and deals in recent months, it looks like the United States was moving to make the case against El Chapo completely airtight, allowing Mexico to detain him until U.S. officials were completely ready to make the official extradition request. In March of 2014, the DEA had warned Mexico there was a risk of another prison break.
The United States has long had a warrant out for El Chapo's arrest – he is wanted in Arizona, California, Texas, Illinois, New York and Florida on drug trafficking and murder charges. Although the U.S. was eager to extradite the kingpin to the United States when he was captured, Mexico was adamant it would dig in first.
Setting aside the issue of the millions in security assistance that the United States poured into Mexico's intelligence capacity to find El Chapo and the extensive cooperation between the DEA and Mexican law enforcement (particularly the Mexican Navy), the United States (and Colombia) did a lot of legal legwork to gain insight into the Sinaloa Cartel's operations and get to its leader.
It is no secret that the United States works with traffickers to negotiate plea deals in exchange for cooperation. It will often extradite people and then give them lower sentences in exchange for information. As a former U.S. counternarcotics agent told ProPublica, "We work with the lesser evil to get the larger evil."
Here's a brief timeline:
- February 22, 2014: Mexican marines arrest El Chapo in Mazatlan with help from the DEA.
- February 25, 2014: U.S. officials claim they plan to seek El Chapo's extradition from Mexico to the United States.
- February 26, 2014: Mexican federal judges rule that El Chapo must stand trial in Mexico. Officials in the administration of President Enrique Peña Nieto publicly state that El Chapo will serve his time in Mexico before being extradited to the United States.
- March 5, 2014: A Mexican judge denies El Chapo's preemptive request to avoid extradition to the United States, citing the fact that the United States had not yet filed a formal extradition request.
- March 25, 2014: El Chapo's co-defendant Tomas Arevalo-Renteria pleads guilty to drug charges in a U.S. District Court in Chicago.
- April 2014: U.S. prosecutors in Illinois make public a plea agreement signed by Jesus Vicente Zambada Niebla, alias "Vicentillo," the son of the Sinaloa cartel's other top leader, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. Mexican officials, including then-Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam, criticize the deal and express their opposition to extraditing El Chapo.
- April 7, 2014: Colombian police working with the DEA capture Héctor "Rincón" Coronel, the suspected middleman between El Chapo and Colombia's FARC rebels. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos approves his extradition to the United States.
- September 2014: U.S. prosecutors file a new indictment in the Eastern District of New York charging El Chapo and his co-defendant Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia with more than twenty murders, in addition to drug trafficking charges going back to 2003.
- October 30, 2014: Alfredo Vazquez-Hernandez, a "trusted lieutenant" of El Chapo who had been extradited to the United States in 2012, seeks a reduced sentence in the Chicago District Court after pleading guilty to drug trafficking charges earlier in the year. Weeks later he is sentenced to 22 years in prison for his involvement with Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel.
- January 17, 2015: Pedro and Margarito Flores, twin brothers who admitted to trafficking drugs for the Sinaloa Cartel, are sentenced to 14 years in the same Chicago court that processed Vazquez-Hernandez, Arevalo-Renteria and other suspects tied to Chapo's organization. According to Frank Rubino, an attorney representing a convicted drug dealer who worked with the Flores brothers, the twins had been working with the DEA since 2008, providing information on the operations of the Sinaloa Cartel in the Chicago area.
- February 2015: Some news outlets report that the United States filed a formal extradition request for El Chapo around this time. Attorney General Murillo Karam responds to the speculation by saying that he "could accept extradition," but only after about "300 or 400 years."
- April 2015: Media reports continue to circulate about Chapo's apparent ability to flout security in the prison where he was being held.
- June 21, 2015: Colombia approves the extradition of Miguel Angel "El Flaco" Alfaro, a major player in Colombia's most powerful crime group, Clan Úsuga (also known as Los Urabeños). El Flaco was accused by the United States of helping Clan Úsuga to "move massive quantities of drugs for some of the most violent drug trafficking organizations in the Western Hemisphere, including the FARC, Los Zetas, and the Sinaloa Cartel."
- June 23, 2015: The Department of Justice (DOJ) unseals a major indictment against 17 alleged leaders of Clan Úsuga labeled by the DOJ as "Colombia's largest and most influential drug trafficking and armed BACRIM criminal group." Those indicted included the likes of Cesar Daniel Anaya Martínez, alias 'Tierra,' who has been part of the group for the past 10 years. The criminal organization, according to El Tiempo, "provides armed support for [the Sinaloa Cartel] when it is in Colombia. The clan also plays host to the cartel representatives when they are in country and are described as full partners." The article goes on to explain that the Clan Úsuga is "in charge of arranging shipments to Europe and Asia and also coordinates directly with the Sinaloa Cartel."
- June 25, 2015: United States formally requests extradition of El Chapo
- July 11, 2015: El Chapo escapes.
Now the conspiracy theories are flying. Some say the U.S. extradition request was a tip off, while others claim top Mexican officials let El Chapo out to restore order to the underworld. Some still posit he was released because he could incriminate top officials in the Mexican government. Many are questioning if there even was a whole tunnel built, or if the guards simply let him walk out of Altiplano prison's front door.
While there is no doubt that Mexico's justice system was too weak for El Chapo, his capture and escape have resurrected the debate on extraditions, with some analysts arguing that it serves as something of a crutch – allowing countries to outsource justice and removing incentives to reform their own systems.
Extradition can be a useful tool – El Chapo would still be in prison and would not have been able to continue involvement in cartel operations had he been in custody in the United States. But jailing top criminals in the U.S. is no substitute for serious reforms to effectively strengthen the judicial systems of partner countries like Mexico.
Had El Chapo been initially extradited, that could have been at least one win for President Peña Nieto's government to point to in a sea of somber failures. Now, more than ever, Mexico's current efforts at criminal justice reform will be under immense scrutiny, and likely be received with little faith by the public. El Chapo's escape speaks more to Mexico's corruption and relationship with the United States than it foreshadows a possible massive shift in the underworld or spike in violence.
Capturing some cartel leaders has crippled some of Mexico's most violent organizations, such as Los Zetas, but other violent groups have risen in their stead. So while it is important to hold those responsible for terrorizing citizens to account, including security forces, going after kingpins cannot be the sole focus.
Ultimately the Mexican government's (and hopefully the United States') goal is more to figure out how to get these groups to stop killing and torturing people than trying to eradicate the flow of drugs. The Mexican government will win the trust of its citizenry far more by investigating, prosecuting and holding criminals, than by focusing most attention on taking out kingpins within the existing system or seizing more tons of cocaine.


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The BU 550 stores blood pressure data of two users, and of that 500 values for each of them. Is the storage limit reached and a new measurement value stored then the oldest one is deleted automatically.
Additionally the BU 550 makes it possible to transfer your measurement data via Bluetooth to the VitaDock+ App or the VitaDock Online portal. The VitaDock applications allow a detailed evaluation, storage and synchronization of your measurement data between several iOS and Android devices. With that you are always able to access your data and to share it with your friends or your doctor. After every measurement an automatic transfer takes place (as long as Bluetooth is activated and configurated on your recieving device).
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Motivational speaker Cavett Roberts once told me that one of the secrets of his trade was "Don't change the speech, change the audience."
Mayor Willie Herenton made his latest pitch for consolidation this week to a Memphis City Council that includes nine freshman members and a Shelby County Commission whose five most senior members were forced out in 2006 by term limits.
"I am not on an ego trip," he said. "Consolidation of the governments is more important than any of our political aspirations."
Herenton said he isn't basing his pitch strictly on savings but believes "in the long term it is a more efficient government and will cost the taxpayers less."
The fifth-term mayor has made the pitch several times, and he has the newspaper clippings to prove it. In 1993, two years after he was elected, he gave an interview to New York Times reporter Ronald Smothers in which he proposed that Memphis merge with Shelby County by surrendering its charter. He presented a different path to consolidation in 2002, suggesting that a vote could be held in 2004. Six years and two city elections later, Herenton again plugged consolidation in his speech to the Memphis Rotary Club in January. This time, consolidation was one of several New Year's proposals, including a new convention center.
Most recently, in a Flyer interview in September, the mayor said he and business leaders will work for consolidation in 2009 with an eye toward creating a referendum in 2010 and a metro mayoral election — thereby bumping his own retirement ahead by one year, since he would not seek the job.
In this scenario, the presumptive metro mayor would be the current county mayor, A C Wharton. He is restricted by term limits from running again for that office. He could, however, run for city or metro mayor, and he recently formed a fund-raising committee.
Wharton is as popular as Herenton is unpopular. He was in Nashville Tuesday when Herenton spoke to the council and commission, but he has spoken in favor of consolidation at other public meetings. Popular he may be, but if he can't persuade the County Commission to give up the Pyramid for $5 million, then how will anyone get them to give up their jobs?
Candidate Wharton would have opponents such as Carol Chumney, who got 35 percent of the vote in the city mayor's race in 2007, and probably others running as anti-consolidation candidates. A referendum on consolidation would bring them out in droves.
Herenton has always predicted that consolidation would occur when there was a financial crisis in local government. Now we have a crisis on the horizon, and at least one longtime Herenton critic agrees with him.
"He can't sell it, but it will get done," said suburban developer Jackie Welch. "We'd be better off if we had one mayor and one council. If they freeze the school system boundaries, then I think everything else would work out."
Walter Bailey, who was a county commissioner for three decades, disagrees.
"The anti-consolidation forces are locked in their position," he said. "Their justification doesn't hinge so much on the economy as wanting to keep themselves separate from the city."
A case can be made that a crisis would divide voters rather than unite them — witness the tenor of the presidential campaign and the rough passage of the bailout bill.
A consolidation plan might well look sort of like a bailout bill in reverse. The bailout bill was loaded up with pork-barrel inclusions to satisfy reluctant congressmen. A consolidation proposal would be loaded up with exclusions for schools, unions, and law enforcement. Savings and efficiencies, if any, would be years in the future, while the crisis festered.
Government and real estate are right up there with FedEx as engines of the local economy. Real estate is broken, and the tax base is threatened. Welch says builders can't even get people to come to open houses, much less buy a new house. Government jobs are patronage plums and safe harbors in this economy. In 17 years as mayor, Herenton has not proposed cutting a significant number of them.
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This might actually be the worst DLC pack from any Call of Duty game and I've played my fair share over the years. This pack features three all new maps and one remastered map from Ghosts. It also provides a somewhat smaller and less interesting zombie map with "The Beast from Beyond". The first of the new maps is "Altitude", a mall that floats above Earth. This is a very basic map featuring a symmetrical style and a very plain white clean viewing. It's mostly just land based with a couple odd tower points that stick out for better views of certain lanes. Comes across as awkward for the most part and lacks any unique complexity. "Depot 22" is the next map and one that's oddly scattered. It's completely random in the sense that it follows three cores lanes of sporadic close combat. It's not terrible, but nothing that really flows well providing a sense of combat that I didn't feel fit the movement system.
The final brand new map is "Carnage" which is a post-apocalyptic styled race track that features borderline claustrophobic lanes and not a lot of room for creativity. The design is neat here, but I didn't find that it played very well to objectives. This is from a combination of no side room to move and awkward invisible blocks when trying to boost up onto different lanes. The final map in this pack is "Heartland" an oddly chosen remake of Warhawk from Ghosts, I thought the map was horrible then and there's no difference here for it. It's basically the exact same thing but now you can boost onto ledges that once gave a slightly vertical advantage.
Zombies: The Beast From Beyond
After moving through the fairly solid selection of zombies map the team is sent into the far future and space itself. This is an odd map that features a futuristic space base that feels like it's from an Alien map and then a weird theater area once you jump through a teleporter/wormhole. It's a difficult map so I can't imagine any new players will be able to jump in here and this is due to the bizarre choice of adding Cryptids from Extinction, a Call of Duty: Ghosts mode in. They dominate a couple rounds by themselves and it was just the weirdest choice, it's a zombies mode! I came to shoot zombies! Anyways, the layout of the map is smaller and it generally feels all recycled borrowing zombies and portions of the map from other past levels. It feels like a lazy send-off that lacks the complexity and fresh design each map before it provided.
I guess you could say this isn't broken to any extent, but it's just a poor map selection and a bad ending to the Infinite Warfare season pass. The four multiplayer maps didn't really have any highlights as usually they're a mix of solid and alright maps. The "Carnage" map was neat in design, but not fantastic in functionality. If you liked Warhawk from Ghosts for whatever reason it's the exact same thing here. I thought Depot 22 seemed too random as a level though I do like to see them do something different with non-symmetrical levels and finally I just found Altitude boring honestly. The Beast From Beyond felt like a lazy rehash of content we've seen from other zombie levels and while some might find this as a nice tie in, it came across as underwhelming to me. They've done a great job with zombies thus far so I was thoroughly disappointed.
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VoLTE (Voice over LTE)
How to place and receive Voice over LTE calls on the TELUS network
What is VoLTE?
VoLTE (Voice over LTE) is the next evolution in wireless calling. It allows customers with a compatible phone to place and receive calls over the TELUS LTE network instead of the HSPA network.
Most TELUS customers with devices that are VoLTE-enabled can automatically take advantage of VoLTE, once your device has been updated with the latest software. All of your calls will be seamlessly carried over the TELUS LTE network as long as you are in a VoLTE-capable LTE coverage area.
With VoLTE you'll get:
- Simultaneous use of voice and LTE data
- High definition sound quality when calling another VoLTE-enabled device
- Faster call setup time
- More innovative solutions, as customers will have access to next generation services
What's different?
Previously, data was carried over LTE when you weren't on a voice call. If you were on a voice call, then your data was transmitted using the slower 3G speeds. Now with VoLTE, your data will be carried over LTE even when you're on a voice call.
How do I use VoLTE?
Making a VoLTE call is simple. To make or receive a VoLTE call, you'll need to:
- Use a VoLTE-compatible phone (most devices sold by TELUS after 2018 are VoLTE capable)
- Be on a Postpaid account to use VoLTE (currently VoLTE is not available on Prepaid accounts)
- Be in a VoLTE-enabled coverage area
Where is VoLTE available?
VoLTE is available across Canada.
VoLTE E911 is available in all VoLTE enabled areas. In areas where VoLTE E911 is not available, customers are still able to make standard 911 calls.
How to activate LTE/VoLTE on your mobile device
How to enable LTE/VoLTE on an Apple device
To enable LTE on an iPhone or an iPad running iOS 13 and later:
- Go to Settings
- Select Cellular
- Select Cellular data options
- Select Voice & data
- Select LTE, VoLTE on
Note: iPhone users with iOS 12 or older releases can enable VoLTE through Settings > Cellular > Cellular data options > Enable LTE > Voice & data.
How to enable LTE/VoLTE on an Android device
On Android, the settings vary slightly from one model to another and to one Android operating system to another. Below you will find the most common settings found to enable LTE.
|OS version
|Android 8.1.0
|Settings > Network & internet > Cellular networks > Preferred network type > Select LTE/WCDMA/GSM > Switch on VoLTE
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|Android 10
|Settings > Network & internet > Mobile network > Preferred network type > Select LTE (recommended) > Switch on VoLTE
|Android 10
|Settings > Mobile network > Mobile data > Preferred network mode > Select LTE/WCDMA/GSM auto > Switch on VoLTE calls
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|Settings > Network & internet > Mobile networks > Network mode > Select GSM / WCDMA / LTE auto > Switch on VoLTE
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|Settings > Network & internet > Mobile network > Advanced > Preferred network type > Select LTE (recommended) > Switch on VoLTE
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|Settings > Connections > Mobile networks > Network mode > Select LTE/WCDMA/GSM (auto connect) > Switch on VoLTE calls
Alternatively or if none of these options apply to you, visit the Mobility support section for self-serve emulators/simulators to explain how to enable LTE.
- Select your OEM and device model
- Select Go to my device
- Select Wi-Fi, data and connected devices
- Select Accessing mobile network settings
- Follow the instructions on the simulator to enable LTE
Do I have to pay more for using VoLTE?
No. All your voice usage will be billed according to your TELUS plan, so you won't be using any of your monthly data allowance.
Does VoLTE use up my data?
No. Making voice calls with VoLTE will be treated as a regular voice call and will not affect your data usage.
Can I roam with VoLTE?
VoLTE Roaming services are now available in the US and select international countries enabling TELUS customers to place and receive calls over the LTE network. If there is no VoLTE coverage or if customers don't have a VoLTE enabled device, customers will continue roaming on the HSPA network.
- VoLTE Roaming rates will be the same as current HSPA Roaming rates
- Some short-codes and toll-free numbers may not work while Roaming
- While Roaming internationally, customers are recommended to use "plus dialling" for making local and international calls. Dial plus (+) followed by country code and the number
For example, to make local calls while roaming in Japan (Country Code = 81), dial + (by long-pressing 0) followed by 81, i.e. +81-XXXXX-XXXXX. To make calls back to Canada (Country Code = 1), dial + followed by 1, i.e. +1-XXX-XXX-XXXX.